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JumpCrisscross on Feb 7, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wall Street was the real winner of the GameStop sa...

> including GameStop themselves, would be committing a crime if they knowingly triggered a short squeeze

Issuers have precedent for issuing shares into shorts [1][2].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/business/worldbusiness/30...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-03/amc-ha...

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