Elon Musk loses world's 2nd richest ranking as Tesla goes down !

Elon Musk’s Twitter posts are giving a big headache to Bitcoin investors as his opposition to the world's most popular cryptocurrency is triggering a tumble in Bitcoin prices. Musk's own fortune is also heading in the same direction !

On Monday, Tesla Inc.’s chief executive officer lost his spot as the world’s second-richest person to LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault as the electric vehicle-maker’s shares fell 2.2%.

Tesla shares were on top of last week’s slump amid a global rout in technology stocks and fresh signs of trouble in its China business.

Musk, who held the top spot in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as recently as March, now has a fortune of $160.6 billion, down 24% from its January high.

The drop follows a turbulent period for Musk, who sent Bitcoin tumbling as much as 15% last week after posting a statement on Twitter that Tesla was no longer accepting the digital currency as payment !