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Kaito founder Yu Hu provided a timeline of recent events on platform X, stating that he received an email from the account manager regarding a possible reassessment on January 13, and received a legal notice from X on January 14, to which he responded the same day. On January 15, he learned of the content released by Nikita at the same time as the public. Yu Hu indicated that he had previously received legal notices from X that were properly resolved, so it was reasonable to wait for further clarification and discussion before making a unilateral announcement within this brief time window.Yu Hu also stated that Yaps has now been shut down, and Kaito plans to expand beyond the cryptocurrency field through Kaito Studio in 2026 across platforms (TikTok, YouTube). He mentioned that Kaito Studio has been in preparation for several months and will serve as a new model to complement Yaps. This change will not affect Kaito Launchpad, Kaito Pro, Kaito API, or the upcoming Kaito Markets, and more roadmap details will be released in the future.

Kaito founder Yu Hu posted on Twitter that after discussions with X, both parties agreed that a completely permissionless distribution system is no longer viable. They will shut down Yaps and the incentive leaderboard, and launch Kaito Studio, which is a platform closer to traditional multi-level marketing, allowing brands to selectively collaborate with creators based on established criteria and clear project scopes. "2026 will be the year Kaito surpasses CT as its main platform and surpasses cryptocurrency as its main vertical," said Yu Hu.Previously, X's product head Nikita Bier tweeted that the team is revising the developer API policy, and will no longer allow any applications that reward users for posting on the X platform (such as "infofi") to gain API access, as this has led to an influx of AI spam and reply spam on the platform.

ChainCatcher message, the Bitcoin native ZK Rollup project GOAT Network officially launches a six-month Kaito Yaps incentive campaign, aimed at further expanding the industry influence and user base of Bitcoin native ZK Rollup through social dissemination and community participation.This campaign adopts the "Yaps" model introduced by Kaito, encouraging KOLs in the crypto industry to voice for GOAT Network through high-quality content. The dissemination performance of KOLs will be comprehensively evaluated based on content quality, originality depth, interaction breadth, and other dimensions, and rewards in the form of $GOATED tokens from GOAT Network will be granted based on rankings, with a total reward pool accounting for 1% of the total token supply.At the same time, GOAT Network has also launched a three-week community challenge task, where all users can participate by completing on-chain operations, binding social accounts, and more, earning future token rewards based on the on-chain activity of the users they bring in.

ChainCatcher message, Kaito AI founder Yu Hu stated on the X platform: "In the past few days, there have been some anomalies on the Yaps leaderboard------some accounts show an unusually high number of Yaps. This was due to intermittent data interruptions from the X data source. The situation has now stabilized, and data for the affected time period has been backfilled. As a result, while some users may have lost some Yaps, most people will see an increase in their Yaps count due to more comprehensive data coverage."

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the AI-based cryptocurrency search engine Kaito AI tweeted that as of 4 AM (UTC) today, the $KAITO Yaps snapshot has been completed; additionally, a snapshot for Kaito Genesis NFT will be taken on February 18 at 4 AM (UTC).It is reported that both Yaps and NFTs will play a lasting role in the Kaito ecosystem.Previous news, Kaito AI founder: the KAITO token has been deployed on-chain and has not officially launched yet.