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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Tuesday issued new guidelines for financial services promotions on social media. These apply to formats like memes, reels, and gaming streams, highlighting the need for fairness and avoiding any misleading information.

In the Nov. 5 races, 48 out of 48 candidates backed by crypto’s biggest political action committees were declared winners as of midday Friday morning. In eight races where votes are still being counted, the PACs’ preferred candidate is ahead in all but three.

The UK’s FCA has unveiled fresh guidance for crypto companies after assessing their adherence to financial promotion regulations.

Social messaging app Telegram is introducing an advertising platform that enables channel owners to receive rewards in Toncoin.

Better Market CEO lambasts frequent market abuses and false advertising strategies of digital asset firms as a major reason for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) rule change to protect investors.

Silicon Valley tech giant Google is updating its crypto ad policy to improve its advertising standards, effective January 29, 2024.

The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) of Spain has opened its first crypto infringement case against local technology provider Miolos.

'By introducing these new checks, we will ensure people approving adverts have the right skills and understanding they need to do so.'

Crypto exchange Bitget announced a one-year partnership with American actor and comedian Adam Devine. 

The justices, in a 5-4 decision, overturned a lower court's ruling involving a user who sued after a scammer stole money from his account. The lower court had let a proposed class action lawsuit proceed while Coinbase pressed its appeal contending that the claims belong in arbitration. The justices dismissed a second case that Coinbase had asked it to review. Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by four fellow conservatives, wrote the ruling. The court's three liberal justices and conservative Justice Clarence Thomas dissented. Companies generally prefer to arbitrate claims because the process is cheaper and faster than litigation in court, which can be harder to fight and carries a greater risk of hefty damages awards.

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A recent college graduate and a single mom are dabbling hopefully in bitcoin after attending a crypto workshop sponsored by rapper Jay-Z at the public housing complex where the hip-hop star grew up. But a former executive at a cryptocurrency exchange feels disillusioned by the false promise of crypto helping her family in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region. All were drawn by the idea of crypto as a pathway to wealth-building outside of traditional financial systems with a long history of racial discrimination and indifference to the needs of low-income communities. But crypto's meltdown over the past year has dealt a blow to that narrative, fueling a debate between those who continue to believe in its future and skeptics who say misleading advertising and celebrity-fueled hype have drawn vulnerable people to a risky and unproven asset class.

Belgium's financial regulator has outlined new crypto advertising laws that require virtual currency firms to include a stark warning about potential risks in their advertisements. 

America's biggest sports event of the year, Super Bowl, will not feature any crypto ads - and FTX is (partly) to blame.

The famous Berliner Fernsehturm tower in Germany's capital was on Saturday decorated with the Bitcoin (BTC) logo - and it wasn't the only iconic monument to be dressed in ₿.

The fate of a Spanish man who was trekking from Madrid to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and reportedly went missing in Iran is still uncertain, with strong suggestions that he is being held in an Iranian detention centre.

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Google saw advertiser pullback in financial services, including the cryptocurrency subcategory, according to the latest earnings call from Google’s parent company, Alphabet.