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Leading search engine, Google has retained market data on XRP price despite removing similar data for the two largest crypto assets, Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Over the weekend, the crypto community was stunned to discover that Google had removed its automated pricing and chart data for Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, despite the asset stamping its renown in the finance scene over the past few years.
Google Removes Chart Data for Bitcoin
Notably, Google provides pricing data for assets that the finance scene considers most prominent. The search engine determines this through surging interest from an increase in searches.
Among the prominent community members to identify the latest development was Layah Heilpern, a crypto pundit and host of the Layah Heilpern Show. She confirmed that Google still shows chart and pricing data for other stocks despite removing Bitcoin, suggesting it is not a glitch.
Heilpern speculated that the move was a move toward suppressing cryptocurrencies. However, further investigation reveals that not all cryptocurrencies have been affected by recent developments.
XRP Remains Unaffected
Notably, Google has also removed pricing data for Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest crypto asset. In addition, data from Solana is also missing. Interestingly, XRP appears to have not been impacted by the move, as data confirms pricing and chart data for the altcoin remains unaffected.
XRP community figure Alex Cobb disclosed this in a recent post on X, with some responses speculating that this suggests XRP’s supremacy. However, this is highly unlikely to be the reason.
Google has removed Bitcoin price/chart from search results but didn’t remove XRP. pic.twitter.com/PVuNreWgpK
— Cobb (@AlexCobb_) October 13, 2024
Besides XRP, chart and pricing data for Stellar (XLM) remain on the Google search page. Also, Binance Coin (BNB) and Tron (TRX) remain unaffected. Meanwhile, Google has removed data for meme coin Shiba Inu but maintains Dogecoin (DOGE). At press time, the pattern appears random.
Growing Speculations
For context, Google added market data for Bitcoin within its finance section in June 2013 and went further to embed an auto conversion mechanism for Bitcoin’s price a year later.
The inclusion of Bitcoin bolstered the premier crypto asset’s legitimacy as a recognized asset. Google has since then added support for other cryptocurrencies, including XRP.
As a result, the crypto community has tagged the sudden removal of some crypto assets as bizarre. However, it bears mentioning that Bitcoin search interest on Google has dropped significantly of late. Data from Google Trends shows that interest in Bitcoin had reached a low last seen in over a year.
💥BREAKING: #Bitcoin Google search volume hit a yearly low. pic.twitter.com/VH98VEPYeg
— Crypto Rover (@rovercrc) October 13, 2024
However, historical data suggests this might be bullish for the market. Notably, market intelligence resource Santiment has often confirmed that periods of low interest or less FOMO are important for accumulating an asset, as they typically precede an upsurge following the consolidation.