Vlad Tenev

So there's been studies about this.

And by and large, the conclusion is the reason the GameStop stock went up was because more and more people were buying it.

So the short covering, so to speak, I think was something like 10% of it or less.

Because you can imagine this whole thing was investigated.

The SEC came out with a report.

I think the conclusion was something like

There was a big narrative around the hedgies reloading their shorts and, you know, doing all this.

But by and large, the reason for it was just more retail buying because it went viral on social media.

I see.

Yeah, I think in the days before.

Yeah.

I think it probably, to some people, was a continuation of the Occupy movement.

Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of different people involved, and a lot of it's anonymous, and

you know, not all of them want to sit for interviews.

This guy, Keith Gill was his name, Roaring Kitty, or Deep Fucking Value, which was the first one that I remembered.

Yeah, I remember Roaring Kitty.

Yeah, he essentially disappeared, right, completely off the radar.

And there was a movie about this.

Wow.

Dumb Money.