1. The price of cryptocurrency bitcoin once fell by more than 20% on the 2nd. Earlier, Tesla said it would suspend accepting bitcoin to buy Tesla cars. According to the information provided by the website of Bitcoin Counter, a market information organization, the spot price of Bitcoin once fell to $46,294.72 of 12, which was 20.23% lower than the peak value within 24 hours. The price of bitcoin futures for May delivery on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell to $46,395 in after-hours trading on the evening of 12, which was 14.78% lower than the closing price of $54,445 that day.
2. Tesla disclosed in the latest document submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, local time that it is expected to start accepting bitcoin as a form of payment products in the near future, which will make it the first major automobile manufacturer to accept bitcoin payment. In addition, Tesla announced that it has purchased $654.38+05 billion in bitcoin, and may invest some cash in some alternative reserve assets in the future, including digital assets, gold and gold ETFs.
3. As expected, Bitcoin has reached a new high. The price was close to $63,000/piece yesterday. As of press time, the high level of Bitcoin fell below $665,438 +0.330/ piece, and the intraday increase reached more than 8%, which was quite exaggerated. With the current market momentum, most market experts and analysts are optimistic that Bitcoin will reach more than $654.38 million before the end of the year.
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Before bitcoin plummeted that day, elon musk, CEO of Tesla, announced through social media that Tesla would suspend accepting bitcoin to buy Tesla cars. But he also said that Tesla will not sell Bitcoin. At the beginning of February this year, Tesla disclosed that it had invested US$ 654.38+0.5 billion in Bitcoin, and said that it would accept Bitcoin as a form of payment for its products. This news once led to a sharp rise in bitcoin prices in the short term.