“Customers face the very actual chance of dropping all their invested cash in the event that they purchase these property,” the three EU authorities mentioned in an announcement.
It marks a racheting up of direct warnings to customers about cryptoassets by EU authorities, spelling out that buyers haven’t any protections or recourse to compensation beneath current EU monetary companies legislation.
Regulators are more and more nervous that extra customers are shopping for 17,000 totally different cryptoassets, together with bitcoin and ether, which account for 60% of the market, with out being totally conscious of the dangers, the regulators mentioned.
“Customers must be alert to the dangers of deceptive ads, together with by way of social media and influencers. Customers must be notably cautious of promised quick or excessive returns, particularly those who look too good to be true,” the assertion mentioned.
Customers also needs to pay attention to that power consumption for producing some cryptoassets is excessive and the environmental influence this has, the assertion mentioned.
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