Just yesterday, Twitter suddenly took action against a group of cryptocurrency-related accounts. As soon as the list of banned accounts came out, Twitter went crazy. From ELIZA to GMGN, and then to some big Vs in the circle, the wide range of the ban stunned everyone. The banned accounts include ELIZA official, ELIZA founder@shawmakesmagic , GMGN official, GMGN founder@haze0x , as well as Sha Po Lang@Wolfy_XBT , Wizard, Wang Xiaoer@brc20niubi and DNF. This happened too suddenly, and there are many different opinions on the reasons for the ban. Let's take a look at the possible reasons for this wave of bans and their impact on the crypto community today.

The ban list is a bit long, and the impact is not small

Most of the accounts banned in this wave are related to the two projects ELIZA and GMGN. ELIZA has a framework that allows agents to automatically post on X, which is convenient but also easy to cause trouble; GMGN is an active player in the meme coin circle, and there are often accounts that push various meme content to guide users to buy coins on the platform. In addition to the official account, some top bloggers who cooperated with GMGN, such as Sha Po Lang, Wang Xiaoer, Gake, and Ji Ge, have also been banned. Group members lamented: "This wave of operations seems to have taken down half of the meme circle. What is X trying to do?" Reasons for the ban: Four conjectures Why was it banned? There are several theories circulating in the community. Let's take a look at them one by one:

  1. Automated posting went wrong?
    ELIZA's automation framework allows agents to post in batches. There are many similar operations on GMGN, most of which promote meme coins and guide users to place orders. These posts look similar, and the amount of interaction (likes, comments, and reposts) is not high, so they are easily judged as "spam" or "platform manipulation" by the X platform. To put it bluntly, if the screen is swiped too much, the platform may think that this is disrupting the community order.

  2. Did you cross the red line by not paying for the API?
    X charges companies $42,000 a month for using its API. If these accounts crawl data or use the API without paying, they will probably violate the platform's terms of service. Such "unauthorized access" or "abuse of resources" will result in account suspension in a matter of minutes.

  3. The meme was too harsh and was rectified?
    The blocked accounts have one thing in common: they all love to post CA (contract address) of meme coins frequently. X may be cleaning up meme-related content recently, and these accounts posted too frequently, which caught them in the crosshairs. The platform wants to make the community more "clean", and these high-frequency promotion accounts are naturally the first to be hit.

  4. Emoticons cause trouble? It's a bit far-fetched, but it's not impossible
    There is another statement that sounds quite outrageous: Some people say that they were blocked for posting Trump and Musk emojis. Although it sounds like a joke, X is strict on sensitive content, so it is not impossible to accidentally hurt someone. After all, the platform algorithm can sometimes be quite "neurotic".

Community reactions: some are calm, others are panicking

After the news of the ban spread, everyone was talking about it. Someone broke the news that GMGN and some of the top bloggers who used it were all affected, and the impact was not small. The members of GMGN were quite calm and posted that "everything is normal internally, and the problem is still being investigated." This sounds a little reassuring, but the impact of the ban is already there, and many KOLs and project owners probably have to reconsider.

Some people also speculated that this might be related to some first-level projects on the GMGN platform. After all, there are so many projects, and it is inevitable that some of them messed up things, and after being reported, other accounts were implicated. If it was a mistaken block, it might be unblocked after a few days of appeal, but no one dares to be 100% sure now.

How to deal with it? Remove the bid first to keep a safe hand

In this situation, if you are a KOL and are worried about being affected, you might as well remove the tags related to GMGN first to ensure safety. The specific operation is very simple:

  • Open X Settings

  • Click "Security and Account Access"

  • Go to "Apps and Sessions"

  • Cancel relevant authorization

After the storm has passed, talk to the project owner about whether to put it back on. After all, it is better to be safe than to have your account blocked.

In conclusion: Compliance is king

This wave of X banning crypto accounts has sounded a wake-up call to the entire community. If you use automated posting and API operations too aggressively, you will eventually fail. The X platform is now more and more strict, so we have to be careful when using it and avoid stepping on landmines. I hope that X can give a clear reason for banning accounts in the future, and don't let everyone guess. The community and the platform communicate more, so that the ecology of the crypto circle can be more stable.

What do you think about this wave of bans? Feel free to leave a message and share your thoughts!