Techmeme: 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 (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

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January 30, 2021, 12:15 AM

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Wall Street Journal:

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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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 …

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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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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New York Times:

Robinhood says it raised emergency funding of $1B+ from its existing investors, as it faces an onslaught of demands on its cash amid a stock market frenzy — The no-fee trading app, which is popular with young investors, has been strained by the high volume of trading this week in stocks such as GameStop.

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Ryan Browne / CNBC:

After dogecoin spiked 800%+, Robinhood halted instant deposits for crypto purchases and restricted trading in cryptocurrencies on Friday — - Users reported that the trading app had halted instant deposits for crypto purchases on Friday. — Robinhood confirmed the move …

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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.

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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

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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:

Google deleted ~100K reviews for the Robinhood app on the Play Store, bringing its rating back to 4 stars, after users dropped its rating to 1-star

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Tweets: @slasher, @rashidatlaib, @teroterotero, @tanvim, @shwoolley, and @ayeshaasiddiqi

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Robinhood says it didn't proactively sell shares of GameStop, AMC, or any other buzzworthy stocks without traders' permission, denying claims made by some users

More: Wall Street Journal, CNBC, New York Times, Gizmodo, USA Today, and Protocol

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Webull and Public, which restricted transactions of some stocks, cite costs of settling the trades with Apex as the cause and have now removed all restrictions

More: Bloomberg and New York Times

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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:

Lawmakers, including AOC and Ted Cruz, criticize Robinhood; Dem leaders from the Senate and House say they will hold hearings on the state of the stock market

Tweets: @tedcruz, @newyorkstateag, @llchristyll, @carolmassar, @senmikelee, @olaasm, and @rabbishmuley

Ryan Browne / CNBC:

UK trading app Freetrade disables purchases of US stocks, blaming a decision by its currency exchange provider and their bank to restrict trading volume

Tweets: @ryan_browne_

Paresh Dave / Reuters:

Facebook took down the “Robinhood Stock Traders” Group with 157K users; a notification said the Group violated polices on “adult sexual exploitation”

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Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Robinhood to allow “limited buys” on restricted stocks from Friday, says halting purchases was a risk-management decision and not a response to outside pressure

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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.

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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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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.

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Reuters:

Sources: Hyundai executives are divided over a potential tie-up with Apple, with some raising concerns about becoming a contract manufacturer — SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Executives in Hyundai Motor Co Group are divided over a potential tie-up with Apple Inc, with some raising concerns …

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Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post:

A spot check finds some apps in Apple's App Store with inaccurate privacy “nutrition labels” that downplay how much data they send to Facebook, Google, others — Apple's plan to make iPhone apps be transparent about the data they take falls short of being helpful — or even accurate

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