Aug. 17, 2022, 8:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for August 17, 2022 Mostly Bitcoin Polygon’s head of investments remains ‘highly bullish on web3’ - 04:06 PM EDT Warning to All U.S. Taxpayers Who Use Cryptocurrency: “Crypto” Doesn’t Mean Your Cur... - 03:34 PM EDT FBI Director Chris Wray Still Won’t Shut The Fuck Up (Or Be Honest) About Phone Encrypti... - 03:28 PM EDT Arrest of a Stalkerware-maker in Australia Underscores Link Between Stalkerware and Domest... - 03:07 PM EDT Will we Escape our Age of Failure? - 02:27 PM EDT The looming government battle over the code that shapes our lives - 02:10 PM EDT Crypto scams plummet as ‘inexperienced’ investors abandon market - 01:50 PM EDT Why does the WeWork guy get to fail up? - 01:18 PM EDT Web3 giant Parity Technologies teams up with Watr over platform to track ethical commoditi... - 12:56 PM EDT Talk Web3 to Me: A Glossary of Terms - 12:05 PM EDT A Crypto Skeptic Takes on Web3: ‘There’s No Real-World-Use Case’ for Cryptocurrencie... - 12:05 PM EDT Google invests $1.5bn in crypto companies, new data reveals - 11:34 AM EDT The crypto crash’s trash and treasure - 11:19 AM EDT Crypto keeps bouncing back - 11:01 AM EDT A curse worse than cash - 11:01 AM EDT Investment in infrastructure is critical for crypto startups, not a ‘nice to have’ - 11:00 AM EDT Best VPN services: Top picks for speed, price, privacy, and more - 10:32 AM EDT Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Gives Back 26200 Rigs to Reduce Debt - 10:29 AM EDT Period and pregnancy apps lack strong privacy labels, Mozilla finds - 09:21 AM EDT The best VPNs for staying secure and streaming with Chrome - 08:21 AM EDT One election playbook to rule them all - 07:26 AM EDT The Polarization Spiral - 06:03 AM EDT For all the hype around Bitcoin, Salvadorans just want digital banking - 06:03 AM EDT 'Beige flags' are the TikTok dating trend that could ruin your love life - 05:23 AM EDT Save your work with two 10TB cloud storage drives at a hefty discount - 05:00 AM EDT America will always fear Caesar - 07:17 PM EDT Colombia to Introduce Central Bank Digital Currency: Tax Agency Chief - 04:50 PM EDT Bitcoin Miners Lost Over $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Crash (CORZ, MARA, RIOT) - 02:51 PM EDT Phantom’s Brandon Millman opens his wallet on web3 growth and risk at TC Sessions: Crypt... - 01:08 PM EDT How to enable end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger - 11:57 AM EDT Examining The Nixon Shock Decisions That Would Lead To Bitcoin - 11:46 AM EDT Houston Texans become first NFL team to sell suite through digital currency - 11:46 AM EDT Researchers Invent a Privacy-Preserving Camera That Only Captures What You Want - 10:52 AM EDT Crypto scams have declined, but hackers remain resilient in bearish markets - 10:51 AM EDT Can proptech go with Adam Neumann’s Flow? - 10:36 AM EDT Ether is strong but Bitcoin drops below $24,000 - 10:35 AM EDT The Download: China-linked hackers, and chromosome variations - 08:24 AM EDT Hong Kong police arrest 4 suspects in crackdown on cryptocurrency fraud syndicate, which c... - 07:47 AM EDT TikTok loves 'natural' birth control. 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Cop These Instead. - 02:08 PM EDT $150 million ‘Much Wow’ yacht left behind by crypto hedge fund’s collapse - 01:49 PM EDT Dutch authorities arrest 29-year-old dev with suspected ties to Tornado Cash - 01:35 PM EDT How should web3 companies approach fundraising during a downturn? - 12:33 PM EDT The best graphics cards for PC gaming: Great deals before next-gen GPUs arrive - 12:03 PM EDT The Tornado Cash arrest has crypto spinning - 11:59 AM EDT Bitcoin tops $25,000 for the first time since June before slipping - 11:10 AM EDT What you might have missed at Black Hat and Def Con 2022 - 11:01 AM EDT Bitcoin Miners Are in Distress - 08:57 AM EDT Watch Bitcoin Retreats After Briefly Passing $25000 - 08:39 AM EDT The Download: extending dogs’ lives, and sex and the immune system - 08:23 AM EDT Bitcoin Miners Are In Distress - 06:28 AM EDT Tencent veterans secure $13M to build cross-chain decentralized identities - 06:04 AM EDT Crypto Is Taking a Few Small Banks On a Wild Ride - 05:36 AM EDT Why is Shiba Inu’s coin up 25% today? Rumors of a crypto game and Ethereum’s upgrade a... - 03:41 AM EDT Memecoins Dogecoin, Shiba Inu jump as Ethereum optimism spreads - 01:51 AM EDT Memecoins Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Jump as Ethereum Optimism Spreads - 12:43 AM EDT Reddit partners with crypto exchange FTX to help users manage community points - 03:14 PM EDT Uniswap Labs COO MC Lader on the incentives behind DeFi - 02:08 PM EDT Why Twitter anons are sending crypto to celebrities - 11:35 AM EDT Progressive Jill Tokuda nominated for Hawaii’s open 2nd District seat - 10:16 AM EDT (BTC) Bitcoin Trades Above $25,000 for First Time Since Mid-June - 07:32 AM EDT Public Pension Systems Join Those Stung by Crypto Crash - 06:09 AM EDT We were promised a four-day workweek - 05:37 AM EDT This PlayStation Plus and VPN bundle is on sale for under £60 - 12:48 AM EDT Here's how to unblock and watch South Korean Netflix - 12:48 AM EDT Twilio gets hacked, teens ditch Facebook, and SpaceX takes South Korea to the moon - 04:28 PM EDT Here's how to unblock and watch Indian Netflix - 12:36 AM EDT Bitcoin, Ethereum Prices Rise - The Wall Street Journal - 06:24 PM EDT The Merge Is Upon Us: What It Means for Ethereum - 06:22 PM EDT Dutch authorities arrest suspected developer of Tornado Cash, platform supposedly used to ... - 05:12 PM EDT Tornado Cash developer detained, Core Scientific cuts jobs, and BlackRock's bitcoin bet - 05:02 PM EDT Ethereum (ETH) Founder Vitalik Buterin Plans Blockchain Merge For Sept. 15 - 05:02 PM EDT Crypto Mixer (TORN) Tumbles After Developer Arrest in Netherlands - 05:02 PM EDT The Elite Panic of 2022 - 04:55 PM EDT OFAC Sanctions Cryptocurrency Mixing Service for Allegedly Facilitating Money Laundering - 04:09 PM EDT Data Privacy Matters: Facebook Expands Encryption Just After Facebook Messages (Obtained V... - 03:30 PM EDT A Quick Take on the FTC’s Privacy and Security Rulemaking - 03:12 PM EDT False Friends of Digital Privacy - 02:09 PM EDT How to Use End-to-End Encryption in Facebook Messenger Right Now - 01:16 PM EDT Will Bitcoin Demonetize Gold? - 12:47 PM EDT You just read issue #450 of Mostly Bitcoin. 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