對于比特幣最忠誠的企業擁躉來說,其價格的暴跌在接下來的幾周可能會給他們帶來壞消息。
自這款堅挺的加密貨幣于2021年初一路高歌,數次突破6萬美元大關之后,全球各大投資者、金融家和公司開始重新審視數字資產世界。然后,比特幣價格一落千丈,其年初至今的所有漲幅幾乎蕩然無存。比特幣最近出現了反彈跡象,其價格在7月26日短暫地突破了4萬美元。
近些年,包括特斯拉、MicroStrategy、Square在內的公司均豪賭比特幣,紛紛出手搶奪這類資產,以期待在加密貨幣經濟成熟之前脫手。盡管特斯拉最近的財報顯示,這家電動汽車公司從容地擺脫了比特幣的動蕩,但華爾街仍然想了解其他看好加密貨幣的公司在這個撲朔迷離的財報季期間會如何行事。
Treasury Partners董事總經理杰瑞?克蘭(Jerry Klein)對《財富》雜志說:“比特幣是一種充滿波動性的投資,因此,如果企業用自己的現金來購買比特幣,那么即便財報上出現未實現損失,他們也只能心甘情愿地接受。這些使用自家現金投資比特幣的企業都自愿承擔一定程度的風險,因為大多數公司都不會這么做。”
特斯拉
按照美國會計法規,加密貨幣被劃分為無形資產。這意味著,一旦比特幣價格跌破購買價,那么將比特幣列入資產負債表的企業將不得不減記資產價值。
特斯拉于7月26日公布了其第二季度財報,為投資者了解比特幣價格的近期下跌會對企業財報帶來哪些沖擊提供了第一手參考材料。
特斯拉在第一季度購買了15億美元的比特幣,在短短數月之后,這家電動汽車制造商在周一盤后發布的財報中確認“比特幣相關減值”2300萬美元 。不管怎么樣,特斯拉的財報顯示,這家公司斬獲了11億美元的季度利潤,同比增幅高達998%。
年初至今,馬斯克與數字資產之間的公共關系可謂是跌宕起伏。2月,馬斯克稱特斯拉將接受比特幣購車。數月之后,馬斯克又改變了這一決定,稱“比特幣挖礦的化石燃料使用量迅速增加”。拋開這種反復無常的態度不談,馬斯克對于加密貨幣的興趣絲毫沒有減弱的跡象。這位健談的首席執行官最近稱,他個人持有比特幣、以太幣和狗狗幣,同時其太空探索技術和衛星通訊公司SpaceX亦持有比特幣。
MicroStrategy公司
MicroStrategy的比特幣資產價值超過了27億美元,是迄今為止加密貨幣最大的企業持有者。
這家由邁克爾?塞勒(Michael Saylor)執掌的公司將“購買和持有比特幣”作為其公司的策略之一,最近增持了超過13005枚比特幣,使其截至6月21日的比特幣持有量達到了105085枚。
MicroStrategy還采取了進一步的措施,最近通過發行5億美元的垃圾債券(亦稱高息債券)來購買比特幣,此次發行于6月中旬結束。一周后,公司以總計4.89億美元的現金,最后一次買進比特幣。
BTIG分析師馬克?帕爾默(Mark Palmer)對《財富》雜志說:“我們從MicroStrategy、Square和其他公司看到了一種在公司資產負債表上保存資產的新方式。”
移動支付公司Square
Square一直都在循序漸進地打造其加密貨幣實力,而且很久之前就開始了這項工作,這也讓公司有優勢去利用最近的數字資產興趣洪流。對于Square來說,比特幣營收僅在第一季度便超過了35億美元——其中一部分來源于通過其Cash APP購買加密貨幣的客戶,而去年同期只有3.061億美元。
對于杰克?多西(Jack Dorsey)執掌的Square來說,要經常性地復制這類增長是不現實的,公司在其最新的季度報備材料中警告稱,這個數字將“出現波動,取決于客戶需求以及比特幣市價的變化。”
然而與此同時,Square的資產負債表顯示其正在囤積比特幣。公司在2020年第四季度和2021年第一季度增持了2.2億美元的比特幣。
BTIG的帕爾默確信,Square和MicroStrategy會在其即將出爐的財報中確認“大量的”減值損失。然而,這位科技金融公司和數字資產分析師稱,投資者將更加關心的是“日漸龐大的”Square將何去何從。(財富中文網)
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
對于比特幣最忠誠的企業擁躉來說,其價格的暴跌在接下來的幾周可能會給他們帶來壞消息。
