The Bitcoin Play in Musk's $1T SpaceX-xAI Merger | CoinDesk Daily
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Let's take a look at what's going on in the news this morning. |
| 0:08.0 | Elon Musk's merger of SpaceX with XAI creates a potential trillion dollar tech giant, |
| 0:16.0 | and it's sitting on a mountain of Bitcoin. |
| 0:18.0 | The merger is being framed as the future of space-based AI, |
| 0:21.6 | but it also pulls SpaceX's crypto treasury back into the spotlight. |
| 0:26.6 | The company is estimated to hold roughly 8,300 Bitcoin worth $650 million. |
| 0:32.6 | For years, SpaceX kept this position private, |
| 0:35.6 | avoiding the earnings volatility that plagued Tesla. |
| 0:39.0 | But as the combined entity preps for a massive public listing, that shield is about to drop. |
| 0:44.2 | Unlike Tesla, SpaceX hasn't touched its stash, signaling a long-term conviction that investors |
| 0:49.4 | will soon inherit along with rockets. |
| 0:52.2 | Moving on to our second story, Kathy Wood kept buying while the market panicked. |
| 0:56.0 | Ark Invest snapped up $72 million in crypto-linked stocks on Monday as Bitcoin dipped below $75,000. |
| 1:03.0 | The firm loaded up on shares of Robin Hood Circle and Bullish, the parent company of CoinDesk. |
| 1:08.0 | Wood is doubling down on her longstanding strategy, |
| 1:11.6 | buying equity weakness during crypto volatility. |
| 1:14.6 | She argues that Bitcoin remains a key diversification tool, |
| 1:17.6 | betting that today's lower prices on infrastructure plays like Coinbase and Corweave |
| 1:21.6 | are a bargain before the next adoption cycle kicks in. |
| 1:25.6 | And lastly, the White House met with industry insiders |
| 1:29.0 | to dive deep into the deal around stable coin yield. |
| 1:32.2 | While crypto executives outnumbered bankers at this meeting, |
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