In brief
- The tool, called Smart Cashtags, will let users tag specific stocks or crypto assets, down to individual smart contracts, when posting symbols such as $BTC or $NVDA.
- Tapping a tagged asset opens an in-app page with live prices, charts, price moves and related posts, aiming to reduce confusion around overlapping tickers.
- X said it plans to gather user feedback ahead of a public rollout expected next month, without detailing whether trading or payments will be included.
Elon Musk’s X app is developing a new feature called Smart Cashtags that will link ticker symbols in posts to real-time financial data.
The feature will allow users to specify specific assets, such as stocks and crypto, when posting cashtags like $BTC or $NVDA, according to a Sunday post by the company’s head of product, Nikita Bier.
Tapping a Smart Cashtag will open an in-app page showing live prices, price changes, charts, and posts mentioning the asset.
X said the tool is designed to reduce ambiguity around tickers and smart contracts, particularly in crypto markets where symbols can overlap. In some cases, assets will be identified by their underlying smart contract addresses.
Bier said X plans to collect user feedback ahead of a public release targeted for next month. The company did not disclose whether the feature would include trading or monetisation components.
The move reflects X’s broader effort to position the platform as a real-time source of financial information, as users increasingly discuss markets and trading activity on the platform.
Musk has repeatedly said he wants to turn X into an “everything app,” including payments and financial services, and has previously floated the idea of supporting cryptocurrencies on the platform, while stopping short of confirming whether digital assets such as Dogecoin, his preferred meme coin, would be integrated into any future payments product.
X’s former CEO, Linda Yaccarino, also announced in June that the platform would support in-app investing and trading. A month later, she resigned.
Further announcements regarding an exact timeline of that feature’s rollout have not been provided. X Corp did not immediately respond to Decrypt’s request for comment.
Bier joined X around the same time as Yaccarino’s departure, and is an advisor to Solana and a venture partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He previously held roles at xAI and Meta within a division that built experimental, consumer-facing apps.
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