Bitget Says Yeah, Normies Can Finally Touch SpaceX Stock—IPO Prime Drops the Gatekeepers

Bitget just dropped IPO Prime, which is basically a time machine for your portfolio that lets regular degens trade pre-IPO exposure to actual companies that matter, like SpaceX—the rocket company that makes Jeff Bezos look like he's playing with model rockets in a bathtub.

Powered by Republic, this thing breaks the velvet rope that traditional secondary markets have been guarding like angry bouncers. IPO Prime lets retail investors finally get a slice of the value creation pie before companies blow up on Main Street—a phase that was basically off-limits to anyone who wasn't sipping champagne with VCs in Sand Hill Road penthouses.

The whole thing works on a subscription model where eligible users throw their hats in the ring for allocations in tokenized offerings linked to specific companies. Your allocation limit depends on your user tier, so if you're VIP, you're basically the whale at the buffet getting the good stuff. Once subscriptions close, these digital assets get shuffled into Bitget's over-the-counter market for continuous pricing, trading, and circulation—because who wants to buy something you can't actually trade afterward?

The first offering on the menu is preSPAX, a digital asset that tracks SpaceX's economic performance after it eventually goes public. SpaceX is basically the most-watched private company on the planet, the kind of high-growth opportunity that retail investors have been staring at through glass like kids outside a candy store.

"Since the beginning of financial markets, access to pre-IPO opportunities has been defined by exclusivity," said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. "IPO Prime allows users to participate earlier in a company's growth cycle, with the flexibility of continuous trading. This shifts how and when investors can engage with emerging companies, which gives retailers and new investors a chance to buy-in early. This is part of our greater shift towards building a UEX, democratizing access to financial equality."

To celebrate the launch, Bitget will distribute two rounds of preSPAX token airdrops for eligible VIP users on April 13, 2026 at 10:00 UTC. Because nothing says "we love our power users" like free money in your wallet right before the main event.

Key Dates:

• Commitment period: April 18, 2026, 18:00 - April 21, 2026, 18:00 (UTC)
• Official preSPAX token launch: April 21, 2026 at 12:00 UTC
• Distribution window: April 21, 2026, 18:00 - 22:00 (