Here's something we learned by throwing parties back in high school:

If you want to throw a rager, the easiest way to do so is by locking in the cool kids first. Once they're in, everyone else tends to follow.

(Oh, and hide your replica light sabers - we learned that the hard way).

​Coinbase are taking a similar approach by locking in one of the biggest names in the tech industry, Google.

Google Cloud will soon start accepting crypto payments from a selection of customers, via an integration with Coinbase Commerce.

It's a small gesture, given Google's size, but one that sends a clear message to the rest of the industry:

If Google is adopting it, it must be legit.

And it seems Coinbase knows this - they agreed to move all of their data-related applications off Amazon Web Services (sorry, Jeff n' Andy) and over to Google Cloud, in order to lock the deal in.

(What's good for crypto, is good for Coinbase).

Smart!