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by robocat 27 days ago
Can you point me to a source that actually says that Elon influenced the Nasdaq?

The whole thing stinks, and we can create stories since some incentives are obvious.

Stock traders do matter since 30% of stock is aimed at retail (very unusual % - what is the norm?)

More info here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6YzlY_8tM (sorry, video)

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> SpaceX has successfully lobbied the Nasdaq stock exchange to loosen rules governing how and when it adds companies to its Nasdaq 100 index – a group of large-cap companies that it bills as “fundamentally sound and innovative.”

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/how-elon-musk-will-increas...