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Andrew Tate Plans to Invest Big in Bitcoin, Leaving Fiat Completely
16.5.2024
Andrew Tate, a British-American social media personality and former professional kickboxer, has announced a plan to invest significantly in bitcoin, expressing frustration with banks and their scams. “I’m about to leave fiat completely,” he stressed. “I’m done...
Gamestop, AMC Shares Plunge as ‘Roaring Kitty’ Keeps Posting Video Clips and Memes
15.5.2024
On Wednesday, while equity markets experienced a rise following the release of the consumer price index (CPI) report, Gamestop’s stock GME tumbled 34%, and AMC’s shares fell more than 25%. Concurrently, the well-known ‘Roaring Kitty’ continued to share video clips of classic...
Andrew Tate Pours $6M Into Gamestop as Meme Stock Craze Continues to Shock Wall Street
15.5.2024
The frenzy surrounding GME and AMC remains ongoing, with both stocks experiencing increases of 200% and 150%, respectively, over the past five days. In the midst of this excitement, CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer suggested that the companies would be foolish not to seize the opportunity to raise...
GameStop's Meme Stock Explodes Again After YouTuber Roaring Kitty Returns
13.5.2024
It’s been three years since GameStop’s stock originally exploded during the pandemic as big-time investors capitalized on an internet feud between deep-pocketed hedge funds and very online Redditors. Now the meme stock is back for round two after Roaring Kitty, AKA Deep Fucking Value, AKA Keith...
SEC Issues ‘Fear of Missing Out’ Warning Ahead of Spot Bitcoin ETF Decision
8.1.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned investors about fear of missing out (FOMO). “Just because others might buy a particular investment, doesn’t mean it’s the right opportunity for you,” the SEC noted. “We’ve all seen the increased interest...
It Happened To Me: The GameStop Black Friday Deal From Hell
27.11.2023
One of my favorite Black Friday traditions is scrolling through GameStop on my phone and getting a bunch of cool games for cheap. Usually it works out just fine. Last weekend it was a nightmare. It’s hard to convey just how terrible navigating the experience of trying to buy something from GameStop...
Robinhood accumulated $3B in Bitcoin in 3 months — What does this mean for markets?
25.8.2023
Robinhood’s Bitcoin holdings could reshape the crypto landscape by supercharging the influence of retail investors and possibly creating new market risks
Ex-CFO that stole $5M to trade crypto and ‘meme stocks' gets 3 years prison
28.4.2023
Cooper Morgenthau embezzled $5 million from three different companies and lost almost all of it trading cryptocurrencies and "meme stocks."
What Are Meme Stocks & Are They Worth Investing In?
10.10.2022
While a few meme stocks have gone on to be very successful investments, most have fizzled out just as quickly as they rose to prominence. Read on to learn about meme stocks and find out whether they are worth investing in or not.
Meme stocks are shares of companies that have become popular due...
A Jacobin Podcast Review: Critiques on Crypto and Sterlin’s Response
2.1.2022
The following opinion editorial is a Jacobin Podcast review written by the author Sterlin Lujan, the chief risk officer with Cryptospace. The Jacobin Podcast episode called: “Dig: Cryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob Silverman,” touches upon “cryptocurrency, NFTs...
Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller Warns Crypto, Meme Stocks, Bonds Are in a Bubble: ‘This Bubble Is in Everything’
8.11.2021
Billionaire investor Stan Druckenmiller has warned that everything is in a bubble, mentioning cryptocurrency, meme stocks, equities, and bonds in particular. “This bubble is in everything, every asset on the planet,” Druckenmiller stressed. Druckenmiller’s Warning: Every Asset...
SEC takes action against two meme stock wash traders
28.9.2021
The SEC asserts that the defendants unlawfully gleaned more than $700,000 through a wash-trading scheme that targeted exchanges offering market maker rebates
Robinhood stock outruns Bitcoin intraday crash, down over 10% in pre-market
5.8.2021
The decline followed Robinhood Market's announcement that it would sell up to 98 million Class A shares over time
British Financial Advisers Don't Like Crypto & Meme Stocks + More News
16.6.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Over 90% of 200 surveyed independent financial advisers (IFAs) in Britain would never recommend cryptocurrencies...
Crypto and ‘meme stocks’ shunned by 90% of UK financial advisers
16.6.2021
A recent Opinium poll has shown that a majority of British financial advisers are not advocates of crypto investing for their clients
From Tulips and Scrips to Bitcoin and Meme Stocks – Speculating & Mania
2.5.2021
A satire of the Dutch tulip ‘mania,’ which didn’t get that label until many years later. Gayle Rogers, Professor and Chair of English, University of Pittsburgh.
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In the late 1990s, America experienced a dot-com mania. In the 2000s, the housing market went wild.
Today, there are manias...
Economist Says Bitcoin Isn’t Too Big to Fail — Warns BTC Can Only Establish Itself if Governments Allow It
7.4.2021
Allianz’s chief economic advisor Mohamed El-Erian says that bitcoin is not too big to fail and that governments may intervene. While he believes that cryptocurrency will grow in popularity, the economist says “it takes away a lot from governments,” adding that this asset...