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A GameStop Evangelist’s Videos Draw a Regulator’s Attention

Moonlighting under the name Roaring Kitty, Keith Gill became something of an online folk hero for his dedication to GameStop, the struggling video-game retailer at the center of a trading […]







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Robinhood, Under the Gun, Raises $2.4 Billion

By limiting trading, it was able to bring down the cushion of cash, or margin, it was required to keep by its clearinghouse. The company eased some of those curbs […]







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The Silicon Valley Start-Up That Caused Wall Street Chaos

The online trading app Robinhood became a cultural phenomenon and a Silicon Valley darling with a promise to wrest the stock market away from Wall Street’s traditional gatekeepers and “let […]







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How a Reddit User and His Friends Helped Fuel the GameStop Frenzy

“Your example has literally changed the lives of thousands of ordinary normal people,” a Reddit user named reality_czech wrote this week to Mr. Gill. “Seriously thank you.”Larry Tabb, the head […]




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The GameStop Reckoning Was a Long Time Coming

Wall Street was among the last powerful institutions to be overrun by online populists, in part because it had a higher barrier to entry. Anyone with an internet connection and […]







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Reddit Traders Made GameStop a $10 Billion Company

A big worry is that this has become a short-squeeze revolt. Short-sellers were down $91 billion for the month through yesterday, according to data from S3. (Such investors have lost […]