The Verge had extensive coverage this week of how the subreddit r/WallStreetBets sent GameStop’s stock skyrocketing, and the chaos that ensued thereafter.
Vergecast: This week’s GameStop timeline
Our podcast explains the stock market this week
Our podcast explains the stock market this week
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For this week’s episode of The Vergecast, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Elizabeth Lopatto attempt to chronicle that chaos into a timeline of events, while also explaining the interweaving machinations of stock trading, short selling, and internet culture.
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- How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop
- Reddit’s GameStop traders turn their attention to AMC stock
- Memes have broken the brokerages
- Robinhood blocks purchase of GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry stock
- Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stocks, and chaos
- r/WallStreetBets went private — and now it’s back with a message
- After buy ban, GameStop hypebeasts are looking for a Robinhood alternative
- Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out from under its traders
- Robinhood will allow ‘limited buys’ of stocks like GameStop starting Friday
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- Tesla unveils redesigned Model S with new interior and 520-mile range option
- OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s next company is literally called Nothing
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