Alphabet just chose
@Solana to hold its own crypto.
Each step goes deeper: infrastructure, then data, then payments, now its own money.
Google’s Solana path over 4 years:
▫️ 2022 → Google Cloud runs a Solana validator
▫️ 2023 → Solana data hits BigQuery
▫️ May 2026 → AI agents pay in USDC on Solana
▫️ Oct 28 → Google Multi-Party Compute (institutional custody)
Alphabet is already using that MPC stack to secure its own assets on Solana and Ethereum. Private preview with major banks. Commercial launch: early 2027.
The private key is split across separate systems. No single party, not even a Google engineer, ever holds the full key. Every transfer still clears a rules engine (multi-approval, limits, address whitelists).