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QQQ is trending amid a sharp intraday reversal, prompting discussions about potential market manipulation and the strength of the AI sector following Nvidia's earnings; traders are actively debating whether this pullback represents a buying opportunity or the start of a deeper correction, with some pointing to possible Yen carry trade issues.

Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions without intermediaries like banks or governments, operating on a blockchain secured by Proof of Work mining and the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm.   With a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins and programmatic halvings every four years that reduce miner rewards, Bitcoin is designed as a deflationary digital asset often called "digital gold." Its value stems from solving the double-spending problem without trusted intermediaries, creating the first truly scarce digital asset with censorship resistance and permissionless access that no government, corporation, or individual can control.  Bitcoin operates as a decentralized peer-to-peer network where transactions are recorded on a public ledger called the blockchain, distributed across thousands of computers globally. Transactions are grouped into blocks added approximately every 10 minutes through mining, where specialized computers compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles.   Bitcoin has achieved mainstream adoption through multiple vectors. The January 2024 SEC approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs opened Bitcoin investment to traditional finance participants, and corporations like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) are using Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset to protect against currency debasement, offering MSTR holders amplified exposure to Bitcoin.   The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to evolve with innovations like Ordinals, which emerged in January 2023 to enable NFT-like functionality directly on Bitcoin, and BRC-20 tokens, an experimental standard for creating fungible tokens using Ordinal inscriptions. BTCFi (Bitcoin Finance) represents emerging financial applications extending beyond Bitcoin's traditional role, with protocols like Babylon allowing Bitcoin holders to stake BTC to secure Proof of Stake chains.

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Bitcoin is experiencing volatility, sparking debates about a potential market bottom and the influence of large institutional players. Community discussions revolve around whether this dip presents a buying opportunity or signals a deeper correction, with some pointing to macro factors and potential liquidations as drivers. Sentiment is mixed, with bullish and bearish arguments clashing amidst the price swings.

NVIDIA Corp. engages in the design and manufacture of computer graphics processors, chipsets, and related multimedia software. It operates through the following segments: Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and Compute & Networking. The Graphics segment includes GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, Quadro and NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics, virtual GPU, or vGPU, software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing, automotive platforms for infotainment systems, and Omniverse Enterprise software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications. The Compute & Networking segment consists of Data Center accelerated computing platforms and end-to-end networking platforms including Quantum for InfiniBand and Spectrum for Ethernet, NVIDIA DRIVE automated-driving platform and automotive development agreements, Jetson robotics and other embedded platforms, NVIDIA AI Enterprise and other software, and DGX Cloud software and services. The company was founded by Jen Hsun Huang, Chris A. Malachowsky, and Curtis R. Priem in April 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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Nvidia's stock is trending amid upgrades from analysts, though some community members express concern over valuation relative to competitors and potential interconnect hurdles in the AI sector. Despite strong earnings, the stock experienced a selloff, leading to discussions about a possible short squeeze and whether AI constitutes a bubble.

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SPY is experiencing heavy volatility, sparking discussions about a potential market correction and whether dip-buying strategies will continue to pay off. Some community members are pointing to broader macroeconomic concerns and the influence of crypto markets, while others are eyeing key support levels for potential reversals. The conversation highlights uncertainty around near-term market direction.

Walmart, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale business. The company offers an assortment of merchandise and services at everyday low prices. It operates through the following business segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. The Walmart U.S. segment operates as a mass merchandiser of consumer products, operating under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands, including walmart.com. The Walmart International segment includes operations of wholly-owned subsidiaries in Canada, Chile, China, and Africa, and majority-owned subsidiaries in India, as well as Mexico and Central America. The Sam's Club segment manages membership-only warehouse clubs and operates samsclub.com. The company was founded by Samuel Moore Walton and James Lawrence Walton on July 2, 1962 and is headquartered in Bentonville, AR.

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Walmart is trending due to strong Q3 earnings and raised FY26 guidance, sparking bullish sentiment among investors; discussions include the impact of e-commerce growth and a planned move to the Nasdaq. Community members are debating whether Walmart's performance signals broader economic strength or if it's a safe haven during market uncertainty, while also pondering its valuation relative to tech companies.

NIO, Inc. is a holding company which engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of electric vehicles. Its products include the EP9 supercar and ES8 7-seater SUV. It provides users with home charging, power express valet services, and other power solutions including access to public charging, access to power mobile charging trucks, and battery swapping. It also offers other value-added services such as service package, battery payment arrangement, and vehicle financing and license plate registration. The company was founded by Bin Li and Li Hong Qin on November 28, 2014 and is headquartered in Jiading, China.

