During the GameStop crisis in January 2021, Robinhood made a decision to restrict trading on GameStop and other stocks due to collateral requirements, not due to coordination with hedge funds, and this decision was misrepresented as collusion by social media narratives that proved more powerful than factual explanations.
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Vlad TenevEvidence Quote
“we got this like automated file in the middle of the night and it had big numbers on it...we had to make a tough call to uh put GameStop and a bunch of other companies on position closing only”
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:02:14 PM
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