Nikita Bier, head of product at X, has introduced that API entry to “InfoFi” apps has been revoked.
The transfer takes intention at “apps that reward users for posting on X,” which, Bier says, have contributed to “a tremendous amount of AI slop and reply spam on the platform.”
He additionally supplied to “assist in transitioning [affected developers’] business to Threads and Bluesky.”
We’re revising our developer API insurance policies:
We are going to now not permit apps that reward customers for posting on X (aka “infofi”). This has led to an incredible quantity of AI slop & reply spam on the platform.
We’ve got revoked API entry from these apps, so your X expertise ought to…
— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) January 15, 2026
Shortly after Bier’s put up, Kaito founder Yu Hu introduced that its Yaps program could be sundown.
“After discussions with X, it’s agreed that a fully permissionless distribution system is no longer viable, nor aligned with the needs of high-quality brands, serious content creators, or X as a platform,” he stated.
The put up describes a pivot to Kaito Studio, which “will be much closer to a tier-based traditional marketing platform.”
One other InfoFi challenge, Cookie DAO, additionally plans to finish its comparable Snaps product.
The “tough and abrupt decision,” it claims, is “necessary to preserve the integrity of Cookie’s data layer and products.”
The challenge’s token, COOKIE, is down 15% since Bier’s announcement.
The market cap of the broader InfoFi class, round $367 million, dropped greater than 10%, per CoinGecko knowledge.
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The choice comes two days after Bier’s declare that Crypto Twitter was “fixed.”
The crypto group had develop into more and more essential of the X algorithm’s perceived throttling of crypto content material, amid surging bot exercise.
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT just lately drew consideration to the “rabbithole” of “accounts inorganically spam[ming] slop replies under posts 24/7.” He has praised the newest transfer, claiming “Nikita saved CT.”
