According to reports from CoinDesk and BeInCrypto, X founder Nikita Bier has confirmed that trade buttons are arriving soon for the platform, allowing users to trade tokens directly from their timelines. Bier responded directly to criticism on Tuesday, stating that he built Cashtags, the tool that pulls Solana and Ethereum price charts into posts, and that trade buttons follow soon. The former X head of product also claimed that X gave crypto traders nothing at all before he joined the platform. As reported by BeInCrypto, Bier directly addressed shadowban rumors, with an X user opening the exchange with a jab writing that "Bull Market is allowed to commence because Nikita is no longer shadow banning CT." CT refers to Crypto Twitter, the trading crowd on the platform.
As reported by CoinDesk and BeInCrypto, X first rolled out Cashtags in April to iPhone users in the US and Canada, drawing an estimated $1 billion in volume within 48 hours. The company then added live stock charts to the same feature in May. Bier flagged that X already allows traders to paste contract addresses directly into posts, which matters because scam tokens routinely copy the names of real projects. The upcoming trade buttons would eliminate the current detour where users must leave the platform for wallets or exchanges to place orders. According to BeInCrypto, Bier emphasized that traders can already paste contract addresses straight into posts, which is crucial for verifying token authenticity before sending funds.
According to CoinDesk and BeInCrypto, Bier refused the idea that X itself sparked the current crypto rally. Instead, he pointed to the US Treasury buying back bonds and debasing the dollar, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at least doubling planned purchases of long-dated government debt on August 20. Markets responded quickly, with Bitcoin trading near $80,643, up 4.25% on the day and 24.5% over the past month. Gold also logged its best month since 1999. Critics have since attacked the $950 billion buyback plan and how Washington intends to fund it, but markets moved regardless of funding concerns.
As reported by CoinDesk and BeInCrypto, Bier no longer runs product at X and stepped back this month, staying on as an adviser which hands the rollout to his successor. The timing question for X trade buttons remains, as X has shipped charts, volume data and address lookups, but the buy button remains the piece that would turn a timeline into an order book. Neither Bier nor X has named a launch date for the trade buttons. As reported by BeInCrypto, Cashtags currently covers only a few markets, so a buy button needs a wider rollout first before full implementation across all markets.
