{"id":113085,"date":"2021-04-28T15:47:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=113085"},"modified":"2021-04-28T15:47:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:47:44","slug":"teslas-bitcoin-stash-grows-to-2-48b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/teslas-bitcoin-stash-grows-to-2-48b\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla's bitcoin stash grows to $2.48B"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday that the fair market value of its bitcoin holdings was $2.48 billion, suggesting it is sitting on a sizeable gain on its initial investment. <\/p>\n
The Palo Alto, California-based electric-vehicle maker announced in February that it had invested an aggregate $1.5 billion in bitcoin, and said it would begin accepting the cryptocurrency as payment. <\/p>\n
Ticker<\/th>\n | Security<\/th>\n | Last<\/th>\n | Change<\/th>\n | Change %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
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TSLA<\/td>\n | TESLA, INC.<\/td>\n | 698.33<\/td>\n | -6.41<\/td>\n | -0.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n "It is our intent to hold what we have long term and continue to accumulate Bitcoin from transactions from our customers as they purchase vehicles," said Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn.<\/p>\n While Tesla has plans to hold bitcoin over the long term, the company said on Monday that it booked a $101 million net profit from selling a portion of its holdings. Tesla said it does not mark its bitcoin position to market and therefore only recognizes a profit after it sells the cryptocurrency. <\/p>\n The company has not disclosed how many bitcoins it purchased nor how many bitcoins it has received through the sale of its vehicles.<\/p>\n Bitcoin was trading around $40,000 per coin before Tesla announced it had purchased the cryptocurrency. The price rocketed to $46,000 on the day of the announcement and reached a high of more than $63,500 on April 12. Bitcoin’s price has since fallen to a low of $49,000 before rallying back to above $55,000.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Tesla shares, meanwhile, topped out at $883.09 on Jan. 26 before falling to $704.74 on Tuesday. They were down 0.1% this year after gaining 743% in 2020.<\/p>\n Tesla believes in the "long term value of bitcoin," Kirkhorn said. <\/p>\n |