Prominent Bitcoin and crypto analyst Tone Vays says his YouTube account has been terminated.<\/p>\n
Vays, a former Bear Stearns risk analyst and vice president at JP Morgan Chase, says his account was taken down shortly after he received a warning on one of his videos.<\/p>\n
The popular trader alerted his 201,000 followers on Twitter on Thursday, and the former home of his YouTube channel now displays a 404 Not Found error.<\/p>\n
So that escalated quickly. From a single video warning to the ENTIRE CHANNEL Being taken down by YouTube. If @TeamYouTube cant resolve this, might be a career change in the near future. Will just trade during the day and have a nutrition @ytcreators channels at night.<\/p>\n
I highly doubt any review by @TeamYouTube took place as the YouTube channel got taken down an hour after the initial warning and 30 minutes after my appeal. But if this it for my @ytcreators channel, then it is what it is, was fun while it lasted.<\/p>\n
Cryptocurrency supporters on YouTube have reported an increasing number of issues on the platform in recent months, with videos being removed and channels receiving strikes without warning.<\/p>\n
In December, hundreds of Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-related videos were suddenly removed in a sweeping crackdown across dozens of channels.<\/p>\n
However, those videos were eventually restored and a YouTube spokesperson said the worlds leading video-sharing platform made the wrong call by flagging content from crypto YouTube creators as harmful.<\/p>\n
So far, YouTube has not commented on exactly why it terminated Vayss account, saying only that he violated the platforms terms of service.<\/p>\n
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