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June 22, 2026

SpaceX Commenced Notes at 8:06 Eastern, Mediators Posted a 60-Day Roadmap, and Cash Has Not Opened

Monday’s Daily Update — twenty-four stories on an unpriced 144A launch, a Bürgenstock sitting, Thursday’s last sale with mixed futures, and a 4–1 after a 401-foot three-run.

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SpaceX’s notes 8-K was accepted at 8:06 a.m. Eastern — commenced, not priced, not $25 billion — while Qatar and Pakistan posted a 60-day roadmap after the first high-level sitting, U.S. cash remains Thursday’s last sale thirty minutes before the open, and Wright’s television 67 is not CENTCOM’s Saturday 55.

EDGAR accepted SpaceX’s commencement 8-K at 08:06:27 Eastern (5:06 a.m. PT): senior unsecured notes, 144A/Reg S, repay the bridge, ~$100.8 billion cash as of June 19. Size not set. Do not write $25 billion.
Qatar and Pakistan: 60-day roadmap, technical talks the rest of the week, Hormuz communication line, Lebanon de-confliction cell. Not a final. Congress still holds Thursday’s 14-point send. OFAC oil license Reuters-stamped 6:22 a.m. PT is out.
Last cash close still Thursday: S&P 7,500.58, Dow 51,564.70, Nasdaq 26,517.93, SPCX $185.00. 4:00 a.m. ET futures: Nasdaq flat, S&P and Dow −0.1%. Open is 9:30 ET, after this cutoff. Friday WTI $76.54; overnight crude ~$75.32 is not a settle.
Wright on ABC Sunday: middle channel mined; 67 yesterday / 55 two days ago. CENTCOM Saturday remains 55 ships and 17 million barrels. Different instruments. Cursor still Q3. Apple and Intel still have not confirmed Thursday’s foundry post.
Reds 4–1 Yankees Sunday: 1:35, attendance 46,046, Stephenson 401-foot three-run, Burns 9–1, Santillan SV5. Saturday’s 10–2 is prior. Ivanti Sentry is an eighth morning past the June 14 BOD date.
School reopens after Juneteenth; Nara lots still recalled. Flex gas still 1 percent through June 30. Super Micro’s 11.25 million shoe still unused into a session that has not opened.

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