Overnight, the entire InfoFi sector was thrown into turbulence.

In the early hours of January 16th, Nikita Bier, Product Director of X platform, announced a major update: to combat the rampant AI spam on the platform, X has decided to revise its developer API policy, banning any applications that reward users for posting from continuing to operate. As soon as this tweet was released, tokens of mainstream InfoFi projects like Kaito and Cookie plummeted, with instant drops approaching 20%.

The root cause of the problem is quite straightforward. The core mechanism of products like InfoFi is to call X's API to retrieve user tweet data, and then reward tokens based on content quality. In simple terms, the more posts and interactions, the higher the earnings. This logic was extremely popular last year, but it also led to大量刷屏, spam replies, and bot accounts. Nikita Bier bluntly stated: this damages the platform experience.

"We have revoked the API permissions for these applications. Once the bots realize there’s no reward to earn, they will automatically cease activity." As soon as the statement was made, projects like Kaito and Cookie issued declarations on their official accounts, expressing a sense of helplessness in the face of established facts. With the API cut off, these applications lost their data sources, and the product experience collapsed accordingly.

The once popular "mouth-lifting" gameplay seems destined to become a thing of the past.