Elon Musk’s X removes crypto emojis, leaving community puzzled

Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency to have its hashtag emoji removed from X as the Bitcoin 2024 conference kicked off on July 25.

Update July 26, 1.20 pm UTC: This article has been updated to quote Eleonor Genova of Nexo.

Elon Musk’s X is once again causing a stir in the cryptocurrency community by removing cryptocurrency emojis, which had been in use for over four years.

The crypto community on X is puzzled by the reasons for deleting several crypto emojis — including Bitcoin (BTC) — from the social media platform.

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