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- Three crypto exchanges canceled campaigns that wanted to offer the SpaceX IPO.
- The company cited xStocks’ failure to allocate space in the IPO.
- Shares of SPCX are up more than 26% from their IPO price of $135.
Crypto exchanges Binance, Bybit, and Bitget all repaid customers hoping to get access to shares of SpaceX (SPCX) on Friday as Elon Musk’s rocket company saw a surge in prices among the highs.
The crypto firm returned customers’ money after xStocks, a tokenized equities platform, failed to receive the shares it had been allotted, it said.
“Due to the failure of xStocks to deliver the goods, no part of SpaceX was received,” Bybit written on X.
Binance has also indicated that due to unknown events beyond its control, it has to cancel SPCXx – SpaceX’s pre-IPO token from the xStocks campaign.
“Protect users when things don’t happen,” Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao wrote on X.
In addition to refunding subscribers, Binance is distributing $1 million worth of SpaceX shares through bStocks—its newly launched security offering—similar to those who participated in SpaceX’s pre-IPO campaign. Bybit is also rewarding participants with a percentage of the money spent during the campaign.
“Due to oversubscription, requests to purchase the IPO opportunity at SpaceX have not been fully implemented,” a spokesperson for xSstocks said. Decrypt. “Customer deposits associated with unfilled orders have now been refunded. SpaceX is available on xStocks now, listed as SPCXx, and will be available for sale by the end of the first week.”
A disclaimer previously posted by the company on X indicated that SPCXx, its version of SpaceX’s IPO shares, had not confirmed the distribution.
“IPO xSstocks are products that provide price representation only – not direct ownership,” The company listed on X.
The token offering was one of the few ways that crypto participants was looking to participate in the much-anticipated IPO.
Traders were able to use the decentralized perps exchange Hyperliquid to sell long or short positions in SpaceX shares before they hit the market. Coinbase International He gave the same medicineallowing users to help identify pricing and gain access to a private company before it is publicly listed.
Shares of SpaceX, which were offered at $135, have jumped more than 26% since they started trading, recently changing hands at $172.31. The company’s market capitalization now exceeds $2.2 trillion, and public offerings are said to make Musk the leader the first trillion in the world in the way.
Editor’s note: This article was edited after publication to include comments from xStocks.
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