Google is integrating Polymarket and Kalshi prediction information into Search and Google Finance, giving customers real-time insights into future occasion chances. Polymarket and Kalshi lead the booming prediction market sector, now valued at US$9B (AU$13.86B) and US$5B (AU$7.7B) respectively. The mixing displays Google’s broader AI-driven technique to mix monetary searchContinue Reading
Google has launched an open-source payments protocol for AI applications, covering cards and stablecoins. Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation, American Express, Salesforce, and over 60 firms contributed to the project. The initiative builds on Google’s Agent2Agent system, extending it to financial transactions. Google has announced the launch of a new open-sourceContinue Reading
Google Cloud is developing its own Layer-1 blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), specifically for banks and financial institutions to compete with platforms from companies like Circle and Stripe. The GCUL will be a neutral, Python-based smart contract platform, with Google Cloud’s Rich Widmann arguing that this neutrality willContinue Reading
According to Google Trends, search interest for “altcoin” and “Ethereum” has hit multi-year highs, with altcoin searches at a five-year peak and Ethereum searches at a two-year peak. This surge in retail interest coincides with a dip in Bitcoin’s dominance, which has historically signaled the start of a broader altcoinContinue Reading
