Tesla is going big on Bitcoin
Tesla Inc has invested $1.5 billion in digital currency bitcoin, reports
Bloomberg.
Elon Musk's electric car company also indicated it plans to start letting customers pay for their products with cryptocurrency, albeit on a limted basis.
The move follows a change in Tesla's investment policy last month, that will allow it to invest in digital assets, along with gold bullion and gold exchange-traded funds.
"We may invest a portion of such cash in certain alternative reserve assets including digital assets, gold bullion, gold exchange-traded funds and other assets as specified in the future," Tesla said in a
securities filing on Monday.
"Thereafter, we invested an aggregate $1.50 billion in bitcoin under this policy and may acquire and hold digital assets from time to time or long-term. Moreover, we expect to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for our products in the near future, subject to applicable laws and initially on a limited basis, which we may or may not liquidate upon receipt."
The investment has been a boost to bitcoin, with its price rising around 13% to an all-time high of $43,725.51.
Elon Musk recently caused a surge in bitcoin prices when he added "#bitcoin" to his Twitter bio.
He has since removed the hashtag, but started tweeting about the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, causing it to rise by 50%.
