Blockchain-based decentralized messengers: A privacy pipedream? - While blockchain messengers stand to mitigate many of the privacy issues posed by their centralized counterparts, they still have their fair share of unignorable issues. cointelegraph.com/news/blockchai…

Crypto Frauds and Theft Accounted For Whopping $14 Billion in 2021 - Theft of cryptocurrencies has increased by 516 percent since 2020. thenewscrypto.com/crypto-frauds-…

Mastercard Launches Global Cybersecurity Alliance Program to Further Secure The Digital Ecosystem - New program helps partners accelerate growth and provide scaled delivery of critical cybersecurity and risk services. darkreading.com/risk/mastercar…

Censored, Julian Assange's NFT series arrives- The Cryptonomist - Julian Assange is launching an NFT collection titled “Censored”. The series, created in collaboration with Pak, will launch on 7 February en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/02/01/cen…

More Than 80% of NFTs Created for Free on OpenSea Are Fraud or Spam, Company Says - Compliancex - As the NFT market has exploded, so has the amount of theft and fraud associated with it compliancex.com/more-than-80-o…

Blockchain Software Firm Consensys Acquires Mycrypto Ethereum Wallet – Wallets Bitcoin News news.bitcoin.com/blockchain-sof…

Last Hopium NFT Project Brings Dubai A Step Closer to Becoming World’s Blockchain Capital - The UAE is emerging as one of the world’s most crypto-friendly regimes as it launches programs to assist local crypto development and regulation cryptopotato.com/last-hopium-nf…

US Congressman Would Take a Portion of His Salary in Bitcoin - While speaking to bitcoin bull Anthony Pompliano, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) suggested that he could receive some portions of his salary in BTC. cryptopotato.com/us-congressman…

Averted a year ago, controversial transaction monitoring rule is back on Treasury’s radar - The Treasury will consider imposing KYC regulations on transactions involving self-custodied wallets. cointelegraph.com/news/averted-a…

NFT collector loses $2.7 million in Bored Ape NFTs and derivatives - NFT collector Larry Lawliet lost seven expensive Bored Apes and a set of other NFTs to a suspected social engineering attack theblockcrypto.com/post/132567/nf…

SEC Delays Decision On Bitwise ETF Once Again - The regulator now must reach a decision by Aug. 14 or delay the decision one final time. cryptobriefing.com/sec-delays-dec…

How Will The Infrastructure Bill Change The Crypto Landscape? techbullion.com/how-will-the-i…

Will Argentina Increase Regulations and Taxes on Bitcoin? — DailyCoin - The cryptocurrency industry is a very large sector in the country, representing around 25% of all Argentinian savings and 17% of assets abroad dailycoin.com/will-argentina…

Thailand Drops 15% Crypto Tax After Pushback From Public - BeInCrypto beincrypto.com/thailand-drops…

Indian parliament's agenda includes crypto training session, leaves out bill banning digital assets - The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill does not appear as one of the 15 bills for the next session cointelegraph.com/news/indian-pa…

Nearly $1.5M in Ethereum Still Missing From Multichain Crypto Hack - Decrypt - A vulnerability in a cross-chain router protocol saw $3 million drained from the network by hackers. But there’s still 527 Ethereum at large. decrypt.co/90933/nearly-1…

RiseUp releases the world’s first crypto anti-scam application on Android ambcrypto.com/riseup-release…

Russian Investors to Pass Exams Before Buying Cryptocurrencies, Draft Law Suggests – Regulation Bitcoin News news.bitcoin.com/russian-invest…

How NFTs went from a joke to a legitimate asset class - From cartoon cats and jpeg rocks, to a potential evolution in human communication and gaming— NFTs are here. cryptoslate.com/how-nfts-went-…

DeFi Project Known as Wormhole Hit With a Potential $320 Million Hack - Wormhole, a communication bridge between Solana and other decentralized-finance blockchain networks, said hackers stole about $320 million in cryptocurrency bloombergquint.com/onweb/blockcha…