Facebook is lifting its ban on cryptocurrency ads which went into effect in January. After months of evaluation, the company decided to allow some crypto ads on its platform. Advertisers must submit a request form with details of their businesses and the types of crypto content to be promoted.

Facebook Unbans Crypto Ads

Facebook's Product Management Director, Rob Leathern, posted updates Tuesday to the company's "prohibited financial products and services policy."

In January, Facebook announced the policy to "prohibit ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices, such as binary options, initial coin offerings, and cryptocurrency," Leathern explained. "This policy is intentionally broad while we work to better detect deceptive and misleading advertising practices… We will revisit this policy and how we enforce it as our signals improve."

Citing that the company has been studying the best way to refine this policy over the past few months "to allow some ads while also working to ensure that they're safe," he elaborated:

Starting June 26, we'll be updating our policy to allow ads that promote cryptocurrency and related content from pre-approved advertisers. But we'll continue to prohibit ads that promote binary options and initial coin offerings.

Which Ads are Allowed?

Leathern clarified that there are some restrictions so not all ads will be allowed. "We'll listen to feedback, look at how well this policy works and continue to study this technology so that, if necessary, we can revise it over time," he wrote, adding: