Tesla’s 10K filing reveals they have invested into bitcoin and have a position valued at about $1.5 billion. Bitcoin and Tesla are up today on the news.
Tesla was up 2% to $870 per share. Bitcoin was up 13% to about $44000.
Tesla also announced they will soon begin accepting bitcoin for payment.
SOURCES- Tesla
Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com (Brian owns shares of Tesla)
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