SpaceX's Historic IPO Triggers Record Trading Demand on Robinhood

SpaceX's controlled IPO release—limited to just 4% of shares—collided with explosive investor demand, generating $42 billion in trading volume within a single hour and exposing infrastructure vulnerabilities at retail platforms like Robinhood. The historic event made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire while signaling extreme stock volatility ahead as a newly public company with a severely restricted float begins trading.