It’s Happening: Tesla Buys $1.5 Billion Of Bitcoin

It’s Happening: Tesla Buys $1.5 Billion Of Bitcoin

Elon Musk’s multi-billion dollar company, Tesla, has purchased an aggregate $1.5 billion of BTC and will begin to accept the cryptocurrency as payment, per a financial performance report filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2020. Per the filing, in January 2021 the company updated its investment policy to “provide us with more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash that is not required to maintain adequate operating liquidity.” This update was officially approved by Tesla’s audit committee of its board....


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