Meitu, the Hong Kong-based tech company, has racked up $100 million worth of Bitcoin and Ether.
It has been reported that Meitu HK, the wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary of Meitu Inc (incorporated in the Cayman Islands), acquired 175.67798279 units of Bitcoin for a combined price of $10 million by implying a purchase price of around $57,000 per coin.
However, the purchase was reportedly made using existing cash reserves, based on spot prices on the open market.
The report said that last month, Meitu racked up $90 million worth of cryptocurrency purchases split between Bitcoin and Ether (ETH). After its latest acquisition, the firm has now purchased $49.5 million worth of BTC and $50.5 million worth of ETH.
Is Meitu Asia’s MicroStrategy? The Hong-Kong tech company has taken the total value of its cryptocurrency holdings to approximately $100 million after buying more BTC on April 8. https://t.co/3XNHRYpyhX — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) April 9, 2021
Likewise, the firm previously stated that it couldn’t have made its prior purchases without the help of United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. No mention of Coinbase was made in the latest disclosure, as the exchange has been responsible for handling the investments of other corporate entities, such as MicroStrategy, in the past.
The disclosure laid out the firm’s reasons for adding to its Bitcoin holdings, comparing the technology’s potential impact to that of the mobile Internet.
It stated:
“The Board takes the view that blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt both existing financial and technology industries, similar to the manner in which mobile internet has disrupted the PC internet and many other offline industries.”
Moreover, the disclosure notes Bitcoin’s utility as a store of value, a feature helped by its limited supply. Also mentioned are its portability and its position as a hedge against inflation caused by the aggressive money printing practices of central banks.
Thus, the disclosure further stated:
“Some of these features potentially even render Bitcoin as a superior form to other alternative stores of value such as gold, precious stone and real estate. Being an alternative store of value, its price is primarily a function of future demand that is driven by consensus of investors and the general public.”
Source: Cointelegraph