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NIO is trending downwards, frustrating investors who cite strong deliveries and question the stock's valuation relative to peers. Community members speculate about market manipulation and potential short squeezes while bracing for upcoming earnings. Despite the negative price action, some investors remain optimistic, viewing the current dip as a buying opportunity based on the company's long-term potential.

Strategy, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise analytics and mobility software. The firm designs, develops, markets, and sells software platforms through licensing arrangements and cloud-based subscriptions and related services. Its product packages include Hyper. The company was founded by Michael J. Saylor and Sanjeev K. Bansal on November 17, 1989, and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

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Strategy is trending as the price of Bitcoin fluctuates, impacting MicroStrategy's value as a major BTC holder; the community is closely watching key support levels. Discussions revolve around analyst Tom Lee's commentary and potential short squeezes, with some expressing concerns about solvency and potential liquidation. Recent whale activity and overall market sentiment add to the volatility.

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SOXL is trending as traders assess its volatile movements amidst optimism in the AI sector. Community discussions revolve around dip-buying strategies and potential profit-taking points, especially with upcoming earnings from key semiconductor players like NVDA. The ongoing government shutdown and concerns about AI valuations add to the uncertainty surrounding this leveraged ETF.

Micron Technology, Inc. engages in the provision of innovative memory and storage solutions. It operates through the following segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit (CNBU), Mobile Business Unit (MBU), Embedded Business Unit (EBU), and Storage Business Unit (SBU). The CNBU segment includes memory products and solutions sold into client, cloud server, enterprise, graphics, and networking markets. The MBU segment is involved in memory and storage products sold into smartphone and other mobile-device markets. The EBU segment focuses on memory and storage products sold into automotive, industrial, and consumer Markets. The SBU segment consists of SSDs and component-level solutions sold into enterprise and cloud, client, and consumer storage markets. The company was founded by Ward D. Parkinson, Joseph Leon Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman on October 5, 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, ID.

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Micron is trending following a target price increase from UBS and rising memory prices linked to AI data-center demand, fueling discussions about its growth potential. Community members are weighing the bullish outlook against concerns of an overbought condition after the stock's significant year-to-date gains. Discussions also focus on potential short-term pullbacks versus long-term opportunities in the semiconductor space.

Ripple is the catchall name for the cryptocurrency platform, the transactional protocol for which is actually XRP, in the same fashion as Ethereum is the name for the platform that facilitates trades in Ether. Like other cryptocurrencies, Ripple is built atop the idea of a distributed ledger network which requires various parties to participate in validating transactions, rather than any singular centralized authority. That facilitates transactions all over the world, and transfer fees are far cheaper than the likes of bitcoin. Unlike other cryptocurrencies, XRP transfers are effectively immediate, requiring no typical confirmation time.  Ripple was originally founded by a single company, Ripple Labs, and continues to be backed by it, rather than the larger network of developers that continue bitcoin’s development. It also doesn’t have a fluctuating amount of its currency in existence. Where bitcoin has a continually growing pool with an eventual maximum, and Ethereum theoretically has no limit, Ripple was created with all of its 100 billion XRP tokens right out of the gate. That number is maintained with no mining and most of the tokens are owned and held by Ripple Labs itself — around 60 billion at the latest count.  Even at the recently reduced value of around half a dollar per XRP, that means Ripple Labs is currently sitting on around $20 billion worth of the cryptocurrency (note: Ripple’s price crashed hard recently, and may be worth far less than $60 billion by time you read this). It holds 55 billion XRP in an escrow account, which allows it to sell up to a billion per month if it so chooses in order to fund new projects and acquisitions. Selling such an amount would likely have a drastic effect on the cryptocurrency’s value, and isn’t something Ripple Labs plans to do anytime soon.  In actuality, Ripple Labs is looking to leverage the technology behind XRP to allow for faster banking transactions around the world. While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are built on the idea of separating financial transactions from the financial organizations of traditional currencies, Ripple is almost the opposite in every sense.  XRP by Ripple price can be found on this page alongside the market capitalization and additional stats.

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XRP is trending amidst overall crypto market volatility and the launch of new ETFs, sparking debates on their potential impact. Community discussions revolve around whether XRP can decouple from Bitcoin's influence and the significance of upcoming ISO20022 compliance. Some traders express frustration with price stagnation, while others remain optimistic about long-term utility and institutional adoption.

