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Elon Musk’s trillionaire status puts his net worth above crypto’s entire market cap outside Bitcoin – Crypto News

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June 14, 2026

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Elon Musk has become the first person in modern history to amass a personal net worth exceeding $1 trillion, crossing the historic threshold on Friday following the record-breaking public market debut of SpaceX.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the technology executive’s total fortune now stands at $1.11 trillion.

To put the unprecedented scale of this capital into perspective, Musk’s net worth is now above that of the total market capitalization of the global cryptocurrency sector when excluding Bitcoin. When including the world’s largest digital asset, his wealth accounts for exactly half the value of the entire crypto industry.

The financial milestone immediately reignited global discourse regarding wealth concentration, as Musk’s financial footprint now eclipses the gross domestic product of several developed nations.

SpaceX’s IPO shatters records

The immediate catalyst for the surge in Musk’s wealth was SpaceX’s highly anticipated listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

The rocket, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company achieved a staggering $2.2 trillion valuation upon entering the public market.

Underwriters initially priced the offering at $135 per share, successfully raising $75 billion before the open.

However, immense investor appetite for the commercial space sector and Musk-affiliated ventures drove the opening trade to $150. Shares surged to an intraday peak of $176.50 before settling at a Friday close of $161.

Market observers pointed out that the stock debut generated unprecedented liquidity.

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas noted that the stock logged $85 billion in trading volume on its first day. The figure sets an IPO record and ranks among the top 10 highest single-day trading volumes for any individual stock in market history, exceeding Apple’s peak single-day volume over the last 40 years.

SpaceX IPO Trading Volume (Source: Eric Balchunas)

Meanwhile, Musk retains a 42% ownership stake in the Hawthorne, California-based company. This equity position grants him essentially unilateral voting control over the firm’s operational and strategic decisions.

Musk’s crypto ties

The comparison between Musk’s fortune and the digital asset market highlights a significant shift in capital allocation over the past year.

Musk’s $1.11 trillion paper fortune comfortably exceeds the estimated $880 billion market capitalization of all alternative cryptocurrencies tracked by TradingView’s TOTAL2 index.

Even under broader metrics from data provider CoinGecko, which values the total crypto market near $2.27 trillion and Bitcoin at $1.28 trillion, the remaining altcoin sector sits below the SpaceX CEO’s personal net worth.