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January 2025, Opinion: "Once again, the global community of those interested in monetary and banking issues is in turmoil following the announcement by Elon Musk’s team—yes, him again—that the platform X (formerly Twitter) will soon offer a payment application called X Money. Musk, who already controls and manages six companies, is preparing to assume a role in the upcoming U.S. administration akin to that of a minister, while somehow also finding time to become a video game champion. This is not his first foray into this field; at the turn of the century, he co-founded PayPal with Peter Thiel. Now, the key asset appears to be the synergy with a messaging service boasting over 600 million global users. This announcement is just the latest in a series of promised "revolutions" in the payments sector—a sector that once attracted little attention but has been repeatedly disrupted since 2008, when the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin."