Google Cloud to Let Users Pay With Bitcoin, Ethereum

Internet behemoth Google said today that it would accept cryptocurrency payments for cloud services via Coinbase

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Google Cloud will integrate with Coinbase Commerce to start accepting cryptocurrency payments from a "handful" of clients.

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"Data-related apps" are anticipated to be transferred from Amazon Web Services' cloud to Google's via Coinbase Commerce..

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The agreement's details have not yet been made public.

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Ten cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and Tether, are presently supported via Coinbase Commerce.

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Google has kept its cards close to its chest in the Web3 arms race, in contrast to Facebook, which changed its name to Meta last year.

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The team is constructing a "huge bridge" for cross-chain interoperability, according to Richard Widmann,

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Widmann, Google's head of strategy, Web3, and cloud, labeled his business a "layer zero" for blockchain

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