FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Schedule of liabilities with unobservable inputs (Details) - Level 3 $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 75,211
April 1 warrants granted	22,795
May 26 warrants granted	2,874
Equity component of the convertible senior not	(78,789)
Change in valuation of warrants included in net income	(7,788)
Balance at end of period	$ 14,303

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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- Definition

Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Change in Valuation

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