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		donmcronald on July 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fake Tesla, Apple stocks have started trading on b... If the hedge funds and prime brokers are allowed to sell the unsuspecting public a bunch of counterfeit shorts, why not let the crypto market do the same? I’m only half joking.

dehrmann on July 7, 2021 | [–]

> counterfeit shorts

Do you have a reference for something that's had issues being naked shorted, recently? GME was a short squeeze, but that's different.

munk-a on July 7, 2021 | [–]

Well the goal is never to have more problems. The discussion of the good or evils of regulations in general is a pretty deep debate in America though.

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