X Users Mute Crypto Content as Coinbase Integration Enables Direct Trading

The social media platform X has seen a significant shift in user behavior when it comes to cryptocurrency content, with crypto now being the most-muted topic on the platform.

This change is attributed partly to declining content quality, according to X's head of product Nikita Bier, who described the snooze tool as a way to 'crank up or turn down the slop'.

The integration with Coinbase allows users to trade assets directly within chat, giving Grok actual write access to execute trades rather than just view portfolio data. However, it's unclear if a similar confirmation layer exists within the Coinbase integration that would limit fully autonomous execution and keep users in control of final trade decisions.

The real concern isn't necessarily that Grok might make a bad call, but what happens once someone stops watching the market entirely and defers to an AI's judgment by default. This shift in risk from emotion-driven to passive decision-making could lead to unforeseen consequences.