There's a lot of bs copy/paste fud going around about vechain. Most of it originating from 4chan. Who keeps pushing it? What's their agenda?
Here you find a large part of the answers to your questions and your doubts; in particular in point 8 you will find all the confirmed partnerships and the uses of VeChain
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vechain/wiki/index#wiki_8._future_users_and_partnerswhat is a purpose of an x-node in the vechain ecosystem? also how is an x-node different to a normal node?
You can no longer have an X node; to have it you had had before March 31 600000 Vet (or 6000 Ven before the spit). It generates Vthor to a greater extent than the simple staking of 500,000 Vet, for example, but compared to the economic node of 1,000,000 Vet you have a privileged entry to participate in future ICOs on the VeChain blockchain, and other exclusive benefits that still need to be specified.
Meanwhile, today has been added to the exchange Huobi and continues the recovery, after the heavy losses of the last 2 weeks.