Google Cloud, Google’s online data storage services division, is increasingly focusing on decentralized technologies and announced the creation of a team to focus on building products on the blockchain. There are already other initiatives currently using blockchain technology to offer cloud storage with Filecoin and Sia at the forefront. Both use a blockchain protocol to...Read More
Tech mogul Google is reportedly considering to further its involvement in the field of cryptocurrencies. Google, one of the world’s biggest companies and the leading search engine, is considering to allow users to store cryptocurrencies in digital cards. According to the Bloomberg report, the company has also hired Arnold Goldberg to spearhead its payments division. Goldberg was...Read More
CME Futures, the futures-exchange giant that offers regulated bitcoin services, has secured a massive investment from Google worth $1 billion aiming to transfer its core trading systems to the cloud. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, and informs that the tech giant will provide its cloud services to CME to “power...Read More
Google’s Threat Analysis Group revealed that cybercriminals have been targeting YouTube content creators in phishing campaigns for the last two years. The bad actors often hijack their channels and either sell them back for a higher price or employ them to broadcast digital asset scams. YouTubers, Stay Alert In its report, Google’s team explained that...Read More
Digital asset marketplace Bakkt has partnered with Google to expand the usability of cryptocurrency. Thus, users will soon be able to add their Bakkt Visa Debit Card directly into Google Pay. Google Pay Meets The Bakkt Card As outlined in a press release from BusinessWire, users can soon spend Bakkt Card crypto funds directly from...Read More
The Cloud arm of the world’s largest search engine has partnered with Dapper Labs – a blockchain-based company that developed the NBA Top Shot marketplace. Google Could will provide the necessary support to help scale Dapper’s Flow blockchain. As reported by Forbes on September 14th, Google has decided to make its first steps in the...Read More
Earlier in June, Google revealed that it would update its Financial products and services policy to once again allow cryptocurrency businesses to advertise through its search engine. Now, the changes take effect. As CryptoPotato reported earlier in June, Google had revealed that they plan to update the Financial products and services policy. Yesterday, the update kicked in,...Read More
Google has lifted its ban on cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallets, prohibiting them from using Google’s advertisement service, a policy that lasted almost three years. According to the document, Google will update its Financial products and services policy in August to further clarify cryptocurrency exchanges about all the requirements needed to allow advertisement through the...Read More
Polygon, the Ethereum layer-2 solution formerly known as Matic Network, announced today its blockchain datasets will be integrated on Google Cloud. Polygon Coming to Google Cloud The initiative aims to provide developers, data analysts, and crypto-enthusiasts with a better understanding of the Polygon blockchain. Google’s BigQuery would ensure that query and in-depth analysis of Polygon’s...Read More
After a threat of a lawsuit for displaying Bitcoin scams, The Guardian Australia launched an investigation to determine the nature of the increasing number of similar fraudulent activities. It concluded that there’s a group of fraudsters operating a massive global enterprise based in Moscow, Russia. Global BTC Scam Organization Revealed CryptoPotato reported in early October...Read More
Bears are circling as bitcoin hit all time highs again on Tuesday. Is this 2017 all over again? Google data shows no hint of retail FOMO in BTC/USD. Bitcoin hit multiple record highs this week, prompting “FOMO” or “fear of missing out” calls from some analysts. If there is euphoria in the crypto market it’s...Read More
Google trends data suggests that the worldwide interest in DeFi has been continuously declining since early September. Although the TVL remains high, the question arises if the decreasing interest has something to do with the growing number of screw-ups in the field. DeFi Interest Drops? The start of the new century brought a new trend...Read More
Software and EOS developer Block.one announced the news of Google Cloud joining the community via a blog post published earlier today, on Oct. 6. According to the announcement, apart from joining the network, Google Cloud is also aiming to become a BP on the chain. The decision to allow Google Cloud to become a BP...Read More
Although Bitcoin has been trading mostly in the five-digit territory for the past two months, the retail interest towards the asset seems to be declining. Data from Google Trends reveals that the “Bitcoin” searches are at their lowest levels since the COVID-19 crisis emerged during March 2020. Bitcoin and Google Trends 2020 Edition The Google...Read More
Seven US-based giant companies, namely Facebook Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc, Tesla Inc, and Salesforce.com Inc, gained nearly $300 billion in total market cap during yesterday’s trading session on Wall Street. This only goes to show how small the digital asset field is compared to the giants, as their one-day combined...Read More
