Today in crypto: CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju has criticized X for suppressing crypto-related posts, Jan3 founder Samson Mow shares his five Bitcoin predictions for 2026. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin community celebrates 17th anniversary of Hal Finney’s ‘Running Bitcoin” post.
CryptoQuant founder slams X for penalizing crypto content instead of bots
CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju has criticized X for suppressing crypto-related posts while failing to rein in a surge of automated spam, arguing that the platform is punishing legitimate users instead of addressing the underlying bot problem.
In a Sunday post on X, Ju pointed to a sharp spike in automated activity tied to the keyword “crypto,” citing data showing more than 7.7 million posts generated in a single day, an increase of over 1,200% compared with prior levels. According to Ju, the flood of low-quality content has triggered algorithmic crackdowns that also affect genuine crypto accounts.
“As AI advances, bots are inevitable,” Ju wrote, adding that X’s inability to distinguish automated accounts from humans is the real issue. He also criticized the platform’s paid verification system, saying it has failed as a filtering tool and now allows bots to “pay to spam,” while authentic users see their reach reduced.
“It is absurd that X would rather ban crypto than improve its bot detection,” Ju wrote.
Samson Mow tips Elon Musk will ‘go hard’ into Bitcoin in 2026
Jan3 founder Samson Mow anticipates billionaire investor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will aggressively move into Bitcoin in 2026.
It was one of five bold Bitcoin predictions from Mow for 2026, coming off a year where several Bitcoin forecasts from prominent crypto executives missed the mark.
“@elonmusk goes hard into BTC,” Mow said in an X post on Saturday.
Musk has shown his support for cryptocurrency over the years, but has raised concerns around Bitcoin’s environmental risks. Tesla stopped taking Bitcoin payments in May 2021 due to environmental concerns. The following year, in July 2022, the electric vehicle manufacturer revealed that it had sold 75% of its Bitcoin holdings.
The Bitcoin community celebrates 17th anniversary of Hal Finney’s ‘Running Bitcoin’ post
Bitcoiners are celebrating the 17th anniversary of cypherpunk and Bitcoin (BTC) pioneer Hal Finney’s post on January 10, 2009, announcing that he was running the Bitcoin protocol.
“Running Bitcoin,” Finney said in an X post, which is pinned to the top of his profile. Finney was the recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction on the network, when Satoshi Nakamoto sent him 10 BTC, valued at over $900,500 using market prices at the time of publication.
Finney passed away in 2014 at 58 years old, and, since that time, there has been intense speculation about whether Finney is actually the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
The “running Bitcoin” post has become a piece of lore within the Bitcoin community, as it celebrates 17 years of network uptime for the world’s first decentralized blockchain monetary ledger.