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Not long ago, Elon Musk confirmed that X Money will be available this month, and as always, the announcement immediately sparked speculation around Elon Musk’s cryptocurrency. Dogecoin briefly rose after the news, although the reality is quite different from what DOGE traders expected.
What’s interesting is that X Money is basically a traditional fintech product, not a crypto wallet. Transfers between users, bank deposits, a debit card, and a 6% yield on balances. More like Venmo than anything related to blockchain. X is licensed in more than 40 states through its subsidiary X Payments, and Visa is the partner for funding the accounts.
Speculation about Elon Musk’s cryptocurrency integration is understandable when you look at his track record. Musk has called Dogecoin his favorite cryptocurrency, Tesla accepted DOGE for merchandise a few years ago, and every time he mentions payments on X, the community speculates. But so far, nothing has been confirmed about any real integration.
What really matters here isn’t whether they add Dogecoin. It’s that 6% yield. Think about it: 6% APY on a social media app used by hundreds of millions of people. That’s higher than almost any savings account in the U.S. and it directly competes with money market funds. Congress is debating the CLARITY Act precisely on this, trying to set rules on which non-bank platforms can offer yields similar to deposits.
X Money is launching at a politically awkward time. If X offers 6% annually in a fiat product before CLARITY is approved, while crypto stablecoin products are being legislated to limit yields, that creates a pretty tense comparison among regulators.
Currently, Dogecoin is at $0.11 with a +0.48% change in 24 hours—much calmer than the speculative peak of the announcement. The reality is that X Money probably won’t integrate Elon Musk’s cryptocurrencies in the short term, but the product itself could be more disruptive than many think, simply by offering competitive yields on a massive social platform. That’s what regulators are really watching.