Hedge funds feasted on a 53 per cent crash in bitcoin prices earlier this year – but an explosive rally over the past month has sent short-sellers scrambling.
Chief executives were quick to reference “AI” when talking to investors and analysts in reporting season, but short sellers say this could be a sign to bet against the stock.
The local sharemarket is set to rebound on Monday, but traders are on edge about an accelerating wave of bad news in the final week of the annual reporting season.
The high-profile stock picker manages $220 billion and had been one of the AI trade’s biggest bears, having warned it could be worse than the dotcom bubble.
Traders are bracing for shifts in liquidity and flows after trading house Radiant World was reported to have allegedly provided fake documents to its banks.