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India's Crypto Advertising Guidelines Are Out
The primary guideline requires all ads involving virtual digital assets to include a specific disclaimer.
By Amitoj Singh
Updated May 11, 2023, 3:56 p.m. Published Feb 23, 2022, 5:20 a.m.
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The Advertising Stands Council of India (ASCI) has released guidelines for crypto or virtual digital assets related advertisements, which will be applicable on or after April 1. Earlier advertisements must not appear in the public domain unless they comply with the new guidelines after April 15, 2022.
The ASCI said it held extensive consultations "with different stakeholders including government and the virtual digital asset industry" to frame the guidelines.
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- The primary guideline requires all ads for VDA (virtual digital asset) products and VDA exchanges or featuring VDAs to carry the following disclaimer: “Crypto products and [non-fungible tokens] are unregulated and can be highly risky. There may be no regulatory recourse for any loss from such transactions.”
- According to the guidelines, the words “currency,” “securities,” “custodian” and “depositories” may not be used in advertisements of VDA products or services because consumers associate these terms with regulated products.
- The guidelines also mandate the cost or profitability of VDA products shall contain clear, accurate, sufficient and updated information. For example, “zero cost” will need to include all costs that the consumer might reasonably associate with the offer or transaction.
- The guidelines include a requirement that "returns for periods of less than 12 months shall not be included" in advertisements in order to make sure that "information on past performance shall not be provided in any partial or biased manner."
- India's advertising watchdog stated that several of the current crypto-related advertisements "do not adequately disclose the risks associated with such products."
- In November India Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting to consider regulatory prospects of cryptocurrencies. At that meeting, according to reports, a strong consensus was reached to stop "attempts to mislead the youth through over-promising and non-transparent advertising."
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