US EditionWilliam Shatner Previews X Money Features As Elon Musk's Super App Vision Accelerates - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)
William Shatner revealed X Money's beta offers 6% APY, a $25 welcome gift, and a personalized metal debit card with zero foreign fees, advancing Elon Musk's super app vision.
- On Tuesday, William Shatner posted screenshots on X previewing the X Money beta with 6% APY, a $25 welcome gift, and a Visa-backed metal debit card for select testers.
- Elon Musk is pushing X to become an 'everything app' combining messaging, payments, and shopping, with internal X employees testing since February 2026 and a limited external beta planned next month.
- Deposits are held by Cross River Bank, Member FDIC, insured up to $250,000, while X Payments LLC is registered with FinCEN and holds money transmitter licences in ~42 jurisdictions; 42 invites were offered via a $1,000 donation auction.
- A playful moment came when William Shatner posted screenshots showing X Money with three tabs and Musk sent him $42, a sci-fi reference, amplifying attention to the beta.
- Executives aim to push monthly active users past 600 million as a limited public rollout is expected in the next month or two, with some warning that an X profile could become a financial identity.
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