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Defender Capital, a long-term shareholder of STAAR Surgical Company, on Tuesday expressed opposition to the firm’s proposed acquisition by Alcon Inc.Defender Capital owns 1.5% of STAAR’s common stock. “The proposed sale of STAAR to Alcon for $28 per share significantly undervalues the company, especially when considering the STAAR board of directors' rejection of Alcon's previous offer for $58 per share in cash only sixteen months ago,” the shareholder said.Defender Capital further <a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/defender-capital-opposes-staar-surgicals-proposed-sale-to-alcon-302577240.html">added</a> that it sees no compelling reason to sell STAAR at this time, with recent optimistic projections and outlook. The shareholder also expressed disappointment at the company board, alleging that the proposed transaction is ‘ill-advised’ and does not reflect STAAR’s prospects as a standalone company.Shares of <a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/STAA">STAAR Surgical</a> Company traded nearly 2% lower on Tuesday. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around STAA stock stayed within the ‘bearish’ territory while message volume remained at ‘normal’ levels.Defender Capital is not the only one to oppose the proposed acquisition. Last month, Hong Kong-headquartered investment management firm Yunqi Capital, which holds a 5.1% stake in STAAR, <a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/staar-surgical-shareholder-yunqi-capital-opposes-proposed-merger-with-alcon/chDQFDHR32a">alleged</a> in a letter to other shareholders that it would not necessarily be opposed to a potential merger of the two companies at an appropriate price or on other appropriate terms, but opposed the deal on the terms announced in August.Before Yunqi, Broadwood Partners, L.P., and its affiliates also announced their intention to vote against the proposed acquisition. Broadwood is STAAR’s largest shareholder, owning 27.5% of the company’s outstanding common shares.STAAR is a manufacturer of phakic intraocular lenses, a vision correction solution that reduces or eliminates the need for glasses or contact lenses. Alcon said in early August that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Alcon will purchase all outstanding shares of STAAR common stock for $28 per share in cash. The transaction is expected to close in about six to 12 months and represents a total equity value of approximately $1.5 billion, it added.STAA stock is up 8% this year and down approximately 23% over the past 12 months.Read also:&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/ford-shares-slump-after-reports-of-fire-at-aluminum-supplier-plant/ch6PW0NR3ha">Ford Shares Slump 5% After Reports Of Fire At Aluminum Supplier Plant: Retail Dismisses The Dip As ‘Short-Lived’</a>For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.Editor's Note: The story has been updated to reflect Broadwood Partners' accurate stake in STAAR Surgical Company.

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STAAR Surgical’s Long-Term Shareholder Says Proposed Deal With Alcon Undervalues The Company

Defender Capital, which owns 1.5% of STAAR’s common stock, highlighted STAAR’s board of directors' rejection of Alcon's previous offer of $58 per share in cash.

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Defender Capital, which owns 1.5% of STAAR’s common stock, highlighted STAAR’s board of directors' rejection of Alcon's previous offer of $58 per share in cash.


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H&amp;E Equipment Services (HEES) stock garnered retail attention on Monday after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings beat Wall Street’s estimates.On Friday, the company reported adjusted earnings of $36.1 million, or $0.99 per share, for the fourth quarter. According to Koyfin data, analysts, on average, expected the company to post $0.78 per share.The equipment rental company reported quarterly sales of $384.1 million, compared with Wall Street’s estimated $372.5 million.The company’s rental revenue rose 0.9% to $283 million compared to the same period last year.It reported fourth-quarter net income of $32.8 million, or $0.90 per share, compared to $53.5 million, or $1.47 per share, last year.The company said that average rental rates fell 1.1% from the year-ago quarter and 0.3% sequentially.At the end of the fourth quarter, the original equipment cost of the company’s rental fleet was about $2.9 billion, a 5.5% rise compared to last year.H&amp;E Equipment said its rental equipment sales fell 30.1% to $28.4 million, while new equipment sales more than doubled to $20.9 million.Last week, H&amp;E Equipment Services agreed to <a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/h-and-e-equipment-stock-hits-record-high-after-better-offer/ch5YwIfRv1">be acquired</a> by Herc Holdings for $104.89 per share after outbidding United Rentals.Herc had said that its proposal represents a 14% premium to United Rentals’ cash-capped consideration.Retail sentiment on Stocktwits remained in the ‘extremely bullish’ (85/100) territory while retail chatter was ‘high.’<figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:807/178;" src="https://st-everywhere-cms-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/HEES_Feb_24_e55e3a3923.JPG" alt="HEES’s Sentiment Meter and Message Volume as of 02:21 a.m. ET on Feb. 24, 2025 | Source: Stocktwits" width="807" height="178"><figcaption>HEES’s Sentiment Meter and Message Volume as of 02:21 a.m. ET on Feb. 24, 2025 | Source: Stocktwits</figcaption></figure>Over the past week, <a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/HEES">H&amp;E Equipment shares</a> have gained 11%, while over the past 12 months, the stock has gained 81%.Also See: <a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/esab-stock-receives-evercore-upgrade-after-recent-selloff-retail-stays-bullish/chdP80BRx5">ESAB Stock Receives Evercore Upgrade After Recent Selloff, Retail Stays Bullish</a>For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.

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The equipment rental company reported quarterly sales of $384.1 million, compared with Wall Street’s estimated $372.5 million.

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