Cryptocurrency analyst Davinci Jeremie has had his YouTube channel deleted over unspecified reasons related to community guidelines. This comes as the latest in a string of channel deletions/demonetizations of cryptocurrency educators, and presents an opportunity for the rise of decentralized alternatives.
This week, Jeremie, a cryptocurrency analyst and trader behind trading service [Pandora's Wallet](https://pandoraswallet.com/), [posted on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Davincij15/status/1310937740150747136) that his YouTube channel had been suspended permanently. At time of suspension, the [channel claimed an estimated](https://www.noxinfluencer.com/youtube/channel/UCP0g6ygQkYjmog801YnNqtQ) about 82,000 subscribers and about 5.68 million total views.
#### Crypto YouTubers as frequent censorship/demonetization targets
Jeremie's channel suspension marks the latest in a series of [high-profile channel deletions](https://open.lbry.com/@DigitalCashNetwork:c/purge:1?r=FqowB2QREmrBV4DcLpAWb8cz2K4gYVUV) and demonetizations of cryptocurrency-related content. Naomi Brockwell, Tone Vays, BTC Sessions, Ivan on Tech, [Rodrigo Ambrissi](https://open.lbry.com/@DigitalCashNetwork:c/RodrigoYT:d?r=FqowB2QREmrBV4DcLpAWb8cz2K4gYVUV), [Rice Crypto](https://open.lbry.com/@DigitalCashNetwork:c/Rice:b?r=FqowB2QREmrBV4DcLpAWb8cz2K4gYVUV), and [Ben Swann](https://open.lbry.com/@DigitalCashNetwork:c/Ben-Swann:f?r=FqowB2QREmrBV4DcLpAWb8cz2K4gYVUV) have all experienced censorship or demonetization in some form recently. In many cases these creators may rely on income from their YouTube channel to supplement their livelihood.
#### The rapid rise of viable YouTube alternatives
The recent growth in restrictive actions taken by YouTube has led to a surge in popularity of alternatives, including decentralized or otherwise structurally censorship-resistant platforms. Popular alternative video site [BitChute](https://www.similarweb.com/website/bitchute.com/#overview) has grown from about 15.4 million monthly visitors in March to about 31.6 million in August. [LBRY.tv](https://www.similarweb.com/website/lbry.tv/#overview), a web portal for the LBRY decentralized protocol, grew from about 960,000 visitors in March to about 4.05 million in August. The LBRY team also [released Odysee](https://odysee.com/@DigitalCashNetwork:c/odysee:e?r=FqowB2QREmrBV4DcLpAWb8cz2K4gYVUV), a new web portal for the same content targeted at attracting less technical users, this month in a bid to provide a more directly-targeted YouTube competitor.
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