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      1 month ago

      IPO: initial public offering. Means when a private business goes public (and is therefore able to be traded on the stock market). The CEO loses a lot of their stock during the process, so it’s in the CEO’s best interest to rugpull as hard as possible during an IPO so that they can cash out.