Elon Musk Declares, ‘New Space Race’, Between Bitcoin and Dogecoin.<br />Bitmex has announced their intent to literally<br />send Bitcoin (BTC) to the moon.<br />The cryptocurrency exchange will mint a one-of-a-kind physical<br />coin that will hold one BTC at a soon-to-be-released address. .<br />The coin will be delivered to the moon via Astrobotic Technology<br />Inc., a space robotics company based in Pennsylvania. .<br />The mission is an “official slot on the<br />manifest” of Astrobotic’s first commercial lunar<br />lander launch in November 2021. .<br />For all the talk of bitcoin<br />going to the moon, we’re<br />actually going to do it, Bitmex CEO Alex Höptner, via Bitcoin.com.<br />Bitmex’s announcement is a play on Elon Musk’s plan<br />to send Dogecoin (DOGE) to the moon. .<br />In May, Musk’s space exploration<br />company, SpaceX, announced their intent to fund<br />a mission to the moon entirely with DOGE.<br />SpaceX launching satellite<br />Doge-1 to the moon next year.<br />Mission paid for in Doge. 1st<br />crypto in space. 1st meme in<br />space. To the mooooonnn!!, Elon Musk, via Twitter.<br />In response to Bitmex’s BTC mission, Musk declared a<br />“new space race” between the two cryptocurrencies. .<br />A new space race has begun!, Elon Musk, via Twitter
