Seems totally unsurprising to me. nwbo "friendlies" are involved to make money. If they have profits on warrant positions, it is just good business to lock some of that in via shorting. Don't think that makes them any less of a "friendly".
Speculative shorting of nwbo has always seemed unlikely to me. What does seem likely is that most of the remaining short interest is similar hedging.
Of course that would invalidate much of the nefarious forces argument, so I don't expect wide acceptance even though the premise is logical.
Of course. What I've been saying all along, the only shorts are warrant holders. We're watching it all unfold in slow motion. Good lesson for young retail here. Think about the coordination.