What is NASDAQ?
Nasdaq is an American stock exchange and the first fully electronic stock market, based in Manhattan, New York City.
Company timeline
- May 2026 - Eric Balchunas said NASDAQ offered SpaceX inclusion in a deal if it listed on the exchange.
- May 2026 - Ryan Sean Adams stated that 2026 is the most correlated Bitcoin has ever been to the Nasdaq.
- May 2026 - Michael Eisenberg said the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange will be the NASDAQ of the current decade.
- Jun 2026 - An unnamed speaker said SpaceX negotiated with NASDAQ for inclusion into the NASDAQ 100 and will be in the S&P 500.
- Jul 2026 - Steven Feldman said SpaceX negotiated with Nasdaq to get the listing.
- Jul 2026 - Ian De Bode said the more NYSE and NASDAQ move towards 24/7 markets, the better for us.
- Jul 2026 - JTX said he thinks over time they will continue to go more after centralized exchanges and start to get into equities, and that it will start beating some exchanges like NYSE and NASDAQ on prices.
- Aug 2026 - Jason Yanowitz said NASDAQ is going to launch 24/7 trading by the end of the year or next year, and that a leveraged Korean US ETF had more volume on crypto exchanges than on NASDAQ last week.
Where it appears in the record
Every line below is attributed to a named speaker.
NASDAQ changed its rules to allow SpaceX into its index within 15 days of IPO, and offered index inclusion as part of the listing deal, a precedent-setting move for future large private-company listings.
“NASDAQ said to SpaceX if you go public on our exchange we'll include you in the deal like that.”Eric Balchunas · 8 May 2026
SpaceX negotiated directly with Nasdaq to secure its index listing, undermining the assumption that index inclusion is a purely objective, rules-based process.
“SpaceX negotiated with Nasdaq to get the listing.”Steven Feldman · 24 Jul 2026
Traditional exchange moves toward 24/7 trading (NYSE, NASDAQ) help rather than hurt crypto-native tokenizers like Ondo, by legitimizing always-on markets.
“The more New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ can move towards 24/7 markets, the better for us.”Ian De Bode · 2 Jul 2026
Brilliance, a Chinese minivan maker, raised $70 million in a 1992 NYSE/NASDAQ IPO, making it the first Chinese company to list on a major US exchange, five years before TSMC.
“They raised 70 million US dollar like 5 years before TSMC.”<UNKNOWN> · 17 Aug 2026
Kassam explains that day nine after a SpaceX IPO is the optimal sell window, because Nasdaq index inclusion on day ten forces passive funds to buy, briefly inflating price before supply overwhelms demand.
“The best day to sell this all this thing, in my opinion, if you're holding it, is on day nine.”Moez Kassam · 30 Apr 2026
Braveheart and Kailera exemplify the 'Asia to West NewCo model', a named pattern of Nasdaq biotech IPOs formed by in-licensing assets from Asian companies.
“Braveheart was a NewCo that formed by in-licensing assets from Asia. It's the Asia to West NewCo model.”BioCentury This Week Host · 11 Aug 2026
NASDAQ is targeting a move to 24/7 trading, with a launch of extended hours (starting with 24/5) expected by end of 2026 or 2027.
“NASDAQ is going to launch by you know either the end of the year or next year that 245 they're going to try to figure out a way to get to 24/7.”Jason Yanowitz · 20 Aug 2026
2026 marks the highest ever recorded correlation between Bitcoin and the Nasdaq, according to Ryan Sean Adams.
“2026 is the most correlated Bitcoin has ever been to the Nasdaq.”Ryan Sean Adams · 8 May 2026
Ryan Sean Adams on Bitcoin-Nasdaq correlation in 2026.
“2026 is the most correlated Bitcoin has ever been to the Nasdaq.”Ryan Sean Adams · 8 May 2026
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is being positioned as a listing venue for tech companies too small for NASDAQ or NYSE thresholds, potentially becoming a significant mid-tier public market for global tech.
“The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is going to be the NASDAQ of the current decade.”Michael Eisenberg · 6 May 2026