'Level The Playing Field': Reddit CEO Reveals On IPO Day He's A Member Of WallStreetBetsKEK!

BENZINGA 10:16 AM ET 03/21/2024

Social media platform company Reddit Inc (RDDT) is set to make its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Reddit (RDDT) co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman talked about the retail aspect of Reddit (RDDT) ahead of the company’s IPO.

What To Know: Reddit (RDDT) is best known on Wall Street as the home of r/WallStreetBets.In early 2021, several retail traders came together on the subreddit and sparked a massive short squeeze in original meme stocks GameStop Corp (GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC).

Although r/WallStreetBets is the most well-known, there are several other subreddits on the platform where retail traders discuss markets on a daily basis. One dynamic that stands out from Reddit’sIPO: the company reserved 8% of its IPO shares for active users and moderators on the platform.

Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk On The Street,” Huffman said Reddit (RDDT) wanted to give retail investors the same opportunity that institutional investors would have in the IPO because retail traders are a “healthy component” of Reddit (RDDT).“Our goal there was to … I think as is the ethos of Reddit (RDDT), level the playing field,” Huffman said.

Interestingly enough, Reddit (RDDT) warned in its S-1 filing that "meme stock" schemes on r/WallStreetBets could be a risk for investors. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin, who interviewed Huffman, said there has been a lot of negative chatter on r/WallStreetBets leading up to the company’s IPO.

The Reddit (RDDT) CEO told CNBC that he is a member of r/WallStreetBets and has seen a lot of the comments in recent weeks.

“That’s Reddit (RDDT). Reddit (RDDT) is people. Reddit (RDDT) is a fun and special, but sometimes crazy place and so I wouldn’t expect anything less from our community,” Huffman said.

“Reddit is nothing without our users and communities and I think that’s the beautiful thing about Reddit (RDDT) is they tell it like it is. But you have to remember, they’re doing that on Reddit.”

Reddit (RDDT) priced its IPO on Wednesday at$34 a share, which was at the top of the expected range. The IPO values the company around $6.5 billion and should bring in approximately $519 million for Reddit (RDDT). The company is selling about 15.28 million shares in the IPO, and existing shareholders are selling another 6.72 million shares.

Reddit (RDDT) stock is set to begin trading under the ticker symbol “RDDT” Thursday.

3/25/24 today's price $59.80

>>20625345

They use Medvedev to release the thoughts of the admin without it coming out of the mouth of Putin or his staff. That's the only way he is allowed to state the true things he says.

I'm grateful for him, he expresses many peoples thoughts and feelings.

>>20625345

there was an anon on the board last night, and he said Zelensky is next.I think it will be done by one of the leaders around him, and the country may thank him. Russia won't due it because Putin vowed they had no desire to kill Zelensky and they will not. He said it many times. The person that does kill him, will never be associated with Russia. But of course the West will blame it on him.

The problem with CIA and Kiev's plan, is they didn't hide the details and where they were going and who financed it. I'm sure the SS there will track that down.

Russia are serious about tracking down all people associated with it,which brings us to the fact that Macron is freaking out and losing his mind, he will be killed by Russia. This article was released yesterday, the planners were said to have prepped this for a long time, remember Macron was trying to get NATO troops into Ukraine, he’s freaking out because he was planning it with Zelensky and others.

Macron’s actions are not unrelated and these articles coming out within 2 weeks of each other has meaning. Macron will never be killed by Russia, it will be internal.Only someone that is guilty of something would have so much fear.

24 Mar, 2024 20:59

Macron increasingly worried about security amid assassination fears - Marianne

The French leader is said to be “totally freaked out by the Russians” amid his own efforts to antagonize Moscow

French President Emmanuel Macron is increasingly concerned about his personal security, Marianne magazine reported on Sunday citing multiple sources within Macron’s detail, the country’s Interior Ministry, and his notorious ex-bodyguard Alexandre Benalla. Macron has always been concerned with his personal security, Benalla claimed, revealing the president had bolstered the ranks of his guard right after assuming office.

