Critics Claim Tesla Should Sell Bitcoin Position, Electric Vehicle Firm's Shares Down 30% Since Buying – Bitcoin News
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Ever since Tesla announced the company held $1.5 billion in bitcoin on its balance sheet, the company’s stocks have dropped over 30%.
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MicroStrategy Raises $1.05 Billion to Boost Bitcoin Offering. The debt won’t pay interest, and the company estimates total sales to be around $1 billion; it considers the amount enough to buy about 20,000 Bitcoin at current levels. The corporate software company began buying crypto with its funds last summer beforeissuing debt in Decemberto increase its holdings to more than $1 billion. Since then, stakes have tripled, as bitcoin has recovered 350% since it was announced its first purchase on August 11. invested $1.5 billion of its $19 billion funds into Bitcoin last week.