X timelines morph into trading hubs as cashtags top $1B
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X is pushing deeper into financial territory, turning its social feed into a live trading surface as its new Cashtags feature scales rapidly. Early data from the rollout suggests the experiment is already moving real money at internet scale. According to X’s Head of Product, Nikita Bier, the Cashtags pilot has generated an estimated $1 billion in global trading volume within days of launch, signaling strong prior user engagement in trading stocks and crypto assets directly in the app. Ideally, Cashtags integrates stock and crypto market information directly into timelines for iPhone users in the U.S. and Canada. Its development is consistent with Elon Musk’s plan to build X into a super app. Cashtags let users tap symbols like $BTC, $ETH, or $AAPL to instantly access live price charts, related posts, and market discussions. The feature is designed to collapse the gap between “seeing” and “trading.” Instead of switching between apps, users now encounter financial data embedded directly within posts and conversations. Bier says they planned to build financial tools Before launching Cashtags, Bier had asserted that crypto had struggled over the past year and floated the idea of launching a feature to improve it. Although at the time he insisted that X only intended to build financial tools rather than act like a brokerage. Later, when introducing Cashtags, he explained that entering a Cashtag on X would trigger suggested matches for stocks and cryptocurrencies, making it easier to select the intended asset. He added that when users click a Cashtag, they can view discussions and a price chart without leaving X, further contending, “Cashtags are just the first step in our commitment to be the best destination for the finance and crypto community.” So far, according to The Kobeissi Letter, daily U.S. trading volumes have reached $1 trillion, with roughly a quarter of…
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