Blockspace: SpaceX’s $2T IPO, FBI Scams the Scammers, Trump Media Sells Bitcoin
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The latest episode of BlockSpace Live dives into a whirlwind of high-stakes tech and crypto developments, starting with SpaceX’s impending $2 trillion IPO—the largest in history—driven by its $18.67 billion 2025 revenue and a groundbreaking partnership with Anthropic to power Claude’s AI with SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center. The show unpacks the AI infrastructure boom, highlighting how compute constraints are forcing companies like Anthropic to pivot to massive data center deals, while Bitcoin miners face a brutal revenue crunch despite rising hash rates. A deep dive into the anti-data center backlash reveals a growing disconnect between communities and tech operators, with Tom Massero of Sphere 3D proposing a 'Compute Permanent Fund' inspired by Alaska’s model to turn data centers into community assets. On the security front, Zach Herbert of Foundation Devices unveils Passport Prime, a new 'human authority hardware' platform designed to secure AI interactions with a dedicated, open app ecosystem. The episode then shifts to a controversial FBI sting operation—Operation Token Mirrors—where the government created a fake token to catch wash traders, only to accidentally rug investors and spawn a clone token that made $127,000 in 24 hours.
SpaceX's $2 trillion IPO would make it the largest company in the world by market cap, surpassing TSMC and Apple.
Anthropic is now using SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center with 220,000+ NVIDIA GPUs to overcome severe compute constraints.
Bitcoin miners face a revenue crisis with hash prices stuck below $36 per petahash per day despite record hash rates.
The FBI’s Operation Token Mirrors sting accidentally rug-swept real investors, forcing a restitution portal and spawning a clone token that made $127K in 24 hours.
Trump Media sold 2,650 Bitcoin for $205M, now down $455M on its holdings, with no revenue and no plan for a spot Bitcoin ETF.
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SpaceX IPO and the $2T Vision
“If SpaceX IPO is at $2 trillion, it immediately pops up as a top 10 largest company in the world. We're talking number... At $2 trillion even, it would be number seven behind TSMC.”
AI Compute Crunch and Data Center FUD
“If we really are trying to be the AI center of the world, we're going to have to think long and hard about doing brave and bold things like what the Alaska Permanent Fund has done.”
Bitcoin Mining’s Revenue Dilemma
Despite a record 969 exahash/s hash rate, Bitcoin miners are struggling with hash prices below $36/petahash/day. Stephen Gladgola identifies laggard miners and co-location execution as key differentiators in the AI pivot race.
Foundation Devices and the Human Authority Platform
“We're going to be the only ones saying, no, you can come build anything to run on this hardware. And this against the backdrop of it seems like every other episode we do, we do some story on some major DeFi protocol hack...”
FBI’s Operation Token Mirrors Sting
“The FBI literally rugged you. I just want to point out here that this, I mean, I know the FBI is supposed to be an independent agency, whatever, but this administration has now rugged people.”
“The FBI literally rugged you. I just want to point out here that this, I mean, I know the FBI is supposed to be an independent agency, whatever, but this administration has now rugged people.”
“If SpaceX IPO is at $2 trillion, it immediately pops up as a top 10 largest company in the world. We're talking number... At $2 trillion even, it would be number seven behind TSMC.”
“This is probably in terms of Bitcoin treasury companies. This is the most absurd one that came out totally riding on the coattails of the Trump name. No plan, no revenue, just dumping Bitcoin after taking a huge loss on it.”
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SpaceX
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Elon Musk
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Anthropic
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FBI
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Tom Massero
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Trump Media
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Zach Herbert
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Foundation Devices
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Chun Wang
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NextFundAI
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