Virtu Financial is a publicly traded global market maker and execution-services firm that uses technology to provide liquidity, execution services, analytics, and data products across financial markets. Virtu Financial's Twitter Score is 9.3 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #111,879 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Virtu Financial was co-founded by Vincent Viola and Douglas Cifu, and its Class A common stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker VIRT. Aaron Simons became the firm's Chief Executive Officer on July 30, 2025, succeeding co-founder Douglas Cifu. Virtu Financial is backed by Silver Lake Partners and Temasek Holdings.
Virtu Financial has expanded into digital assets through its vCrypto product, identified in its 2025 annual report as part of its core product suite. The firm holds a meaningful position in digital assets: per its Form 10-Q filed May 1, 2026, it reported holdings of 1,859 bitcoin, 13,446 ether, and other digital assets, with a total cost basis of approximately $192 million and a total fair value of approximately $195 million. Virtu Financial notes that it and its subsidiaries do not open accounts directly for individual retail investors to trade cryptocurrencies.
Virtu Financial is a founding consortium member and investor in EDX Markets, a digital-asset exchange launched in 2022 alongside Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital Assets, Charles Schwab, Sequoia Capital, Pantera Capital, and Paradigm. Virtu Financial also participated in EDX Markets' Series B as a founding member, and co-President Joseph Molluso serves as a director on the EDX Markets board.
Virtu Financial's portfolio includes EDX Markets and BridgePort.
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The accounts that follow Virtu Financial include 33 founders, 5 angel investors, 18 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Hsaka, Matthew Graham, Hester Peirce, Pyth Network, Tarek Mansour and Eleanor Terrett. Virtu Financial has been mentioned by 80 accounts, with 209 total mentions. Virtu Financial has published 421 posts on the platform since joining in 2014, with a following of 5,827.