Digital assets platform Fireblocks has announced integrating Google Cloud’s Confidential Space into its offering to boost the security of customer assets. This move aims to address a crucial need for businesses to manage private keys securely. By leveraging Google Cloud’s Confidential Space, Fireblocks ensures that private keys are never fully accessible to any single party,...Read More
Reports have emerged that bad actors allegedly tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group executed a complex cyberattack that used a fake NFT-based game to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome. According to the report, the vulnerability ultimately allowed the attackers to access people’s crypto wallets. Exploiting Chrome’s Zero-Day Flaw Kaspersky Labs security analysts Boris...Read More
A sponsored Google ad claiming to promote Sony’s blockchain project, Soneium, has been exposed as a crypto wallet drainer. This incident adds to the growing threat of wallet drainers that have plagued the crypto space. Google Ad Scam Targets Soneium’s Users In a post shared on October 22 via X by blockchain security firm Scam...Read More
WalletConnect has warned crypto users about a fake app previously available on the Google Play Store. In a September 29 post on X, the organization behind the open-source protocol that enables secure connections between crypto wallets and decentralized applications (dApps) said the offending app has since been removed from Google Play, but not before it...Read More
Worldwide internet searches for Bitcoin have fallen to bear market lows, remarkably, this is despite asset prices topping $71,000 this week. Search interest in Bitcoin rose in March when the asset hit an all-time high but has since fallen back to 2023 levels, according to Google Trends. Bitcoin price has come completely untethered from search...Read More
Public interest in the ‘Bitcoin halving’ is gaining steam as Google searches for the term have now risen to their highest level in history. According to Google Trends data, interest in the term began steadily ramping up at the start of 2024. Beginning with a score of 9 in January, interest in the “bitcoin halving’...Read More
American tech giant Google recently filed a lawsuit against two developers for uploading almost 90 fraudulent crypto investment applications on its online store, Google Play, which they used to defraud unsuspecting victims. Despite the company’s previous attempts to take down fraudulent apps from its Play Store, the alleged scammers found a way to upload more...Read More
Google has expanded its native support for Ethereum wallet balances to include Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains. This development was revealed by former ENS core team member Brantly Millegan through a post on X. Google Expands Functionality to ENS Domains The Ethereum Name Service, commonly known as ENS, provides human-readable domains such as example.eth, which...Read More
On Monday, January 29, Google is set to update its advertising policies to allow select cryptocurrency products to be promoted on its main search engine. The revised guidelines are expected to significantly impact spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with industry insiders speculating that they may align well with the updated criteria. Google’s Policy Update The...Read More
Wallet drainers are a type of scam that generally operates by cloning a legitimate website, fooling the target into providing their crypto wallet credentials, and then executing a smart contract that sends the users’ funds to bad actors. 🚨1/ Alert: A ‘Wallet Drainer’ has been linked to phishing campaigns on Google search and X ads,...Read More
As Bitcoin emerges as the top-performing asset in 2023, it has garnered endorsement from major Wall Street players such as BlackRock, who are actively working to integrate cryptocurrencies into the financial mainstream. This indicates that the extended Crypto Winter has indeed come to an end, but it seems that retail participants are falling behind. Retail...Read More
On Dec. 6, the firm formerly known as Facebook announced a raft of AI-focused updates to its social media and messaging platforms. “We’re testing more than 20 new ways generative AI can improve your experiences across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp,” the firm said in a blog post. It is also upgrading Meta AI, its...Read More
Space and Time, a data warehousing player, announced that it will enable its novel zero-knowledge (ZK) proof for SQL operations to work with Google Cloud’s warehouse, BigQuery. Dubbed ‘Proof of SQL,’ Space and Time’s new ZK protocol, will enable developers leveraging BigQuery to cryptographically confirm query results were computed accurately and on untampered data. BitQuery...Read More
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, Web3 stands as a beacon of innovation, poised to redefine how we interact with the digital world. Unlike its predecessor, Web2, which primarily focused on user-generated content and social networking, Web3 places decentralization at its core. It leverages blockchain technology to empower users with greater control over their...Read More
Enthusiasm for the highly anticipated U.S.-centered bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has grown, as evidenced by a notable rise in Google searches related to this revolutionary financial offering. This comes as retail investors and enthusiasts closely monitor developments surrounding the potential launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF early next year. Growing Interest in Spot Bitcoin ETFs...Read More
