Nobody is aware that
Elon Musk
is a follower of cryptocurrencies, so it was a matter of time before his company, the vehicle manufacturer Tesla, also bet on them.
Specifically, for the most popular and established of all: bitcoin.
The company has made an
investment of 1,500 million dollars
(1,247 million euros) in bitcoin, for which it has needed to adapt its investment policy, as detailed in a statement sent to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ).
According to the company, in January it updated its policies regarding investments to enjoy "more flexibility" and "diversify and maximize" the return on cash that is not necessary to maintain adequate operating liquidity, Europa Press reports.
These new policies allow you to invest cash in "alternative reserve assets" such as
digital assets, gold bars and gold-traded funds
.
Following the change, the company has invested $ 1.5 billion in Bitcoin.
Tesla has advised that it will be able to acquire or maintain these types of digital assets "from time to time or for the long term."
In addition, as part of this investment, the company
will begin to accept bitcoin "in the near future" as a form of payment
for its products.
The company has warned that bitcoin is a "highly liquid" asset, but that the prices of digital assets are "highly volatile." The prevalence of these assets is a relatively new trend and its long-term adoption by investors, consumers and companies is unpredictable, "said the automaker.
After knowing about Tesla's investment in the cryptocurrency, its price against the dollar
has soared more than 12%
.
The bitcoin exchange has jumped from $ 39,000 to $ 44,060 in a matter of minutes.
In this way, the cryptocurrency has once again registered a historic cross against the dollar, after the 'rally' that it starred between December and January, in part after the founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, showed his enthusiasm for her on the social network Twitter.
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