F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun has embarked on an orbital journey as part of SpaceX’s Dragon Fram2 mission.

Today, we become the 681st humans to fly above the Kármán line, and the 626th to orbit the Earth.
— Chun (@satofishi) April 1, 2025

The entrepreneur noted that he became the 681st person to cross the Kármán line and the 626th to reach orbit.

The F2Pool co-founder is the first known figure from the crypto industry to venture into space aboard a spacecraft he helped finance.

SpaceX’s 36th mission of 2025 launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC-39A). The Crew Dragon C207 “Resilience” embarked on a global voyage, passing over the South and North Poles before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.

Elon Musk’s company confirmed the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the reusable spacecraft into a polar orbit, traveling at 27,589 km/h at an altitude of 435 km above Earth’s surface.

From Mining to the Stars

Wang Chun is a pioneer in the crypto industry, having mined Bitcoin since 2011. He later co-founded F2Pool, as well as Stakefish, a provider of validator and staking services for Proof-of-Stake blockchains.

In 2017, the entrepreneur opposed the activation of Segregated Witness.

Chun led the mission as part of the Fram2 project. Joining him aboard the Dragon Resilience spacecraft are cinematographer and transport module commander Janike Mikkelsen, electrical engineer and pilot Rabea Rogge, and polar researcher and medical specialist Eric Phillips.

During the multi-day expedition, the crew will conduct 22 studies aimed at “expanding humanity’s capabilities for long-duration space missions and studying the effects of space on human health.” These include the first X-ray imaging in space, maintaining muscle and bone mass in microgravity, and growing fungi in orbit.

Mission preparations began in August 2024 and included extensive training provided by SpaceX.

The project’s cost has not been disclosed.

As a reminder, last December, the Spacecoin team announced the launch of a satellite designed to enhance blockchain security in space.

Earlier, Geometric Energy Corporation rebooked a SpaceX launch for its DOGE-1 lunar satellite mission, fully paid for in Dogecoin.

Previously, another space mission by the DOGE community ended in failure—the attempt to send a physical wallet containing the meme coin to the Moon. The initiative was part of Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One project.