The success of the GameStop curt squeeze in pumping the price above $370— and the reaction from centralized authorities and markets to it — has highlighted the need for decentralized finance, co-ordinate to some in the crypto industry.

The stock, which was trading at less than $twenty per share before this month, was deemed past members of the r/WallStreetBets subreddit to be under attack past a hedge fund which had disclosed a big short position in the stock.

As a result of the pump coordinated on Reddit and executed by individual traders using platforms similar TD Ameritrade and Robinhood, hedge fund Melvin Capital Management lost a total of $3.75 billion by having to close their massive, losing brusque position on GME.

Various centralized trading platforms have now put limits on trading the stock and the president of NASDAQ — the exchange on which GME is listed — suggested that trading could be temporarily halted on stocks deliberately targeted past internet users, in gild to give investors a chance to "recalibrate."

Eyebrows were also raised when the subreddit behind the short squeeze, WallStreetBets, was taken offline temporarily and its Discord channel suspended, apparently over content moderation issues.

The crypto customs has watched on with fascination every bit traditional markets kickoff to resemble crypto markets, only worse.

Mike Novogratz, CEO of digital avails management company Milky way Digital, likened what happened with GME to "a giant endorsement of DeFi" on Twitter, calling it "a revolution that started with people not trusting central authority." He also drew comparisons between the Reddit-based movement and the current social climate of inequality that has gripped the U.Due south., equally well every bit many other countries, in recent years.

Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge Uppercase — which owns almost $385 one thousand thousand in BTC — besides believes contempo events surrounding GME were positive for the future of Bitcoin, telling Bloomberg that they are "more proof of concept that Bitcoin is going to work."

But non everybody was impressed, including CNBC's Jim Cramer, who downplayed the event'southward significance on a contempo episode of Mad Money.

"As entertaining as these moves are, this stuff is simply a sideshow," said Cramer. At the finish of the day I don't think a Reddit forum can bring the house downwards."

"They're picking undervalued stocks, opening big short positions and running with them. That can cause crazy moves in a handful of stocks, but it's not plenty to movement the entire market. C'mon."

The jaw dropping rise in GameStop saw derivatives and futures specialists at FTX list a tokenized version of GME futures for trading confronting cryptocurrency-based collateral last night. FTX's inclusion of GME comes at a time when platforms such as TD Ameritrade and Robinhood are putting restrictions on its trade.

Driven higher by afterhours and futures trading on smaller, not-traditional platforms, the price of GME opened at $354.83 on Wednesday, representing a 140% gain overnight.