A fortune built from Bitcoin mining is now helping fund humanity’s push toward Mars. Chun Wang, the Chinese-born Maltese entrepreneur behind F2Pool, has joined SpaceX’s first planned crewed mission to Mars after personally purchasing the interplanetary flight.

SpaceX has revealed that it holds 18,712 Bitcoin worth roughly $1.45 billion, unveiling a far larger crypto position than analysts and blockchain tracking firms previously estimated as Elon Musk’s aerospace giant prepares for a blockbuster public listing.

SpaceX’s IPO filing revealed the company holds 18,712 Bitcoin worth about $1.45 billion, making it one of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holders. The filing also showed SpaceX lost $4.28 billion in the first quarter of 2026 while continuing to spend heavily on rockets, AI infrastructure and Starlink expansion.

Elon Musk travelled to China with Donald Trump while still being on recall status in a US court case against OpenAI. The judge did not stop him from leaving, but he may still need to return quickly if called back to testify before the trial ends.

Elon Musk appears to be setting aside his long-running criticism of Anthropic as the AI race increasingly shifts from model development to the battle for computing power.

X's head of Product Nikita Bier has just revealed that crypto is the topic most likely to be muted by X users, as fewer and fewer users want to see crypto-related news on their "For You" page.

Dogecoin is pushing higher once again, climbing around 10% in 24 hours to trade near $0.11, as renewed speculation surrounding a potential SpaceX IPO injects fresh momentum into the market.

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is facing criticism over iris-scanning data collection and concerns that users in low-income regions are being paid small rewards for biometric data. At the same time, questions over token control and insider sales continue, while Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI now shows falling chances of him winning on prediction markets.

xAI’s court fight with Colorado over its AI law has been paused while both sides review possible changes and halt enforcement for now. The case centres on claims the law forces bias in AI systems, with the US Justice Department backing xAI’s constitutional challenge.

A new academic study has identified xAI’s Grok 4.1 Fast as the most hazardous among leading AI chatbots when handling prompts involving delusions, paranoia, and suicidal ideation, raising fresh concerns over the mental health risks posed by increasingly human-like AI systems.