UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2022

DatChat, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	001-40729	47-2502264
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

204 Neilson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)

(732) 354-4766
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

65 Church Street, 2nd Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock. $0.0001 par value		DATS		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

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Item 8.01	Other Events

On January 18, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing that is has begun development of a new platform that will expand its users’ ability to share and protect communications through NFT’s, documents, audio and video files and messages and to use a decentralized advertising network for Web 3.0 and Metaverse applications. In order to support and oversee these new developments, the Company has recently hired three senior developers and appointed a Chief Blockchain Architect.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits
99.1	Press release dated January 18th, 2022

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 19, 2022

	DatChat, Inc.

	/s/ Darin Myman
	Darin Myman

	Chief Executive Officer

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SEC Form 8-K filed by DatChat Inc.