It drew immediate reactions across the crypto industry, with speculation ranging from Bitcoin payments to stablecoin integrations and prediction markets.
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Nikita Bier, head of product at X, posted a message Tuesday hinting that the platform may be preparing to release a crypto-related product. The post did not name a specific asset or feature. It drew immediate reactions across the crypto industry, with speculation ranging from Bitcoin payments to stablecoin integrations and prediction markets.
The timing drew attention because it came weeks before the expected launch of X Money. Elon Musk said in March that X Money, a payments and digital wallet product, would go live in April. The product has faced opposition from U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has raised concerns about user financial data and regulatory oversight.
Coinbase was among the accounts that publicly suggested Bitcoin as a possible direction. The idea connects to a feature X previously operated under former CEO Jack Dorsey, who introduced Bitcoin tipping via the Lightning Network in 2021. That feature was discontinued after Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of the platform in 2022.
Bier's background has also shaped how the crypto industry is interpreting the post. He joined X as head of product in June 2025, several months after taking an advisory role at the Solana Foundation in March of that year. In that advisory role, Bier said he would help consumer-facing mobile companies built on Solana scale toward mainstream adoption.
Some community members drew a direct connection between that background and any potential crypto initiative at X. One user wrote that they had "no clue" what Bier was launching but expressed skepticism regarding his Solana ties. Others pointed to Musk's repeated public endorsements of $DOGE as a separate factor shaping expectations around the platform's crypto direction.
X has not publicly confirmed any specific product details related to the post.
X Money has been in development since Musk acquired the platform in 2022. It is designed to support payments and a digitalwallet experience within the app. Any crypto functionality built into or alongside that product would represent a significant expansion of X's role in financial services, given its global user base.
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