Brave Stats, Open Source Crypto, and Crypto scams in 2021
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 432

⛓ Research: with 4,000+ monthly active developers, #Ethereum has the largest open source ecosystem in #crypto, followed by #Polkadot, #Cosmos, #Solana, and #Bitcoin 🔗


🕵️ A record $14B flowed to criminal #crypto addresses in 2021, up from $7.8B in 2020, driven by DeFi #scams; total transaction volume reached $15.8T, up 567% YoY 🔗


🦁 #Brave reports 15.5M+ DAUs and 50M+ MAUs at the end of 2021, up from 24M MAUs at the end of 2020, 10M+ mobile downloads in 2021, and Brave Ads revenue up 4x YoY 🔗


🍪🇫🇷 #France's data regulator, the #CNIL, fines #Google €150M and #Meta €60M for failing to let French users easily reject cookie trackers 🔗


⏳ #Instagram tests the ability to switch between a Home feed, a Favorites feed, and a Following chronological feed, rolling out to all users in H1 2022 🔗


💴🇨🇳 #Tencent's #WeChat will add support for China's #DigitalYuan, e-CNY, to WeChat Pay 🔗 #eCNY


👉 #Meta says it is still working on a “highly specialized OS” for its #AR #VR devices, and it is not “halting or scaling back” operations in building AR/VR software 🔗


🇰🇿 #Kazakhstan faces internet disruptions and a subsequent nationwide shutdown since Tuesday evening, amid protests against energy price increases 🔗


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