Elon Musk's X partners with five trading platforms to let U.S. users trade stocks and crypto from the timeline
X added a Trade button to U.S. cashtags, routing orders to Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, Interactive Brokers and Moomoo while X itself executes no trades.
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Why it matters
Payments via X Money are already rolled out and Musk has repeatedly called the app a future 'everything app'; adding a trading layer extends that plan from payments into markets, per Bitcoin Insider. The partner platforms get direct access to a large, engaged X user base while X avoids acting as a broker.
Where the sources disagree
Specifics of the partnership
Specific exchanges and mechanics were not fully specified in the reports
Bitcoin Insider
Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, Interactive Brokers and Moomoo are the partners
CoinGape, CoinDesk, Crypto.News, TheNewsCrypto
Bitcoin Insider said the CoinGape and CoinDesk reports did not fully specify which exchanges were involved or how trades would execute, while four other outlets name all five partners and describe the trade flow.
Key facts
X expanded its U.S. Cashtag Partner Program with Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, Interactive Brokers and Moomoo as participating platforms.
Reported by CoinGape
Tapping a supported cashtag such as $BTC or $TSLA shows a live price chart and related posts alongside a Trade option.
Reported by CoinGape
Orders are completed on partner platforms, and X does not execute trades or hold customer assets.
Reported by CoinGape
The program launched on September 15, according to TheNewsCrypto.
Reported by TheNewsCrypto
Kraken said its cashtag integration supports nearly 2,500 assets across centralized and decentralized trading offerings.
2,500 assetsReported by Crypto.News
X previously estimated its April cashtag pilot drove roughly $1 billion in global trading volume.
1,000,000,000 USDReported by Crypto.News
Cashtags have existed on X for years and were upgraded earlier this year with real-time prices and charts.
Reported by CoinDesk
CoinGape reported Big Charts expands market data on X and Grok 4.7 strengthens the broader technology offering.
Reported by CoinGape
What happened
X expanded its U.S. Cashtag Partner Program to include Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, Interactive Brokers and Moomoo, a move reported by CoinGape, CoinDesk, Crypto.News and TheNewsCrypto. U.S. users who tap a cashtag such as $BTC or $TSLA see prices, charts and related posts, then can select a Trade option that takes them to one of the partner platforms to log in or open an account. The execution happens on those platforms, not on X, which does not run the orders or hold customer assets. TheNewsCrypto is the only outlet to give a launch date, saying the program launched on September 15. Bitcoin Insider, drawing on the CoinGape and CoinDesk reports, said the reports did not fully specify which exchanges were involved or how trades would execute from the timeline. Per Crypto.News, Kraken said its cashtag integration supports nearly 2,500 assets, and X previously estimated that its April cashtag pilot drove roughly $1 billion in global trading volume.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by CoinGape
Elon Musk’s X Partners With Crypto and Stock Exchanges to Allow Trading From the Timeline
- Update
CoinGape publishes the original report
X expands the U.S. Cashtag Partner Program with five trading platforms.
- Independent corroboration
Independently corroborated by CoinDesk
Elon Musk's X brings bitcoin and stock trading closer to the timeline
- Update
CoinDesk corroborates, saying the feature is now live
U.S. users can tap cashtags such as $BTC or $TSLA and begin trades on partner platforms.
- Update
Crypto.News adds Kraken asset count and April pilot volume
Kraken cites nearly 2,500 supported assets and X's earlier estimate of roughly $1 billion in pilot volume.
- Update
TheNewsCrypto reports the September 15 launch date
Only this outlet dates the launch of the U.S. Cashtag Partner Program.
How coverage built up
Independent sources over time, counted the way the consensus panel counts them: a republication of a wire story does not move the line.
- 22 Sept 2026, 00:46 UTC: CoinGape — 1 independent source, 1 reports
- 22 Sept 2026, 05:26 UTC: CoinDesk — 2 independent sources, 2 reports
- 22 Sept 2026, 05:27 UTC: Bitcoin Insider — 3 independent sources, 3 reports
- 22 Sept 2026, 06:36 UTC: Crypto.News — 4 independent sources, 4 reports
- 22 Sept 2026, 08:10 UTC: TheNewsCrypto — 5 independent sources, 5 reports
Affected entities
Also mentioned: Gemini, Tesla, Ethereum, Solana, Base, Chainlink, Hyperliquid
Original sources
| Publisher | Report | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoinGape Crypto media | Elon Musk’s X Partners With Crypto and Stock Exchanges to Allow Trading From the Timeline | Original | |
| CoinDesk Crypto media | Elon Musk's X brings bitcoin and stock trading closer to the timeline | Independent | |
| Crypto.News Crypto media | Elon Musk’s X adds Bitcoin trading links for U.S. users | Independent | |
| TheNewsCrypto Crypto media | Elon Musk’s X Lets U.S. Users Trade Stocks and Crypto via Cashtags | Syndicated | |
| Bitcoin Insider Aggregator | X Partners With Crypto and Stock Exchanges to Enable Trading From the Timeline | Syndicated |
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