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Coinbase released a fantastic musical ad and the tyrannical British government banned it without rhyme or reason!?!?!
THOSE BASTARDS!!
Or did they? Let's take a look at this claim
In ways this is a non story - and the reason I am putting it out there is so that you don't [have] to get lost in all the hype.
Things happened, and what they amounted to depends - which side of the pond are you seeing them from?
If don't have the 10 minutes to check out this clip, then here are some relevant story links you can check out -
This is the tweet that started me on this - https://x.com/Inevitablewest/status/1954620763790598395
If you read the story, you'll see that the word "banned" is sort of a semantic issue. This is what we in the States might well refer to as a "ban" but which, due to a way British ad regulation is set up would definitely not be a ban. But the ad was definitely censored.
For my part, I think Armstrong leveraged this difference to make an entertaining ad go viral, while not completely informing folks. And I could see where an argument could be made that his move was calculated.
Here's the Brian Armstrong tweet cited - https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1952152928044847477
Here's the main story I look at - Exclusive: Coinbase Advert Hasn’t Been Banned in the U.K. -
https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/exclusive-coinbase-advert-hasnt-been-banned-in-the-u-k/
This story from a mainstream source, CNBC - Coinbase’s UK musical ad hits a nerve — sparking debate from crypto fans to founders -
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/04/coinbases-musical-ad-attacking-the-uk-gets-everyone-talking.html
This story fills in a lot of details which might be deemed minutia but are still interesting and informative. Some of the information was already included in the Cryptonews story.
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