Rumors of a new native 'Twitter Coin' emerge while Dogecoiners remain hopeful

Social media users are swirling astir rumors that Twitter is looking astatine introducing its ain autochthonal plus called “Twitter Coin” to beryllium utilized for payments and tipping connected the platform.

Some are citing the archetypal reports from sources specified arsenic Nima Owji, who runs an app-focused accusation leak relationship connected Twitter.

On Dec. 4, helium posted a screenshot of what appears to beryllium a prototype Twitter interface showing a “Coins” enactment for tipping, on with a vector representation showing a coin bearing Twitter’s logo.

#Twitter is moving connected Coins! pic.twitter.com/67upjUn37D

Others person pointed to tweets from tech researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who claimed to person extracted codification from a circumstantial mentation of Twitter’s web app to find the aforesaid accusation arsenic Owji, though the station itself and Wong's relationship person since been deleted for chartless reasons. 

Jane Manchun Wong's deleted threat: Twitter

There has besides been a swarm of posts nether the TwitterCoin hashtag, with galore radical excited but yet unsurprised that the societal media level could beryllium moving connected caller outgo rails and strategy integrations present that Elon Musk is astatine the helm.

New buzz circulating astir a "Twitter Coin" and it has been trending. No doubt, twitter is hard astatine enactment successful integrating a outgo strategy of some fiat & crypto, and nary doubt, for crypto, #TwitterPiPayment is the astir viable option. Nothing amended than Pi retired there. Time volition tell. pic.twitter.com/kTs3lS4Tk2

Members of the feverent Dogecoin assemblage connected Twitter and Reddit person besides tried connecting the dots, with immoderate remaining hopeful that Twitter Coin is conscionable a placeholder sanction for Dogecoin, considering Musk’s long-running affiliation with the memecoin.

#TwitterCoin is simply a codification for not saying #dogecoin. pic.twitter.com/Flr3Pk4wzM

Speaking connected a akin taxable successful a Dec. 4 Twitter Spaces, Musk suggested to an assemblage of 2.1 cardinal listeners that helium was inactive funny successful integrating crypto with the societal media platform.

“It is benignant of a no-brainer for Twitter to person payments, some fiat and crypto,” helium said.

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As it stands, Twitter has been gradually expanding its outgo integrations implicit the past mates of years, and presently supports fiat tipping for a big method alongside Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), which were integrated successful September 2021.

Since the $44 cardinal takeover went done successful October, Musk has overseen a big of changes to Twitter, peculiarly relating censorship policy, accusation disclosures and botting activity.