Google Finance adds Crypto tab

[magneto]

Who else remembers the time time when they banned word bitcoin from youtube?

Ironic, isn't it?

And it isn't just Google either - we have seen a complete reversal in attitude from several influential global firms in regards to crypto.

It's no surprise that investment is flooding into developing these gadgets, products and new services now that the crypto boom is in full swing. Google is not doing this because they like the concept of decentralisation - don't get it twisted. They are simply here to capitalise off potential profits while the bull market is still running.

Wait until the bear market swings by and you'll see everyone's true colours. But hey, for now, I'll enjoy being able to get live quotations into my Google Sheets at least.

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[arallmuus]

And now they surrender. Bitcoin/crypto won.

Its not like Google 'surrender' because adding crypto tab in google finance benefit them as well. Google is pretty much giving what most of their user wants because Crypto is a definitely top search for 2020 and early 2021 so yeah its understandable.

But on a second thought, I feel this is not necessary because this will increase sentiment about crypto correlation with trade stock. People will always want to compate the two market whenak8ng decisions which is not healthy for cryptocurrency.

It works both ways because some people might not even know what crypto is and with this new crypto tab, it will atleast spark some interest from people that read it for the first time.

I found out about crypto when I was skimming through some HYIP ads then found out interesting words in their payment system. That word was "Bitcoin Accepted". Thats how I got to know about crypto

[coin-investor]

As of now, they only have 4 cryptocurrencies in the list but this is already a good initial step from their end. It means, they are already recognizing the presence of crypto in the financial market. Soon, we will be seeing more alts in their list. To those individuals that are still considering crypto as fraud, now, they may re-think about it, because google finance will not include crypto if it is fraud.

With trillion market cap and adopted by PayPal and getting the attention of Elon Musk how can they treat it as a fraud, it's hard to ignore what Cryptocurrency has achieved in just a short period of time, and besides people will soon ask why they are not adding Cryptocurrency when almost everybody are already here now.

[Darker45]

As Elon Musk once said, “In hindsight, it was inevitable.”

There will be resistance at first. That's the normal reaction to something new, strange, and disruptive. It is comfortable being with the status quo, with the one people are very familiar with. But nothing can stop change, not even the powerful Google.

If it's Bitcoin's time, it will be its time. And I think the time is ripe for Bitcoin. And we are seeing a lot of critics turning over a new leaf. We're seeing a lot of doubters and even opponents becoming Bitcoin fans.

[Lucius]

And now they surrender. Bitcoin/crypto won.

Do you really think Bitcoin won the war, or maybe it just won one battle? It’s one thing to really believe in something, and quite another to want to use it for your own self-interest. All those who have ignored Bitcoin in recent years, or spoken negatively in that context, now see an opportunity to make money and don’t want to miss that opportunity - and Google is no exception.

It's amazing that no one has noticed or commented on which shitcoin Google also promotes - but it's just proof that most people look at the very narrow picture, and don't realize that even good moves can often have negative consequences.

[AnonBitCoiner]

I think it was 2018 or 2019 when Google banned the word cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and other related keywords since they said that it is to minimize the number of users being misled by scammers.

I was asking myself when what was that time and thanks that I remember it through that year, apparently on 2018. It was also the time when giant social media such as Facebook banned advertisements related to cryptocurrencies.

Now, Google hits it and doing it right. They can no longer ignore the popularity of cryptocurrencies and that's such a nice feature along with the stocks prices so whoever checks the stocks through them, will have a glance of the crypto market prices.

Even I remembered this same incident. When the price of bitcoin had crossed the 19k$ and back to the value less then 10k$. Many country government fear on this case and inorder to safe their people. Some of the country had made a illegal to trade cryptocurrency. The advertising related to cryptocureency also banned.

[Leviathan.007]

It was a good idea to add the cryptocurrencies tap on google finance. Good to see they are attracted by bitcoin and crypto. However, they do have only four different cryptocurrencies on the list including btc, etc, bch and ltc. But there are many other recognized coins needs to be listed there. I believe they can add much more coins in the future, but still adding the tap can be counted as a huge step forward for them.

[Poker Player]

Good thing, this is one more step in the normalization of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. I visit google finance from time to time but hadn't noticed. Let's see how long it takes Google to buy bitcoin or accept payments. I don't think it will be the next one but it looks like little by little all the big ones will follow in the footsteps of Tesla and Paypal.

[kolbalish]

Feel good to see that because we all want that crypto will go far in the future. I think the positive time starts already for cryptocurrency, there was a time when people were afraid of cryptocurrencies but now time BTC comes in the position that people can trust it and it creates a dependency for its beauty. For this step of Google will achieve the participation of all crypto lovers.