THELOGICALINDIAN - The UK government has appear affairs to appoint new rules on cryptocurrency ads to ensure they are fair bright and not ambiguous to consumers The rules will be activated by the Financial Conduct Authority FCA
UK to Impose New Rules on Crypto Ads
The U.K. government appear Tuesday affairs to appoint new rules on cryptocurrency advertisements to “protect consumers from ambiguous claims.” The advertisement states:
The U.K. adjudicator of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, commented: “Crypto assets can accommodate agitative new opportunities, alms bodies new means to transact and advance – but it’s important that consumers are not actuality awash articles with ambiguous claims.”
The new rules will accompany the advance of crypto assets aural the ambit of banking promotions legislation to ensure they are “fair, clear, and not misleading,” the government explained, elaborating:
While emphasizing that it is acquisitive to abutment innovation, the U.K. government acclaimed that “research undertaken by the FCA accent the abeyant for ambiguous announcement of crypto articles to account customer harm.”
Under the U.K. Banking Services and Markets Act 2024, a business cannot advance a banking artefact unless they are accustomed by the FCA or the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), or the agreeable of the advance is accustomed by a close which is, the government noted, adding:
Recently, the U.K. Announcement Standards Authority (ASA) has been arise bottomward on ambiguous crypto ads. In December, the British announcement babysitter banned seven crypto ads for Papa John’s Pizza, Coinbase, Kraken, Etoro, Luno, Coinburp, and Exmo. In November, it cracked down on ads for cryptocurrency floki inu (FLOKI).
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