Elon Musk · Bitcoin · Coinbase · CoinDesk
Elon Musk's X brings bitcoin and stock trading closer to the timeline
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Elon Musk’s X has made it easier for its U.S.-based users to turn crypto and stock market chatter on their timeline into trades without leaving the app for long.
Key facts
- Active daily engagement is said to be around 132 million via mobile devices and over 245 million globally across all devices
- Adding a direct path to trade is the next step in Elon Musk’s effort to turn X into a broader finance destination
- Cashtags close the gap between a ticker on the timeline and the market itself,” Mridul Singhai, X’s product engineering lead, said
- As stablecoins move into regulated finance, APAC is becoming a key proving ground
Summary
Users complete transactions through partner platforms, including Interactive Brokers, Moomoo, Gemini, Kraken and Coinbase, rather than through X itself. The feature advances Elon Musk’s effort to make X a broader financial hub by connecting market discussions more directly with trading services. This feature, now live, allows U.S. users to tap a cashtag like $BTC or $TSLA, see their live charts and related posts and hit the "Trade button. Kraken or Coinbase, where they can log in or sign up and complete the order.