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SpaceX Carries 18,712 Bitcoin Into Its $75 Billion IPO

By Isaac • June 7, 2026 8:43 am • Comments

SpaceX is going public, and the filing comes with a Bitcoin disclosure that puts the largest crypto asset on a mainstream IPO ticket.

CoinDesk reported that SpaceX held 18,712 BTC at a fair value of $1.29 billion as of March 31, 2026, according to the company’s IPO filing. That puts SpaceX in the small group of major corporations carrying significant Bitcoin treasury positions.

The offering is reportedly set to raise $75 billion at about a $1.8 trillion valuation. Pricing is expected on June 11, with the stock listing on Nasdaq under ticker SPCX on June 12.

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The detail that crypto traders keep circling is the retail allocation. Up to 30% of the shares are directed to ordinary brokerage investors through Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

That allocation is unusually large for a listing this size. It means millions of brokerage accounts could pick up exposure to a company that already holds Bitcoin on its books.

SpaceX confirmed the filing itself.

SpaceX added these details:

According to CoinDesk: SpaceX’s IPO filing disclosed 18,712 bitcoin on the company’s balance sheet at a fair value of $1.29 billion as of March 31. The company filed its S-1 registration statement with the SEC, giving public-market investors a rare look at one of the world’s most valuable private firms before its planned listing.

The filing also highlighted SpaceX’s reusable rocket launch business, Starlink satellite internet business, and artificial intelligence work. The Bitcoin holding places SpaceX among a small group of major corporations with large BTC treasury positions, which makes the IPO a corporate-Bitcoin story as well as a technology listing story.

CoinGecko ranked Bitcoin first by market capitalization during the June 7, 2026 Central-time selection check. SpaceX held 18,712 BTC at a fair value of $1.29 billion as of March 31, 2026, according to the company’s IPO filing.

SpaceX filed its S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is pursuing a public listing. The filing placed SpaceX among the small group of major corporations with significant Bitcoin holdings.

SpaceX’s IPO is expected to raise $75 billion at about a $1.8 trillion valuation.

CoinDesk added these details:

According to CoinDesk: SpaceX’s $75 billion IPO is reportedly valuing the company near $1.8 trillion and directing up to 30% of the offering to retail investors through platforms such as Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. CoinDesk examined speculation that retail traders were selling bitcoin to buy the SpaceX IPO and found that stablecoin flows and on-chain data did not show clear abnormal cashing out from crypto markets.

The clearest drain from crypto came from spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, where bitcoin funds recorded about $4.4 billion of redemptions before a small inflow broke the streak. The filing placed SpaceX among the small group of major corporations with significant Bitcoin holdings.

SpaceX’s IPO is expected to raise $75 billion at about a $1.8 trillion valuation. The SpaceX offering is directing up to 30% of shares to retail investors through platforms including Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

Online speculation tied the crypto selloff to retail investors preparing for the SpaceX IPO, but stablecoin and exchange-flow data did not show clear signs of abnormal cashing out from crypto markets. Coinbase and Robinhood data needed to confirm any brokerage-account rotation will not be available until July.

That mix of rockets, Starlink, AI work and a Bitcoin reserve is why traders keep treating the filing as a market signal.

From there the speculation got ahead of the data. A theory spread that retail investors were dumping Bitcoin to free up cash for the SpaceX allocation, and that the rotation was driving the crypto selloff.

CoinDesk added these details:

According to SpaceX: SpaceX announced on June 4 that it filed a registration statement, including a preliminary prospectus, with the SEC for a planned initial public offering. The company said a copy of the preliminary prospectus could be accessed through spacexipo.com.

Online speculation tied the crypto selloff to retail investors preparing for the SpaceX IPO, but stablecoin and exchange-flow data did not show clear signs of abnormal cashing out from crypto markets. Coinbase and Robinhood data needed to confirm any brokerage-account rotation will not be available until July.

Spot bitcoin ETFs had seen about $4.4 billion of redemptions before a small inflow broke the streak. SpaceX is expected to price on June 11 and list on Nasdaq under ticker SPCX on June 12.

SpaceX announced on June 4, 2026 that it filed a registration statement with the SEC and that the preliminary prospectus could be accessed through spacexipo.com. CoinGecko ranked Bitcoin first by market capitalization during the June 7, 2026 Central-time selection check.

SpaceX held 18,712 BTC at a fair value of $1.29 billion as of March 31, 2026, according to the company’s IPO filing.

So the visible outflow was in ETFs, not in some traceable retail dash from coins into a stock allocation. The brokerage data that could confirm any rotation does not arrive until July.

That gap matters for how people read this. The honest read is that Bitcoin holders selling to fund SpaceX shares stays unproven for now.

What is real is the structure of the deal. A heavily watched IPO with a large retail tranche is about to hand mainstream investors a public-company wrapper that already carries Bitcoin exposure.

Bitcoin ranked first by market capitalization on CoinGecko during the June 7 selection check, ahead of Ether and Tether. That rank is part of why a SpaceX listing reads as a crypto story and not a footnote about a company holding some niche token.

The price effect cuts both ways and is not settled. New equity exposure to a Bitcoin-holding firm is a fresh on-ramp, while ETF redemptions show money can leave the asset class fast.

The clean version is simple. SpaceX is bringing 18,712 BTC into one of the most-watched public listings in years, and on June 12 retail investors will be able to buy it.

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