Google Adds Bitcoin to "Currency" Converter

Mark Melin

Published onJuly 17, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

In another sign of Bitcoin adoption, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s popular currency conversion calculator will now feature the digital payment method. The adoption of Bitcoin into a currency calculator marks the first time a non-fiat currency has been included in Google's "currency" convertor.

Google following Bing in offering the Bitcoin conversion

Google follows Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Bing search engine in offering the conversion from most major currencies into Bitcoin value by typing “price of bitcoin” or “X bitcoin to euro,” The current value of Bitcoins to the US dollar, for instance, is near $626 for a single Bitcoin. It will take 666 Austrailian dollars to get a single Bitcoin and 48768...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

Google Adds Bitcoin to "Currency" Converter

Google following Bing in offering the Bitcoin conversion

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