Google Cloud announced that its BigQuery service expanded its data warehouse capabilities by incorporating a total of 11 blockchain networks. These newly integrated networks are – Avalanche, Arbitrum, Cronos, Ethereum’s Görli testnet, Fantom, Near, Optimism, Polkadot, Polygon’s mainnet, Polygon’s Mumbai testnet, and Tron. According to the official announcement, Google Cloud’s decision to include an additional...Read More
Retool, a prominent software development company, has recently revealed that 27 of its cloud customers fell prey to a targeted SMS-based phishing attack. The breach has raised concerns about the security of cloud synchronization features, particularly Google Authenticator’s cloud sync. Retool Falls Prey to Targeted SMS Phishing Attack The Aug. 27 attack began with a...Read More
Google appears to be taking money from fraudsters and facilitating crypto scams. These are the findings from DeFiLlama researcher “0xngmi,” who reported that scammers are buying ads for proper crypto websites on Google, but… When users click on them, “they get sent to an ad network to track the click, but that network redirects to...Read More
Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the cloud unit of the e-commerce giant – said it will distribute $100 million for a center to help entities employ generative artificial intelligence (AI). Microsoft and Google – two other giant corporations – have made even bigger investments in AI. AWS’ CEO Adam Selipsky revealed the plans in a...Read More
Google Cloud announced plans to assist Web3 startups and projects to build and scale faster and more securely. The new offering expands on the existing initiative called – “Google for Startups Cloud Program” by including additional Web3-specific benefits. The Initiative According to the official press release, eligible Web3 technology projects and startups from pre-seed to...Read More
A recent document filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware revealed that FTX’s creditors consist of over 9.7 million companies and individuals. Some of the most famous entities include the likes of Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Netflix, Microsoft, and more. Who Got Burned? One of the darkest moments in crypto’s...Read More
Rishi Ramchandani – a former executive at the bankrupt crypto platform BlockFi – became the APAC Web3 Lead of Google. The world’s largest search engine argued earlier this year that Web3 is a market that demonstrates “tremendous potential” and established a dedicated team. Finding Shelter in Google In a recent post on LinkedIn, Ramchandani said he...Read More
Ethereum (ETH) was on an absolute rampage to finish October with 20% 7D gains and record ETH short liquidations. Adding to the Web3 blockchain’s tailwinds, Alphabet Inc.’s Google just unveiled Blockchain Node Engine with support for Ethereum. In Blockchain Node Engine, Google boasts a fully managed node-hosting service for Web3 developers. Google Cloud touts Cloud...Read More
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, experienced a decline in revenue in part due to reduced spending in cryptocurrency advertising as a result of the ongoing bear market. A slowdown in crypto ads is yet another contraction in the digital asset space brought on by the year-long bear market. Crypto Winter Contributed to Google’s Missed Earnings The...Read More
The US multinational tech giant said it chose Coinbase to allow certain customers to pay for cloud services starting next year. This will be enabled by integrating the Coinbase Commerce service, Google said. Citing the announcement made during Google’s Cloud Next conference, the CNBC report noted that the move is expected to see the light...Read More
Google Cloud and BNB Chain are joining forces to accelerate the growth of web 3 startups. BNB chain developers can now leverage Google Cloud infrastructure to help scale their applications and access other forms of technical support. According to a press release from Binance, BNB Chain will now enable “accelerated access” to the Google for...Read More
Sam Padilla – a Web3 Customer Engineer at Google – said the world’s largest search engine launched a countdown clock that shows when exactly Ethereum’s Merge will be complete. The second-biggest cryptocurrency protocol is on its way to shifting from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS), something unseen in the industry so far. The move is...Read More
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee – has sent a letter to the chief executives of Apple and Google demanding a response to fake crypto investing apps circulating in their respective stores. The App Problem As the announcement details, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned this month that fake...Read More
CryptoCom – a leading North American cryptocurrency exchange – has launched its new in-app Google Pay purchase feature. This will allow users to purchase cryptocurrency more quickly through their Android devices through Google Pay. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, users may take advantage of the feature so long as their debit/credit card...Read More
Google filed a trademark application titled “Non-Fungible Planet” on Monday – reminiscent of the trending Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) sphere of the crypto industry. However, the application appears unrelated to such items, and is focused instead on education about climate change. The filing includes the stated goal of “providing information in the areas of environmental protection,...Read More
