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Profile of the trader known as DeepFuckingValue on r/WallStreetBets, who began investing in GameStop and explaining why in YouTube videos starting in mid-2019 — Trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum helped turn the investing world upside down. “I didn't expect this.”
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Robinhood has placed trade restrictions on more than 50 stocks as of Friday and limited the purchase of some stocks, like GameStop, to a single share — The company is giving us numbers for what ‘limited buys’ really means — Robinhood only wants users to have a limited number of shares …
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| Jesse Westbrook / Bloomberg: |
SEC says it “will closely review actions taken by regulated entities that may disadvantage investors” in trading certain securities — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, making its most specific comments about the recent mania in the stock market … | John Herrman / New York Times: |
Reddit's uncommon qualities as a community platform, inspiring nihilism and humor, may explain why r/WallStreetBets' growth feels reminiscent of r/The_Donald — Reddit communities grow powerful in plain sight. Why do they keep taking the world by surprise?
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| Under the Hood: |
Robinhood explains why it placed restrictions on certain securities over the past week, says its clearinghouse-mandated deposit for equities increased tenfold — With the extraordinary market activity this week, and the temporary restrictions we put in place on certain securities …
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| Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood is telling some users it may close out some of their positions as part of measures it is taking to reduce account risks — Robinhood Markets told users of its popular stock trading app that it may close out some of their positions as part of measures it's taking to reduce account risks.
Tweets: @aoc, @chamath, @robinhoodapp, @rashidatlaib, @tedlieu, @wongmjane, @thedextriarchy, @dellcam, @mrjustinbarclay, and @khoustephanie
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Graphika: Huawei officials retweeted messages from fake accounts on Twitter to spread a pro-5G influence campaign in Belgium; Huawei is investigating the claim — A covert online push to sway telecommunications policy in favor of the Chinese company may presage a new twist in social manipulation.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Canalys: smartphone shipments in China fell 4% YoY to 84M in Q4 2020 and shipments for 2020 fell 11% YoY to 330M, as iPhone's share jumped from 15% to 18% YoY — The impact of United States government sanctions on Huawei is continuing to hurt the company and dampen overall smartphone shipments in China …
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| TechCrunch: |
Nerdy, which operates an online tutoring service, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a valuation of $1.7B and plans to raise up to $750M with the deal — A gig economy-powered consumer edtech platform is heading to the New York Stock Exchange. — Edtech startup Nerdy …
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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Xiaomi has sued US Defense and Treasury departments, after the DOD blacklisted the company thereby blocking US investors from buying Xiaomi's securities — - Pentagon had called it a ‘Communist Chinese military company’ — The move prohibits U.S. investors from buying Xiaomi's shares
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Speaking on Clubhouse, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said his team monitors “Daily Active Shitheads” to make sure Reddit communities don't spiral out of control — - Reddit has taken the spotlight this week after community of investors ganged up to send GameStop and other heavily-shorted stocks soaring.
Tweets: @db, @kifleswing, @sherman4949, @quinnypig, and @megancgraham
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook's Oversight Board is taking public comments on Facebook's decision to ban Trump and if it complied with “freedom of expression and human rights” — The board is taking submissions until February 5th — Facebook's Oversight Board, the independent body empowered to review …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Clearsky researchers say Hezbollah's cyber unit Lebanese Cedar hacked 250+ unpatched Atlassian and Oracle servers at telecoms and ISPs in US, UK, Israel, more — Security firm Clearsky said they identified at least 250 servers hacked by Lebanese Cedar, a hacking group linked to the Hezbollah militant group.Sponsor Posts
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