X is gearing up to let users trade crypto straight from posts. Former X product lead Nikita Bier broke the news, saying the platform will soon roll out trading buttons in posts. This builds on the existing Cashtags feature, which already lets users check live charts for digital assets. The new buttons will send users to third-party platforms to actually execute trades.

Cashtags Expanding

Cashtags currently give X users instant access to price charts for digital assets right in the app. The next evolution is trading buttons inside posts: users will kick off trades from within X, but the actual transaction happens on an external platform the system redirects to.

How Trading from Posts Will Work

According to the announcement, users will soon see buttons in posts that let them start crypto trades. Clicking a button will send the user to a third-party service, where the deal gets done. This way, X streamlines the flow from checking market info to executing a trade, all in one smooth process.

Source

This info was first reported by Incrypted, citing a statement from Nikita Bier.