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by JumpCrisscross 1288 days ago
> it doesnt mean money turned to thin air

Of course it does. Wealth becomes money through credit. It promotes spending through the wealth effect [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_effect

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In this case it is just a redemption of money

There are some investors that bought SPAC shares and warrants at a premium, who are now at a loss, but primary issuance investors are just made whole.

> it is just a redemption of money

Plenty of secondary buyers lost money. To say nothing of everyone who owns Circle.

Wait which Circle?

I remember a decade ago Circle being a startup where VCs all invested like $30M in an early round and a month later the entire startup went bankrupt.

That Circle?

Not that circle

This circle doesn't need to go public, just jumped at the opportunity to have SPAC dumb money