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There is no overstating how volatile the US stock market has been this year. Uncertainty appears to be the theme of the calendar year, as Wall Street has had to navigate a bunch of it. Yet, amid shares rising and falling, Alphabet (GOOGL) remains one of the Magnificent 7’s most overlooked stocks. The company has been in the limelight for much of the year as it faces increased regulatory scrutiny. However, that doesn’t deny that it is in perhaps the strongest position of any of the world’s largest companies. Moreover, it is yet to be treated as such by most investors compared to its peers. Source: Reuters / Brendan McDermid Also Read: Alphabet Revenue May Dip by 56%: Can GOOGL Reclaim $200? Alphabet Remains Top Magnificent 7 Stock People Aren’t Paying Close Attention To The US stock market started the week on a strong note, with potential trade deals driving shares slightly higher. However, that shifted in a big way Wednesday. Indeed, the top three indexes fell ac...

Google has update d its advertising policy regarding crypto currencies and related products. According to the company statement, as of Jan. 29, 2024, Google will allow advertising of digital asset-related investment products, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs). “In January 2024, Google will update the Cryptocurrencies and related products  policy to clarify the scope and requirements for the advertisement of Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts.” Google update In September, Google also allowed advertising for blockchain-based games using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company classified as permitted games that allow players to purchase in-game items, particularly virtual clothing for characters or weapons. At the same time, advertising of games in which players place bets, including NFTs, in exchange for the opportunity to win something that has real value, such as other tokens, remains prohibited. You might also like: Google Cloud partners with decentralized oracl...

According to Polygon, “the same infrastructure used to power YouTube and Gmail” will help secure its network. Polygon Labs announced on Sep. 29 that Google Cloud has joined the Polygon PoS network as a validator .  Google Cloud joins more than 100 other validators verifying transactions on its L2 Ethereum network. This month, @GoogleCloud became part of the decentralized validator set for Polygon PoS. The same infrastructure used to power @YouTube and @gmail is now helping to secure the fast, low-cost, Ethereum-for-all Polygon protocol. With 100+ validators securing the Polygon PoS… — Polygon (Labs) (@0xPolygonLabs) September 29, 2023 Per a post from Polygon Labs on the X platform announcing the partnership: “The same infrastructure used to power YouTube and Gmail is now helping to secure the fast, low-cost, Ethereum-for-all Polygon protocol.” Validators on the Polygon network help secure the network by operating nodes, staking MATIC, and participating in proof-of-stake conse...

The world of marketing undergoes a transformative shift as Web3 emerges, bringing decentralized ecosystems and community-driven strategies to the forefront. My journey into Web3 marketing officially began when I joined ConsenSys as chief marketing officer in 2016, where I built the first Web3 marketing team and helped bring Ethereum as well as the ConsenSys brand and many early Ethereum-based tools and applications to market. During my time at ConsenSys, our marketing team played a pivotal role in shaping the narrative around blockchain and crypto adoption globally, engaging enterprises, governments, developers and end users. I then founded Serotonin — a Web3 native marketing and product studio — to multiply the impact of the Web3 marketing best practices we had developed by expanding beyond the ConsenSys ecosystem. I recently had the chance to be a part of Cointelegraph’s Accelerator program as a mentor on Web3 marketing. My goal in speaking with the startups in the accelerator, as w...

TikTok videos sporting popular crypto-related hashtags — such as crypto, cryptok, cryptoadvice, cryptocurrency, cryptotrading and cryptoinvesting — have cumulatively churned over 6 billion views. More than 1 out of 3 influencers on TikTok, the go-to social media platform for the young generation, have been found to post misleading videos about Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency investments in a recent study.  TikTok has been widely adopted as a video-based alternative to Google searches. However, some influencers have been found to share unvetted misinformation on the social media platform about crypto investments, often trying to convince unwary viewers to put their (or their parents) hard-earned money into loss-making cryptocurrencies. TikTok influencers use the hashtag ‘#cryptok’ while posting crypto-related content. An analysis of over 1,161 such TikTok videos — conducted by dappGambl — revealed that over one in three videos on crypto TikToks were misleading. The research also found...