Ki Young Ju, founder of CryptoQuant, said on Sunday that X has been suppressing crypto-related posts after a surge in automated activity tied to the keyword “crypto,” which he linked in his post. “As AI advances, bots are inevitable,” Ju wrote and argued the platform is reducing reach for genuine users rather than fixing bot detection.
Ju pointed to data showing more than 7.7 million posts in a single day — an increase of over 1,200% — and linked that evidence in the same post. He also criticized paid verification, saying it has failed as a filter and lets bots “pay to spam.”
Samson Mow, founder of Jan3, listed five Bitcoin predictions for 2026 and said in his post that Elon Musk will “go hard into BTC,” which he presented as one of the bold calls. “@elonmusk goes hard into BTC,” Mow wrote.
The article notes Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin payments in May 2021 over environmental concerns and disclosed in July 2022 that it had sold 75% of its Bitcoin holdings.
The Bitcoin community marked the 17th anniversary of Hal Finney‘s Jan. 10, 2009 note titled “Running Bitcoin”, recalling that he received the network’s first transaction of 10 BTC, valued at over $900,500 at the time of publication, and ongoing speculation about whether Satoshi Nakamoto was involved.
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