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The System Has Been Updated

I’ve been seeing this new ad from Coinbase these past few days and love it. Made by independent agency Isle of Any, this spot has on-point animation, a banging track, and a great concept that plays with the Blue Screen of Death.

I found this one article about it from Little Black Book:

“Crypto is fundamentally updating the financial system," says Toby Treyer-Evans, co-founder of Isle of Any, speaking with LBB. "So, to us it felt like an interesting place to start for the campaign, both as a film idea and as a way to play with the viewer and send a message. When you see it on TV, in the context of other advertising, it’s deliberately arresting… and blue being Coinbase’s brand colour is just one of those lovely coming togethers.”
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