Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai recently talked about his company’s interest in Web3 and blockchain technology. Pichai made these comments last Tuesday (February 1), during Alphabet’s Q4 2021 Earnings Call. According …
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Google creates a blockchain unit and hires a new ‘founding leader’
Following years of tiptoeing around directly involving itself in blockchain projects, tech giant Google is finally looking to get its feet wet. The Alphabet subsidiary has appointed a new executive …
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Former Google engineer: Bitcoin will always be ‘one of the fastest tokens to transact’
The recent DCentral Miami conference brought together some of the cryptocurrency industry’s brightest minds to exchange ideas. Speaking with Kitco News anchor David Lin at the event, former Google engineer and current …
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The former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is now advising Chainlink (LINK)
Oracle infrastructure provider Chainlink Labs has signed Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO, as a strategic advisor. The Chainlink Network secures oracle data feeds that are responsible for triggering and securing more …
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Google’s keyword search data shows interest in NFTs has surged to record highs
Google’s keyword search data shows interest in nonfungible tokens (NFTs) has surged to record levels, with traffic beating out search terms pertinent to many crypto assets ranked among the top …
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Google has invested $1 billion in Bitcoin futures provider CME Group
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. …
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Google partners with digital asset firm Bakkt to make crypto payments more accessible
Digital asset company Bakkt announced a partnership with Tech giant Google on Friday. This project “is to extend the reach and usability of digital assets to meet rapidly evolving consumer demand and …
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Google to remove and ban 8 fake crypto mining apps
A handful of illicit apps were removed and banned from Google’s Play Store after they were determined to be misleading users. According to the security research firm, Trend Micro, more than 120 similar …
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Search giant Google starts running Bitcoin and crypto ads
Google has lifted the ban on ads for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies imposed over three years since March 2018. Starting August 3rd, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency companies can advertise again on the …
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Google’s billions of users now have a radically new search option
Google has been the undisputed king of search for decades, with the meager attempts of Microsoft and the upstart, privacy-focused DuckDuckGo failing to coax many users away. Estimates of Google’s …
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