Tech 18 June 2019

New malware impersonates BTC Turk crypto exchange to steal credentials

A new malware takes control of Android phones, and uses all sorts of inventive techniques of stealing a victims crypto.

Tech 17 June 2019

Chainlink partners with Google on blockchain project

Google has teamed up with Chainlink to build a blockchain project capable of bridging their services.

Business 13 June 2019

Square hires former Google director as first member of its crypto team

Square is getting its crypto team started with a big hire, taking a former director from Google to lead the team.

Tech 24 May 2019

Google Play warns customers of fake cryptocurrency apps

Google has caught two apps that were pretending to be popular crypto wallets, one of which was trying to steal user funds.

Tech 6 May 2019

Twitter and Google volume could predict crypto price moves

A new study reveals that social media sentiment means very little to market prices, but the volume of interest could be a pretty strong indicator of where the market will go.

Business 28 February 2019

Coinomi wallet found to send passwords to Google Spellchecker

The Coinomi cryptocurrency wallet is in trouble (again) for not doing a better job of protecting its users (again).

Business 20 February 2019

Bitcoin gets a status symbol by Google

After Google has being slow to warm to cryptocurrencies, the symbol for Bitcoin Core (BTC) has been added to the Google Keyboard.

Business 6 February 2019

Google could be developing a blockchain search engine

Google Cloud senior developer advocate Allen Day is quietly spearheading a project that seeks to incorporate Bitcoin Core (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) blockchains into Google’s BigQuery data platform.

Business 18 January 2019

Google blocking ‘Ethereum’ ads in latest crypto blacklist

Decenter, a smart contract security audit startup based in Belgrade, said it had noticed a “hard stop” on ads containing references to “Ethereum,” including for terms such as “Ethereum security audits.”

Tech 9 January 2019

Samourai wallet disables stealth mode over transparency fears

Samourai Wallet, a Bitcoin Core (BTC)-centric wallet app, has deactivated a number of key features following issues raised by Google over transparency.

Tech 15 November 2018

Target, Google Twitter accounts succumb to crypto scammers

Target and Google’s official G Suite Twitter account were been compromised to promote a scam that offered free Bitcoin Core (BTC).

Tech 2 October 2018

Google looks to provide better protection against crypto malware

Google is implementing a number of changes to how Chrome handles extensions that will enhance its security and customer protection.