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 | January 29, 2022 | |  | | Google's forming a blockchain unit and looking to partner on crypto | Google is creating a new unit dedicated to "blockchain and other next-gen distributed computing and data storage technologies," according to a leaked email obtained by Bloomberg.
The blockchain unit will be led by a longtime Google veteran Shivakumar Venkataraman, Bloomberg reports, and will sit in Google's relatively new Labs division, which is also home to the firm's research into virtual and augmented reality.
It's too early to tell whether Google's blockchain effort is more research-oriented—aimed at shoring up the infrastructure meeting its massive network and storage needs—or if it just wants to boost Google Pay's transaction volume.
But mention of "blockchain" inevitably conjures the scenario of Google developing its own crypto. Google could deploy a blockchain in direct competition with JPMorgan's Onyx project. Or Google's blockchain could run platforms for the metaverse, such as decentralized projects like Decentraland and The Sandbox already in use.
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