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Bitcoin News – ‘Irresponsible’ London Underground Bitcoin advert  prohibited

by Armando Henderson
May 26, 2021
in Markets
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Bitcoin News – ‘ Reckless‘ London Underground Bitcoin advert banned

An “ untrustworthy“ advert which  urged inexperienced consumers to  get Bitcoin has been banned.

A poster plastered over London‘s public  transportation by cryptocurrency exchange Luno  claimed: “If you‘re seeing Bitcoin on the underground, it‘s time to buy“.

The Advertising  Specifications Authority (ASA)  claimed the advert was misleading  and also  overlooked important  threat  cautions.

Luno said the ads  would certainly not appear  once again  which future  advertisements would feature an  ideal  threat  caution.

 Marketing must be clear that the value of investments, unless  ensured, could go down  in addition to up, ASA rules  specify.

The poster should  additionally have  consisted of  threat  cautions that both Luno and Bitcoin are  uncontrolled leaving consumers with no regulatory  defense.

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The watchdog  stated the simplicity of the “it‘s time to  get“ statement “ offered the  perception that Bitcoin  financial investment was straightforward and  available“.

“ We  recognized that Bitcoin  financial investment was  intricate, volatile and could  reveal  capitalists to losses,“ the ASA said. “That stood in  comparison to the ad. The audience it  dealt with, the  public, were  most likely to be  unskilled in their understanding of cryptocurrencies.“

It  wrapped up that the ad irresponsibly  recommended that  taking part in Bitcoin  financial investment through Luno was straightforward and  very easy.

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Luno  claimed it was “committed to  maintaining  clients and potential  consumers as  notified as  feasible  regarding the cryptocurrency landscape“.

It said it would “ensure that future Luno adverts  include an  suitable warning  regarding the  threats of cryptocurrency“, adding that its next advertising campaign had been  approved by  Transportation for London.


Cryptocurrency  advertisements  have actually been banned before


It‘s not the first time the watchdog has acted  versus Bitcoin sellers.

In March, it  prohibited a full-page regional press advert for Coinfloor that told readers “there is no point in  maintaining your  deposit“ and  defined Bitcoin as “ electronic gold“.

The ASA said the ad “irresponsibly  recommended that  acquiring Bitcoin  stood for a  safe and secure  financial investment of one‘s  financial savings or pension“.

In a note published at the end of April the ASA  cautioned: “ Marketing experts  must not  suggest that cryptocurrencies are  managed by the [Financial Conduct Authority]“.

It  stated that if  marketing professionals want to imply that  customers  could make money from  buying cryptocurrencies, they  need to make them  familiar with the  dangers  also.

“ Because cryptocurrencies are so  unstable,  also including a disclaimer in the  fine print of an  advertisement  could not  suffice to comply with the CAP Code [which governs non-broadcast  advertising and marketing]“.

It  alerted  marketing professionals not to  make the most of  customers‘ inexperience or credulity.


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“  Business which  provide cryptoassets with  soaring  pledges to investors are coming under  extreme  examination, with  regulatory authorities  coming to be increasingly concerned  regarding the risks that these  kinds of investment can  present to  customers,“  stated Susannah Streeter,  elderly investment analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.

“  In addition to being  incredibly  unpredictable,  a lot of cryptocurrencies are unregulated, which not  just adds another layer of  unpredictability but also  indicates that  financiers have little or no  security against  scams,“ she  explained.

Bitcoin,  one of the most  preferred cryptocurrency, has been particularly  unstable  just recently.

Two weeks ago it  dropped more than 10% after the  electrical  auto  manufacturer Tesla  stated it would no longer accept the  money.

Cryptocurrency trading  has actually been illegal in China  because 2019, to curb money-laundering.

Last week Chinese banks  and also  repayment firms were  prohibited from providing cryptotransaction services. That was followed up by a  suppression on cryptocurrency mining in the  nation.

The  steps  triggered a fresh  descending spiral in prices last  weekend break, with Bitcoin‘s value  greater than halving,  about the high it  got to above $63,000 (₤ 44,000) in mid-April.

“ Beijing‘s  progressively hard-line  position appears to be  simply the start of a  collective effort to  restrict the decentralised power of cryptocurrencies,“ said Ms Streeter.


NFT  caution. Bitcoin News.


The ASA also  cautioned about  advertisements for Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) last month.

NFTs are  electronic  certifications of authenticity that certify the  individuality of a certain  electronic  property, like a piece of digital art.

They are  connected to cryptocurrencies because they use the same blockchain technology.

Although the ASA has not yet ruled on any cases  regarding NFTs, it  cautioned  online marketers to make their ads clear,  exact and understandable so they don’t  misdirect consumers. Bitcoin News.

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