• Musk stated his intention to completely deploy payment services by the mid 2024.

馬斯克表示，他打算在 2024 年中期前全面部署支付服務。

• Bureaucratic procedures were the main reason the feature could not go live sooner.

官僚程序是該功能無法更快上線的主要原因。

Midway through 2024, Elon Musk’s X platform is anticipated to include in-app payment capabilities, however the incorporation of cryptocurrency currently seems distant.

到 2024 年中期，馬斯克 (Elon Musk) 的 X 平台預計將包含應用程式內支付功能，但目前加密貨幣的納入似乎還很遙遠。

In an interview with Cathie Wood of ARK Invest on December 21st, Musk stated his intention to completely deploy payment services by the “middle of next year,” subject to the acceptance of several money transmitter license applications.

12 月 21 日，馬斯克在接受 ARK Invest 的 Cathie Wood 採訪時表示，他打算在「明年年中」之前完全部署支付服務，但前提是接受多個貨幣轉移牌照申請。

According to Musk, bureaucratic procedures were the main reason he was unable to activate the social networking platform’s payment feature sooner. Although X was “a bit late” in delivering all the required paperwork, Musk said he was unaware of any possible “showstoppers” that would have their money transmitter license applications denied.

馬斯克表示，官僚程序是他無法盡快啟動社群網路平台支付功能的主要原因。儘管 X 在提交所有必需的文件方面“有點晚了”，但馬斯克表示，他不知道有任何可能的“攪局者”會導致其匯款許可證申請被拒絕。

No Updates on Crypto Inclusion

加密貨幣包容性沒有更新

There was a lot of anticipation among crypto fans that Musk will include his favorite cryptocurrency, Dogecoin or Bitcoin, in the X payments network. It seems Musk has further dampened crypto-related euphoria by admitting he devotes “hardly any” time pondering digital assets; however, he has never verified this.

加密貨幣粉絲們非常期待馬斯克將在 X 支付網路中納入他最喜歡的加密貨幣——狗狗幣或比特幣。馬斯克承認自己「幾乎沒有」花時間思考數位資產，這似乎進一步抑制了與加密貨幣相關的樂觀情緒。但他從未證實過這一點。

Even while Musk now seems unconcerned in cryptocurrency, electric car maker Tesla still has over $148 million in Bitcoin on hand, and Dogecoin is accepted at the Tesla Shop. Dogecoin was reportedly accepted as payment for trips on the Las Vegas metro system by Musk’s tunnel construction company, The Boring Company, in 2022.

儘管馬斯克現在似乎對加密貨幣並不關心，但電動車製造商特斯拉手頭上仍擁有超過 1.48 億美元的比特幣，而特斯拉商店也接受狗狗幣。據報道，馬斯克的隧道建設公司 The Boring Company 於 2022 年接受狗狗幣作為拉斯維加斯地鐵系統的出行支付方式。

But Musk said that digital assets and money are only a “database for resource allocation” in his mind, and that fiat currency is “actually fine” as long as authorities don’t attempt to manipulate its supply and debase it.

但馬斯克表示，數位資產和貨幣只是他心目中的“資源配置資料庫”，只要當局不試圖操縱其供應並使其貶值，法定貨幣“實際上就可以”。

Highlighted Crypto News Today:

今日重點加密新聞：

Solana Soars 876%. Overtakes BNB to Become Fourth Largest Crypto

Solana 飆升 876%。超越 BNB 成為第四大加密貨幣