Tesla may have made more money holding Bitcoin than selling cars

Tesla may have made more money holding Bitcoin than selling cars

Tesla’s unrealized profit from “hodling” Bitcoin could be the equivalent of upscaling the company’s daily car sales by over 860%. It has been 37 days since Tesla announced its $1.5 billion Bitcoin (BTC) purchase in a filing document with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.While the exact BTC purchase size was not revealed in the document, with Bitcoin trading between $29,000 and $37,000 in January, Tesla’s $1.5 billion outlay could mean the company holds at least 40,000 BTC.Based on these speculative figures and the Bitcoin price increase since the end of January, Tesla’s....


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