After Tesla's announcement, bitcoin jumped more than 10 percent, reaching a new record of $ 43,625. Tesla's director has supported other digital currencies in the past few days
U.S. electric car maker Tesla reported on Monday that it has bought bitcoins for about $ 1.5 billion and expects to allow customers to pay for its cars in that cryptocurrency in the near future.
Under the changed investment policy, the company can "occasionally or for a long time to buy and hold digital assets," the statement said.
Tesla has thus invested a total of $ 1.5 billion in bitcoin in order to diversify investments and maximize the return on capital, it is stated in the explanation of the investment decision
- One of the largest companies in the world has invested in bitcoin, which means that all investors in Tesla are exposed to it (or at least only one fund in the (index) S&P-500 "- said CEO Elon Musk.
A week ago, Musk said bitcoin could soon be more widely accepted among investors and in December asked if it was possible to conduct large-scale transactions in that cryptocurrency.
Tesla also announced today that it could soon accept bitcoin as a means of payment.
We expect that in the near future we will start accepting bitcoin as a means of payment for our products, depending on the laws and in the initial phase to a limited extent - it is stated in the announcement.
After Tesla's announcement, bitcoin jumped more than 10 percent, reaching a new record of $ 43,625.
Tesla's director also supported other digital currencies. He mentioned dogecoin on Twitter last weekend, which also jumped to record levels afterwards, Reuters notes.
Muska is followed by 46 million people on Twitter, according to the agency.