Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.
400 of them are now worth over $100 million.
These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.
Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.
Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."
The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.
Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.
A few key insights I found interesting from our new Stablecoin dataset:
- Stablecoin supply is growing 50% Y/Y but Circle and Tether market share is staying about the same at ~90%
- $80B out of $300B sits on centralized exchanges - trading use cases still dominate
- However, stablecoins in yield generating protocols doubled to $10B
- Total transfers jumped to $10T in January. USDC was 8T of that, despite being almost 3x smaller in supply vs. USDT. $6T of that volume was to/from DEX liquidity.
A bunch of more interesting insights below 👇
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87K users of crypto cards this month so far 🤯
Here's the top 5 so far:
Number 1 - @BitgetWallet - 29K
Number 2 - @ether_fi - 21k
Number 3 - @useTria - 8.5k
Number 4 - @ready_co - 8.5k
Number 5 - @gnosispay - 8k
For the first time, @LexSokolin and Artemis put Fintech and Crypto KPIs on the same page.
- @aave ($22B) has more loans outstanding than ALL BNPL ($21B).
- @HyperliquidX ($2.6T) does >50% of Robinhood’s trading volume ($4.6T).
- @Polymarket ($25B) does ~50% of DraftKings ($52B) on volume.
Here’s who is winning fintech vs crypto 🧵
Circle Alliance Program member @BitgetWallet expands everyday USDC use across multi-chain swaps, earning, and payments.
By integrating USDC with gas-abstracted trading and real-world spending, Bitget Wallet helps make stablecoins easier to use onchain.
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INTRODUCING: Part 2 of our Stablecoin Payments Report!
Co-written with @CastleIslandVC and @dragonfly_xyz, with data now through August 2025.
Stablecoin payments hit $10.2B monthly, up 70% since February and 137% since Aug '24, now at a $122B annual rate.
Here’s how the market evolved in just 6 months 🧵
Privacy or compliance?
You shouldn’t have to pick a side.
@billions_ntwk x @useTria are changing what onchain identity looks like.
Welcome to zkKYC, where you prove who you are without exposing who you are.
Traditional KYC overshares everything, and that doesn’t work onchain.
zkKYC flips it.
With zero-knowledge proofs, users can verify age, jurisdiction, or source of funds without revealing personal data.
Billions brings 2M+ verified users and proven zkKYC infra.
Tria brings borderless Web3 banking, self-custody, and Visa access.
Together, they’re building the financial system Web3 actually deserves.
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