<s>
StockTwits	B-Application
is	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
designed	O
for	O
sharing	O
ideas	O
between	O
investors	O
,	O
traders	O
,	O
and	O
entrepreneurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
StockTwits	B-Application
had	O
230,000	O
active	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
platform	O
added	O
crypto	O
and	O
equities	O
trading	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
came	O
from	O
a	O
2008	O
blog	O
post	O
where	O
Lindzon	O
suggested	O
that	O
Twitter	B-Application
would	O
be	O
great	O
for	O
stocks	O
and	O
markets	O
even	O
though	O
he	O
once	O
passed	O
on	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
invest	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
utilized	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
to	O
integrate	O
StockTwits	B-Application
as	O
its	O
own	O
"	O
highly	O
graphical	O
platform	O
of	O
market	O
news	O
,	O
sentiment	O
and	O
stock-picking	O
tools.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
StockTwits	B-Application
utilized	O
"	O
cashtags	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
stock	O
ticker	O
symbol	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
hashtag	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
indexing	O
people	O
's	O
thoughts	O
and	O
ideas	O
about	O
a	O
company	O
and	O
the	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StockTwits	B-Application
received	O
the	O
first	O
Shorty	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
2008	O
finance	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incorporation	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
Abnormal	O
Returns	O
in	O
2010	O
boosted	O
the	O
content	O
available	O
to	O
StockTwits	B-Application
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StockTwits	B-Application
began	O
offering	O
a	O
service	O
in	O
2011	O
that	O
allows	O
companies	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
monitor	O
information	O
within	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
magazine	O
listed	O
StockTwits	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
2010	O
"	O
50	O
best	O
websites.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
StockTwits	B-Application
was	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
top	O
10	O
most	O
innovative	O
companies	O
in	O
finance	O
"	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
FastCompany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
StockTwits	B-Application
had	O
raised	O
$8.6	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
capital	O
but	O
has	O
not	O
yet	O
made	O
a	O
profit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fifty	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
revenue	O
comes	O
from	O
financial	O
data	O
sold	O
to	O
clients	O
including	O
Bloomberg	O
L.P.	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
StockTwits	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
Ian	O
Rosen	O
,	O
a	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Even	O
Financial	O
and	O
former	O
general	O
manager	O
at	O
MarketWatch	O
,	O
as	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
StockTwits	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
acquired	O
Investing	O
Discovery	O
Platform	O
SparkFin	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
redesigned	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
sites	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
called	O
Discover	O
that	O
provided	O
user	O
with	O
important	O
stock	O
information	O
,	O
curated	O
content	O
and	O
earnings	O
calendars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
launch	O
of	O
Rooms	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
communities	O
based	O
on	O
shared	O
interests	O
,	O
specific	O
stocks	O
or	O
trends	O
affecting	O
the	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
its	O
Premium	O
Rooms	O
product	O
at	O
Stocktoberfest	O
West	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
premier	O
event	O
held	O
in	O
Coronado	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Brian	O
Norgard	O
,	O
former	O
head	O
of	O
product	O
at	O
dating	O
app	O
Tinder	O
,	O
joined	O
the	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
of	O
StockTwits	B-Application
to	O
help	O
the	O
company	O
expand	O
into	O
new	O
areas	O
of	O
financial	O
technology	O
and	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
launch	O
a	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
Trade	O
App	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
place	O
unlimited	O
free	O
equity	O
trades	O
and	O
featured	O
fractional	O
investments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
offered	O
by	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
subsidiary	O
ST	O
Invest	O
LLC	O
,	O
a	O
registered	O
broker-dealer	O
and	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Financial	O
Industry	O
Regulatory	O
Authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
raised	O
30M$	O
for	O
its	O
seed	O
B	O
funding	O
round	O
and	O
announced	O
its	O
next	O
big	O
moves	O
including	O
a	O
boost	O
in	O
its	O
crypto	O
coverage	O
and	O
plans	O
to	O
launch	O
in	O
India	O
by	O
Q2	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
B	O
funding	O
set	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
at	O
a	O
valuation	O
of	O
$210	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
crypto	O
trading	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Stocktwits	B-Application
launched	O
equities	O
trading	O
on	O
its	O
platforms	O
for	O
individual	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
StockTwits	B-Application
had	O
over	O
230,000	O
active	O
members	O
;	O
by	O
2020	O
that	O
number	O
had	O
increased	O
to	O
3	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2021	O
the	O
homepage	O
dashboard	O
shows	O
5	O
million	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lindzon	O
encourages	O
new	O
traders	O
to	O
spend	O
time	O
on	O
StockTwits	B-Application
learning	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lindzon	O
coauthored	O
the	O
book	O
The	O
StockTwits	B-Application
Edge	O
:	O
40	O
Actionable	O
Trade	O
Set-Ups	O
from	O
Real	O
Market	O
Pros	O
with	O
Philip	O
Pearlman	O
and	O
Ivaylo	O
Ivanoff	O
to	O
assist	O
new	O
users	O
with	O
getting	O
the	O
most	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StockTwits	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
communicate	O
to	O
Ticker	O
Streams	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
cashtags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
are	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
communicate	O
directly	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
@	O
"	O
symbol	O
before	O
a	O
username	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
seen	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
featured	O
on	O
StockTwits	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
shared	O
to	O
the	O
StockTwits	B-Application
extended	O
network	O
which	O
includes	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Finance	I-Application
and	O
CNN	O
Money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
also	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
share	O
content	O
to	O
their	O
personal	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2012	O
StockTwits	B-Application
has	O
an	O
open	O
API	B-Application
allowing	O
other	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
TradingView	O
,	O
LikeAssets	O
and	O
HootSuite	B-Application
to	O
integrate	O
their	O
users	O
with	O
StockTwits	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
incorporated	O
the	O
cashtags	O
into	O
their	O
platform	O
in	O
2012	O
effectively	O
"	O
hijacking	O
"	O
the	O
StockTwits	B-Application
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
Lindzon	O
blogged	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
interesting	O
that	O
Twitter	B-Application
has	O
hijacked	O
our	O
creation	O
of	O
$TICKER	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Lindzon	O
sold	O
all	O
of	O
his	O
Twitter	B-Application
stock	O
in	O
2012	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
controversy	O
.	O
</s>
