X Smart Cashtags: Elon Musk’s Platform Eyeing Crypto and Stock Trading Integration?

X, under Elon Musk, is developing a feature called Smart Cashtags, announced by Head of Product Nikita Bier, designed to formalize the platform's influence on financial decisions. Smart Cashtags will allow users to tag exact assets or smart contracts, enabling others to tap the tag to see real-time prices and related mentions directly from the timeline. This feature aims to shift X from a social amplifier to financial infrastructure, supporting traditional equities like $BRK.B and crypto tokens like $BONK with live data, with a public release targeted for February 2026. The underlying API is expected to be near real-time for on-chain assets, raising the possibility of including smaller DeFi tokens. Furthermore, mockups showing buy/sell prompts have fueled speculation that X plans to integrate direct trading, possibly through partnerships with entities like Coinbase and Base, or by building its own exchange, aligning with the ongoing development of X Money. This financial expansion occurs while X faces increasing regulatory scrutiny, including fines and investigations in the EU.

(Source：BeInCrypto)