At JPMorgan’s $4 billion Park Avenue headquarters, CEO Jamie Dimon hosted COO Gwynne Shotwell and 250 staff members, serving space-themed ice cream and custom cloud candy. The celebration, which Dimon personally pitched to Musk months ago, featured moon landing artifacts and digital signage projecting rocket launches. Across town, venture capitalists opted for a more intimate but equally indulgent $30,000 rooftop gathering, where guests sipped Macallan 18-year Scotch and ate A5 Wagyu sliders stamped with the SpaceX “X” logo.

The scale of the financial windfall is staggering. Estimates from Hill.com suggest 4,000 current and former SpaceX employees held equity stakes exceeding $1 million, with another 400 holding positions worth over $100 million. Banks are equally invested in the outcome; Goldman Sachs executives presented asteroid-shaped macaroons to their partners, while Morgan Stanley bankers signaled their success by wearing matching green sneakers—a nod to the “greenshoe” option that allows for extra share allocation during periods of high demand.

This exuberance arrives at a delicate moment for the broader economy, where slowing consumer spending and persistent inflation dominate the headlines. While Wall Street celebrates, the disparity between these high-end festivities and the uncertainty on Main Street remains stark. Despite the economic headwinds, institutional enthusiasm for Musk’s ventures shows little sign of cooling as the firm cements its place in the public markets.