“As soon as we arrived at the Elysee, the staff responsible for the president’s security were immediately doubled compared to those responsible for that of [predecessor] Francois Hollande. There are two reasons for this. First, Macron makes contact, within a slap range.

Then, from the beginning, it creates a form of antipathy. It electrifies,” the bodyguard explained. The Yellow Vests protests, which have plagued Macron’s presidency throughout his first term and beyond, have left a dent.

Macron’s spouse Brigitte has been particularly concerned that her husband would ultimately end up assassinated, Benalla claims. “She was always very worried about him. At home, there is the fear of ‘Kennedy syndrome,’ that he will end up assassinated,” the insider reportedly claimed.

The situation has deteriorated further as a result of Macron's determination to present himself as a hawk on the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. The president’s security team has been working in “red” mode since at least last summer, an unnamed source “at the heart” of Macron’s guard system told the magazine.

“Recently, he is provoking so much that he is afraid” a source at the heart of the Macron security system confided. “Since last summer, he has taken on some big guys to accompany him. They are more visible and also more effective in intervening in the event of a crowd movement.” The French president is apparently not afraid of facing off angry citizens as is, but rather fears the alleged Russian “hybrid threat,” the report suggested.

He has repeatedlyvoiced concerns over “state-level” threats emanating from abroad, while in privateblaming the alleged threat exclusively on Moscow, and creating a special taskforce to tackle it.

“Macron is totally freaked out by the Russians. One morning, he arrived at the intelligence services and requested the creation of a special task force on Russian interference overnight. Colleagues have to hold a meeting daily, it doesn’t excite them much,” a senior official with the Interior Ministry told Marianne.

https://www.rt.com/news/594834-macron-personal-security-obsession/

I suspect that Macron and Scholtz deceiving Putinwhen he was trying to negotiate the 2022 peace agreement with Ukraine,have put both of them on a special list. That is the reason Scholtz is so afraid to send Taurus missiles to Kiev. Both of them willingly lied to Putin for a couple of weeks in the beginning; and they knowingly forced and encouraged Zelensky to go to war with Russia.

>>20625582

25 Mar, 2024 19:33

White House comments on possible Ukrainian involvement in Moscow terror attackISIS bears “sole responsibility,” the US has insisted

(Kash Patel and numerous Professional Soldiers know that it was NOT ISIS, because ISIS will kill themselves, or fight till they are killed, to collect their 72 virgins. They never hang around to do it again. Other radical muslims don’t do this, but ISIS does. Further ISIS was eradicated under Trump 100%, but that doesn’t mean they’ve risen again.They must think Russia is stupid)

There is no evidence the Ukrainian government was involved in the Crocus City massacre, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Monday.

More than 130 people were killed at the concert venue northwest of Moscow on Friday evening, when several armed men began shooting into the crowd then set the hall on fire. A terrorist group calling itself Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility.

“ISIS bears the sole responsibility here, the sole responsibility,” Jean-Pierre insisted.

"[Russian President Vladimir] Putin understands that. We shared that with their government. And so there is no evidence, absolutely no evidence, that Ukraine was involved there.”

Jean-Pierre specifically referred to the March 7 public advisory, warning Americans in Russia to stay away from concert venues due to a threat of attacks by “extremists.” She said thiswas communicated to the Russian government as well, but would not answer as to how. (the gov and ambassadors were never notified)

Russian security services detained four alleged perpetrators of the Crocus City Hall massacre, as well as seven of their suspected accomplices. The men were identified as ethnic Tajiks.

“This attack was carried out by radical Islamists,”Putin said in a meeting with law enforcement officials on Monday evening.

“But we know who carried out the attack. We want to know who ordered it.”The Russian president pointed to the fact that the suspects had been driving towards Ukraine after they fled Moscow, and that the atrocity directly served the ends of the government in Kiev.

