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Skip to main contentCrypto NewsOct 21, 2026, 5:23 a.m. EDT2 min readElon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)ÖzetIndependent directors at SpaceX and Tesla are assessing a merger of the two Elon Musk-led companies. A merger would combine the companies’ bitcoin holdings into a treasury of 30,221 BTC, although no transaction terms have been agreed. SpaceX shares jumped 9% in premarket trading after revenue and earnings beat expectations, with Tesla due to report after the close. SpaceX SPCX and Tesla TSLA are exploring a potential merger, Elon Musk, the CEO and a shareholder of both companies, said on Tuesday, raising the prospect of combining two of his biggest companies and more than 30,000 bitcoin BTC$82.687,80. Musk owns about 36% of space and AI-focused SpaceX outright, rising to 48.4% including restricted shares and unexercised options, according to a June filing. His reported beneficial ownership of electric-car maker Tesla is 19.8%, including restricted compensation shares. Speaking during SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings call, Musk said both companies had formed special committees of independent directors to assess a tie-up.

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Oct 21, 2026, 4:57 a.m. EDT2 min readMonero futures are heating up, posing volatility risks. (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)SummaryMonero futures open interest has surpassed $300 million, nearing January’s record of about $320 million and increasing the risk of a sharp, liquidation-driven price move. Open interest has also climbed to a five-week high of 515,730 XMR as monero’s spot price recently topped $600, suggesting leveraged bets are growing alongside the rally. A similar buildup in January preceded a 66 percent plunge, when monero fell from about $790 to below $300 as long positions were forcibly closed. Leveraged bets are building up in monero (XMR) futures, raising the odds of a sharp, sudden move in the price. Monero (XMR) is a cryptocurrency built for privacy. Its transactions are hard to trace and at the market cap of $10.9 billion, it is the second-largest privacy coin in the world. Notional open interest, or the dollar value of the number of active monero futures bets, has risen past $300 million, approaching the January peak of around $320 million, according to data source SoSoValue. Futures are contracts that let traders bet on a coin’s price without owning it.

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