Spanish regulators set precedent with crypto ad violations case
The principal financial regulator in Spain, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), has opened the first case on violating crypto promotion rules in the country. As reported in the press release from Nov. 8, CNMV initiated “sanctioning proceedings” against Miolos S.L for two ...
Ava Labs cuts 12% of staff to ‘reallocate resources’ toward expansion
Ava Labs, the team behind the Avalanche Blockchain, has confirmed it laid off 12% of its employees in a recent wave of staff cuts, citing the need to reallocate its resources.The firm’s founder and CEO Emin Gün Sirer confirmed the news on Nov. 7 after several former Ava Labs emp ...
Crypto firms have already breached new UK promo rules 221 times, says FCA
Crypto-promoting firms have breached the United Kingdom’s new crypto marketing rules at least 221 times since coming into force in early October, says the country’s financial regulator. In an Oct. 25 statement, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said since the Oct. 8 cr ...
UK financial watchdog could give crypto firms until January 2024 for marketing compliance
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, has reiterated its warning for all crypto asset firms marketing to users in the country to be in compliance with rules going into effect in October 2023, but added companies could have “more time to implement certain changes&rd ...
Digital marketing will become Web3’s next major use case, says report
The Web3 ecosystem could become the next golden opportunity for digital marketers, with almost 200 companies already thinking deeply about how to utilize the Web3 tech stack.On July 25, Web3 marketing analytics firm Safary released a comprehensive report titled “The Web3 Growth Landscape 2 ...
Web3 has permanently changed how marketing works
My journey into Web3 marketing officially began when I joined ConsenSys as chief marketing officer in 2016, where I built the first Web3 marketing team and helped bring Ethereum as well as the ConsenSys brand and many early Ethereum-based tools and applications to market. During my time at ...
Crypto memes can be considered financial promotions, says UK watchdog
Crypto firms and influencers may need to start slapping disclaimers on crypto memes to stay compliant with advertising laws in the United Kingdom, according to a new proposed guidance from the country's financial regulator.On July 17, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a propos ...
How blockchain is reshaping the entertainment industry — Q&A with EarnTV
In the ever-evolving landscape of entertainment, the convergence of watch-to-earn and blockchain technology is reshaping the way users consume and engage with media content. This dynamic fusion offers a range of possibilities, from rewarding viewers for their time spent watching to creatin ...
JPMorgan Develops IndexGPT, a Neural Network for Various Business Applications
It will be a universal tool from the banking giant It will cover different services and businesses We recently wrote that JPMorgan introduced JPMorgan ChatGPT, a customized version of ChatGPT for tracking market metrics. But the banking giant is not stopping t ...
Study Finds 36% of Cryptocurrency Projects Neglect Content Marketing
According to analyst agency Guerilla Buzz, about 36% of cryptocurrency projects have stopped publishing content for their marketing promotion in 2023. Researchers analyzed about 1,000 crypto projects. The methodology included checking sites for blogs and counting the number ...
Bitget and Core DAO Partner to Launch $200 Million Ecosystem Fund
Bitget, a platform for crypto derivatives and copy trading, has joined forces with Core DAO. The organization behind the Satoshi Plus ecosystem, to create a $200 million ecosystem fund aimed at supporting early-stage decentralized applications (DApps) on the Core Network Layer-1 blockchain. Th ...