Comment by robocat
21 hours 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)
> 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...