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SpaceX IPO liquidity drain rattles crypto and tech markets

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 · from 4 podcasts, 5 episodes
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  • SpaceX's IPO is sucking $250B from markets to fund Musk's long-term bets.
  • AI job losses and social spending proposals expose a looming fiscal tension.
  • Analysts warn IPO-induced volatility signals future capital rotations into OpenAI and Anthropic.

A liquidity squeeze hit the market ahead of SpaceX's Friday debut. The IPO, valued at $1.77 trillion, is four times oversubscribed, drawing over $250 billion in demand for a $75 billion raise. On Bitcoin And, analyst Andre Fowlzan Oddsima argued this created an "IPO tax,\" forcing institutional funds to sell liquid tech stocks and Bitcoin to participate.

"With a valuation of $1.8 trillion, SpaceX is essentially acting as a black hole for market liquidity."

- Andre Fowlzan Oddsima, Bitcoin And

Jason Calacanis framed the valuation as a dual-market mechanism. Wall Street "weighs" current performance from Starlink and launch revenues. The West Coast "votes" on Musk's vision for lunar data centers and asteroid mining. On This Week in Startups, he argued this public ballot is a shift in retail access, with Musk allocating 30% of the offering to retail investors.

Peter St Onge contrasted SpaceX's bet on future verticals with state-led stagnation elsewhere. He pointed to China's 300% debt-to-GDP ratio and Canada's third recession in 11 years as evidence that central planning fails when capital exits. Elon Musk thrived where China disappeared Jack Ma.

The AI labor paradox emerged as a counterpoint to IPO euphoria. St Onge cited GitHub activity up 14x over pre-AI trends and a Gallup survey showing a 670,000-job jump in business services, arguing efficiency gains spawn more projects. Yet Dario Amodei warned the U.S. government moves too slowly for recursive self-improvement, proposing "pro-employment incentives" and broad social spending.

On TFTC, Marty Bent tied Amodei's social spending proposals to America's fiscal constraints, noting Social Security's shortfall projection moves forward a year annually. The IPO wealth event exists alongside a state that may need yield curve control to manage its debt.

"If the U.S. wants to use frontier AI as a national security advantage, it must find a way to fund these social safety nets while the national balance sheet is already crumbling."

- Marty Bent, TFTC

The capital rotation isn't a one-off. Oddsima warned OpenAI and Anthropic are expected to follow, suggesting sustained volatility. Investors are playing a rinse-and-repeat game, extracting profits from one AI-adjacent IPO to fund the next.

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Marty Bent

Ten31 Timestamp: Ad Astra Per Nasdaq • Jun 15

  • SpaceX’s IPO made Elon Musk a paper trillionaire. Marty Bent argues this wealth is earned and not unjustifiable, citing SpaceX's history of repeated failures and recovery.
  • The hosts suggest that right-tail talent like Elon Musk are disproportionately valuable for national progress. Bent notes China disappeared Jack Ma for his success, while Musk thrived.
  • They dispute the notion that America has lost the manufacturing race, referencing the book Freedom's Forge on the industrial mobilization for WWII led by Bill Knudsen and Henry Kaiser.
  • WTI oil fell below $80 after the Iran deal announcement, trading at $78.74.
  • John highlights U.S. advantages: deep capital markets, its Elons, an energy advantage over global peers, and the dominant dollar's network effects.
  • John cites the CEO of Payments Canada stating that payments are economic statecraft, noting four-fifths of Canada's cross-border payments route through U.S. banks.
  • Anthropic’s Fable 5 model was removed due to U.S. export controls after competitors flagged its vulnerabilities. Bent sees frontier AI labs as a strategic U.S. advantage.
  • Bent references Dario Amodei's post about U.S. government needing faster response to AI, proposing pro-employment incentives and long-term macroeconomic support akin to UBI.
  • Bent ties Dario's social spending proposals to the U.S. fiscal constraint, noting Social Security’s shortfall projection has moved forward a year annually.
  • John suggests the U.S. might implement yield curve control or creative Treasury issuance amid future liquidity needs, and should aim for Americans to benefit from liquidity flows.
Also from this episode: (3)

Politics (1)

  • Bent says the U.S. and Iran have reached a deal expected to be signed Friday, which could pivot the geopolitical narrative.

