X Promises Crypto and Stock Trading via Smart Cashtags: When Is It Going Live?

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X head of product Nikita Bier confirmed on Saturday that the platform will roll out Smart Cashtags in the coming weeks, letting users trade stocks and crypto directly from their timeline. The announcement reignited buzz around a feature Bier first teased in January with a February 2026 launch target.

“I genuinely want crypto to proliferate on X, but applications that create incentives to spam, raid, and harass random users is not the way,” Bier said. “And yes, we are launching a number of features in a couple weeks, including Smart Cashtags that will enable you to trade stocks and crypto directly from timeline.”

How Smart Cashtags Work

Smart Cashtags upgrade X’s existing $TICKER system. Instead of a basic text mention, users will be able to tag exact assets or even specific smart contract addresses when posting. Tapping a Smart Cashtag will show real-time prices, charts, and all mentions of that asset across the platform.

Bier confirmed the API powering the feature will work in near real-time for anything minted on-chain. That means even smaller-cap tokens not listed on major exchanges could show up alongside stocks like $NVDA or $BRK.B.

Why This Matters for Crypto

X has about 700 million active users and holds money transmitter licenses in over 25 U.S. states.

Bier pointed to the platform’s outsized role in markets, saying, “X is the best source for financial news -and hundreds of billions of dollars are deployed based on things people read here.”

Solana Labs jumped on the announcement early, noting Smart Cashtags would support Solana-based tokens. Bier is an advisor to Solana and a venture partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao also publicly welcomed the feature.

X Has Been Here Before

X briefly launched cashtag price charts through TradingView and eToro back in late 2022 before pulling the feature. Former CEO Linda Yaccarino announced in-app trading plans before resigning in mid-2025.

Bier said the team is collecting feedback ahead of a public release. Whether Smart Cashtags actually go live this month is still unclear, but the February window he originally set is now open.