South Korean Investors Dump $1.8 Billion In Tesla Stock, Pile Into Crypto Firms Including BitMine
South Korean retail investors dumped Tesla shares in the past four months, shifting their attention to crypto stocks amid growing disillusionment with Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturer. That’s according to a Sept. 1 report by Bloomberg, which says investors sold a net $657 million of Tesla stock last month and $1.8 billion in the past four. That was the largest outflow for Tesla stock since at least 2019, the report added. That’s despite Tesla shares pumping more than 10% in the last month, according to Google Finance. Korean Investors Turn To Crypto South Korean retail traders were one of Tesla’s most loyal investor bases, and helped fuel the stock’s rallies in the past, the report said. But they’ve turned now to the crypto sector, including Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies, which sucked in around $253 million from Korean investors in August. The company is currently the largest corporate holder of ETH. According...