Elon Musk Sends Crypto Coin Plummeting: 'True Value is Building Products'The Shiba Inu coin dropped as much as 20% immediately following Musk's Twitter antics.

ByEmily Rella

Elon Musk is often accused of manipulating markets via social media, mainly by giving his unfiltered takes on certain crypto coins on Twitter.

The billionaire is a man of few words but can pack a punch with his responses, something that became apparent yesterday when he sent the Shiba Inu crypto coin plummeting all thanks to a one-word Tweet.

A Twitter account aptly named @ShibaInuHolder tweeted at Musk asking him how much he currently owned of the dog-themed coin.

Related:Elon Musk is richer than Bill Gates and Warren Buffett put together

Musk coolly responded "None" in a Tweet that has since garnered over 45,800 likes.

According toCoinBase巽他以来,日本柴犬暴跌约6.82%y's tweet, coming in at a valuation of about $0.00003956 as of early Monday afternoon.

The coin reached a record high of $0.000044 Sunday before Musk tweeted, according toCoindesk.

Musk followed up his Tweet about Shiba Inu a separate thread and shared that he owns bitcoin, Ethereum and dogecoin and warned followers not to "bet the farm on crypto."

Related:Hamster coin increased in value by 500% after a simple comment from Elon Musk

"True value is building products & providing services to your fellow human beings, not money in any form," Musk boldly said.

Musk also madeheadlineslast week when he tweeted an innuendo-based meme about Bitcoin and dogecoin to his millions of followers upon Bitcoin hitting a record valuation of $67,000.

He alsopreviouslysent Shiba Inu coin soaring a solid 65% after posting a photo of a Shiba Inu dog to his Twitter account.

Shiba Inu skyrocketed over 42.46% prior to its decline and plummetedas muchas 20% in the immediate fallout from Musk's Tweet before rising back up Monday.

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Emily Rella

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Emily Rella is a Senior News Writer at Entrepreneur.com. Previously, she was an editor at Verizon Media. Her coverage spans features, business, lifestyle, tech, entertainment, and lifestyle. She is a 2015 graduate of Boston College and a Ridgefield, CT native. Find her on Twitter at @EmilyKRella.

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