He Thought He Invested in SpaceX. Then His Shares Vanished.
A data engineer's dream of a SpaceX windfall unraveled when his pre-IPO shares vanished due to a complex, unregulated SPV structure, exposing the risks of layered private market investments. The episode reveals how investors, lured by access to elite tech opportunities, can be left with l
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