Statue of Elon Musk’s head on the body of a goat delivered to Tesla factory in Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After being noticed round Austin during the Thanksgiving holiday, we now know why a statue of Elon Musk on a rocket was created and delivered to the Tesla manufacturing unit in Texas.

Cryptocurrency.

The creators of the Elon GOAT cryptocurrency reportedly paid $600,000 for the statue to be constructed, in response to the Wall Road Journal. The statue is Musk’s head on the physique of a goat, driving a rocket.

The coin’s web site acknowledged the statue made a tour by means of “a number of U.S. states” earlier than it was delivered to Tesla’s Giga manufacturing unit in Austin on Nov. 26 throughout an occasion the coin creators referred to as “Goatsgiving.”

The designer of the monument, Danny Wang, took video of the statue and shared it with Storyful.

Why was the statue made?

“We constructed Elon Musk a $600,000 monument on the again of a semi trailer in honor of his many accomplishments and dedication to Cryptocurrency,” the $EGT web site reads.

There’s positively a promotional side to the statue.

The cryptocurrency’s founders hope this huge monument will pique Musk’s curiosity and generate some consideration for the Elon GOAT forex, in response to the coin’s web site.

As of Monday afternoon, Musk hasn’t publicly acknowledged the statue.

The Tesla and Twitter boss has proven his “dedication” to crypto in quite a lot of methods.

In March 2021, Musk announced U.S. buyers may purchase Teslas with Bitcoin.

He shared his help for the Dogecoin cryptocurrency increase in 2021 by means of a number of channels, even speaking in regards to the alt-coin throughout an look on Saturday Evening Reside.