Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX transferred $257 million worth of BTC, marking the company's second large-scale transfer action in three months, sparking widespread speculation in the market about the company's potential sale of crypto assets amid increasing financial and political pressures.
According to reports, SpaceX completed the transfer of these BTC on Tuesday, marking the company's first wallet activity since July.
Data from blockchain intelligence platform Nansen shows that the SpaceX-marked wallet "1MDyM" transferred $130 million worth of BTC to the address "bc1qj," while another SpaceX wallet "1AXeF" sent $127 million worth of BTC to the address "bc1qq."
Notably, these two receiving addresses have not yet transferred or sold the received BTC, and SpaceX has not made any official comments regarding the purpose of this transaction.
This wallet activity marks SpaceX's second large-scale transfer operation within three months, as the aerospace company previously transferred $153 million worth of BTC in July, which was the first movement of funds by the company since 2022.
Cointelegraph has reached out to SpaceX for an official response regarding the reason for the BTC transfer.
Industry analysts point out that while Musk has recently praised Bitcoin's energy-based, anti-inflation economic model, the tech entrepreneur's relationship with the cryptocurrency industry has been quite complex.
Musk's SpaceX first publicly disclosed its BTC holdings in July 2021, in sync with electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, which had purchased $1.5 billion worth of BTC earlier that year.
In May 2021, Tesla announced it would suspend accepting BTC for vehicle purchases due to environmental concerns, a decision that caused the price of BTC to plummet by 6% within an hour, from $54,800 to $51,600.
Although Tesla has not sold most of its BTC holdings to date, the automaker has not commented on the resumption of BTC payments, contradicting Musk's earlier promise that he would consider resuming BTC payments if the proportion of renewable energy used in mining increased.
The above chart, modeled by climate tech venture capital expert Daniel Batten and BTC analyst Willy Woo, shows that the sustainable energy usage rate for BTC mining has reached an all-time high of over 55%.
As SpaceX faces increasing political and financial pressures, the company's BTC holdings have drawn broader attention.
On Monday, NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy stated that due to delays in SpaceX's Starship lunar lander project timeline, NASA has now decided to open the lunar lander contract to other competitors.
"We are competing with China, so we need the best companies to get us to the moon as soon as possible. SpaceX has won the contract to build HLS, but progress has been slow," Duffy said in an interview with CNBC on Monday.
SpaceX signed a $4.4 billion agreement with NASA in 2021, which includes the goal of achieving a lunar landing by 2027 using the company's fully reusable Starship spacecraft.
Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin are expected to participate in the bidding for this contract as SpaceX's main competitors.
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Original article: “SpaceX Moves $257 Million in Bitcoin (BTC), Reigniting Questions Over Its Crypto Strategy”
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