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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by dasudasu on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:03PM (#23853465)
If you do it in "real" markets, you get the attention of the SEC or similar agencies in other countries. Crypto is completely unregulated in this regard.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by shiftpgdn on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:58PM (#23854007)
There are literally millions of put/short orders placed against TSLA every day. I don't think they track the intentions of every single one.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by tempestn on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @08:05PM (#23854065)
No, but if someone managed to hack a bunch of Teslas and cause chaos, driving their stock down, you can bet law enforcement would be looking at shorting activity.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by ralfd on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:52AM (#23856509)
With Elon Musk normal shitposting you could away with one well placed message to (temporarily) tank the stock.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1256239815256797184

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by bcrosby95 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:26AM (#23855759)
Bad hacks are announced fairly regularly. I highly doubt law enforcement investigates shorts everytime one happens.
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