That's been explained over and over, even by FINRA, but the con artists who lied about the short squeeze keep their marks distracted from the truth. The U3 halt was implemented because any stock purchased after the 8th of December wouldn't receive the shares of Nextbridge, essentially people would be buying worthless, dead stock. Like it or not, FINRA protected those people from getting sucked into the con job about the fictitious short squeeze.