''Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?'' Elon Musk asks Twitter users

Billionaire Elon Musk and cryptocurrency aficionado on Tuesday asked his 54 million followers on Twitter "Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?", a digital currency worth roughly 48 cents with no real world use.

The question, in the form of a Twitter poll, comes days after he called dogecoin a "hustle", which sent the meme-inspired cryptocurrency`s price reeling after a 700% rally in a month.

A proponent of digital currencies, Musk made the comment as guest-host spot on the "Saturday Night Live" comedy sketch TV show this past weekend.

Musk, one of the richest people in the world, has used his candid Twitter feed to convey his opinion on cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, most times impacting their price.

In March, Musk said US customers could purchase Tesla vehicles with bitcoin, marking a significant step forward for the cryptocurrency`s use in commerce. The electric-car maker had bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin earlier this year, propelling its prices to record highs.

The Tesla chief executive`s poll on dogecoin received over a million responses in three hours since he posted it, with over two-thirds of the respondents voting to ratify the new payment method.

It comes just days after he said that SpaceX would accept dogecoin as payment to launch a lunar mission next year.

The limited supply of bitcoin helps drive its value as the digital currency gradually gains acceptance for commercial transactions. Whereas Dogecoin, which began as a social media joke in 2013, has an unlimited supply and remains seldom used to make payments for goods.

On crypto data tracker CoinGecko.com, dogecoin jumped more than 700% over the last month and is now the fourth-largest digital currency. It hit a record high Thursday above $0.73.

The billionaire`s tweets have drawn SEC scrutiny in the past, but his recent remarks about cryptocurrencies have not landed in him in any regulatory troubles so far.