Day 9 – Tesla Once Bought $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin 🚘₿
> ⚡️🚗 Crypto Fact of the Day
In February 2021, Tesla made headlines by announcing it had purchased $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin — one of the biggest corporate crypto buys in history.
The company also briefly allowed people to buy Tesla using BTC, making it one of the first major brands to accept crypto as payment.
Elon Musk’s move sent shockwaves through Wall Street and helped push Bitcoin to new all-time highs at the time.
Later, Tesla sold part of its holdings for a profit and paused BTC payments due to energy concerns — but the impact was already massive.
It proved that even legacy giants can embrace digital assets.