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SpaceX: Why Chinese investors are banned from the biggest IPO in history

Billionaire Elon Muskโ€™s AI and aerospace giant SpaceX has banned investors from Hong Kong and mainland China from buying its shares as it goes public on Friday โ€“ a rarely seen restriction that shows just how geopolitically sensitive the worldโ€™s tangled financial markets have grow

SpaceX: Why Chinese investors are banned from the biggest IPO in history
France 24 โ€” 12 June 2026
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Billionaire Elon Muskโ€™s AI and aerospace giant SpaceX has banned investors from Hong Kong and mainland China from buying its shares as it goes public on Friday โ€“ a rarely seen restriction that shows just how geopolitically sensitive the worldโ€™s tangled financial markets have grown. But Chinese investors seem all too willing to make risky investments in cryptocurrencies allegedly backed by US companies to avoid letting the initial public offering (IPO) of the century pass them by.

This report comes from France 24. The story centres on SpaceX: Why Chinese investors are banned from the biggest IPO in history. Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from France 24 and related outlets covering this beat.

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