In Brief:
- Google Cloud revealed a new team dedicated to Digital assets for blockchain-based projects.
- The team will guide customers to develop and grow blockchain-based projects.
- The team will allow Google Cloud customers to enable crypto payment service.
Google Cloud’s Vice President, Yolande Piazza announced the formation of the Google Cloud Digital Assets Team to expand the service across the blockchain. It will provide vital pieces of advice to clients to develop, trade, and launch new products on blockchain platforms.
“This new team will enable our customers to accelerate their efforts in this emerging space and help underpin the blockchain ecosystems of tomorrow.”
According to the blog post, the team will focus on the blockchain and distributed-ledger-based solutions such as Hedera, Theta Labs, and Dapper Labs. These firms have already integrated Google Cloud, on which it will perform different activities.
The blog post revealed some activities in the blog post such as Dedicated node hosting/remote procedure call (RPC) nodes for developers, node validation and on-chain governance with some partners, and assisting users and developers in hosting their nodes on the “cleanest cloud in the industry”.
Moreover, the team will also work on the cryptocurrency payment service to enable Google Cloud customers to make payments in crypto.
The initiative in the crypto space is not the first time for Google. Recently, Google hired former PayPal Senior Vice President and Chief Product Architect Arnold Goldberg to expand its reach in the crypto space.
At the beginning of this year, CryptoWire announced a partnership with Google Cloud to develop the blockchain and crypto space.
