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Three corporations, Tesla Inc., MicroStrategy Inc., and Block Inc., suffered losses on their Bitcoin holdings in the second quarter that were expected to total $5 billion, as per the Bloomberg report. The decrease in value is due to the cryptocurrency's price falling by 59% from June 1 to June 30. Bloomberg calculated the loss based on the corporations' prior statements regarding their Bitcoin holdings.
Bitcoin Loss Hits Block, Tesla, MicroStrategy
The price demonstrates the risk faced by businesses who opt to store some of their corporate treasury in volatile cryptocurrencies instead of more secure short-term treasuries or cash. Although Bitcoin has slightly recovered from its low of under $18,000 last month, there is no assurance it will ever reach its November high of almost $68,000. MicroStrategy and Block have seen roughly half of their worth lost this year, while Tesla's stock is down 30%. Well-known cryptocurrency supporters lead all three businesses. One of the riskiest decisions was made by MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, whose company spent roughly $4 billion to purchase 129,699 Bitcoins. The price change decreased the tokens' value by $3.4 billion in the second quarter. Early last year, Elon Musk's Tesla purchased $1.5 billion of the cryptocurrency and promptly sold some of that stock at a profit. Block, run by Bitcoin enthusiast and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, had $366 million worth of that coin as of March 31, per a company statement. It liquidated 75% of its remaining shares in the second quarter since it was unknown how long Covid lockdowns in China would endure. The projected holdings of Tesla and Square, valued at roughly $18,731 on June 30, resulted in combined paper losses for the three businesses of about $5 billion.