Speculation around cryptocurrency trading on X intensified after a social media post by Changpeng Zhao reignited debate about the platform’s financial ambitions. Zhao, popularly known as CZ, reacted with a clapping emoji to a post suggesting that Elon Musk’s social media company was preparing to launch in-app Bitcoin and crypto trading.
Nonetheless, the post was subsequently marked with a community note that pointed out the issue X has talked about in-app trading features, but no formal announcement on Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies specifically was made.
While crypto trading has not been formally confirmed, X’s leadership has discussed plans to expand financial functionality on the platform.
CEO Linda Yaccarino previously stated that Musk's X intends to roll out features enabling users to trade, invest, and make payments directly within the app.
The broader roadmap includes peer-to-peer payments, tipping, and even X-branded credit and debit cards.
Musk himself has long promoted the idea of transforming X into an “everything app,” with earlier references to X Money, a payments-focused ecosystem.
Despite this vision, strong announcements around crypto payments or trading have remained limited, keeping expectations speculative.
The latest catalyst for renewed discussion is X’s upcoming Smart Cashtags feature. Scheduled to launch publicly next month after a testing phase, Smart Cashtags will allow users to tag stocks and cryptocurrencies in posts and access real-time prices, charts, and related market data by tapping on those tags.
The feature is designed to address long-standing ticker symbol confusion, particularly in crypto, where multiple assets may share similar symbols.
In some cases, assets will be identified using smart contract addresses, improving accuracy and clarity.
Smart Cashtags represent a step in X’s evolution as a financial information hub. According to X’s product leadership, content on the platform already influences billions of dollars in financial decisions, making real-time data integration a logical progression.
The crypto community had a positive reaction, especially those focused on Solana-based tokens, which are expected to be prominently supported.
X might have a strong influence on the way traders and investors interact with rapidly moving assets by integrating real-time market data right into their discussions.
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At the moment, the analysts' attention has shifted to the question of whether the introduction of Smart Cashtags will result in more user engagement, longer financial discussions, and the need for native trading or monetization tools.
Regulatory issues will be a major factor in this case, as the combination of social media with finance, especially crypto, will draw more supervision.