BTC Markets (1)

  • They argue Bitcoin is the U.S. strategic hedge if the dollar system falters, citing River data that shows America holds 40% of Bitcoin supply and dominates corporate and nation-state holdings.

Nation-State (1)

  • Bent says Bitcoin offers immense value accretion potential and the U.S. is uniquely positioned to harness it, given American innovation and early adoption.
#Regulation#Macro#Models#BTC Markets#Startups
Peter St Onge Podcast
Peter St Onge Podcast

Ep 176 Weekly Roundup: Job Openings Jump by 731,000 • Jun 15

  • Peter Saint Onge argues AI is not wiping out jobs but increasing them via the Jevons paradox, citing a Gallup survey and GitHub commit growth.
  • Peter Saint Onge says China's economy is slowing with collapsing investment and retail sales, worsened by Trump's tariffs and state-led industrial overcapacity.
Also from this episode: (5)

Macro (3)

  • Peter Saint Onge reports job openings jumped 731,000 in a single month, bringing the total to 7.6 million - the highest level since COVID and exceeding the number of unemployed people.
  • Peter Saint Onge cites ADP and BLS payroll data showing 122,000 and 172,000 jobs added respectively, both exceeding population growth.
  • Peter Saint Onge states Canada is in a technical recession and blames Liberal policy, citing a collapse in business investment and mass emigration of high-productivity workers.

Space (1)

  • Peter Saint Onge details SpaceX's upcoming IPO valuation at $1.8 trillion, its revenue breakdown, and Elon Musk's ownership and voting control.

Fed (1)

  • Peter Saint Onge warns the Federal Reserve risks killing economic growth by hiking rates to combat inflation driven by oil prices and a booming job market.
#Macro#Markets#Startups#AI Infrastructure#Trade
This Week in Startups
This Week in Startups

SpaceX IPO Day: What Wall St. and the media missed | E2300 • Jun 13

  • Jason Calacanis frames the SpaceX IPO as a transition from venture capital's 'voting mechanism' on future potential to the public market's 'weighing mechanism' on current performance.
  • SpaceX's IPO priced at $135 per share, raising about $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation. Elon Musk's personal stake is valued at approximately $860 billion.
  • Calacanis argues the market struggles to value SpaceX because its business spans short-term, medium-term, and fantastical long-term ventures like Starlink, mobile connectivity, and space data centers.
  • Jason Calacanis advises dollar-cost averaging into companies you believe in long-term, buying when sentiment is low and the market has 'fallen out of love' with a stock.
  • Ben Sarah says Pulsia, an AI that builds and runs companies autonomously, grew from a $100k-$200k run rate to a $10 million run rate in a few months.
  • Ben Sarah used 'purple cow' marketing by letting his AI handle his investor inbox for 14 days, generating a tweet with 300,000 views and inbound investor interest.
  • Jason Calacanis advises against free product tiers for startups, citing his Founder University experience where a $500 deposit increased course completion rates from 20% to over 90%.
  • Calacanis cites Travis Kalanick's Uber marketing tactics like surge pricing explanations and the 2012 ice cream truck promotion as examples of earned, mimetic marketing that demonstrated product capabilities.
  • The low-budget horror film 'Obsession' grossed $240 million worldwide on a sub-$1 million production budget, with a domestic take of $165 million.
  • Jason Calacanis recommends travel routers like the GL.iNet or UniFi models to create a portable, secure home network and VPN for families traveling internationally.
Also from this episode: (1)

Media (1)

  • Lon Harris describes the Apple TV+ series 'Widows' Bay' as a horror-comedy where a mayor tries to develop a haunted island, comparing its tone to 'Twin Peaks' and 'Stranger Things'.
#Markets#Startups#Agents#Macro
Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News
Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News

