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 gains represent almost the entire crypto market cap.$282B Gained In A Day By 7 US CompaniesGreen dominated most tech-oriented stocks on Wall...
Read More »Google Relocates Business From A BPO After Employees Caught In A BTC Scam
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 ScamThe business process outsourcing (BPO) company Sykes confirmed earlier this month that several employees had been involved in illegal activities.“We serve many of the world’s largest brands with the highest levels of...
Read More »Google Searches For Buy Crypto At Highest Point Since January 2018
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 HighAccording to Google trends, “buy crypto” searches reached an all-time high rather expectedly during the parabolic price increase of late 2017 and early 2018. As the market was...
Read More »Google BTC-Related Searches Down to Weakest Point Since 2019
Interest in bitcoin is waning, according to the latest Google searches.Is Google Interest in BTC Falling?According to statistics from Google Trends, there haven’t been that many searches on the term “bitcoin” as of late. In fact, these and related searches are at their lowest points since December of last year, which is right before bitcoin began its meteoric rise past the $10,000 mark (it attained this figure in February).The situation presents something of a catch 22 in the sense that while...
Read More »LG Electronics tritt Hedera Blockhain-Gremium bei
Der Beitritt zum Verwaltungsgremium ermöglicht es LG, die Grenzen von Blockchain zu überwinden und die bevorstehende Ära schneller, fairer und sicherer Anwendungen einzuleiten LG Electronics Inc. (LG) und Hedera Hashgraph, eine Plattform für Distributed-Ledger-Technologie (DLT) im Unternehmensbereich, gaben heute bekannt, dass LG dem Hedera Governing Council beigetreten ist. Das Gremium, gegründet, um ein besonders dezentralisiertes...
Read More »Google Cloud Becomes an Enterprise Validator Node In THETA’s Mainnet 2.0
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 LabsPer the announcement, the tech giant has become the newest member of Theta’s Enterprise Validator Program. Thus, Google Cloud has joined the likes of blockchain-based companies such as gumi, Blockchain Ventures, and the...
Read More »Google Trends Reveals: The Most Awkward Inverse Correlation to Bitcoin
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 of Chinese wheat noodles served in a fish or meat-based broth, typically flavored...
Read More »Demand On The Rise? ‘Buy Bitcoin’ Surges On Google Trends Ahead Of The Halving
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 IncreasesSignificant attention is heading Bitcoin’s way, as can be seen on Google trends. “Buy Bitcoin” searches have increased to the highest point since April 2018.Buy Bitcoin Google Searches...
Read More »Google Gets Rid of Nearly 50 Malicious Crypto Chrome Apps
In a world where crypto theft appears to be running rampant, Google is taking the steps necessary to ensure digital currency users can keep their money where it belongs… in their own wallets.Google Fights Crypto CrimeGoogle has recently announced the removal of just under 50 separate Chrome extensions from its web store. These extensions posed as legitimate cryptocurrency wallet applications, but in fact contained hacker code that caused all funds and login data stored within them to be...
Read More »Opinion: We Need A Blockchain COVID-19 Tracker So We Don’t Have To Trust Google and Apple
Google and Apple are working together to create a COVID-19 tracking app. While they emphasize the technology would be opt-in only and protect users’ privacy, we’ll just have to trust them on that. But can we really trust Silicon Valley tech giants, or even the U.S. government to respect our privacy? Both marketers and the police state would likely find the information gathered by this app very lucrative. Like so much oil underneath a field in Texas, all that data would be sitting on servers...
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