Key takeaways
- Elon Musk has expressed support for higher payments to creators on X, while emphasizing the need for protections against abuse.
- The remark follows a suggestion that X should pay more than YouTube for more original content.
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Elon Musk supported the idea of X increasing creator payouts, emphasizing that fairness must be respected. His statement follows a proposal suggesting the popular platform should pay creators more than YouTube to attract original content.
Ok, let’s do it, but rigorously applying no game of the system @nikitabier
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 30, 2025
X functions as a social media platform with creator monetization tools. The platform is evolving into a “multi-purpose app” and is actively developing features to support in-app financial transactions and native trading.
X is also building a peer-to-peer payment system, X Money, in partnership with Visa. Internal testing of the service is currently limited and a phased rollout by states is expected soon.
Despite Musk’s long-standing support for Bitcoin and Dogecoin, the new services do not currently offer crypto integrations. Users nevertheless speculate that digital asset payments could follow as X develops its financial ecosystem.