After receiving a confirmation that a few employees of the Cebu operations of BPO firm Sykes have engaged in Bitcoin scams, the American tech giant Google has pulled out outsourcing business from the Philippines-based company branch. Google Pulls Out After A BTC-related Scam The business process outsourcing (BPO) company Sykes confirmed earlier this month that...Read More
Google trends data reveals that the number of “buy crypto” searches has exploded worldwide in the past few weeks to a two-year high. Simultaneously, the “buy Bitcoin” searches, which jumped prior to the 2020 halving and decreased immediately after, have increased since late July. Buy Crypto Searches To A Two-Year High According to Google trends,...Read More
The blockchain video streaming network Theta Labs announced today that Google Cloud had joined its Enterprise Validator Program (EVP). Interestingly, this partnership coincides with Theta’s Mainnet 2.0 launch scheduled to take place also today. Google Cloud And Theta Labs Per the announcement, the tech giant has become the newest member of Theta’s Enterprise Validator Program....Read More
While most community members are focused on exploring the correlations between Bitcoin and traditional financial assets, Google Trends indicated rather compelling inverse correlations involving the primary cryptocurrency and some popular culinary dishes. Firstly, a digital asset proponent brought up BTC’s comparison with the traditional Japanese dish – Ramen. Literally translated as “pulled noodles,” it consists...Read More
Days before the third-ever Bitcoin halving, the interest towards the primary cryptocurrency has surged, according to Google trends. The phrase “buy Bitcoin” is getting very close to the previous two-year high levels of June 2019’s bull-run and the March 12 dump of this year. Buy Bitcoin Search Volume Increases Significant attention is heading Bitcoin’s way,...Read More
The exciting start of 2020, in terms of price action, has brought serious retail attention to the cryptocurrency market. Google Trends data shows that Bitcoin and altcoin searches are recording their highest levels since August of 2019. Bitcoin Price Drives Attention The largest digital asset began the year trading at $7,170. At the time of...Read More
The legendary investor Warren Buffett and his firm Berkshire Hathaway knew about Google way ago. They had direct information early on about how lucrative its business would be but decided to pass on investing in the Internet search giant. Buffett says he’s really regretting that decision now. Google has become one of the very few...Read More
The U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has hired a former Google executive as a new Chief Product Officer (CPO). After over a month since the previous CPO left the company, the popular exchange has replaced him with Surojit Chatterjee. Coinbase Hires A New CPO In December last year, Jeremy Henrickson left his position at the...Read More
Bitcoin sees the highest attention in the past 5 months according to data by Google Trends. The world’s leading cryptocurrency has been making strides amid retail investors once again, as its price keeps going on rollercoasters regularly since the beginning of the year. Interest In Bitcoin Highest Since September 2019 Bitcoin’s price has been particularly...Read More
This article considers the legal implications of Youtube’s notorious purge of crypto channels on Christmas Eve. What legal context induces Youtube and other social media giants to operate as they do? The article does not explore whether it is morally proper to terminate a contract without cause or explanation and to threaten people’s livelihoods; it...Read More
Similar to how it’s restored some crypto Youtube channels after a lot of pushback from the crypto community, Google has now restored Metamask to the Play Store. Either the tech giant is sensitive to claims of hurting innovation and competition or it is simply not ready yet to enforce a ban on dapp browsers, as...Read More
After ending 2019 with bad news of being banned on Google Play, Ethereum crypto wallet and dApp platform, MetaMask, managed to make a comeback on January 1st, 2020. Google Reverses Decision The Ethereum ecosystem saw a small setback in the last week of 2019 after Google decided to ban the Android client of MetaMask from...Read More
Soon after Google-owned Youtube has swung the strikes hammer against video content creators that talked about cryptocurrency-related topics, another arm of the search monopoly has taken down a popular ethereum dapps client. Also Read: Youtube ‘Christmas Purge’ Has Content Creators Pointing to These Alternate Platforms Metamask Kicked out of Google Play Store Google Play, the...Read More
The MetaMask app has been suspended from the Google Play Store. Citing concerns that the app mined on user devices, this is the second time this week that Google censors cryptocurrency ecosystems hosted on its platforms. MetaMask is an Ethereum wallet that includes advanced features to interact with dApps and other non-transactional uses. In a...Read More
Google’s YouTube has frequently attacked content creators and crypto channels are now feeling the brunt. | Source: Shutterstock YouTube’s cryptocurrency onslaught worsened over Christmas. Creators face permanent expulsion from the platform as they accumulate community guidelines strikes. Some have claimed responsibility for the attack, but the truth remains obscured. YouTube’s onslaught against cryptocurrency content creators...Read More
