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 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://discord.iota.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-9cf.svg?logo=discord" alt="Discord"></a>
+  <a href="https://x.com/iota" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/iota" alt="Twitter"></a>  
   <a href="https://iota.stackexchange.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/StackExchange-9cf.svg?logo=stackexchange" alt="StackExchange"></a>
 </p>