“This atrocity may be only a link in a whole series of attemptsby those who have been fighting our country since 2014, using the neo-Nazi Kiev regime as their hand,” Putin said. “And the Nazis, as is well known, never hesitated to use the most dirty and inhumane means to achieve their goals.”

Mikhail Podoliak, the senior aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, has argued that Kiev “has not the slightest connection to this incident.” (Seriously they killed 14,000+ innocent men, women and children that just wanted freedom from Ukraine. And are still trying)

Earlier on Monday, however, the head of the Ukrainian security service SBU, Vasily Malyuk, took credit for a string of attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure, including the Crimean Bridge and oil refineries. Meanwhile, a popular Kiev restaurant unveiled a menu of fried foods dubbed “Crocus City,” in what appears to be a mockery of those who perished in the fire set by the terrorists.

https://www.rt.com/news/594898-us-insists-isis-not-ukraine/

>>20625715

25 Mar, 2024 18:20

‘Radical Islamists’ carried out Moscow terror attack – Putin

The Russian president still suspects that Ukraine was complicit in the tragedy

Russia knows who carried out the Crocus City Hall attack but is now investigating who gave the order, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, pointing to Ukraine as being a possible culprit.

“This attack was carried out by radical Islamists,” Putin said in the opening remarks of a video call with law enforcement officials.

The US and its allies are now trying to cover for their proxies in Kiev, insisting that Ukraine had nothing to do with the terrorist attack and that the party responsible was Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), the Russian president noted.

“But we know who carried out the attack. We want to know who ordered it.”

Russian law enforcement is currently looking into the perpetrators, who have been apprehended and brought before a judge.

The investigation must be “professional, without any political bias,” Putin said.

More than 130 people were killed at the concert venue northwest of Moscow on Friday evening, when several armed men began shooting into the crowd and set the hall on fire.

A terrorist group calling itself Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility. Russian security services detained seven alleged perpetrators, who were driving towards Ukraine, as well as four of their suspected accomplices. The men were identified as ethnic Tajiks.

Putin noted that the fact the terrorists were headed for Ukraine posed questions that needed answering.“Who was waiting for them there? It is clear that those who support the Kiev regime do not want to be accomplices and sponsors of terrorism. But a lot of questions remain,” he said.

The US and the EU swiftly insisted that Ukraine had nothing to do with the attack and that IS – a shadowy group allegedly operating in Afghanistan and Central Asia – was the sole culprit.

(It didn't help shortly after the attackJohn Kirby immediately said Ukraine had nothing to do with itbefore any investigation started, he let the cat out of the bag. I think he and they said this is because they knew its extremely possible and likely Kiev to do it, and would joyfully pull off terrorist attacks like this, because they have done it many, many times.But the admin is more afraid now because they openly killed innocents, although the west does not care of the all the civilians they are killing still in Ukraine.)

https://www.rt.com/russia/594893-putin-terrorist-attack-meeting/

25 Mar, 2024 18:40

Terrorism suspects came to the EU through Ukraine – media

Two Tajik nationals who lived in Ukraine are accused of plotting attack on a Vienna cathedral, Austria’s Heute news outlet claims

Ukraine may have become a convenient passageway for violent extremists seeking to enter the EU under the radar, Austria’s Heute news outlet reported on Sunday, citing security officials.A “large number” of suspected terrorists have traveled to the bloc via Ukrainian territory, it said.

The media outlet cited the example oftwo Tajik nationals and a Chechen arrested in Austria and Germany in December last year on suspicion of plotting an attack on the iconic St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. The suspects allegedly aimed to attack the cathedral on New Year’s Eve, using Kalashnikov assault rifles and explosives, according to Heute.

Those suspects could be part of a wider terrorist network linked to an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) offshoot known as IS Khorasan Province (ISIS-K or ISPK), the outlet reported in December, citing law enforcement officials.

According to Western media reports, the same terrorist group claimed responsibility for last Friday’s attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside of Moscow. The massive attack claimed more than 130 lives and left over 180 people injured.

