Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

And they also realize they don't need to be fantastic investments to pay off, they just need to IPO/be acquired at a higher share price.


RIP our 401ks that will end up being the bagholders when its dumped on the market.


Your 401k is going to be fine, nobody goes public anymore until they're a big, dumb, boring, profitable company and all of the risk+returns have been rung out.

Too many normies betting their life savings without understanding this risk in prior bubbles, so we regulated away the ability for non-institutional investors to take venture risk at all.


> we regulated away the ability for non-institutional investors to take venture risk at all.

Some institutions try to achieve this by launching their own cryptocurrencies, but by and large, the market isn't biting.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: