This joke started on Robinhood.

Krusty Krab
Stock.

KRST
−4.38%TOP MOVER · SEPT. 4, 2018

In 2018, Robinhood slipped the Krusty Krab into a product mockup as KRST. One screenshot gave Bikini Bottom the ticker it deserved—and the internet never sold the story.

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The original ticker was fictional.
The bull case is pure Bikini Bottom.

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Krusty Krab stock poster with the KRST ticker, Mr. Krabs, and the Krusty Krab restaurant
THE KRUSTY KRAB · BIKINI BOTTOM · EST. SOME TIME BEFORE LUNCHSCROLL FOR THE 2018 RECEIPT ↓

Published by Robinhood on September 4, 2018

Robinhood made
the joke feel real.

Robinhood placed the Krusty Krab between Tyrell Co. and Skynet with the ticker KRST. Even the 4.38% dip became part of the legend.

EXHIBIT AROBINHOOD NEWSROOM · 09.04.2018
Robinhood Explore feature mockup showing Krusty Krab with ticker KRST among Top Movers
The official image. Android is on the left. Look at the middle Top Mover card.
Mr. Krabs counting cash beside a Robinhood trading screen
Mr. Krabs takes Robinhood to the boardroom.
Mr. Krabs holding a Robinhood phone and a stack of cash inside the Krusty Krab shell sign
Mr. Krabs checks the imaginary position.
Mr. Krabs in a suit inspecting money at his desk
Quarterly earnings, according to Mr. Krabs.
Mr. Krabs reacting dramatically

THE BIKINI BOTTOM BULL CASE

KRST belongs on the big board.

An iconic brand. A secret-sauce moat. Lines out the door and a founder who has never met a margin he did not love. In the Robinhood lore, this is the IPO Mr. Krabs was born to ring the bell for.

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