Google Finance adds Crypto tab

[notblox1]

After Yahoo Finance did it much earlier we can now see that Google Finance just added Crypto tab with prices for cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and BitcoinCash.
If you go to Compare Markets category you will see newly added Crypto tab along with Stocks and Currency markets, with graphical comparison.

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


https://www.google.com/finance

[Twinkledoe]

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.

[ingiltere]

For every single minute they ignore Bitcoin and crypto-currencies were their own loss. Good to see they learned their lesson and stop being so toxic about Bitcoin.
First they tried to fight but they lost and then had to accept it. Regular crypto-currency users wouldn't use their tab for price check though, there are better alternatives in the system already. It's good for mainstream acceptance and average joe's though.

[20kevin20]

They're now attracted by Bitcoin as much as flies are by poop. They can't defeat us, so they just have to join us all.

In the past few years at least, Google has shown us how much they despise us. They've intentionally allowed scams on their platforms so that people are deceived and scammed by crypto. They've made various statements and bans against cryptocurrencies and censored us from speaking out loud.

Unless this is a smart trap coming from them, the fact that they've started to add crypto-related info on their own platforms speaks out loud by itself. They've been defeated, so all they can do left is try to grab as much attention and money as possible from potential crypto-interested customers of theirs..

[Gozie51]

This is positive for cryptocurrency. I remember after 2017, almost all social media sites went against bitcoin ads and that brought some fud in crypto space but now they are beginning to come up to it Facebook taking the lead with Libra. It is more profit list if they ban crypto and they realize this and embracing it. Different institutions are going for cryptocurrency and while not for google.

[roadrunnerjaiv2025]

We all knew this is going to happen, and we can expect more in the future. More of the Fortune 500 will follow. Those who have been investing in cryptocurrency for a long time are lucky to have lived in such a time where crypto is just on its way to becoming a normal thing. I wish I had known and become capable of investing in it when it first came out. 

[torrantz]

They better also implement crypto as payment method in their services because using credit card is such a PITA not to mention it's really vulnerable to credentials data stealing.
But seriously though, cryptocurrency gonna be mainstream in no time and will be number 1 choice for sending money internationally, these recognition by the large corporation is such a catalyst for that to happen.

[matjas]

Well well well, how the turntables... Remembering back when Google and Facebook banned all crypto related adds in 2018. Its just too much money for Google to look away now, i am sure we will see payments implemention soon also.

[orions.belt19]

Hard to ignore given the influence crypto has now compared to a few years ago when scam ICOs were booming. Right now, the cryptosphere has a completely different air especially since there are institution involvement and soon to be merchant payments thru paypal. Everyone used to associate crypto to scams and illicit activities because of the ICO boom, so it was pretty much taboo then. Youtube still gatekeeps crypto content but that could still change in the near future. NFTs are becoming a thing now and a lot more NFT games are being released. Maybe we can expect to see them being advertised as well.

[so98nn]

Yeah, I have seen all the chaos over the YouTube when the crypto related channels were also taken down by the google itself. That was the nightmare for the bounty hunters since soon after the google, twitter made it clear that no crypto related channels will be allowed.

However, in the era of Elon Musk and his almighty dreams about the crypto currencies and plus ever growing searches regarding the crypto key-words Google has out down their sword and they have accepted the truth that Crypto stuff is real and part of day to day life!

[rhomelmabini]

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

Some new to crypto will wonder and how it also affected the price when they announced it, to give them some glimpse here's the news of it way back 2018 from CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/google-bans-crypto-ads.html

It was almost 3 years now but what could have changed their mind that they even have some crypto tabs about the price? Well, I expect it good and totally bullish and hope they wouldn't revert it once again and that's really a total bullshit and centralizing the way search engine is used. I am just waiting when will be the fad or total adaption of decentralized search engines, fingers crossed.

[Lucius]

The only downside to this move is that one of the coins they advertise (BitcoinTrash) is presented as a cheap alternative to real Bitcoin - and it's a known fact that a site that shills that altcoin pops up at the top of search results for years when searching for "buy bitcoin".

I expect a new series of confused newbies who will soon find themselves in a situation where they bought cheap Bitcoin, then sent it to the BTC address of some exchange and were left without money and coins.

[In the silence]

After Yahoo Finance did it much earlier we can now see that Google Finance just added Crypto tab with prices for cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and BitcoinCash.
If you go to Compare Markets category you will see newly added Crypto tab along with Stocks and Currency markets, with graphical comparison.

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

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https://www.google.com/finance

This means platforms on the surface web starts to accept and recognize cryptocurrency as a part of the trading markets. This is a good kickstart for Crypto industry as we can see on this post in a positive way. Hoping that this will continue so that there would be less conflicts for crypto to other platforms.

[slapper]

At least they have changed their attitude toward bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Those innovative tech companies will not stand aside and watch things alter in the ways they are not able to control. They have to jump on a boat where most of us are driving. Damn, love how bitcoin is adopted in many parts both in the digital and physical world.

Many stock companies and forex brokers have added bitcoin. The rules have changed.

My government is considering regulating bitcoin so as they can easily collect tax arrears. This is a good attestation of mass adoption and with new laws, investors in my country are protected from thieves and cybercrime. Those scums are everywhere trying to steal our money with sophisticated methods.

[arallmuus]

It was almost 3 years now but what could have changed their mind that they even have some crypto tabs about the price?

Elon Musk?If someone like Elon Musk would invest in crypto, there is no way Google going to ignore this at all. Tesla is a company that makes most other companies looks petty so with Tesla setting up the bar of investing in bitcoin , this set up an example for the other company as well to take their first step into crypto.

However way back in 2017 2018 there was alot of those crypto based scam such as HYIP, cloudmining and such so it was understandable that Google banned crypto ads

[dothebeats]

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. They banned it on the platform but they never removed it in their ads lol. But right now, it seems that they are getting the trend now, and it's just wise for them to add the tab knowing how hard the search trends surged for anything crypto-related in 2020 and 2021. They're just capitalizing on the current trends, and I won't even argue with that considering that it opens up one more avenue wherein people can easily access information that they wanted on crypto with no strings attached.

The world is slowly moving on from the past, and seems to have buried most of their antagonizing thoughts toward crypto as more and more well-established companies, entities, and firms around the world are supporting cryptocurrencies. Confidence on cryptocurrencies is at an all-time high apart from the price, and hopefully continues to go higher once more well-defined rules, regulations and whatnot are set in place (of course these regulations should also be fair).

[sunsilk]

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.

[tyz]

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

The Gandhi quote always comes to mind when it comes to developments like this.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

First they ignored Bitcoin/crypto completely. Then they laughed at Bitcoin and all investors as nerds and idiots. Then they started fighting Bitcoin (including the ban of Bitcoin on Youtube). And now they surrender. Bitcoin/crypto won.

[Princejebs]

It's a good thing that we have a dashboard that displays cryptocurrency tokens and traditional stock. This will bring a symbiosis relationship between the two ecosystem and more users into crypto space.
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.

[Princejebs]

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