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From Blockchain To Orbit: Crypto Tycoon Drops $1 Billion On Private Space Station

Cryptocurrency mogul Jed McCaleb is spending $1 billion of his own money to build a space station. The Ripple co-founder, worth about $3.2 billion from XRP holdings, now runs Vast Space, an aerospace company he started in 2021.

According to recent reports, Vast Space has completed designs for its first station called Haven-1. The station will launch in May 2026 using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets. McCaleb’s company focuses on creating space stations with artificial gravity, a feature mostly seen in science fiction flicks, until now.

From Blockchain To Orbit: Crypto Tycoon Drops $1 Billion On Private Space Station

Cryptocurrency mogul Jed McCaleb is spending $1 billion of his own money to build a space station. The Ripple co-founder, worth about $3.2 billion from XRP holdings, now runs Vast Space, an aerospace company he started in 2021.

According to recent reports, Vast Space has completed designs for its first station called Haven-1. The station will launch in May 2026 using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets. McCaleb’s company focuses on creating space stations with artificial gravity, a feature mostly seen in science fiction flicks, until now.

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