INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Google has once again thrown its backing behind blockchain technology - but now wants to take it into the cloud.The tech giant announced a a
partnership with New York-based startup Digital Asset, which makes tools to build blockchain-based apps, at its Google Cloud Next event,
signalling its support for the technology.The tie-up means that Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers will now be able to build distributed
ledger technology (DLT) frameworks (essentially the backbone of blockchain) in their own apps and services.Google Cloud blockchainDigital
Asset has created its own programming language specially designed for blockchain apps, meaning GCP customers (or even Google itself) would
be able to build and potentially even license their own offerings.Any organisations looking to try out or introduce DLT technolgoy will now
be able to build and test their services without needing to configure their underlying platform - making it far easier to introduce new
that GCP customers would soon be able to build in open-source integrations for Hyperledger Fabric and Ethereum later this year.
