Apple Updates Crypto Currency Aspects Of App Store Review Guidelines

Apple's App Store Review Guidelines have been updated to address various aspects of crypto currency. Some of the relevant provisions include the following.

One of the provisions relates to prevents an app from including ads that run background processes such as crypto mining. This is a tactic that has arisen, unbeknownst to many users. The relevant provision recites:

2.4.2 Design your app to use power efficiently. Apps should not rapidly drain battery, generate excessive heat, or put unnecessary strain on device resources. Apps, including any third party advertisements displayed within them, may not run unrelated background processes, such as cryptocurrency mining.

Another whole section is focused solely on Cryptocurrencies. This sections impose limitations on crypto wallets, prohibit on device mining, permit apps that facilitate crypto exchange transactions as long as the transaction is done on an approved exchange, specify that apps facilitating ICOs must come