From Coindesk
Twitter announced Monday that cryptocurrency advertisements would be banned from the website starting Tuesday.Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/twitter-will-ban-crypto-ads-starting-tomorrow/All ads related to initial coin offerings (ICOs), token sales, exchanges and wallet services - excluding public companies listed on major stock markets - will be removed from the site, according to the announcement. A spokesperson said the move is aimed at "ensuring the safety of the Twitter community," according to CNBC.
The social media giant explained:
"We have added a new policy for Twitter Ads relating to a cryptocurrency. Under this new policy, the advertisement of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and token sales will be prohibited globally."
With the recent comments from Jack Dorsey about bitcoin being the single world currency of the future this move surprised me. Although when I think about it, it does go with that principal of bitcoin being the one. If bitcoin is the one then all these other ones can't be.
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