The newly-implemented geolocation settings on X, previously known as Twitter, has sparked immense backlash among crypto aficionados, asking Elon Musk for stronger security measures. This has prompted many crypto community members to tackle security concerns and change their location to the more vague setting of the region instead of the country.
Just like that, security concerns escalated quickly. Many crypto enthusiasts took note of Ledger founder David Balland’s thriller-like kidnapping in early 2025, luckily saved by the police. In spite of that, the issue sparked off a kidnapping spree in Paris in mid 2025, making the Police nationale’s top priority list to this day. Now that X is an open book, will it spark mass ‘doxxing’?
Transparency Or Prejudice As “The New Normal”?
For the uninitiated, this stems from a wave of crypto magnate-related kidnappings earlier this year, mostly in France. On the other hand, the new geolocation system on X is more bot-proof, as certain regions have the biggest bot farms and therefore are more easily detected. Meanwhile, other crypto influencers tackled racism issues witnessing multiple violations.
“CT has always been about merit, not nationality or skin color”, – declared Mario Nawfal, one of the most popular Crypto Journalists on X. Despite a few instances of regional prejudice & rising amounts of intolerable racist comments, it doesn’t seem that any crypto-boss-related leaks or big exposures happened in the first 24 hours since the X feature launched.
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Late November 2025, X rolled out a new “About this account” section that automatically shows your country or region based on IP. It’s meant to fight bots and foreign influence ops, but it’s on by default and only opt-out to continent-level or fully off.
Not street-level doxxing, but country-level is enough to spark racism, targeted harassment, and “you’re not even American” pile-ons. Crypto whales are freaking out because in places like Latin America or Eastern Europe, knowing someone’s country + big holdings = kidnapping risk.
Hundreds of “patriot” and “independent journalist” profiles just got exposed as run from Thailand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey, etc. Viral threads are screenshotting them daily—some of the loudest Trump voices literally aren’t in the US.
Settings → Privacy and safety → About this account → Location information → change from “Country” to “Region” (continent) or “Off.” Using a reputable VPN works for most, but X flags obvious datacenter IPs.
Elon hasn’t tweeted about it yet. The product team defends it as a transparency win against bots and disinformation. No sign of a rollback, even though privacy advocates & high-risk users (activists, crypto OGs) are screaming it’s a dangerous practice.
