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