X is Building a Smart Cashtags Feature Tracking Crypto, Stock Prices

Elon Musk’s social media platform is building a “Smart Cashtags” feature for release next month, giving users access to real-time price movements of cryptocurrencies and stocks.

One of the concept screenshots has also teased a highly-anticipated in-app trading feature.

In a post to X on Sunday, head of product Nikita Bier said users would be able to access smart contract information linked to crypto tokens, while all assets would have “mentions” showing recent discussion about the asset and news related to the companies and teams behind them.

“X is the best source for financial news — and hundreds of billions of dollars are deployed based on things people read here,” Bier said, adding that X is aiming to collect feedback before publicly releasing the feature in February.

Incorporating finance into X has been part of Elon Musk’s vision to turn the social media platform into an Everything App since his acquisition in October 2022.

X’s second attempt at a Cashtags feature

X introduced a Cashtags feature in December 2022 that showed the price charts of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), as well as top stocks and exchange-traded funds. However, that feature was later removed.

Those charts were sourced from TradingView and included a “View on Robinhood” link.

The planned “Smart Cashtags” appear to add more functionality, with one concept photo showing “Buy” and “Sell” buttons, though there is no information on how this would work or when such a feature would roll out.