Just gotta follow the money. CEO gets paid based on the company’s valuation, so he’s making a crazy pitch to buy another company 4x of their own valuation in an effort to eventually pump and dump on the share holders (leveraged buyout).

specialty buy-only pawn shop did a bunch of buybacks after the shorting trend to recover.

Quietly built a bunch of cash and assets to put against the bid

Buy out a lead competitor online exchange to improve visibility and short term profits

Coming soon - digitize and buy/sell to people directly while still reaping a slice for themselves for a small amount of the cost of workers

They’ll be back under in 6-10 years minimum with how they spend.

So is everyone else.