According to @business, Beyond Meat (BYND) shares erased an intraday gain of as much as 112% on Wednesday after a turbulent run that appears to revive the meme-stock frenzy, source: Bloomberg (@business). The meme-stock characterization highlights extreme retail-driven whipsaw risk in single-name equities and options during the session, source: Bloomberg (@business). Because crypto’s correlation with equities has increased since 2020, traders monitor BTC and ETH price action and implied volatility for potential spillover in risk sentiment when meme-stock activity spikes, source: IMF Global Financial Stability Report 2022; BIS Quarterly Review 2022.

According to @KobeissiLetter, Beyond Meat (BYND) briefly hit a $3.5 billion market cap around 5:15 AM ET before reversing from a roughly +160% pre-market gain to as much as -31% intraday, settling near a $1 billion value the same day. source: @KobeissiLetter, Oct 22, 2025. Such extreme reversals are consistent with pre- and post-market trading where liquidity is thin, spreads widen, and price discovery can be unstable, leading to outsized moves that may not persist into the regular session. source: SEC Investor Bulletin on After-Hours Trading Risks; Nasdaq Market Basics on Pre-Market and After-Hours Volatility. For trading execution and risk management, regulators recommend using limit orders and recognizing higher volatility and execution risk outside regular hours to avoid slippage and whipsaw losses. source: SEC Investor Bulletin on After-Hours Trading Risks; FINRA Investor Insights on Extended-Hours Trading. For crypto traders, elevated equity volatility can spill over to digital assets as correlations between Bitcoin (BTC) and U.S. equities have risen in recent years, so sharp risk-off reversals in stocks can coincide with pressure on BTC and other risk assets. source: IMF Blog, Crypto Prices Move More in Sync With Stocks, 2022.

According to @business, a rapid rally in Beyond Meat (BYND) shares sparked a short-seller frenzy as some bearish traders rushed to cover positions to avoid further losses while others increased their short bets, highlighting conflicting positioning in the name, source: Bloomberg (@business), Oct 22, 2025. According to @business, the report characterizes the move as a short-seller frenzy tied to the sharp advance in BYND, with no direct cryptocurrency market impact cited in the coverage, source: Bloomberg (@business), Oct 22, 2025.

According to @KobeissiLetter, Beyond Meat (BYND) reversed from a +160% daily gain to trade down about 10% intraday, marking a sharp turnaround in the meme stock’s move, which the source characterized as the rally coming to an end — source: @KobeissiLetter on X, Oct 22, 2025. This implies an approximate 170-percentage-point intraday swing, underscoring extreme volatility relevant to short-term traders managing risk in high-beta names — source: @KobeissiLetter on X, Oct 22, 2025.