Elon Musk's X no longer wants to just earn from advertising fees


【Plain Language Guide】On April 14, 2026, the X platform directly embedded real-time market cards into the timeline: when $BONK rose 40%, charts, prices, and market cap expanded with one click, supporting smart contract address queries. Clicking "Trade" allows placing orders through Wealthsimple without leaving the app.
From Smart Cashtags market display, to one-click trading, to X Money savings and debit cards, X is creating a "discovery → trading → custody" closed loop, turning the social platform into a financial super gateway. Musk wants X to become a platform where "all money is here," relying on trading fees and fund retention instead of ad revenue.
After cleaning up bots, privacy, compliance, and emotional trading risks remain the biggest challenges. Will X become the next, or just stay as a "spectator" social finance experiment? That buy button has quietly appeared on your timeline.
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