Elon Musk’s X Quietly Removes Bitcoin, MAGA Emojis From Hashtags

- Logos for several tokens started to first appear on X, previously Twitter, in 2020, as a step to improve brand adoption and recall on the internet.

- Bitcoin and crypto hashtags on X no longer display emojis automatically.

- X did not publicly announce the removal, and the reason behind the apparent change is unclear.

- Crypto users on X started to comment early Friday that they could no longer see emojis when posting “#bitcoin” on the service. Some later found out that hashtags for #bnbchain and #cryptocom, which also showed emojis, no longer display the brand images.

- As of Friday's European hours, an emoji for #MAGA that previously featured Republican candidate Donald Trump was also removed.

- X, as Twitter at the time, reportedly charged companies up to $1 million to add a branded emoji or symbol after a designated hashtag to help differentiate their branding from that of their competitors and create a buzz amongst consumers.

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