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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by phkahler on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:51PM (#31241420)
>> No need for proof of work or proof of stake

Yeah, I mean naked shorts and all.

Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by vkou on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:52PM (#31241438)
1. Naked shorts are illegal except in very special circumstances for a market maker.

2. You don't need naked shorts for a stock to be >100% shorted.

We'd all have been better off if people took the GME frenzy as an opportunity to better understand how stock trades work, as opposed to an opportunity to reinforce their pre-existing misunderstanding.

Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by phkahler on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:32PM (#31241926)
Naked shorts are not possible with crypto unless I'm very mistaken. You could do it in some secondary market, but the blockchain AFAICT only works on "real" assets.
Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by cuteboy19 on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:48PM (#31242108)
Which is irrelevant, we should judge things as they are and not as they "should be". Exchanges are part and parcel of the crypto ecosystem. We cannot ignore them in this discussion.

Naked shorts do exist in the crypto market and they do affect the prices of those currencies.

But of course why would anyone do that when there are a hundred easier ways to manipulate the crypto market? Buy a few influencers and UFC athletes to shill your crypto and you get a much better return on investment.

Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by cuteboy19 on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:20PM (#31241768)
Naked shorts can and do exist on crypto exchanges
Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by phkahler on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:34PM (#31241958)
On an exchange, but not on a blockchain.

Exchanges are a convenience, and go against the entire concept of a distributed ledger. That part of what makes the whole thing a joke.