📅 February 14 - United States | The social network In a matter of weeks, the platform will launch “Smart Cashtags”, a feature that will allow users to buy and sell stocks and cryptocurrencies directly from the timeline.
📖The new tool evolves the current $TICKER system, where symbols preceded by the dollar sign generate clickable links. With Smart Cashtags, users will be able to specify an exact asset or even a smart contract address, and tapping it will display real-time charts, related posts, and integrated “Buy” and “Sell” buttons.
According to Nikita Bier, the API will work in near real-time for assets issued on-chain, opening the door for small-cap tokens to appear alongside traditional stocks like $NVDA.
The announcement also came with a warning. X will tighten its rules against apps that encourage spam, engagement manipulation or coordinated harassment. Christopher Park, director of the platform for developers, stated that any mass automation via scraping or API will be evaluated and blocked if it encourages abuse.
Bier was blunt: he wants crypto to prosper in X, but without mechanisms that generate “fee pools” or non-consensual incentives.
This role fits within the company's broader financial expansion. In 2025, X announced together with Visa the launch of X Money, its digital wallet for P2P payments. He later confirmed that he would incorporate trading and investment within the app. The company already has money transmitter licenses in more than 40 US states, although it is not yet approved in New York.
Topic Opinion:
If millions of users can trade financial assets without leaving their social network, the boundary between information and execution will disappear. That can democratize access, but also amplify volatility driven by viral trends.
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