Google hustles to clarify ‘terrible’ Play Store crypto wallet update after community backlash – DL News
- Google clarified its new Play Store rules for crypto wallet apps.
- Non-custodial wallets are not affected by the updated policy.
“Terrible.”
That was X co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s one-word judgement of news stories that suggested that Google had banned non-custodial crypto wallets in its Play Store.
He was not alone.
Crypto Twitter exploded in an uproar against a new Google policy update on Wednesday. The update made no distinction between wallet types and thus left developers scrambling to interpret whether new licensing demands applied even to open-source apps that don’t hold user funds.
Some, like wallet provider BlueWallet, publicly questioned whether the rules were legally accurate, pointing out that self-custody…
