North American Companies Own a Lot of Bitcoin

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The Bitcoin holdings of publicly traded companies, based on data from CoinGecko (accessed Feb 20, 2024).

MicroStrategy at #1

MicroStrategy is an enterprise software company focused on IT and data analytics. The company began investing in Bitcoin during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now owns over 174,530 Bitcoins worth approximately $9B.

Tesla at #4

According to CoinDesk, Tesla invested $1.5B in Bitcoin in Feb 2021, accumulating roughly 43,000 tokens. Plans to accept Bitcoin as payment for its cars were also announced, though later retracted. The firm reportedly sold a large chunk of its Bitcoins throughout 2021 and 2022.