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Game Stopped? hearing

Virtual hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services on the January 2021 trading in GameStop and other stocks, with six witnesses.

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Dates
18 Feb 2021
Also known as
Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide

Connections 7

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  • Gabe Plotkin witness; CEO of Melvin Capital Management Primary record 12

    Plotkin testified that Melvin Capital had no role in the trading platforms' decisions.

  • House Committee on Financial Services held the hearing Primary record 3
  • Jennifer Schulp witness; Cato Institute Primary record 1
  • Keith Gill witness; individual investor Primary record 4
  • Ken Griffin witness; CEO of Citadel Primary record 15

    Griffin said in written testimony that Citadel Securities had no role in Robinhood's decision to limit trading.

  • Steve Huffman witness; CEO of Reddit Primary record 1
  • Vlad Tenev witness; CEO of Robinhood Markets Primary record 16

    Tenev said in written testimony that Robinhood Securities did not impose the restrictions at the request of hedge funds.

Timeline 1 date
  1. 18 Feb 2021 Game Stopped? hearing
Proof 6 sources
  1. Memorandum on the 18 February 2021 full committee hearing “Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide”, House Committee on Financial Services, 15 Feb 2021. Primary record
    Gabriel Plotkin, Chief Executive Officer, Melvin Capital Management LP
    Jennifer Schulp, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute
    Kenneth C. Griffin, Chief Executive Officer, Citadel LLC
    Steve Huffman, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Reddit
    Vladimir Tenev, Chief Executive Officer, Robinhood Markets, Inc.
  2. Testimony of Gabriel Plotkin, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Melvin Capital Management, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, 18 Feb 2021. Primary record
    I want to make clear at the outset that Melvin Capital played absolutely no role in those trading platforms’ decisions.
  3. Notice of hearing: “Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide”, House Committee on Financial Services, 11 Feb 2021. Primary record
    The Committee on Financial Services will hold a full committee virtual hearing entitled “Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide” on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 12:00pm, on the virtual meeting platform Cisco WebEx.
  4. Testimony of Keith Patrick Gill before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, 18 Feb 2021. Primary record
    TESTIMONY OF KEITH PATRICK GILL BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
  5. Testimony of Kenneth C. Griffin before the House Committee on Financial Services, 18 February 2021, House Committee on Financial Services, 18 Feb 2021. Primary record
    I want to be perfectly clear: we had no role in Robinhood’s decision to limit trading in GameStop or any other of the “meme” stocks.
  6. Testimony of Vladimir Tenev, Robinhood Markets, Inc., before the House Committee on Financial Services, 18 February 2021, House Committee on Financial Services, 18 Feb 2021. Primary record
    My name is Vlad Tenev, and I am the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood Markets, Inc.
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