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Re:SpaceX's Valuation Climbs to $25B with New Funding Round by alttab on Friday April 13, 2018 @10:45AM (#16830426)
I don't see where the article states that Musk took out a loan against his existing shares to literally buy more at a higher valuation.

I'm not even certain that would make it past underwriting, much less be legal. Otherwise you could leverage market capitalization without amy downward sell pressure to increase not only your total holdings but it's overall value. Seems illegal.

Kinda like EOS.

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Re:SpaceX's Valuation Climbs to $25B with New Funding Round by jonknee on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:49AM (#16831149)
He would have taken a loan against Tesla shares to buy SpaceX shares, that is definitely legal (albeit risky considering the volatility of TSLA). The reason it's likely a loan is that he doesn't have $100m sitting around.
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