Tesla bought bitcoins for $ 1.5 billion
Tesla announced the purchase of bitcoins for $ 1.5 billion in January this year, writes Vesti.
The automaker also announced that it will begin accepting cryptocurrency payments for some of its products. Elon Musk's company became the first major automaker to make such a decision.
Musk is often accused of manipulating the cryptocurrency market. At the end of January, he posted a hashtag on his Twitter with a mention of bitcoin, after which the cryptocurrency rate increased from 32 thousand dollars to 37 thousand in half an hour. Last week, Musk backed Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that rose more than 50% to $ 0.05 per token.
Earlier it became known that the value of bitcoin set a new all-time high, exceeding 42 thousand dollars.
