For the uninitiated, Coinbase — a cryptocurrency exchange — ran a 60 second spot that featured a QR code bouncing around in a way reminiscent of old DVD screensavers. It was a roaring success.

Coinbase's ad for its cryptocurrency exchange site featured one long shot of a QR code (a type of barcode that can be scanned by smartphones) floating around the screen like a classic screensaver. But ...

While Coinbase got more than 20 million of you to scan a QR code during the Super Bowl, we don't need advertisers normalizing scammer behaviors. Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of ...

Every Super Bowl is defined by its commercials, and this year, one of the clips that had everyone talking was predictably related to cryptocurrency exchange. Coinbase's 60-second spot was simple. A ...