Elon proving me wrong by being good at interviewing!?

Elon: “Vlad the Stock Impalet! Spill the beans man tell us why they couldn’t buy GameStop shares, the people demand an answer!”

Vlad: “I’m the CEO of Robinhood...”

Elon: “yeah we know! Go on!” https://twitter.com/panzer/status/1356131655363088384

Vlad now drilling down on the technical aspects of what he says happened - letter from clearinghouse regulators telling them they need to cover etc

Elon _constructively interrupting_ (key interview tool!) to goad him into getting more specific.

“Seems shady no?” Says Elon

NSCC has been reasonable, Vlad Says

Elon: “ is anyone holding you hostage right now? Blink Twice.”

No, says Vlad laughing

Vlad basically says the NSCC worked with them but they had to conform to capital requirements to cover.

Seems a little unsure who runs the NSCC (it’s a corporation regulated by the SEC

“ did you sell your clients down the river or did you have no choice? And if you had no choice for these people making it so that you had no choice?”

Elon asking the question that all of @wsbmod wanted to know basically from the start

Vlad says that they will be able to relax limits on meme stocks - not sure what the limits will be because they will still need enough capital

Elon: “ what what degree are you beholden to citadel? If citadels unhappy what happens?”

Vlad: “some people are saying that we did this because of citadel and that’s just false...it was just based on the capital requirements.”

Elon: “ wouldn’t citadel have a say in who gets to run the [NSCC],” Elon says, pushing appropriately.

Vlad: “ we don’t have any reason to think that, that just gets into conspiracy theories.”