@Teslarati@ResidentSponge GM & Chrysler were bailed out (money never repaid), but Tesla was not.
Crucial Tesla investment actually came from Daimler in 2009, from which they did very well.
Tesla received govt energy efficiency loan in 2010, by which time capital markets reopened. Loan was repaid early.
Once Central Banks accept that Bitcoin provides near risk-free alpha, it's off to the races.
This 2015 paper suggested that the Barbados CB allocates 0.01% or $27k to BTC (~zero risk), which would be worth $5M today—over 1% of its reserves.
https://t.co/JXiod5FGRs