Tesla says it held nearly $2 billion worth of bitcoin at the end of 2021
Tesla said Monday in a filing with the SEC it was holding nearly $2 billion in bitcoin at the end of last year.
The company purchased a total of $1.5 billion in bitcoin in 2021. The cryptocurrency finished the year up nearly 60%, trading above $46,000 on Dec. 31. It had slipped as low as $30,000 in July amid concerns over a regulatory crackdown in China, then rallied to an all-time high above $68,000 by early November. Bitcoin was trading just below $43,000 on Monday morning.
Tesla briefly accepted bitcoin as a payment option but stopped in May over environmental concerns.
Tesla doesn't account for bitcoin as a mark-to-market asset, meaning it only affects earnings when it buys or sells the currency. Therefore, the drop in the value of bitcoin shouldn't affect earnings as long as Tesla hasn't divested of any of its holdings.
Tesla recorded $101 million worth of impairment losses in 2021 from its bitcoin investment, citing a drop in value of the cryptocurrency in a filing with the SEC. Tesla added that it realized gains of $128 million after selling a portion of its holdings last March. Overall, Tesla gained $27 million in its crypto transactions during the year, recorded as a negative loss in restructuring and other expenses.
— CNBC's Ryan Browne and MacKenzie Sigalos contributed to this report.
特斯拉周一在向美国证券交易委员会提交的文件中表示，截至去年底，它持有近 20 亿美元的比特币。 该公司在 2021 年总共购买了 15 亿美元的比特币。该加密货币全年上涨了近 60%，在 12 月 31 日交易价格超过 46,000 美元。由于担心中国的监管打击，它在 7 月份曾跌至 30,000 美元，然后到 11 月初上涨至 68,000 美元以上的历史新高。周一早上，比特币的交易价格略低于 43,000 美元。
特斯拉曾短暂接受比特币作为支付选项，但因环境问题于 5 月停止。
特斯拉并未将比特币视为按市值计价的资产，这意味着它仅在购买或出售该货币时才会影响收益。因此，只要特斯拉没有剥离其持有的任何股份，比特币价值的下跌就不会影响收益。
特斯拉在 2021 年从其比特币投资中记录了价值 1.01 亿美元的减值损失，理由是在提交给美国证券交易委员会的文件中，该加密货币的价值下降。特斯拉补充说，在去年 3 月出售部分股份后，它实现了 1.28 亿美元的收益。总体而言，特斯拉在这一年的加密交易中获得了 2700 万美元的收益，记录为重组和其他费用的负损失。
— CNBC 的 Ryan Browne 和 MacKenzie Sigalos 为本报告做出了贡献。
