Platform X announces the complete shutdown of the InfoFi application, with Kaito token price dropping 20% in 24 hours. The team is preparing to close Yaps and shift focus to Kaito Studio, seeking to rebuild business models within the creator economy market.
(Background summary: X bans “posting mining” Kaito calls for Yaps suspension, forcing transformation, fragile InfoFi segment plummets)
(Additional background: Elon Musk X abruptly kills InfoFi! Kaito drops 15%, related application API access rights fully revoked)

Table of Contents

• Why was there no immediate public announcement?
• Kaito Studio was already in planning
• Yaps will officially exit in 2026
• Other business lines remain unchanged

Platform X has shut the door on the InfoFi application, with the primary impact on Kaito AI, which focuses on “posting mining.” Starting from the 14th, the $KAITO token price fell about 20% within 24 hours. Co-founder Yu Hu also posted this afternoon to explain the incident.

Co-founder Yu Hu posted on X stating that the team first received an email reminder from their account manager on January 13, mentioning that they might “reassess” the partnership in the future. They responded immediately requesting further clarification.

The next day, January 14, Kaito received a formal legal notice from X and replied the same day, requesting a phone call to clarify details.

By January 15, the team learned about the “closing of InfoFi” from a post by Nikita on X, at the same time as other users.

Why was there no immediate public announcement?

The public questions whether Kaito was too late in alerting about this incident. Yu Hu explained that this was not the first time Kaito received legal notices from X. In previous cases, after receiving notices, they negotiated and signed new corporate agreements, which ended peacefully. Due to this precedent, when they received the recent “reassessment” reminder and legal letter in a short period, the team preferred to wait for more explanation and negotiation space from X rather than unilaterally announcing the termination of cooperation before fully clarifying the situation.

Kaito Studio was already in planning

Regarding external doubts whether Kaito suddenly “shifted” to other platforms, Yu Hu stated that Kaito Studio's concept had been in preparation for “several months.” Its main positioning is as a cross-platform content tool supporting TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms. Its scope is not limited to cryptocurrency but aims to expand into a broader content ecosystem.

This new product is seen as a supplement to the existing X product Yaps, rather than a simple replacement.

He pointed out that, since collaborating with multiple community pilot users across “cryptocurrency and non-cryptocurrency” scenarios, Kaito had already prepared relevant presentations and operational materials. This enabled the team to quickly explain and propose new directions after the X announcement.

Yaps will officially exit in 2026

Yu Hu clearly stated that, with these changes, Kaito plans to let the X product Yaps “phase out,” with Kaito Studio officially taking over in 2026, becoming the company's main cross-platform product. This indicates that Kaito's future operations will no longer be tied to a single social platform but will move toward more decentralized content and traffic sources.

Other business lines remain unchanged

Although Yaps will gradually shut down, Kaito emphasizes that existing services will continue to operate normally.

Yu Hu pointed out that this adjustment “does not affect” Kaito Launchpad, Kaito Pro, Kaito API, and the upcoming Kaito Markets product lines. In other words, the dispute with X mainly concerns the Yaps product, not the overall business structure.