Ki Young Ju, founder of CryptoQuant, criticized X on Sunday for suppressing crypto posts instead of fixing a surge in automated spam, posting his remarks on the platform in a public thread Ju’s post. He said the flood of low-quality content has triggered algorithmic crackdowns that reduce reach for legitimate crypto accounts.
Ju cited data showing more than 7.7 million posts tied to the keyword “crypto” in a single day, an increase of over 1,200% compared with prior levels, and said the volume drove the platform’s enforcement actions. He argued the core problem is X’s inability to distinguish bots from humans, which harms real users.
Ju wrote “As AI advances, bots are inevitable,” and he warned that paid verification has failed as a filter while allowing accounts to “pay to spam.” He added “It is absurd that X would rather ban crypto than improve its bot detection.”
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, countered that Crypto Twitter’s visibility issues stem in part from users overposting and diluting their own reach, a point she outlined in a post Bier revealed. She wrote “CT is dying from suicide, not from the algorithm.”
The debate drew reactions across the crypto community, with one user criticizing platform suppression in a reply one crypto user said “They’ve been openly suppressing CT content, forgetting that it’s a large niche that keeps X alive.”
Crypto users continue to rely on X for real-time discussion, and the platform recently rolled out a messaging feature called XChats that Elon Musk said would include “Bitcoin-style encryption” among other capabilities.
