【TechWeb】3月8日消息，美图发布公告称，集团于2021年3月5日在公开场交易中购买了15,000单位的以太币和379.1214267单位的比
特币（「BTC」），这两种加密货币的总对价分别约为22.1百万美元和17.9百万美元。
公告显示，这些购买是根据本公司董事会先前批准的一项加密货币投资计划进行的，据此本集团可以购买净额不超过1亿美元的加密货币，其资金来源为本公司现有的现金储备（但非公司首次公开发行所得的余下款项）。
美图董事会认为，区块链技术具有颠覆现有金融和科技行业的潜力，类似于移动互联网颠覆了PC互联网以及众多其他离线行业的方式。但区块链行业仍处于早期阶段，类似于2005年左右的移动互联网行业。在此背景下，董事会认为，加密货币具有足够的升值空间，并且
在此时通过将其部分现金储备金分配到加密货币，可以用作资金管理中分散持有现金之风险（由于全球各国央行在资金管理方面大幅度增加货币供应量而产生的贬值压力）。更重要的是，董事会认为，这能向投资者和利益持份者表明本集团接受技术革新的抱负和决心，从而为进军区块链行业做好了准备。尽管区块链具有长期利好前景，但总体而言，短期内加密货币的价格仍然会有波幅，因此董事会目前决定投资以市值计最大的两种加密货币以太币和比特币，董事会相信这投资能最大化提高长远股东价值。
TechWeb, March 8 (UPI) -- Meto corporation announced that it purchased 15,000 units of Ether and 379.1214267 units in a public trading transaction on March 5, 2021
Special coins ("BTC"), the two cryptocurrencies, have a total pair price of approximately US$22.1 million and US$17.9 million, respectively
According to the announcement, these purchases were made under a cryptocurrency investment plan previously approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, whereby the Group may purchase cryptocurrencies with a net value of not more than $100 million, financed from the Company's existing cash reserves (but not the remaining proceeds from the Company's initial public offering).
Metu's board believes that blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt existing financial and technology industries, similar to the way mobile Internet disrupts the PC Internet and many other offline industries. But the blockchain industry is still in its early stages, similar to the mobile Internet industry around 2005. In this context, the Board believes that cryptocurrencies have sufficient room for appreciation and
At this point, by allocating some of its cash reserves to cryptocurrencies, it can be used to spread the risk of holding cash in money management (depreciation pressures arising from a significant increase in the money supply by central banks around the world). More importantly, the Board believes that this will demonstrate to investors and stakeholders the Group's ambition and determination to accept technological innovation, thus preparing it for the military blockchain industry. Despite the long-term benefits of blockchain, the price of cryptocurrencies will remain ripple in the short term, so the Board has now decided to invest in Ether and Bitcoin, the two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation, which the Board believes will maximize long-term shareholder value.
