{"id":25835,"date":"2026-01-16T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/?p=25835"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:27:42","slug":"elon-musk-x-kaito-cookie-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/crypto-news\/elon-musk-x-kaito-cookie-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s X bans AI content payments, triggering crypto crash: Kaito and Cookie tokens plummet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

X Declares War on “AI Slop”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The X platform has decided to tighten its policy against low-quality AI content<\/strong>, labeled as “AI slop”. By cutting monetization for creators relying on automation to generate artificial engagement, the social network is sending a clear signal: Quality now takes precedence over volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sanction was immediate for Kaito<\/strong>, forced to shut down its Yaps<\/strong> product, an automated crypto content generation tool. This decision directly challenges a pillar of its business model, which until now was heavily dependent on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This announcement served as a bearish catalyst<\/strong>. Investors quickly factored in the structural risk tied to this dependency, triggering a wave of sell-offs and forcing affected projects to consider a strategic pivot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are revising our developer API policies:

We will no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on X (aka \u201cinfofi\u201d). This has led to a tremendous amount of AI slop & reply spam on the platform.

We have revoked API access from these apps, so your X experience should\u2026<\/p>— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) January 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>