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SpaceX IPO Filing Insights
Yes, the big one is here, as yesterday SpaceX officially filed for its Nasdaq IPO under the ticker SPCX. The expected IPO date is June 12th, and the company is looking to raise $80 billion.
The filing also gave some revealing insights into the company, which includes SpaceX, Starlink, xAI, and X, all combined, with details including:
● Q1 revenue of $4.694 billion
● Q1 operation losses of $1.943 billion
● 2025 capex of $20.7 billion
● $12.7 billion of that capex towards AI
● Elon Musk to be CEO, CTO, and Chairman after the IPO
● Elon Musk will have 85.1% combined voting power
Additionally, it was shown that Anthropic has agreed to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion a month for access to compute capacity, running through until May 2029, although this arrangement can be terminated by either party with 90 days notice.
And on the Bitcoin front, SpaceX holds 18,712 BTC, currently worth more than $1.45 billion.  SpaceX also states that it believes it has, “the largest actionable total addressable market in human history”, putting its TAM at $28.5 trillion, the vast majority of which–$22.7 trillion–is labelled as enterprise application AI.
Now for reference, the size of the entire US economy is $32.4 trillion, so the SpaceX TAM estimate is certainly audacious, but one thing seems clear: Elon can IPO while the music is still playing, and he’s taking the opportunity.
Security the Priority as Tokenization Accelerates
 DeFi is integrating with mainstream finance, and asset tokenization continues to expand. In fact, a look at total RWA value reveals growth from around $2.1 billion at the start of 2024, to over $33.7 billion now.
And that means security is a pressing issue for Web3 developers. Just last week, Thorchain was exploited for over $10 million worth of assets, underlining the degree to which security must be bolstered industry-wide.
However, the good news is that the sponsor of today’s newsletter, Cyberscope, is making solid progress on that front.
Cyberscope’s work spans protocol assurance, broader platform security, and readiness for more demanding technical, commercial, and regulatory review. For teams preparing to scale, partner, or operate in more scrutinised environments, Cyberscope helps strengthen both security posture and the confidence behind it.
And that same approach now extends into Cyberscan AI, Cyberscope’s new AI-powered smart contract security tool.  Built for Solidity workflows, Cyberscan AI helps teams identify meaningful vulnerabilities earlier in the development cycle, before code reaches formal review. The focus is on surfacing findings that deserve attention, so developers and security teams can spend less time triaging noise and more time addressing real risk.
Ultimately, as capital flows into tokenized assets and DeFi turns mainstream, the stakes get higher, and teams catching issues early will be the ones that stick around. Visit Cyberscope to learn more about Cyberscan.
SEC Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Stocks
According to a report in Bloomberg this week, which cites anonymous sources, the SEC is set to launch what it calls an innovation exemption for the decentralized trading of tokenized securities and other real-world assets.  What that means is a regulatory framework that will allow tokenized versions of stocks, bonds, and treasuries to be traded on DeFi platforms, potentially without needing consent from the public companies whose shares are being tokenized.
This development comes as trading volumes on tokenized shares are already hitting ATHs, with data from The Block showing that daily volume hit $3.57 billion on Monday, while Binance and Hyperliquid are the leading platforms for tokenized stock trading.
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