X Plans ‘Smart Cashtags’ to Link Crypto and Stock Tickers to Live Prices
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…
