Kaito to sunset 'Yaps' as X cracks down on InfoFi apps, token falls 17%

2026-01-15 19:42:23

Source: CryptoNewsNet Original Title: Kaito to sunset ‘Yaps’ as X cracks down on InfoFi apps, token falls 17% Original Link: Crypto analytics platform Kaito said it will sunset its Yaps product and incentivized leaderboards, marking a strategic shift after X moved to ban applications that reward users for posting on the social media platform. The $KAITO token fell around 17% on the news.

The announcement came shortly after X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, said the company had revised its policies to prohibit apps that financially incentivize posting, citing a surge in “AI slop & reply spam.” Bier said programmatic access had already been revoked from affected apps, and that terminated developers could explore migrating to platforms like Threads and Bluesky.

The fallout was immediate. According to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, the Kaito Yapper community on X, which had roughly 157,000 members, was banned following the policy change.

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