Think about how a prime broker generates a 'locate' for a short seller:
>They don't lock a specific serialized certificate
>They point to aggregate street-name inventory held at DTC / omnibus brokers as 'reasonable grounds to believe' the share can be borrowed
>Meanwhile CFD/IOU platforms like CFD apps like eToro internalize retail buys off-exchange so the lit bid never moves
Every time an investor pulls 150 shares out of street name into Computershare (DRS Book), or withdraws 100,000 $$DOGE into a cold wallet, the fractional-reserve locate multiplier shrinks.
It's literally fractional-reserve banking applied to stocks and crypto.
MacroTape!e2F252sc | ID: 961db667 | No. 1456 | 2026-01-19 14:12:23Routing through IEX on Charles Schwab + DRS Book is the one-two punch that breaks internalization.
Anonymous | ID: 8880f2cb | No. 1457 | 2026-01-19 14:42:57