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This is the correct take.
There are not $1.5T worth of cash sitting around. What happened was a bunch of people tried selling their stock for $10, and when nobody would buy it for that, they sold it for $9. And when nobody would buy for that, they sold for $8. The market cap just dropped by 20%, but only $17 was made, not the $1000 the market cap "lost".
I consider myself schooled.
Also, $17 was made, but $17 was lost by the buyer. It doesn't generate money. It's all speculation.