Google Considers Allowing Users to Store Crypto in Digital Cards (Report)

January 19, 2022
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Tech mogul Google is reportedly considering to further its involvement in the field of cryptocurrencies.

Google, one of the world’s biggest companies and the leading search engine, is considering to allow users to store cryptocurrencies in digital cards.
According to the Bloomberg report, the company has also hired Arnold Goldberg to spearhead its payments division.
Goldberg was previously the VP of Merchant Product and Technology at payments processing giant PayPal.
The company has some ties to the crypto industry but nothing too definitive until now. As CryptoPotato reported earlier in 2021, Alphabet – Google’s parent company, invested $1 billion in the futures exchange CME which is one of the leading providers of institutional-grade BTC futures.

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