SpaceX's S-1 filing showed that the rocket firm is sitting on a sizeable pile of cryptocurrency worth about $1.45 billion at today's prices.

SpaceX is gearing up for what's likely to be a blockbuster IPO, and Elon Musk's aerospace and AI firm holds more Bitcoin than expected.

A stockpile of over 18,000 would make Elon Musk's SpaceX the seventh-largest Bitcoin holder, ahead of Coinbase.