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SpaceX Files for IPO That Could Dwarf Saudi Aramco’s Record

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SpaceX submitted a confidential draft Initial Public Offering (IPO) registration to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This puts the company on track for a June listing.

The filing would position SpaceX as the first of three anticipated mega-IPOs this year, ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic

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For context, in a confidential IPO filing, a company can receive comments and feedback from the SEC and make corrections or adjustments before any information becomes public.

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SpaceX could target a valuation above $1.75 trillion. The IPO could raise as much as $75 billion, according to Bloomberg. That would more than double Saudi Aramco’s $29 billion IPO in 2019, which held the record.

According to people familiar with the matter, SpaceX has enlisted Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley for senior roles on the offering.

SpaceX is also weighing a dual-class share structure. This would grant insiders like Elon Musk enhanced voting power. 

Nonetheless, the path to a June listing is not without headwinds. Equity markets have been volatile due to the US-Iran conflict and elevated oil prices.

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Alabama Passes DUNA Act Granting DAOs Legal Status

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The US state of Alabama has become the second US jurisdiction after Wyoming to grant decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) legal status under the DUNA Act.

The Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association (DUNA) Act (Senate Bill 277) was introduced in February by Republican Senator Lance Bell. The House passed it 82-7 with 16 abstentions on March 17, and has now been signed by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, according to a16z Crypto.

Speaking about the bill’s passage, a16z Crypto’s head of policy and general counsel, Miles Jennings, said on Wednesday that “decentralized governance is essential to crypto’s future — it’s one of the core constructs in market structure legislation.”

The bill provides legal status and limited liability protections to DAOs, solving a long-unresolved question in crypto: How DAOs exist from a legal standpoint in the real world. 

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It gives decentralized communities “the certainty to build, govern, contract, and scale in the real world,” added Jennings. 

Full legal entity status for DAOs

To qualify, a DAO must have at least 100 members joined for a common nonprofit purpose, such as governing a blockchain network or smart contract system.

Governance can operate entirely through blockchain technology and smart contracts, and voting, proposals and consensus mechanisms can all be stored onchain.

These organizations will have full legal entity status, they can own property, sue and be sued, and enter into contracts, while individual members and administrators will be shielded from personal liability. 

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“As federal crypto market structure legislation moves closer to becoming law, builders need effective domestic legal structures,” added Jennings. 

West Virginia DUNA Act awaits approval 

A similar DUNA bill (HB 5060), introduced by Representative Tristan Leavitt in February, passed the House on March 4 and is awaiting the governor’s signature in West Virginia. 

Wyoming’s DUNA Act was signed into law by Governor Mark Gordon in March 2024. The state approved the first legally recognized DAO in the United States in July 2021. 

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Over 13,000 DAOs exist worldwide with collective treasury assets under DAO control surpassing $24.5 billion as of 2025, according to CoinLaw. The average DAO treasury size is around $1.2 million, and Ethereum and its layer-2 networks host over 85% of DAOs, reported PatentPC in March.

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DAO treasury composition. Source: CoinLaw

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