Bitcoin was up 8% at $32,160.16, while ether surged 11.6% to
$1,993.36. Tesla's shares were down 0.8% at $655.30 in extended trading.
Musk's comments at the B Word conference come after Tesla
said in May it would stop accepting bitcoin for car purchases, less than two
months after the company began accepting the world's biggest digital currency
for payment.
"Most likely the answer is that Tesla would resume
accepting bitcoin."
The use of bitcoin to buy Tesla's electric vehicles had
highlighted a dichotomy between Musk's reputation as an environmentalist and
the use of his popularity and stature as one of the world's richest people to
back cryptocurrencies.
Some Tesla investors, along with environmentalists, have
been increasingly critical about the way bitcoin is "mined" using
vast amounts of electricity generated with fossil fuels.
More digital currency miners, however, are making attempts
to use renewable energy to mitigate the impact on the environment.
"Tesla's mission is accelerating the advent of
sustainable energy. We can't be the company that does that and also not do
appropriate diligence on the energy usage of bitcoin," Musk said.
Musk added that he personally owned bitcoin, ethereum and
dogecoin, apart from bitcoin that Tesla and SpaceX owned.
"I might pump, but I don't dump," Musk said.
"I definitely do not believe in getting the price high and selling ... I
would like to see bitcoin succeed."
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