{"id":5180,"date":"2025-10-23T19:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/tesla-made-80m-in-profit-on-bitcoin-holdings-in-q3-didnt-sell-any-crypto\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:17:22","slug":"tesla-made-80m-in-profit-on-bitcoin-holdings-in-q3-didnt-sell-any-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/tesla-made-80m-in-profit-on-bitcoin-holdings-in-q3-didnt-sell-any-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Made $80M in Profit on Bitcoin Holdings in Q3, Didn\u2019t Sell Any Crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Tesla Made $80M in Profit on Bitcoin Holdings in Q3, Didn\u2019t Sell Any Crypto<\/a><\/p>\n

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Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla reported<\/a> an $80 million gain on its Bitcoin holdings in the third quarter of 2025, benefiting from the crypto market\u2019s rebound<\/a> without making any new trades.<\/p>\n

According to Tesla\u2019s Q3 filing released on Wednesday, the electric vehicle maker continues to hold 11,509 BTC \u2014 valued at roughly $1.31 billion as of September 30, up from $1.23 billion in Q2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The increase came entirely from Bitcoin\u2019s price appreciation, not from additional purchases or sales. Under new fair-value accounting rules, Tesla now reports digital assets at current market prices, allowing it to record crypto gains or losses each quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company hasn\u2019t changed its position since early 2022, when it sold a small portion \u201cto test liquidity\u201d before classifying Bitcoin as a strategic treasury asset.<\/p>\n

Beyond crypto, Tesla\u2019s financial results showed mixed signals. Revenue rose to $25.18 billion, up from last year, but net income dropped 37% year-on-year to $1.37 billion, or $0.39 per share, as rising R&D and AI spending drove a 50% increase in operating costs.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk publicly addressed bitcoin for the first time in three years recently, commenting on an X post linking rising gold, silver, and bitcoin prices to global monetary \u201cdebasement\u201d fueled by AI spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Musk agreed, saying bitcoin is energy-based<\/a>, noting that while fiat currency can be faked, energy cannot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tesla remains the 11th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder, behind the likes Strategy, Galaxy Digital, Block, and Coinbase, according<\/a> to BitcoinTreasuries.net.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk\u2019s history with Bitcoin<\/h2>\n

Tesla famously purchased<\/a> $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin in early 2021 and announced plans to accept BTC for vehicle payments.<\/p>\n

Back in 2021, Musk said<\/a>, \u201cI think Bitcoin is a good thing. I am a supporter of Bitcoin. I am late to the party but a supporter. I think Bitcoin is on the verge of getting broad acceptance by conventional finance people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Within months, however, Musk reversed course, citing environmental concerns about Bitcoin mining\u2019s heavy reliance on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

\u201cTesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin,\u201d he said at the time, adding that payments would resume once mining used \u201cmore sustainable energy.\u201d In mid-2022, Tesla sold<\/a> roughly 75% of its Bitcoin holdings \u2014 near the bottom of the market\u2019s decline.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Tesla (TSLA) is trading at $434.33 a share. The stock is up roughly 75% over the last six months. <\/p>\n

This post Tesla Made $80M in Profit on Bitcoin Holdings in Q3, Didn\u2019t Sell Any Crypto<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine Tesla Made $80M in Profit on Bitcoin Holdings in Q3, Didn\u2019t Sell Any Crypto Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla reported an $80 million gain on its Bitcoin holdings in the third quarter of 2025, benefiting from the crypto market\u2019s rebound without making any new trades. According to Tesla\u2019s Q3 filing released on Wednesday, the electric […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}