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X is developing a new feature designed to make financial and crypto-related discussions more precise on the platform, according to a post by its head of product that appeared a day after backlash from parts of the crypto community.
In a post on X on Sunday, Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, announced that the platform is developing “Smart Cashtags,” a feature that will enable users to specify the exact asset or smart contract they are referring to when posting a ticker. Bier said users will be able to tap those tags directly from their timeline to view real-time price data and all related mentions of that asset.
“X is the best source for financial news — and hundreds of billions of dollars are deployed based on things people read here,” Bier wrote, adding that the company is collecting feedback as it iterates toward a potential public release next month.
Solana Labs highlighted the crypto implications shortly after Bier’s post, saying Smart Cashtags would allow users to tag Solana-based tokens and view charts and related information directly on X. In a screenshot shared alongside that post, users typing a dollar sign appear to be prompted to select from a list of assets — including cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, BONK and Base — suggesting posts could be linked to asset-specific pages showing prices and related discussion.
The announcement followed criticism on Crypto Twitter the previous day after a Bier post — later deleted — was interpreted by some users as signaling limits on how often highly active users could reply or engage in threads, raising concerns about reduced visibility for community-driven discussion.
Pseudonymous crypto analyst KALEO was among those who criticized the post, arguing that restricting the frequency of replies would undermine community-driven discussion.
“Imagine telling streamers that they’re limited to how often they can reply to their chat,” KALEO wrote on X, comparing the idea to discouraging creators from interacting with their own audiences.
Bier did not reference the criticism in his Smart Cashtags announcement, and X has not said the feature is connected to the earlier backlash. Still, the timing drew attention within crypto circles.