Talk around X Payments is picking up again, and the focus seems to be changing. For years, Dogecoin has been seen as Elon Musk’s go-to crypto. Lately, though, rumors are pointing in a different direction, with XRP and RLUSD entering the conversation as possible pieces of X’s financial plans.
Crypto commentator JackTheRippler recently suggested that XRP and RLUSD could be on the table, referencing Musk’s past comment that X could become “half of the global financial system” if done right. That idea lines up with Musk’s long-term ambition to turn X into a true everything app 🌍📲
To be clear, Musk has not confirmed plans to integrate XRP, RLUSD, Dogecoin, or any cryptocurrency at all. He has only mentioned XRP once, back in 2024, when he spoke more broadly about crypto supporting individual freedom. Still, the lack of clarity hasn’t stopped people from speculating.
Dogecoin has dominated past discussions largely because of Musk’s public fondness for it 🐕💬. But liking a coin is very different from building a global payments system. At that scale, speed, liquidity, and regulatory clarity matter, and those are areas where XRP has spent years positioning itself.
Others in the industry are adding to the speculation. SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci has said he expects Musk to use crypto within X at some point, though he admits the final form is unknown. It could be Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin, or even a native token or stablecoin, similar to what Telegram did with TON.
On the product side, X already seems to be preparing. New smart cashtags will let users tag specific crypto assets and see real-time prices directly in their feed 📊🔗. It’s a small change, but it suggests bigger plans behind the scenes.
Nothing has been officially announced.
But one thing feels increasingly obvious: crypto is moving closer to the core of X, and whenever Musk makes a move, the market pays attention 🚀
