- “The Big Short” investor Michael Burry suggested Tesla bought Bitcoin to distract from regulatory issues in China.
- Burry also pointed to Dogecoin’s record price as evidence of a huge market bubble.
- The Scion Asset Management boss revealed he was short Tesla in December.
Michael Burry questioned Tesla’s Bitcoin investment and sounded the alarm on Dogecoin’s record price in a series of now-deleted tweets on Monday.
“Chinese regulators summon Tesla on quality issues as consumers complain about quality … but $TSLA bought $BTC,” the Scion Asset Management boss tweeted, using the tickers for Tesla and Bitcoin. “In my mind’s eye, so much #digitalconfetti.”
In other words, Burry thinks Tesla may have timed its $1.5 billion purchase of Bitcoin to distract from its China troubles.
Burry, whose billion-dollar bet on a US housing-market collapse was chronicled in Michael Lewis’ book “The Big Short,” revealed he was short Tesla in December. He poked fun at Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the fact his company’s stock price has moved in tandem with Bitcoin in another tweet on Monday.