{"id":11329,"date":"2025-10-21T11:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/?p=11329"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:55:51","slug":"x-is-launching-a-user-name-trading-market-for-millions-of-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/en\/2025\/10\/21\/x-is-launching-a-user-name-trading-market-for-millions-of-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"X is launching a &#8220;user name trading market&#8221; for millions of dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The X social networking platform, formerly Twitter is about to launch the &#8220;X Handle Marketplace&#8221; \u2013 the official marketplace for handles that no longer works.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Premium+ and Premium Business subscribers are allowed to request or buy unique names that they want.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"bbImageWrapper js-lbImage\" title=\"1761012583741.png\" data-lb-caption-extra-html=\"\" data-lb-sidebar-href=\"\" data-single-image=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/whitehat.vn\/attachments\/1761012583741-png.17764\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbImage\" title=\"1761012583741.png\" src=\"https:\/\/whitehat.vn\/attachments\/1761012583741-png.17764\/\" alt=\"1761012583741.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"438\" data-url=\"\" data-zoom-target=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><i>Asset.thehansindia<\/i>\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Two name groups and two trading forms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-xf-list-type=\"ul\">Priority group: full names, multi-character phrases or special character strings may be requested for free.<br \/>\nIf the request is approved, the user will receive a new handle, but if the handle is cancelled or downgraded to a Premium subscription, it will be automatically revoked after 30 days.<br \/>\n<i>For example: @GabrielJones, @PizzaEater, @paradoxAI.<\/i><\/li>\n<li data-xf-list-type=\"ul\">Rare: short, popular, or culturally valuable names that are offered for sale at a fee, for between $ 2,500 and over $ 1 million.<br \/>\nThere are two modes of possession:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-xf-list-type=\"ul\">Public Drop: publicly available, X selects buyers based on influence and purpose.<\/li>\n<li data-xf-list-type=\"ul\">Direct Purchase: offer to buy directly for a fixed price.<br \/>\n<i>For example: <a id=\"js-XFUniqueId17\" class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/whitehat.vn\/members\/56530\/\" data-user-id=\"56530\" data-username=\"@Pizza\" data-xf-init=\"member-tooltip\">@Pizza<\/a>, <a id=\"js-XFUniqueId18\" class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/whitehat.vn\/members\/55671\/\" data-user-id=\"55671\" data-username=\"@Tom\" data-xf-init=\"member-tooltip\">@Tom<\/a>, <a id=\"js-XFUniqueId19\" class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/whitehat.vn\/members\/69268\/\" data-user-id=\"69268\" data-username=\"@one\" data-xf-init=\"member-tooltip\">@one<\/a>.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After purchase, users are allowed to keep the name forever even if they stop signing up for Premium.<\/p>\n<h2>Target prediction and control mechanism<\/h2>\n<p>According to X, this trading market aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-xf-list-type=\"ul\">Increased revenue from paid users, amid declining advertising.<\/li>\n<li data-xf-list-type=\"ul\">Fight spam and bot piracy, and ensure that rare name distribution is transparent and controlled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each request will be reviewed by X within 3 days, and users can add their desired name to the Watchlist to receive notifications when it is open for sale.<\/p>\n<h2>Overview from the perspective of a cybersecurity expert<\/h2>\n<p>This is X&#8217;s new commercial initiative, which, while not directly related to cybersecurity, will be tied to digital identity management, account name ownership and the safety of user infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The purchase and sale of rare handles for up to millions of VND seems to indicate that a trend towards commercialization of digital resources is becoming more pronounced in the social networking ecosystem.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"><b><i>According to TheVerge<\/i><\/b>\u200b<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 16px\"><i>Theo: <a href=\"https:\/\/whitehat.vn\/threads\/x-sap-ra-mat-cho-giao-dich-ten-nguoi-dung-voi-gia-len-den-hang-trieu-do-la.18850\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/whitehat.vn\/threads\/x-sap-ra-mat-cho-giao-dich-ten-nguoi-dung-voi-gia-len-den-hang-trieu-do-la.18850\/<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The X social networking platform, formerly Twitter is about to launch the &#8220;X Handle Marketplace&#8221; \u2013 the official marketplace for handles that no longer works. Premium+ and Premium Business subscribers are allowed to request or buy unique names that they want. Asset.thehansindia\u200b Two name groups and two trading forms Priority group: full names, multi-character phrases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11636,"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11329\/revisions\/11636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infosec.new88088.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}