I've been asking myself this question today as well:

"where does this money come from?"

was hoping to read more answers in the post

wouldn't it be smarter to calculate some price that fucks shorts into bankruptcy but still gives apes a payout instead of waving around ideas like an infinity pool, which no one would be able to pay?

From what I understand shitadel for example has around 35b under management (was just a quick google search, for this very simplified example, not that that are all their assets). If we hear prices like 1m$ / share, in this scenario shitadel would only be able to buy 35k shares before those funds are gone?

Just want to make sure all apes get their tendies in the end :D