Tesla-SpaceX Merger Odds Jump to 67% as SEC Filing Fuels Speculation
Summary
- The market price of a contract on prediction market Kalshi for a Tesla-SpaceX merger before next February rose to about 67%.
- That is more than double the roughly 30% level at the start of this month, showing market expectations for a possible merger are rising quickly.
- Still, Kalshi's figure is only a prediction-market price reflecting participants' bets, and neither Tesla nor SpaceX has formally announced a merger plan.
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Market expectations for a potential merger between Tesla Inc. and SpaceX are rising rapidly.
Walter Bloomberg, an overseas markets news account, reported on Oct. 19 that the market price of a contract on prediction market Kalshi implying Tesla and SpaceX will merge before next February had climbed to about 67%. That is more than double the roughly 30% level seen at the start of this month.
The move came as speculation over a possible merger widened after a recent Tesla filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission highlighted links to SpaceX's board and clauses related to a change of control.
Still, the Kalshi figure is a prediction-market price reflecting participant bets, not an official estimate of the actual odds of a merger. Neither Tesla nor SpaceX has formally announced a merger plan.
Minseung Kang
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