Blast Off | Bitcoin News • Jun 12

  • David Bennett observes a pattern of market whipsawing from Middle East conflict news, where claims of an imminent Iran peace deal repeatedly trigger oil price drops and stock market rebounds.
  • Japanese corporate Bitcoin holder MetaPlanet is acquiring Cboe Securities for 2.1 billion yen ($13.1M) to gain a Type 1 financial license and build a Bitcoin-centric financial platform targeting Japanese retail investors.
  • El Salvador's recent immigration reform reduces the physical presence requirement for temporary residency from nine months to ninety days per year. The country's territorial tax system imposes 0% tax on foreign-sourced income and Bitcoin capital gains.
  • The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal for a new trial, upholding his conviction and 25-year sentence for fraud. His remaining appeal options include a rehearing request and a likely petition to the Supreme Court.
  • Microsoft President Brad Smith acknowledged graduating students are booing AI mentions at commencements due to job market fears. A Federal Reserve study found U.S. programming job growth dropped ~50% after ChatGPT's launch, with an estimated 500,000 developer jobs never materializing.
  • BitGo launched Lightning Earn, a product allowing institutions to earn Bitcoin-denominated routing fees by providing liquidity on the Lightning Network via an integration with Amboss Technologies' Rails platform.
Also from this episode: (2)

Regulation (2)

  • Former CFTC and SEC Chair Gary Gensler filed an amicus brief siding with states against the CFTC's claim of exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets like Kalshi. He argues the Dodd-Frank Act was not written to authorize or preempt state sports betting laws.
  • Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed a domestic crypto bill implementing the EU's MiCA framework for the third time, leaving Poland as the only EU member without a MiCA implementation days before the July 1 licensing deadline.
#Markets#Macro#Regulation#Energy

Kalshi Intelligence Agency | Bitcoin News • Jun 10

  • Botanics, a Bitcoin scaling network, is shutting down after four years, citing weak demand for Bitcoin DeFi. The team says most users treat Bitcoin as a reserve asset rather than something for frequent on-chain applications.
  • The U.S. CPI rose 4.2% year-over-year in May, matching economist forecasts. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, rose 2.9% annually.
  • SpaceX's upcoming IPO is oversubscribed by 4x, attracting over $250B in demand for a $75B raise and valuing the company at $1.8T. Some analysts argue this 'IPO tax' is sucking liquidity from crypto and tech stocks.
  • Michael Saylor and critic Matthew Crater debated whether MicroStrategy's latest capital raise was dilutive. Saylor argues it was accretive when including new cash reserves, while Crater points to a decline in the firm's 'BTC yield' metric.
  • Prediction market CalShi is rolling out new compliance measures, including mandatory employment disclosure for traders in high-risk markets and a risk-scoring framework, to address insider trading concerns.
  • The CFTC proposed new rules for prediction markets, aiming to allow sports betting but limit contracts tied to terrorism, assassinations, and war. The 267-page proposal seeks to delineate permitted bets under federal law.
Also from this episode: (4)

Politics (1)

  • Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb claims the DOJ threatened President Trump in his first term's final hours, warning it would 'go after him' if he commuted Ross Ulbricht's sentence, leading Trump to withdraw the commutation. Ulbricht received a full pardon in January 2025.

BTC Markets (3)

  • Fold Holdings sold $45M in Bitcoin at an average price of ~$71,000 to retire $20M in debt and fund growth. The company retains a treasury of roughly 1,500 Bitcoin worth about $95M and is now debt-free on the secured side.
  • Fold's 2025 revenue reached $31.8M, a 34% year-over-year increase, driven by transaction volume of nearly $960M. Since 2019, the company has processed over $2B in total transactions.
  • Bitcoin price was $61,870 with a market cap of $1.24 trillion. The network hash rate is 862 exahashes per second, and there are 20,040,807.4 Bitcoin in circulation.
#Macro#BTC Markets#Corruption#Business#Startups

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