# All you need to know about the SpaceX IPO By [Demether](https://paragraph.com/@demether) ยท 2026-06-10 demether, research, spacex, ipo, rwa, nasdaq --- \- **Largest IPO in history**: SpaceX set its IPO price at $135 per share, raising $74.4 billion and exceeding Saudi Aramco's 2019 record for both valuation and money raised \- **Record $1.77 trillion valuation**: The offering places Elon Musk's rocket maker at $1.77 trillion, a 40% increase from its February self-assessed valuation of $1.25 trillion \- **June 12, 2026 Nasdaq debut**: Trading will begin next week on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol **SPCX** \- **No traditional Wall Street roadshow**: SpaceX fixed its price directly without the typical Wall Street price discovery process using roadshows \- **Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley lead**: The official prospectus lists Goldman Sachs as the lead organizer, followed by Morgan Stanley among major Wall Street underwriters \- **Musk share restrictions**: Filings indicate Elon Musk is restricted from selling some SpaceX shares until the company meets certain operational benchmarks \- **Accelerated timeline**: SpaceX accelerated its IPO timeline from the original June 18-30 estimate to June 12, releasing its prospectus publicly \- **Kraken's SpaceX offering sold out instantly**: Kraken launched pre-IPO SpaceX shares and sold $100 million in allocation within just 15 minutes, with their entire offering fully allocated in under 2 hours to crypto-native investors \- **AI funding driver**: The IPO aims to fund Musk's orbital AI ambitions and help compete xAI against rivals, pivoting the rocket maker toward artificial intelligence \- **180-day lockup period**: Insiders and early investors face an 180-day lockup ending between December 15-27, 2026, before they can sell shares ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/563b06f73c9513c602771a3789bef495b8aa386149f11addcf17a617e01cc412.png) --- *Originally published on [Demether](https://paragraph.com/@demether/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-spacex-ipo)*