X Building ‘Smart Cashtags’ To Allow Users To Specify Exact Text or Smart Contracts When Posting Ticker; Announced Product Head Nikita Bier
X is launching Smart Cashtags, enabling users to tag specific stocks, cryptocurrencies, ETFs, or on-chain smart contracts when posting tickers. Announced by Product Head Nikita Bier, the feature provides real-time price updates, performance charts, and consolidated mentions of assets. The public rollout is planned for next month, enhancing X’s finance-focused offerings.
Nikita Bier, Product Head at X, announced a new update amid Elon Musk revealing plans to open-source the platform's new algorithm next week. Bier posted on X: "We are building Smart Cashtags that allow you to specify the exact asset (or smart contract) when posting a ticker. From Timeline, users will be able to tap them to see its real-time price along with all mentions of that asset." Highlighting X as a premier source for financial news, where hundreds of billions in capital are deployed daily, the feature addresses ticker ambiguity by enabling precise tagging of stocks, cryptocurrencies, ETFs or on-chain smart contracts. Tapping a Smart Cashtag provides live price feeds, performance charts, key statistics, and a consolidated view of all related posts across the platform. The team is actively gathering user feedback to refine the experience, with a public rollout planned for next month. This update reinforces X’s position as a real-time finance hub and may lead to deeper integration with trading tools and on-chain data. Elon Musk’s X Accepts ‘Mistake’, Will Work As per Indian Laws To Purge Obscene Imagery Created by Grok AI, Say Government Sources; Over 600 Accounts Deleted.
Nikita Bier Announces X Building 'Smart Cashtags'
X is the best source for financial news -- and hundreds of billions of dollars are deployed based on things people read here.
We are building Smart Cashtags that allow you to specify the exact asset (or smart contract) when posting a ticker. From Timeline, users will be able to… pic.twitter.com/nFtuA2ISqJ
— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) January 11, 2026
X Algorithm to Be Open-Sourced in 7 Days, Says Elon Musk
We will make the new 𝕏 algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days.
This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 10, 2026
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