SoftBank Unloads $14 Billion In Tech Stocks After NASDAQ Gamma Squeeze

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SoftBank Group Corp. was the "Nasdaq whale" that bought billions of dollars in call options of US equity derivatives and unleashed a massive gamma squeeze over the last year that pushed tech stocks to...

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