I’d say don’t even touch it, whatever the Government touches is a dumpster fire anyway.
So what if this happened. The important thing is these Hedge Funds got caught and are going to pay a lot of money.
It does potentially pose a systemic threat to the market if this all implodes. These hedge funds will need to sell off other assets (good stocks) to cover their butts and that can lead to losses for people that are not in the game.