Tesla invests 15% of its net cash in Bitcoin
As mentioned earlier, Tesla made the headlines with its purchase of a significant amount of Bitcoin, which was revealed in the 10k model submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
According to the most recent 10K filing, @Tesla had cash & equivalents of $19.4 billion (gross), or $98 billion (net of debt and finance leases).
— David Lawant (@dlawant) February 8, 2021
Using these figures as a reference, $1.5 billion in #Bitcoin represents an allocation of 7.7% on gross cash or 15.1% on net cash. https://t.co/FgRpzRcXBh pic.twitter.com/tDVqJGtj2Q
Using these numbers as a reference, the $ 1.5 billion invested in Bitcoin represents an allocation of 7.7% on total cash the company holds or 15.1% on net cash.
The Bitcoin investment from Tesla positively affected the bitcoin price, as the currency's price reached an all-time high of more than $ 47,000, as we mentioned in the introduction to this article.
There was speculation in December 2020 about whether "Tesla" would join Bitcoin, especially after "Michael Saylor", director of "Micro Strategy" company, spoke with "Elon Musk" about Bitcoin.
At the time, the CEO of Micro Strategy advised Musk to convert Tesla's balance sheet from dollar to bitcoin.
At the time, the CEO of Micro Strategy advised Musk to convert Tesla's balance sheet from dollar to bitcoin.
In a subsequent interview, Saylor said:
If Tesla puts $ 1 billion into Bitcoin, it will double its money within 12 months.If they invested $ 2 billion, they could potentially make a gain of $ 10 billion.By the way, anyone can do this.If you are the owner of a billionaire hedge fund, when you put a billion in bitcoin, say you did, and you will see the result.