If Tesla (EM) did not sell all that BTC, then it would be more accurate to say that it is an unrealized profit - and EM has stated that it has no intention of selling that BTC, although this may change at any time.
This lol. Technically, it really isn't considered as "profits" if the assets haven't been sold yet in the first place. It's quite misleading, but I guess Cointelegraph's goal was to make it misleading enough to trick people into talking about it, and here we are. 🤷♂️
And the same thing when people see their portfolio going down, getting in red and say that they have lost money in the market because the price goes down.
And yet they failed to realized that it is not a lost because they actually haven't sold any. So this should be a lesson to everyone. Don't call it a profit or lost when you don't sold.
As usual, Cointelegraph and any other crypto media for that matter is pure click-bait.