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Investors can 'buy' SpaceX early with Coinbase perpetual futures on pre-IPOs

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 434 words · By Tanaya Macheel
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Coinbase on Thursday unveiled a new product that lets customers get price exposure to private companies before they go public, starting with a perpetual futures contract –better known as a "perp" – tied to SpaceX.

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What happened

Coinbase on Thursday unveiled a new product that lets customers get price exposure to private companies before they go public, starting with a perpetual futures contract –better known as a "perp" – tied to SpaceX.

Why it matters

Pre-IPO perps give traders the ability to speculate on the value of a private company without owning shares.

Common ground

Coinbase's first offering is the SpaceX Pre-IPO Perp, a derivative settled in the USDC stablecoin that tracks the private-market valuation of Elon Musk's space company.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, also entered the pre-IPO perps market with SpaceX last month.”
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Multiple independent sources (Blockchain.com and other news reports) confirm that Binance entered the pre-IPO perps market with a SpaceX-linked contract last month.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, also entered the pre-IPO perps market with SpaceX last month. The launch also comes ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/investors-can-buy-spacex-ear…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... Binance last month introduced pre-IPO perpetual futures tied to private companies, beginning with a SpaceX-linked contract settled in USDT.
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/332709332788913
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web search NEUTRAL — Binance has launched perpetual futures contracts for pre-IPO market exposure, starting with SpaceX. The new product allows users to trade expected ...
https://app.dealroom.co/news/feed/binance-launches-pre-ipo-p…
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Claim 2: “the U.S. derivatives regulator, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, approved the first regulated, U.S.-listed perps last week on Kalshi.”
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Multiple independent sources (WSJ, and other reports) confirm that the CFTC approved Kalshi to list the first regulated U.S. perpetual futures (BTCPERP) on May 29, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... ... perpetual contract that references the spot price of bitcoin, as a futures contract ... Kalshi list and maintain the BTCPERP Contract in ...
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9240-26
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 18, 2026 ... According to the exchange, the CFTC approved a request by Kalshi, which marked the first time perpetual contracts could be traded in the United ...
https://www.courthousenews.com/cftc-faces-suit-over-approvin…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... Kalshi, a prediction markets platform, has secured approval to list its first bitcoin perpetual futures contract. The company said it aims ...
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-5…
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Claim 3: “The price of bitcoin Thursday slid to $61,340.71, its lowest level since Feb. 6.”
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Sources provide conflicting price data for 'Thursday'. One source mentions a decline to $64,324, another mentions $63,000, and another mentions a record high of $126,210.50 in Oct 2025. The specific figure $61,340.71 is not corroborated by the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Craig Steven Wright (born October 1970) is an Australian computer scientist and businessman. He has publicly claimed to be the main part of the team that created bitcoin, and the identity behind the p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Steven_Wright
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A cryptocurrency bubble is a phenomenon where the market increasingly considers the going price of cryptocurrency assets to be inflated against their hypothetical value. The history of cryptocurrency …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_bubble
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2026, Nancy Guthrie (née Long), the American 84‑year‑old mother of NBC News journalist and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in Catalina Foothills, a suburb …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nancy_Guthrie
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Claim 4: “Coinbase says once SpaceX goes public — which is expected next week — the pre-IPO perpetual future will convert to a regular perpetual future on SpaceX.”
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Multiple web search results (dated June 4, 2026) explicitly state that Coinbase expects SpaceX to go public next week and that the pre-IPO perp will convert to a regular perpetual future.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — EchoStar Corporation is an American telecommunications company, specializing in satellite communication, wireless telecommunications, and internet services. Echostar also provides multichannel video p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EchoStar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Founders Fund is an American venture capital fund founded in 2005 based in San Francisco. The fund has roughly $17 billion in total assets under management as of 2025. The firm was founded by Peter Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_Fund
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Timothy Cook Draper (born June 11, 1958) is an American venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Draper University, Draper Venture Network, and Draper Associates. Since …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Draper
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Claim 5: “They're one of the most popular ways to trade in crypto, accounting for more than 70% of all the volume on centralized global crypto exchanges, according to CoinGecko.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'according' and general Wikipedia entries on cryptocurrency, but no data from CoinGecko regarding the 70% volume share of perpetual futures.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cryptocurrency is a type of digital asset that uses distributed ledger, or blockchain, technology to enable a secure transaction. Individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or bl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Terra is a blockchain protocol and payment platform used for algorithmic stablecoins. The project was created in 2018 by Terraform Labs, a startup co-founded by Do Kwon and Daniel Shin. It is best kno…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_(blockchain)
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Claim 6: “Coinbase's first offering is the SpaceX Pre-IPO Perp, a derivative settled in the USDC stablecoin that tracks the private-market valuation of Elon Musk's space company.”
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Web search results explicitly state that Coinbase launched a perpetual futures contract tied to SpaceX's private valuation settled in USDC.
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web search NEUTRAL — Coinbase was founded in June 2012 by Brian Armstrong, a former Airbnb engineer. Armstrong enrolled in the Y Combinator startup incubator program and received a US$150,000 cash infusion. [17] Fred Ehrs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinbase
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web search NEUTRAL — Coinbase is a secure online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing cryptocurrency.
https://www.coinbase.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Get Coinbase Global (COIN:NASDAQ) real-time stock quotes, news, price and financial information from CNBC.
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/COIN
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Claim 7: “Coinbase said SpaceX is the first in a planned pipeline of pre-IPO contracts covering hot sectors like AI, energy and space.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim regarding a planned pipeline of contracts for AI, energy, and space.
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Claim 8: “The product is only available to traders outside the U.S.”
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While the product's existence is confirmed, the specific restriction to traders outside the U.S. is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though it is common for such derivatives; however, no second independent source confirms this specific geographic restriction in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — Часто задаваемые вопросы о PRESPCX (SpaceX (Republic Pre-IPO)).По состоянию на 2 июля 2026 г. текущая торговая цена SpaceX (Republic Pre-IPO) (PRESPCX) составляет $158.22.
https://www.bybit.com/ru-RU/price/spacex-republic-pre-ipo/
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web search NEUTRAL — How do SpaceX pre-IPO trades work? Private market transactions can be complex and may involve company approvals, legal purchase agreements and wires to third parties. Trades can take 30...
https://notice.co/c/spacex
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web search NEUTRAL — Track SpaceX stock price and see how investors are reacting to the IPO. Follow live price action, market sentiment, trading ideas, and the latest news.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-SPCX/
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Claim 9: “Coinbase on Thursday unveiled a new product that lets customers get price exposure to private companies before they go public, starting with a perpetual futures contract –better known as a "perp" – tied to SpaceX.”
CORROBORATED
Multiple independent web sources (Bloomberg and another source mentioning SpaceX targeting a $75B IPO) confirm Coinbase launched a perpetual futures contract tied to SpaceX's private valuation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pre-IPO perpetual futures. A lot of people want to bet on SpaceX’s stock.Now eligible traders can get price exposure to SpaceX before it ever trades on a public exchange. … Auto-transition at IPO: whe…
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-06-04/get…
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX’s Nasdaq-100 entry will bring estimated passive buying while crypto markets already trade its exposure around the clock. Tokenized shares, tracker products, and perpetual futures turned SPCX in…
https://crypto.news/spacex-joins-nasdaq-100-crypto-already-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — Coinbase has launched a perpetual futures contract tied to SpaceX’s private valuation, settled in USDC. This gives traders synthetic exposure to SpaceX’s price movements before the stock actually begi…
https://cryptobriefing.com/spacex-75b-ipo-bitcoin-holdings-2…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.