Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 3:06 p.m.

b'Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment Tesla announced in an SEC filing Monday that it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin.\\nThe company also said it would start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products.\\nCEO Elon Musk has been credited for raising the prices of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, through his messages on Twitter.'