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On Jan. 10, Serbia-based smart contract auditing startup Decenter reported that Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has blacklisted keywords mentioning Ethereum (ETH) on its advertising platform, Google Ads.
Google Ads: We can’t confirm that Ethereum is eligible to trigger ads, see our policySpecifically, the startup tweeted that they saw “a hard stop” on Google Ads containing the keyword “Ethereum” starting from Jan. 9. Decenter also tagged the advertising platform’s official account in the tweet, asking whether they had introduced any new policy changes.