The social media platform Twitter has added a new feature that allows its users to search Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) prices simply by typing terms or indicators into the platform’s search field.
The new feature is an improvement on “$Cashtags” and was announced by a Business Twitter account on December 21st.
The account indicated that when someone types a symbol for a major stock, exchange-traded fund, or cryptocurrency with $ in front of it, they will be able to see a clickable link that will take them to search results that will now include price charts for the asset or product. Researched funding.
He also noted that simply searching for an indicator symbol, be it a stock or a cryptocurrency, will also bring up the price chart.
Shortly thereafter, on December 22, Twitter CEO Elon Musk retweeted the announcement of the new feature, stating that it was “one of the many product improvements coming to financial Twitter.”
One of the many product improvements coming to Twitter Finance!
Good job by the Twitter team. https://t.co/CKLH8OtDDW
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2022
One of the many product improvements coming to Twitter Finance!
Good job by the Twitter team.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
BTC and ETH appear to be the only two cryptocurrencies that are returning price charts at the time of writing. Other major cryptocurrencies, including Musk’s beloved Dogecoin (DOGE), were not included.
However, Twitter Business said it expects to expand its coverage and improve user experience “in the coming weeks.”
Cointelegraph found that many different variations of Bitcoin searches, such as “$Bitcoin,” “Bitcoin price,” and “BTC price,” also return a price graph for the crypto asset. The same match searches also work with Ether.
Tech blogger Jane Mastodon Wong noted to her 158,700 Twitter followers on December 21 that the charts returned from Twitter searches come from the TradingView trading data analysis platform.
The graph is actually a picture taken from @employee With URLs like: https://t.co/opD10sWnLY https://t.co/hUBbP9hpMe
– Jane Mastodon Wong (wongmjane) December 21, 2022
The chart is actually an image taken from tradingview URLs
– Jane Mastodon Wong (wongmjane)
The price charts also include a clickable “View on Robinhood” link in the bottom left corner, indicating that the retail trading platform has partnered with Twitter to offer this integration.
There, users are taken to Robinhood’s price chart for ETH, where there is an additional link that says “Sign Up to Buy Ethereum”. The same links are provided for Bitcoin as well.
However, details of the alleged partnership have not yet been released by Twitter or Robinhood.
The price chart’s integration with Twitter could drive traffic to Robinhood, where the term #Bitcoin alone is posted about 120,000 times a day, according to data from BitInfoCharts.
Meanwhile, #Ethereum is hovering around the 25,000 range.
Earlier this month, rumors began circulating that Twitter might create an indigenous cryptocurrency, “Twitter Coin,” to be used for payments on the platform. Rumors began circulating on December 4, about a week after Musk shared images of what “Twitter 2.0” might look like, including possible integration of cryptocurrency-based payments.
But Musk’s future on Twitter appears to be at a crossroads after the controversial billionaire Launched A survey of Twitter users asking if they should “step down as president of Twitter?” On December 19 – 57.5% of 17,502,391 voters chose “yes”.
Later, Musk added who “will step down as CEO as soon as he finds someone out of stupidity to take his place!”
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