Κατά τη διάρκεια της ανακοίνωσης των οικονομικών αποτελεσμάτων της εταιρείας για το δεύτερο τρίμηνο του έτους, ο γνωστός κατασκευαστής ηλεκτρικών αυτοκινήτων αποκάλυψε ότι πούλησε το 75% του συνόλου των bitcoin που είχε στη διάθεσή του, με την πώληση να αποφέρει στην εταιρεία 963 εκατομμύρια δολάρια. Η Tesla δήλωσε ακόμα ότι η αξία των εναπομεινάντων “ψηφιακών περιουσιακών στοιχείων” της είναι 218 εκατομμύρια δολάρια.
In February of last year, the company created a sensation by announcing that it was buying $1.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency and that it would soon accept bitcoin as payment for its vehicles. This announcement set the cryptocurrency market into a frenzy driving the prices of many cryptocurrencies to rise and establishing Musk as the de facto leader of cryptocurrencies. But the momentum changed very quickly after 2 months later Musk suddenly announced that Tesla would abandon plans to accept bitcoin payments due to its high environmental footprint.
Tesla's sale of Bitcoin comes after a sharp and large drop in the prices of cryptocurrencies, including both Bitcoin and Dogecoin, which Musk has personally supported through his Twitter posts.
The reason for the sale of bitcoin was according to Zachary Lirhorn, CFO of Tesla, the desire to maximize the liquidity available to the company, following the uncertainty caused by the ongoing lockdowns in China due to the pandemic. Lirnhorn further adds that "we are definitely open to increasing our bitcoin participation in the future. Therefore, this should not be taken as any opinion of our own on this particular cryptocurrency."
