{"id":95626,"date":"2026-03-26T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=95626"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:25:20","slug":"elon-musk-recruits-former-base-and-aave-designer-for-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/elon-musk-recruits-former-base-and-aave-designer-for-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Recruits Former Base and Aave Designer for X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the leadership of Elon Musk, social network X has appointed Benji Taylor as its chief designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m honoured to be joining \ud835\udd4f to lead design. I believe this is the most important platform in the world, and I can\u2019t think of a more exciting place to help shape the future.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking forward to working closely with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikitabier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nikitabier<\/a>, and the rest of the team. I\u2019m\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FnVncYpsN5\">pic.twitter.com\/FnVncYpsN5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benji Taylor (@benjitaylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benjitaylor\/status\/2036882102420201832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cIt is an honour to lead the design department at X. I believe this is the most important platform in the world, and I cannot imagine a more exciting place to help shape the future,\u201d wrote Taylor.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously, he founded Los Feliz Engineering, the studio behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-custodial-and-non-custodial-crypto-wallets\">non-custodial wallet<\/a> Family. After the company was acquired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-aave\">Aave<\/a> protocol in 2023, he became the <span data-descr=\"Chief Product Officer\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CPO<\/span>. Later, he moved to the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a> network <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-base-coinbases-l2\">Base<\/a> by Coinbase as head of design.<\/p>\n<p>Nikita Bier, head of product at X, revealed that he invested in Taylor&#8217;s app in 2020, describing it as \u201cone of the most well-designed products.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ladies and gentlemen, I&#8217;d like to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benjitaylor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benjitaylor<\/a> to \ud835\udd4f, our new design lead.<\/p>\n<p>I met Benji six years ago when I invested in his app: it was one of the most well-designed products I&#8217;d encountered. I knew right away he was on track to become one of the best designers in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TFTZGCIm29\">https:\/\/t.co\/TFTZGCIm29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikitabier\/status\/2036882748229771641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cAfter six months of persuasion, we are finally joining forces to build the best design team in the industry,\u201d added Bier.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">X Money\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Taylor&#8217;s appointment comes as the platform prepares to launch its payment system, X Money, scheduled for April. It is currently in internal beta testing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udd4f Money early public access will launch next month<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2031363107839438939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Developers position the product as a central hub for financial transactions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>X Money&#8217;s features include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>P2P fiat transfers;<\/li>\n<li>high-yield savings accounts;<\/li>\n<li>cryptocurrency integration via <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/x-to-introduce-smart-tickers-for-cryptocurrency-and-stock-prices\">\u201csmart cashtags\u201d<\/a> for trading assets directly from the feed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In February, Bier noted that he \u201cgenuinely wants to see cryptocurrency\u201d on the social network. However, he emphasized that the platform will not act as a broker or execute trades. Its goal is to create tools for financial data and links.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I genuinely want crypto to proliferate on X, but applications that create incentives to spam, raid, and harass random users is not the way.<\/p>\n<p>It meaningfully degrades the experience for millions of people \u2014 only to enrich a few people.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, we are launching a number of\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikitabier\/status\/2022592748952653969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Back in June 2025, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-xchat-a-dm-replacement-faces-criticism\">announced<\/a> the launch of the XChat messenger \u201cwith encryption, disappearing messages, and the ability to send any files.\u201d Users criticized the new feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the leadership of Elon Musk, social network X has appointed Benji Taylor as its chief designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Elon Musk's X appoints Benji Taylor as chief designer.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1217,40],"class_list":["post-95626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-elon-musk","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"85","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Elon Musk's X appoints Benji Taylor as chief designer.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95628,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95626\/revisions\/95628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}