Tesla says bitcoin investment worth $2.48 billion

Reuters

Published Apr 28, 2021 06:43AM ET

Updated Apr 28, 2021 08:20AM ET

(Reuters) -Tesla Inc said on Wednesday that the fair market value of bitcoin the electric carmaker held as of March 31 was $2.48 billion, suggesting it could stand to make around $1 billion dollars out of the investment were it to cash in the digital currency.

The world's most valuable automaker, which said it had bought or received $1.5 billion in bitcoin by the end of the first quarter, reiterated in its regular report it had trimmed its position by 10% during the quarter.