自這款堅挺的加密貨幣于2021年初一路高歌,數次突破6萬美元大關之后,全球各大投資者、金融家和公司開始重新審視數字資產世界。然后,比特幣價格一落千丈,其年初至今的所有漲幅幾乎蕩然無存。比特幣最近出現了反彈跡象,其價格在7月26日短暫地突破了4萬美元。
近些年,包括特斯拉、MicroStrategy、Square在內的公司均豪賭比特幣,紛紛出手搶奪這類資產,以期待在加密貨幣經濟成熟之前脫手。盡管特斯拉最近的財報顯示,這家電動汽車公司從容地擺脫了比特幣的動蕩,但華爾街仍然想了解其他看好加密貨幣的公司在這個撲朔迷離的財報季期間會如何行事。
Treasury Partners董事總經理杰瑞?克蘭(Jerry Klein)對《財富》雜志說:“比特幣是一種充滿波動性的投資,因此,如果企業用自己的現金來購買比特幣,那么即便財報上出現未實現損失,他們也只能心甘情愿地接受。這些使用自家現金投資比特幣的企業都自愿承擔一定程度的風險,因為大多數公司都不會這么做。”
特斯拉
按照美國會計法規,加密貨幣被劃分為無形資產。這意味著,一旦比特幣價格跌破購買價,那么將比特幣列入資產負債表的企業將不得不減記資產價值。
特斯拉于7月26日公布了其第二季度財報,為投資者了解比特幣價格的近期下跌會對企業財報帶來哪些沖擊提供了第一手參考材料。
特斯拉在第一季度購買了15億美元的比特幣,在短短數月之后,這家電動汽車制造商在周一盤后發布的財報中確認“比特幣相關減值”2300萬美元 。不管怎么樣,特斯拉的財報顯示,這家公司斬獲了11億美元的季度利潤,同比增幅高達998%。
年初至今,馬斯克與數字資產之間的公共關系可謂是跌宕起伏。2月,馬斯克稱特斯拉將接受比特幣購車。數月之后,馬斯克又改變了這一決定,稱“比特幣挖礦的化石燃料使用量迅速增加”。拋開這種反復無常的態度不談,馬斯克對于加密貨幣的興趣絲毫沒有減弱的跡象。這位健談的首席執行官最近稱,他個人持有比特幣、以太幣和狗狗幣,同時其太空探索技術和衛星通訊公司SpaceX亦持有比特幣。
MicroStrategy公司
MicroStrategy的比特幣資產價值超過了27億美元,是迄今為止加密貨幣最大的企業持有者。
這家由邁克爾?塞勒(Michael Saylor)執掌的公司將“購買和持有比特幣”作為其公司的策略之一,最近增持了超過13005枚比特幣,使其截至6月21日的比特幣持有量達到了105085枚。
MicroStrategy還采取了進一步的措施,最近通過發行5億美元的垃圾債券(亦稱高息債券)來購買比特幣,此次發行于6月中旬結束。一周后,公司以總計4.89億美元的現金,最后一次買進比特幣。
BTIG分析師馬克?帕爾默(Mark Palmer)對《財富》雜志說:“我們從MicroStrategy、Square和其他公司看到了一種在公司資產負債表上保存資產的新方式。”
移動支付公司Square
Square一直都在循序漸進地打造其加密貨幣實力,而且很久之前就開始了這項工作,這也讓公司有優勢去利用最近的數字資產興趣洪流。對于Square來說,比特幣營收僅在第一季度便超過了35億美元——其中一部分來源于通過其Cash APP購買加密貨幣的客戶,而去年同期只有3.061億美元。
對于杰克?多西(Jack Dorsey)執掌的Square來說,要經常性地復制這類增長是不現實的,公司在其最新的季度報備材料中警告稱,這個數字將“出現波動,取決于客戶需求以及比特幣市價的變化。”
然而與此同時,Square的資產負債表顯示其正在囤積比特幣。公司在2020年第四季度和2021年第一季度增持了2.2億美元的比特幣。
BTIG的帕爾默確信,Square和MicroStrategy會在其即將出爐的財報中確認“大量的”減值損失。然而,這位科技金融公司和數字資產分析師稱,投資者將更加關心的是“日漸龐大的”Square將何去何從。(財富中文網)
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
A plunge in Bitcoin's value has the potential to spell bad news for its staunchest corporate advocates over the coming weeks.
