Musk Elon, Tesla chief executive. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

Brothers Elon Musk and Kimbal Musk hold bitcoin worth 2.5 trillion won, according to testimony.

On the 17th (local time), U.S. financial outlet Benzinga said Errol Musk, the father of the Musk brothers, noted in a recent interview with a cryptocurrency-focused outlet that his two sons hold a total of 23,400 bitcoin.

Bitcoin is currently about $74,000 per coin. The value of the brothers' bitcoin holdings comes to $1.7 billion (about 2.5 trillion won).

In addition, Tesla, the electric vehicle company led by Elon Musk, holds 11,509 bitcoin, and SpaceX, the aerospace company, owns 8,285,

Elon Musk is already the world's richest person with asset worth $839 billion. With SpaceX, considered this year's biggest initial public offering (IPO), set to list, some say he could soon become the world's first "trillionaire."

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