Elon Musk hints Tesla has dumped Bitcoin holdings

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted the company may sell – or have already sold – its bitcoin holdings in a Twitter exchange that triggered a sharp fall in the value of the cryptocurrency.

After Twitter user @cryptowhale wrote: “Bitcoiners are going to slap themselves next quarter when they find out Tesla dumped the rest of their #Bitcoin holdings.

“With the amount of hate @elonmusk is getting, I wouldn’t blame him…”

Mr Musk replied with a single word: “Indeed.”

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