GOOGLE PLANS TO BAN ICOs ADVERTISEMENT Google has said it will change its financial product policy in June this year, a move that will see advertisements related to cryptocurrency effectively banned. In a blog post published Tuesday, the firm indicated that it will change its existing financial product restriction list in June this year, blacklisting ad content "including but not limited to initial coin offerings (ICO), cryptocurrency exchanges, cryptocurrency wallets, and cryptocurrency trading advice." "Such ads will no longer be allowed to serve," the blog reads. The restriction will apply both to Google's proprietary and affiliated advertisement platforms. The move comes just a month after social media giant Facebook also anouced that it would enforce a similar policy that bans advertisements involving bitcoin and initial coin offerings in bid to prevent cryptocurrency-related promotions that may deceive investors. While Google ...