SpaceX shares crashed below the $135 IPO price, wiping out $1 trillion since June. A scrubbed Starship launch and upcoming investor lockups triggered the selloff.
For reference, of all the shares that were sold in the IPO, only 281m are able to be traded, the rest are in their own lockup periods from institutional investors. So 1b potential shares flooding the market in 1 month could increase the float by 3.56x
What’s a typical lock in period?
The article says nearly 1B shares can be sold next month
For reference, of all the shares that were sold in the IPO, only 281m are able to be traded, the rest are in their own lockup periods from institutional investors. So 1b potential shares flooding the market in 1 month could increase the float by 3.56x
Usually around 6 months, but they pulled some shenanigans to make it shorter somehow, but i dont really know the specifics in this case.
Those shenanigans being “corruption” in this case.
I wouldn’t rule out possible blackmail or extortion either.