Is trust in the free market system shot after Robinhood cut off GameStop trading? RT’s Boom Bust digs into a Wall Street scandal

The restrictions

The restrictions imposed by popular trading platform Robinhood on buying GameStop, AMC, Nokia, and Blackberry shares triggered a huge reaction on social media, with the app receiving over 100,000 one-star reviews on Google Play.

The restrictions came after the platform’s users reportedly coordinated on social media to inflate the value of GameStop and other companies’ stock and inflicted billions of dollars of losses on financial giants that had taken short positions against the struggling companies.

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