Following a stunning rise that lifted the stalwart cryptocurrency above $60,000 at certain points earlier in 2021, investors, financiers, and companies around the globe began to take a new look at the digital asset world. Then, Bitcoin took a hard fall. By the end of the second quarter, nearly all of the cryptocurrency's year-to-date gains had been erased. Bitcoin has more recently shown signs of a turnaround, with the price surpassing $40,000 briefly July 26.
Companies including Tesla, MicroStrategy, Square, and others have all made sizable bets on Bitcoin in recent years, snatching up the asset in hopes of getting out ahead of the crypto economy's maturation. And while Elon Musk's electric car maker shook off Bitcoin's tumble with ease in its latest earnings results, Wall Street still wonders how other crypto-minded companies will do in what could be a complicated earnings season.
"Bitcoin's a volatile investment, so the companies that invest corporate cash into Bitcoin have to be willing to accept unrealized losses on their earnings results," Treasury Partners Managing Director Jerry Klein told Fortune. "These companies that invest in Bitcoin are willing to take a level of risk with corporate cash investing that most companies have avoided."
Tesla
Under U.S. accounting laws, cryptocurrencies are classified as intangible assets. That means that a company holding Bitcoin on its corporate balance sheet would have to write down the asset's value, if and when it falls below the purchase price.
Elon Musk's Tesla provided investors with the latest glimpse into how Bitcoin’s latest fall would hit corporate earnings when its second-quarter results dropped July 26.
Just months after buying $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin in the first quarter, the electric car maker recorded a “Bitcoin-related impairment” of $23 million in its earnings that were reported after the market’s close. Nonetheless, Tesla recorded quarterly profits of $1.1 billion — marking a 998% year-over-year spike, according to the company.
Musk has had a volatile public relationship with digital assets over the course of 2021. In February, Musk said Tesla would accept Bitcoin as payment from customers. Months later, Musk reversed the decision, citing the "rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining." In spite of the back-and-forth, Musk has shown few signs of a waning interest in cryptocurrencies. The outspoken CEO recently said he personally owns Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin, while his aerospace and satellite communications company, SpaceX, also holds Bitcoin.
MicroStrategy
With more than $2.7 billion worth of Bitcoin, MicroStrategy is by far the largest corporate holder of cryptocurrency.
The company, led by Michael Saylor, which adopted “acquiring and holding Bitcoin” as part of its corporate strategy, recently added bought 13,005 more Bitcoins to bring its total count to 105,085, as of June 21.
MicroStrategy went so far as to recently conduct a $500 million junk bond offering to buy Bitcoin, which closed in mid-June. A week later, it conducted its latest Bitcoin purchase for a total price of $489 million in cash.
“What we’re seeing from MicroStrategy, Square, and others is a novel approach to the preservation of assets on a company’s balance sheet,” BTIG analyst Mark Palmer told Fortune.
Square
Square has been gradually building out its cryptocurrency capabilities for some time now, making it well positioned to capitalize on the recent flood of digital asset interest. Bitcoin revenues for Square that were generated in part by customers buying the cryptocurrency through its Cash App reached more than $3.5 billion in the first quarter alone, up from $306.1 million a year before.
Whether Jack Dorsey's Square can regularly duplicate that sort of increase is unlikely, as the company warned in its latest quarterly filing that the amount will “fluctuate depending on customer demand as well as changes in the market price of Bitcoin.”
And yet, all the while, Square has been stockpiling Bitcoin on its balance sheet too. It added $220 million worth of Bitcoin in the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter 2021.
BTIG’s Palmer does expect to see Square, as well as MicroStrategy, take on “significant” impairment charges in their upcoming earnings results. However, the fintech and digital asset analyst says investors will be more concerned with what is happening at Square “writ large.”