Telsa (TSLA) revealed in a securities filing that the electric car company has purchased $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin and expects to accept the cryptocurrency for its products in the future.

“In January 2021, we updated our investment policy to provide us with more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash that is not required to maintain adequate operating liquidity. As part of the policy, we may invest a portion of such cash in certain specified alternative reserve assets. Thereafter, we invested an aggregate $1.50 billion in bitcoin under this policy,” the company wrote in a 10-K filing with the SEC.

According to the fling, Tesla said it expects to begin accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment for its products “in the near future,” where it’s permitted.

A Tesla Roadster is electrically charged at Tesla Motors Inc in San Carlos, California July 22, 2009. TESLA/ REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

A week ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk discussed bitcoin during an interview on the popular voice chat app Clubhouse.

“I do think at this point Bitcoin is a good thing. And, so, I am a supporter of Bitcoin. Like I said, I was late to the party, but I am a supporter of Bitcoin. And I think, Bitcoin is really on the verge of getting broad acceptance by conventional finance people,” Musk said at the time.

Musk also briefly added #Bitcoin to his Twitter profile, which has since been removed.

Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) price surged more than 13% to last trade near $44,295 on the Tesla news.

Shares of Tesla traded more than 2.8% higher in the pre-market near $876.

Johnnyessence:
Wow bitcoin is now worth $43k. It keeps on rising crazily.

seunmsg:

Bitcoin is the new blood money.

seunmsg:


Bitcoin is the new blood money.

Johnnyessence:
yes sooooo. Investing in it steadily. I even have a trading platform on it. Dogecoin is rising steadily too.

SaintBeehot:
you didn't hear of the CBN new directive

Johnnyessence:
CBN letter doesn't hold any water joor

southniyikaye:
AS MUCH AS I TRY, HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO ANY ONLINE BUSINESS, AM USED TO BUILDING AND DOING THINGS PHYSICALLY..
I EVEN SOLD MY LAPTOP WHEN I GOT TIRED EVEN THOUGH I BOUGHT COURSES WORTH ALMOST 60K..
I DON TIRE WALAHI

Kriss216:
Same bitcoin Buhari and his economy team banned. And you wonder why Nigeria is in shambles?

xrayj:

Honestly
And the painful thing is that they will not be here to suffer it when the world will fully gone digital because they are already old. Na youth go still suffer am.