Musk saw his wealth jump by $178 billion in just two days, putting his year-to-date gain at a record-breaking $216 billion as investors cheered Tesla’s driverless taxi tests in Texas, according to

“Elon Musk is now personally worth 7,400,000 BTC,” Burnett wrote, adding, “The fastest way for Elon to hit $1 trillion would be to begin buying BTC in size. And he can continue using that capital as collateral to build space and AI companies, while the collateral continues to appreciate measured in USD.”

Elon Musk on Monday became the first person ever worth $600 billion, Forbes said, on the heels of reports that his SpaceX startup was likely to go public at a valuation of $800 billion.