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June 15, 2026·1:05:30

SpaceX's $2T IPO Hits Solana, DAT Wars Begin ft. Sunrise's Saeed Badreg | Solana Weekly News

It's IPO day. SpaceX lists on Nasdaq at $135 per share in the largest IPO in history, and tokenized $SPCX starts trading on Solana the very same day. We're joined by Saeed Badreg, CEO of Wormhole Labs and the team behind Sunrise, to break down how a real, redeemable SpaceX share ends up in your Solana wallet, why Solana captured 97.3% of all tokenized equity volume in May, and whether Anthropic and OpenAI are next. Plus: the World Series of Poker brings Solana payments to poker's biggest stage, Forward Industries takes its Solmate acquisition bid directly to shareholders as DAT consolidation begins, $HNT craters 53% as the community revolts against a proposed 141M token mint, Bulk amasses $25.9M in pre-deposits ahead of its perps DEX launch, and Helius acquires Light Protocol to make privacy the default on Solana.STORY LINKS📍 SpaceX's $2 Trillion IPO Lands on Solana as Backpack and Sunrise Debuts Redeemable $SPCXhttps://solanafloor.com/news/backpack-and-sunrise-debuts-redeemable-spcx📍 World Series of Poker and Solana Foundation Bring Crypto Payments to Poker's Biggest Stagehttps://solanafloor.com/news/world-series-of-poker-and-solana-foundation-bring-crypto-payments-to-poker-s-biggest-stage📍 One DAT to Rule Them All: Forward Industries Pursues Solmate Acquisitionhttps://solanafloor.com/news/one-dat-to-rule-them-all-forward-industries-pursues-solmate-acquisition📍 $HNT Nosedives 53% as Community Pushes Back on Helium Governance Proposalhttps://solanafloor.com/news/hnt-nosedives-53-community-pushes-back-helium-governance-proposal📍 Bulk Amasses $25.9M in Pre-Deposit TVL Ahead of Mainnet Launchhttps://solanafloor.com/news/bulk-amasses-25m-in-pre-deposit-tvl-ahead-mainnet-launch📍 Helius Wants to Make Privacy the Default on Solana Through Light Protocol Acquisitionhttps://solanafloor.com/news/helius-wants-to-make-privacy-the-default-on-solana-through-light-protocol-acquisition

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