特斯拉并没有落在后面，它在 2 月 8 日披露了 15 亿美元的比特币购买。这种加密货币购买狂潮是在提交给美国证券交易委员会的一份文件中提出的。
特斯拉表示，此次收购是其更新投资组合的一部分，该公司的审计官员对此表示赞同。
从那时起，比特币的价值下降了一半以上。截至 6 月 30 日，即特斯拉第二财季的最后一天，比特币的价格为 19,000 美元。在撰写本文时，比特币的交易价格为 19,735 美元，比前一周下跌 0.5%。
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最近几个月，特斯拉对比特币的投资急剧下降。在 2022 年二季度财报中，特斯拉的 BTC 持有量在熊市持续后减少了 4.4 亿美元。
6 月底，由于加密货币价格波动，特斯拉的 BTC 投资下降至约 8.2 亿美元。
三个月前，特斯拉对其比特币的估值为 12.6 亿美元。尽管该公司的 BTC 金库包含价值约 20 亿美元的加密货币，但电动汽车的会计惯例意味着它在出售之前看不到任何利润。
这表明这家总部位于得克萨斯州奥斯汀的汽车制造商可能会减记其持有的比特币资产约 4.4 亿美元，约占其 2021 年年销售额的 9%。
本财年伊始，比特币的表现就惨不忍睹。其他加密货币，例如以太币、狗狗币、莱特币等，也受到了周期性下跌的影响。
日线图上的 BTC 总市值为 3810 亿美元 |来源：TradingView.com
比特币年初的交易价格超过 46,000 美元，但此后其价值大幅下跌。自去年 11 月创下历史新高以来，比特币价格已下跌约 75%。
MicroStrategy 和 Block Inc. 是将部分现金储备转换为比特币的公司之一。
6 月 19 日，比特币价格大幅暴跌至 17,700 美元，令许多押注比特币的公司蒙受损失。
在不到半年的时间里，由于一场灾难性的加密货币危机，一些行业认为可能刚刚升温，超过 2 万亿美元已从整个加密货币市场估值中抹去。
截至撰写本文时，特斯拉股票在延长交易时段的交易价格为每股 679.80 美元。目前的价格比之前的收盘价 681.79 美元低约 0.30%。
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