New York, New York, May 5th, 2026, FinanceWire
The Cashtag Awards celebrate the people and products shaping the future of trading and investing
Stocktwits, the leading social platform for investors and traders, is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Cashtag Awards presented by Polymarket. The awards ceremony held on May 4th at the iconic New York Stock Exchange celebrated the individuals, products, and platforms shaping the future of digital finance and trading over the past year. The event was hosted by Stocktwits Founder and CEO Howard Lindzon, Stocktwits personality Michele Steele, and featured a performance by acclaimed comedian Nathan Macintosh.
Winners were selected through votes from Stocktwits’ community of 10 million registered users. The evening honored excellence across financial creators, market analysis, retail investing innovation, and the tickers and stories that captured the market’s imagination in 2025.
“The Cashtag Awards are about celebrating the voices, trades, and tickers that defined the year in markets,” said Howard Lindzon, Founder and CEO of Stocktwits. “From the traders making bold calls to the creators educating millions, this year’s award winners represent the very best of what the investing community has to offer. We’re proud to honor them at the New York Stock Exchange alongside our title partner, Polymarket.”
The Cashtag Awards are made possible by the organizations that help bring the event to life. This year, the event partners were Polymarket, ZenaTech, Tradier, Tradr ETFs, Voyager Technologies, TeraWulf, Microsectors, Lowenstein, Alpaca, and Fintech.TV.
The 2026 Cashtag Award winners voted on by the Stocktwits community:
- Cashtag of the Year: Alphabet ($GOOGL)
- Cashtag Legend Award: Jim Cramer
- Financial Creator of the Year: Patrick O’Shaughnessy
- Crypto Creator of the Year: Brian Jung
- Stocktwits Community Member of the Year: Peloswing
- Trade of the Year: FinnessaurusFlex – Bullish call on $ASTS at $1.98
- Story Stock of the Year: Opendoor ($OPEN)
- Best Retail IR Team: Palantir ($PLTR)
Best New Trading ETF: Sprott Silver Mines & Physical Silver ETF ($SLVR)
Best New Core ETF: iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF
Best Innovation for Retail Investors: Thematic ETFs
The 2026 Cashtag Award winners based on Stocktwits data for the past year:
The Trendsetter Award (Equities): NVIDIA ($NVDA)
The most frequently trending ticker
The Trendsetter Award (Crypto): XRP
- The most frequently trending crypto ticker
- The Eye Catcher Award: NVIDIA ($NVDA)
- Most viewed stock
- The Main Character Award: Tesla ($TSLA)
- Most talked about stock
- The Retail Magnet Award: ZenaTech ($ZENA)
- Largest year-over-year increase in stock watchers
- The Breakout Ticker: Opendoor ($OPEN)
- Largest year-over-year message volume increase
About Stocktwits
Stocktwits is the premier social media platform dedicated to investors and traders. With an active community of over 10 million users, Stocktwits has established itself as a leading voice in the investing world. Driven by the mission to help investors enhance their returns, Stocktwits offers a rich ecosystem of community interaction, data, content, and tools that empower investors to connect, learn, and have fun in the process. For more information, users can visit stocktwits.com.
About Polymarket
Polymarket is the world’s largest prediction market where traders forecast the outcomes of future events and win when they are right. By responding instantly to breaking news and new information, market prices provide a real-time signal of how likely events are to occur. Media outlets, institutions, and individual users look to these forecasts for insight into developing stories and what may lie ahead. From politics and global events to business and pop culture, billions of dollars in predictions have been placed on the platform to date.
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