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Musk says currency will get in the way once the loop closes

development2026-02-08

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Elon Musk said a $100 trillion Tesla valuation is not impossible but that once the solar-to-robot-to-chip loop closes, conventional currency will just get in the way, while Kalshi and Polymarket handled $800 million of Super Bowl volume.

Reported metric: $800M

Reporting date: 2026-02-08 (not necessarily the event date)

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Musk says currency will get in the way once the loop closes
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-02-08
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-08-currency-gets-in-the-way
Claim: Elon Musk said a $100 trillion Tesla valuation is not impossible but that once the solar-to-robot-to-chip loop closes, conventional currency will just get in the way, while Kalshi and Polymarket handled $800 million of Super Bowl volume.
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- Welcome to February 8, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-8-2026
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