Sounds like a trivial thing but with the ad not inviting people to buy crypto, a disclaimer would be awkward, too.
I agree it's dubious, but first, there is such a thing as the advertising standards authority (at least there used to be, years ago) and plenty of ads get censored or banned. Second, it's Brian Armstrong himself I'm getting this from:
https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1952152928044847477
, but I don't know if there are any other sources. To me it's not totally implausible but I agree it shouldn't be taken as anwhere near fact without something more solid.
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Ah cool, thanks for finding it. A curious case indeed, which is less surprising considering how completely out of the ordinary this ad is.
Coinbase wanted this to happen, so they could generate publicity via this "ban" narrative
If they really want to see it on national TV, they should just produce one with the obligatory disclaimer. If not, they probably didn't want this to begin with.
My guess is that more people have seen it thanks to this "ban" then would have seen it otherwise
And, if Coinbase thinks I'm wrong, they're still free to edit the disclaimer in and get it on TV anyway
more people maybe but certainly different people than on TV. And the ad is aimed at no-coiners I would say.
Fair point. Indeed, it's a bit strange that they didn't do that to begin with. Something is not quite right in the story, it's murky.