Tuesday, January 9, 2024

"Elon Musk’s X to launch peer-to-peer payments this year"

Henceforth we'll of going with "eXtwitter" rather than the formerly-known-as locution. 

Mr. Musk's forty-year fascination with the letter X is his deal, not ours. And speaking of letters, Alphabet is still a stupid name and the company, at least on our pages remains Google, or diminutively, The GOOG.

From CNBC:

  • Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced it will launch peer-to-peer payments this year, according to a blog post.
  • The company did not offer specific details about how the payments will work or when they will officially launch.
  • Musk has been pushing to transform X into an “everything app,” where users can carry out a variety of functions, from posting to managing finances.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced it will launch peer-to-peer payments this year, according to a Tuesday blog post.

X said the payments will unlock “more user utility and opportunities for commerce” as the platform works to “revolutionize 2024.” The blog post did not offer specific details about how the payments will work or when they will officially launch.

Introducing peer-to-peer commerce to the platform would mark the latest sweeping change at X since Musk acquired the company for $44 billion in late 2022. Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been pushing to transform X into an “everything app” where users can carry out a variety of functions, from posting to managing finances....

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