https://www.ccn.com/google-crackdown-on-all-cryptomining-extensions/
Google is set to remove all cryptomining extensions from the extension/app store.
I guess it was a long time coming.
However, from where I stand, this may be a bad thing overall due to the fact that people will start searching for such extensions on unsafe sites and may become a victim of infected/malware clones. Cryptohijackers will still do their thing.
Ahrefs posted an insteresting case study on the topic.
A nice (free) tool you can use to check what scripts are run/used on a particular website is - https://builtwith.com/
Give Wappalyzer a try. It’s a browser extension 
Free, open-source, been around for almost 10 years, does something similar to Builtwith.
Chrome
Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wappalyzer/
Booyah!
Wappalyzer is good. I used to use it quite often about 5 years ago, but since then changed the career path and no longer have use for it.
Philip DeFranco advertised a browser called Brave on his show - it’s supposed to block all ads, pop-ups and block all tracking data that a site may collect.
There are also a lot of extensions (for Chrome, at least) that block the most commonly used crypto mining scripts like the one from CoinHive. Haven`t looked into those as I generally tend not to stay too long on any particular site (except for YT and some forums).
I think it is a bad news for all the cryptocurrency stakeholders. People will still search for crypto-extensions and get infected with virus. Google should review their decision and come up with a filter to scrutinize the scammers and hackers.
The FCA also pressured Google to start verifying any and all financial ads it shows to UK citizens. That rule also applies to companies that both regulated and not regulated by the FCA, aka any and all companies that provide such services, regardless of their license. They’re trying to cut on the scams, apparently.
Wow, tall order for legitimate business not regulated by the FCA hoping to advertise. The small businesses definitely lose out here.
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I was thinking that may be the effect. It’d be interesting to see whether scams would be curbed, at least.