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X Turns Timelines Into Trading Terminals: Smart Cashtags, X Money and the Next Wave of Crypto Adoption
Elon Musk’s X platform is gearing up to let users trade cryptocurrencies and stocks directly from their timelines via “Smart Cashtags,” with the first rollout slated for the coming weeks and powered by a new payments layer called X Money. By fusing real‑time market data, social feeds, and an in‑app wallet backed by Visa, X is positioning itself as a WeChat‑style “everything app” that could significantly lower the friction for global crypto adoption.
X Trading & X Money Countdown: Elon Musk’s ‘Everything App’ Is About to Go Live
Years after Elon Musk promised to turn Twitter into an “everything app,” crypto and stock trading on X is finally moving from rumor to countdown: product lead Nikita Bier says Smart Cashtags with in‑feed trading will roll out “in a couple of weeks,” while X Money — the platform’s Visa‑backed wallet and payments rail — is shifting from internal to external beta with a limited public launch targeted within the next two months. For a platform boasting more than a billion users, that combination could turn timelines into trading terminals and make X one of the most powerful on‑ramps into Bitcoin, DOGE and other digital assets in 2026.