Tesla announced it invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin in its annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, prompting the cryptocurrency to rise to an all-time high on Monday.

While the clean energy company acknowledged in the report that digital assets “may be subject to volatile market prices,” it maintained that the change would allow for “more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on [its] cash.”

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