Crypto exchanges promised users access to the SpaceX IPO. The tokenized shares never arrived.

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Binance, Bybit, and Bitget canceled tokenized SpaceX IPO campaigns after xStocks failed to deliver shares, leaving over $1bn in orders unfilled.

Crypto users who thought they had found a way into the hottest IPO in years through tokenized SpaceX stock discovered on Friday that the shares would not be arriving. Binance Wallet, Bybit, and Bitget Wallet all canceled their tokenized SpaceX offerings after xStocks, the tokenized equity provider behind all three products, failed to deliver the underlying assets. According to CoinDesk, xStocks and its partners had gathered more than $1 billion in customer orders tied to SpaceX access before the mechanism collapsed.

Bybit had launched the earliest campaign on June 7, introducing SpaceX as the first offering on its IPO Express product and telling users they could “participate in the SpaceX IPO subscription using crypto and gain early access before spot trading begins.” Binance Wallet followed with...

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