Despite the uproar caused by Tesla's announcement last week that it has sold 75% of its Bitcoin, the corporation claims to have $222 million worth of "digital assets" as of the end of June on its balance sheet.
The new information was included in the company's quarterly report, which it submitted on Monday morning to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
A few days before submitting its complete earnings report to the SEC, a company will frequently issue a press release and hold an earnings call. Because of this, information of Tesla's sale of $736 million worth of Bitcoin on Wednesday spread before the firm provided any information.
During the company's earnings call on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk added that the company had sold its Bitcoin to raise cash as COVID lockdowns in China continued.
Musk stated on the call last week that the reason for the sales was the uncertainty around the end of China's COVID lockdowns. Given the uncertainties surrounding COVID lockdowns in China, it was crucial for us to optimize our cash position.
But in the hour following the revelation, the price of one bitcoin fell by 2.5 percent, reaching $23,078.18 on Wednesday. According to CoinMarketCap, the largest cryptocurrency in the world by market capitalization has further declined and was currently selling at $21,969.29 per BTC.
Meanwhile, it appears that the news that Tesla had sold a significant amount of its Bitcoin was well received by its stockholders. Prior to the announcement, TSLA shares were trading at $742.50 at market closing on Wednesday. As of Monday afternoon, they had risen 9% to $812.16. According to Yahoo Finance, that is the highest the price of TSLA shares have been since early May.
https://decrypt.co/105923/elon-musk-tesla-holds-222m-digital-assets-after-dumping-bitcoinMy question is what is the relationship linking Tesla corporation and the COVID lockdowns in china?
Or was this just a well laid out plan to raise his trading prices?
If I recall correctly, China is now the biggest market for Tesla sales and they have one of their mega factories pumping out Tesla's in that country. That means that even localized lockdowns can have a big effect on the supply chain of these cars and could possibly signal further lockdowns to come. You mentioned that was the end of June bitcoin holding position, however it's quite possible that Tesla has totally cashed out their position since then, because they clearly see it as a non-viable asset to hold. Tesla is getting more profitable but it's still very much in a growth phase and a lot of other car manufacturers are getting their electric vehicle production up to high levels now - the competition is setting in.