Austrian prosecutors said in December that the Vienna plotsuspects were “highly radicalized,” shared “Jihadist” beliefs and were allegedly part of a network that was planning attacks in Cologne and Madrid in late 2023.

There are “indications” that suspected terrorists have “flowed into Europe under the radar” from Ukraine, the outlet said. Noting that there was no official confirmation of this, the outlet said it “could be” that the perpetrators of the attack in Moscow on Friday “had connections to like-minded people who were on Ukrainian territory.”

The young Tajik couple who planned the Vienna attack are said to have lived in Ukraine until the start of armed conflict between Moscow and Kiev in February 2022. The two claimed to have been “pro-democracy” activists campaigning for the “rule of law” in their home nation of Tajikistan, Heute said. However, German security services intercepted their messages on Facebook, where the suspects discussed their attack plans and swore allegiance to the ISPK.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the attack on the Crocus City Hall was carried out by “radical Islamists.” It is still unclear who “ordered” the assault, he said, pointing to Ukraine as the possible culprit.

(There are too many connections with Ukraine, along with their military and law enforcement are Nazi’s and will kill people without a qualm, they are filled with drugs daily, that Zelensky seizes the Coptic Christian church, Arrested the Bishops and priest, seized the ancient Russian monastery, and stole all the valuable ancient objects and statues, so Ukraine would have not qualms about radical Muslims killing innocent Russians. Because they are not different really. Plus Ukraine has bribed and convinced numerous people to do terrorists acts in Russia, including killing innocents.)

The Russian domestic security service (FSB) earlier said that the four suspected attackers attempted to reach the Ukrainian border following the massacre, adding that they had a “contact” there that could have helped them cross into Ukraine.

https://www.rt.com/news/594896-terrorism-suspects-come-eu-ukraine/

(I bet the EU is thanking God they didn't allow Ukraine to join. Once this is over with Ukraine will never be invited to join NATO, but NATO will have a problem because all of the leadership or terrorists and will strike EU countries.Ukraine is Joe Bidan's personal MAFIA in the EU.)

25 Mar, 2024 16:09

Three more suspects in Moscow terrorist attack arrested

Security services had detained 11 people during the weekend in connection with the deadly shooting spree

Moscow’s Basmanny Court has placed three more suspects allegedly connected to Friday’s deadly terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall under arrest, the court’s press service has reported. The detainees will remain in custody until at least May 22.

A day earlier, the same court approved the arrest of four men who investigators believe carried out the shooting spree, which has left at least 133 people dead and scores wounded.

The three latest suspects – Aminchon Islomov, Dilovar Islomov and their 62-year-old father Isroil Islomov – are accused of being involved in organizing the terrorist act, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee.

In an application to the court shared on the service’s Telegram channel, investigators claimed that one of the gunmen,Shamsidin Fariduni, is believed to have recruited Aminchon Islomov in January to join him with the goal of committing a terrorist act. No later than on March 11, he is thought to have also recruited Dilovar Islomov, investigators claimed, demanding the immediate arrest of the two brothers as well as their father.

According to Russian media outlets,Dilovar Islomov is believed to have been the last owner of the white Renaultwhich was allegedly used as a getaway vehicle by the terrorists as part of their plan. However, no official details as to how the three relatives could be connected to the incident have yet been made public. (The old man looks pretty shocked, the one brother looks scared, the other looks guilty)

On the evening of March 22, a group of gunmen armed with assault rifles attacked the Crocus City music hall in the town of Krasnogorsk, on the western outskirts of Moscow, just before a concert by the rock band Picnic was due to start. The venue, with an estimated capacity of 7,500, was almost full at the time of the attack. The terrorists killed the guards, shot concert-goers on sight then started a fire that quickly spread throughout the building.

Eleven people, including four terrorists who were directly involved in the deadly shooting, were detained in connection with the massacre, the Russian domestic security service, the FSB, said in a statement on Saturday. Seven of them have since been placed under arrest by the court.

https://www.rt.com/russia/594887-three-suspects-arrested-crocus/