Robinhood stops the games

Hello and welcome back to

Equity

, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

This week the team —

Natasha

and Danny

and Alex

and Grace

— recorded a bonus Equity Shot to help our listeners make sense out of the Gamestop trading bonanza happening all over the internet. The story is fast-moving, and news continues to break (twice during our recording, in fact) about how trading apps such as Robinhood are responding to the tear. Still, this type of story is worth a temperature check and timestamp because it feels like it’s a pivotal moment in many ways.

Here’s our coverage on the site so far for people playing catch up:

• How Trading Apps are responding to the Gamestop fustercluck

  – This piece from yesterday started our coverage of the response from trading apps concerning GameStop

• Gamestop, meme stocks, and the revenge of the retail trader

  – This piece dug into what the initial story was about, with some jokes

• Could meme stocks like gamestop kill bitcoin’s rise?

  – This piece looks at what the other side of the stonk coin could be

• Robinhood restricts trading in GameStop after retail brouhaha shakes markets

  – This piece looked into Robinhood’s moves from this morning, as the larger story went from huge to tectonic

• And, we gave a shout out to a good post by The Margins

, which gave perspective on how the unescapable Gamestop stock crash will have tough, and not meme-y consequences.

Back later in the day with our usual weekly episode, which will not include any of the following phrases: stonks, retail traders, Robinhood, and r/Wallstreetbets. We promise. Talk soon!

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