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Malaysia adopts Worldcoin for personal verification and digital ID
16.8.2024
Malaysia aims to tackle national challenges and unlock economic opportunities by adopting cutting-edge biometric verification technology
United Nations, ICP launch digital credentials pilot in Cambodia
3.7.2024
The UNDP’s Universal Trusted Credentials will get its second trial in Cambodia. The plan is to create a 10-country ecosystem
UN Development Programme Partners With Dfinity Foundation to Boost MSME Inclusion
3.7.2024
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a partnership with the Dfinity Foundation to enhance its Universal Trusted Credentials (UTC) initiative. The collaboration aims to improve financial inclusion for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) globally using blockchain...
Ghana Central Bank Partners With Singapore Regulator to Demonstrate Use of Digital Credentials in Global Trade
14.6.2024
The Ghanaian central bank recently collaborated with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to demonstrate the use of digital credentials in international trade. The second phase of Project DESFT culminated in the execution of cross-border trade between the West African nation and Singapore...
Mastercard's crypto credentials P2P pilot program goes live
29.5.2024
The credit card company hopes to streamline transactions and limit user error through an alias credentialing system
Ghana, Singapore conduct trade in semi-fungible token pilot project
17.5.2024
Project DESFT is meant to encourage trade between small businesses using a CBDC and a stablecoin, with an emphasis on credentialing
zkLogin includes Multi-sig Recovery & Apple Credentials for security
10.5.2024
zkLogin, a leading authentication platform leveraging zero-knowledge proofs for privacy-preserving logins, has announced significant upgrades to its service, including multi-signature recovery and support for Apple credentials. These new features mark a major milestone in zkLogin’s mission...
TikTok to automatically label AI-generated content
9.5.2024
TikTok takes a proactive step in assuring AI authenticity on its platform by automatically labeling AI-generated content (AIGC) using new Content Credentials technology
Crypto App Shakepay Reveals Data Breach Affecting a ‘Small Number’ of Customers
16.12.2023
In a recent announcement, Shakepay, the Canadian crypto app, disclosed a data breach involving unauthorized access to personal information of a select group of its customers. The breach, detected on Dec. 13, 2023, compromised data but did not affect any bank accounts, crypto wallets, or customer...
Web3 Credentials Platform Galxe to Refund $396,000 to Affected Users Post DNS Attack – Here's the Latest
12.10.2023
Web3 credentials and rewards platform Galxe has announced intentions to refund over $396,000 to more than 980 users who were impacted by a significant DNS attack last week.
In addition to the refund, Galxe has committed to adding an extra 10% to the lost funds as a goodwill gesture, according...
Exclusive: Galxe Set To Launch a Permissionless Self-Sovereign Identity Infrastructure, Galxe Protocol
28.8.2023
In a confidential revelation to cryptonews, Galxe, a pioneering Web3 community development platform, has declared the imminent launch of the Galxe Protocol, a permissionless self-sovereign identity infrastructure set to reshape the landscape of digital identities....
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Over 100,000 Compromised Chatgpt Accounts Discovered on Darknet Markets
24.6.2023
Cybersecurity researchers have found tens of thousands of devices storing Chatgpt credentials that have been infected with info-stealing malware. The account details have ended up being sold on the dark web, they said, pointing out that the Asia-Pacific leads by number of such offers. Increase...
Black Market for Worldcoin Credentials Pops Up in China
24.5.2023
The startup looking to create a global blockchain-based identification system using iris scans is getting duped by Chinese users
NFTs in the academy: Fighting fake credentials and unfair wages
19.5.2023
Pepperdine University professor Beau Brannan believes that NFTs could allow verification for individual courses and give more insight into college degrees
Deloitte integrates blockchain for digital credentials
7.5.2023
The credential wallet will be provided as a browser extension and customers will be able to set it up without any prior knowledge of blockchain
‘Self-Custody Should Mean the Ownership of Everything About You’ Says Sharering’s Tim Bos
19.3.2023
According to Sharering, a blockchain-based platform enabling the creation and use of “self-sovereign” verifiable credentials, millions of potential world wide web users are still disconnected from the internet because they lack required or verifiable identities, among other things....
JPMorgan, DBS Bank, SBI Complete Live Defi Trades on Public Blockchain
4.11.2022
JPMorgan, DBS Bank, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed their first lives trades on a public blockchain using decentralized finance (defi), tokenized deposits, and verifiable credentials under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Singapore’s central bank...
First Binance soulbound token BAB targets KYC user credentials
1.8.2022
Binance's new Binance Account Bound token is aimed at many use cases in the decentralized society but will initially only serve as Binance KYC user credentials
Saudi Arabia Medical Institution Implements Blockchain-Based ‘Digital Credentialing Solution’
9.2.2022
Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre recently became one of the country’s early adopters of blockchain technology after it implemented a “digital credentialing solution.” Saudi Arabia’s Blockchain Goal The Saudi Arabian medical...
Putin Talks up Russia’s Crypto Credentials as Ukraine Tension Mount
26.1.2022
Recent talk of a ban on crypto in Russia may be premature – particularly after the nation’s President Vladimir Putin appeared to talk up the country’s crypto capabilities. And with the United States threatening to sanction the Russian leader over heightened tensions on the Ukrainian border...