Binance users deposited $557 million in USDC for tokenized SpaceX pre-IPO exposure. Small wallets dominated; large entries also participated.
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Binance users deposited more than $557 million in USDC for a tokenized SpaceX pre-IPO product before the company's Nasdaq listing. The campaign attracted roughly 27,689 wallet addresses, according to data from the exchange. Small wallets dominated participation. Large contributors still represented a meaningful share of the total.
The token structure offers exposure to SpaceX's valuation without granting equity. Users hold a synthetic claim tied to the company's market price, not actual shares. The same design has caused problems in earlier tokenized stock offerings. Bybit refunded subscribers after a zero-allocation event. Citi tokenized private shares for wealthy clients, restricting secondary trading. The Binance product faces similar questions around settlement and redemption timing.
The Binance product is similar to earlier SpaceX token offerings that ended with refunds for subscribers who received zero allocation. In those cases, the token issuer returned funds after the IPO allocation was exhausted. Binance's product uses a different mechanism: users deposit USDC and receive a token that tracks SpaceX's share price. The exchange handles the underlying purchase. That structure shifts settlement risk from the user to the exchange. It does not eliminate the risk of a mismatch between token supply and actual shares.
SpaceX is not publicly traded. Secondary markets for its shares are limited. Tokenized products fill that gap. They carry execution risk if underlying liquidity does not match token supply. The $557 million in deposits came from users willing to accept that risk for pre-IPO exposure.
The $557 million figure is large relative to typical crypto pre-IPO offerings. It exceeds the total raised in some earlier SpaceX token sales on other platforms. Large addresses accounted for a significant portion of the total deposit, Binance's data shows.
The campaign ended before SpaceX's Nasdaq debut. How the token trades on the secondary market will be the next test. If volume stays thin, the product may function more like a tracking note than a tradeable asset.
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