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Steph McGovern

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Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Because we all thought the administration's adoption of crypto in many ways would just continue the asset classes rise.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

It was October the 19th, I think.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

It was over the course of a weekend.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Just an awful lot of leverage got pulled out of the system because of a sudden jarring move in crypto.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

And everyone then had to sort of, well, they were margin called, it would feel like.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Yes.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Why would we not have heard of certain blow-ups?

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Or what could have therefore been more broadly making everyone more nervous about training this going forward?

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

I think we're looking at certain ETF flows.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

They've been more than 50 billion since their creation, but we've seen about 2 billion pulled out in the last couple of months.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Where are we feeling the most pain?

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Is it in Bitcoin?

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Is it the larger areas?

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Or is it some of the more, well, certainly riskier altcoins that have been traded and whipsawed a little harder?

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

But people are still buying.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

We just had Jay Jacobson, BlackRock saying for many a pullback in certain of their ETFs means people actually buy into it.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

I'm seeing Michael Saylor.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

I mean, obviously, OG crypto buyer and treasury stocker upper of he's doubled down on his digital asset treasury, it feels like.

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

So is he making the most of lower Bitcoin prices?

Bloomberg Tech
Theil’s Hedge Funds Sells Entire Nvidia Stake

Bloomberg's Miao Shen, you've got to follow her, all of her work across crypto.