Google is to ban cryptocurrency extensions from its Chrome Web platform after most of them fail to comply with the internet giant 's rules . Product manager James Wagner that Google was responding to “ Google ” – in which users download an extension that begins mining cryptocurrencies without their consent – and that 90 % of the cryptocurrency extensions did not meet Google ’s rules . Google will stop adding new extensions to its Web Store immediately and will remove existing ones by June , when the internet operator will also ban cryptocurrency from its Adwords advertising platform .
Google is to ban cryptocurrency extensions from its Chrome Web Store after most of them failed to comply with the tech giant's rules. Product manager James Wagner said Google was responding to “cryptojacking” – in which users download an extension that begins mining cryptocurrencies without their consent – and that 90% of the cryptocurrency extensions did not meet Google’s rules. Google will stop adding new extensions to its Web Store immediately and will remove existing ones by June, when the internet operator will also ban cryptocurrency from its Adwords advertising platform.