Blockspace: SpaceX’s $2T IPO, FBI Scams the Scammers, Trump Media Sells Bitcoin

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🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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SpaceX’s IPO is gearing up to be the biggest ever, and the FBI lays a honey pot for scammers with a scam token of their own. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, we cover SpaceX’s highly anticipated IPO, which could value the company at $1.75-2 trillion and become the biggest IPO ever. Plus, how the FBI spun up a scam token to arrest pump and dumpers, and is Trump Media selling bitcoin? For interviews, KBW senior analyst Stephen Glagola hops on to discuss which bitcoin miner AI stocks are best positioned; Tom Masiero joins to discuss the Sphere 3D shareholder vote to approve its combination with Cathedra Bitcoin, as well as the opportunities for smaller AI/HPC sites; and Zach Herbert of Foundation joins us to talk about how Foundation is building Passport Prime to address cyber security concerns for AI. Check out our latest report, “What’s a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector. Download here: https://megawattreport.com/ Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com 👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! 👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.

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0:00.0	What's up, y'all? Welcome back to Blockspace Live. Last live stream of the week, Friday, beautiful day. Summer is coming fast. And we've got a lot of stories coming at y'all fast this morning as well. We will be covering, because of course we have to, SpaceX's IPO, which is
0:21.7	gearing up to be potentially the most lucrative IPO, the largest in history, as SpaceX
0:27.1	guns for a nearly $2 trillion valuation. After that, we have Steven Glaggola of KBW on to talk
0:34.5	about some of his takes on the current AI and Bitcoin Equities landscape.
0:39.3	We also have Tom Miserro of Sphere 3D now, or formerly Cathedral, now Sphere 3D after a
0:46.7	business combination.
0:47.5	We're going to be talking to him about that business combination, as well as some of his
0:50.6	takes potentially hot on how we can address some of the anti-data
0:54.5	center fud.
0:56.0	After that, we have Zach Herbert, a foundation on to talk about their product suite in
1:00.9	the current state of Bitcoin.
1:02.7	Then we will move on to a very spicy story, in which case, the U.S.
1:07.3	government, the Justice Department, scams the scammers while also kind of scamming normal people, too.
1:14.6	And to end the stream, unfortunately, we got to talk about the Orange Man.
1:20.0	And specifically, Donald J. Trump Media potentially selling some of its Bitcoin.
1:25.0	That's right. The dream is fading fast there in the Oval Office.
1:30.1	Blockspace goes live Monday, Wednesday, Friday at noon Eastern featuring quick hits on the latest
1:35.2	in Bitcoin mining, AI, and emerging tech stories. Make sure to hit subscribe, get the
1:40.2	notification bell. If you're watching on YouTube, get the push notification on mobile.
1:45.0	This turns into a podcast right after we wrap up every day.
1:48.2	You can find it where every podcast are streamed, Spotify, RSS, Apple, etc.
1:53.5	DZER probably, if that's still around.
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