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Europe’s digital ID wallet — Easy for users or a data privacy nightmare?
7.4.2023
European Union lawmakers are planning an EU-wide digital identity wallet for access to essential services
Soulbound Tokens vs Self-Sovereign Identity: Web3’s Search for a Digital ID Solution
28.8.2022
Fraser Edwards is the Co-Founder and CEO of cheqd, a network for creating digital credential businesses.__________...
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Buenos Aires Confirms It Plans to Allow Citizens to Pay Taxes With Cryptocurrency
26.4.2022
Horacio Larreta, the head of the government of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, confirmed that the city will allow its citizens to pay some taxes with cryptocurrencies. This is part of a digitization plan that the city has named “Buenos Aires+” that seeks to simplify...
How Countries Use Digital ID to Exclude Vulnerable People
29.8.2021
Eve Hayes de Kalaf, Research Associate, CLACS University of London, and School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, University of Aberdeen.
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The world has become interconnected at a level we never before imagined possible. States, banking, communications, transport, tech,...
Using Decentralized Digital IDs and Blockchain to Help Millions in Africa Get Identified
9.7.2021
With over 1.3 billion inhabitants, Africa accounts for over 16% of the world’s population. However, the continent still falls short when it comes to providing its residents with legitimate or government-issued identification documents. As some studies have revealed, as many as 400 million...
European Union to Release Digital Wallet for Payments Next Year
3.6.2021
The European Union (EU) will launch a digital wallet allowing citizens of any country in the bloc to make payments and access services provided by each state, also allowing for the storage of digital ID information. The wallet, which will reportedly be launched next year, could be tied in with...
When privacy is a privilege: Ontology’s Jun Li on blockchain-based digital ID
11.3.2021
EasyFi Showcases Digital ID-Based Credit Solution for DeFi; Upcoming ProBit Exclusive On February 3
29.1.2021
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Following the partnership between ProBit Exchange and EasyFi to consolidate the current divide between centralized and decentralized finance, EASY will now be featured on the upcoming ProBit Exclusive...
Australia's eSafety Commissioner touts blockchain as a solution to trolls
28.1.2021
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has suggested blockchain-based digital IDs as a potential solution to fight online abuse and trolling
No more pushes and pushbacks: Digital ID solves the privacy dilemma
24.1.2021
The need for secure, privacy-centric, fraud-proof digital identities that allow us to demonstrate our credentials has never been greater
LayerX will develop blockchain-based voting system using digital ID verification in Japan
7.12.2020
“Voting over the Internet presents more challenges, such as preventing double voting, technical hurdles to keep ballots secret, and the cost of voting devices."
Tencent joins forces with ShareRing to launch blockchain digital ID platform
17.11.2020
Digital identification is the future. What role will blockchain play?
This Self-Sovereign ‘DocuSign’ Uses Bitcoin for Digital Proofs
6.10.2020
Woleet provides a digital ID software suite which allows its clients to authenticate documents and signatures using Bitcoin’s blockchain
World's Largest Utility Firm to Debut Blockchain-powered Digital ID Platform
13.8.2020
A local branch of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) – the nation’s electricity monopoly and the biggest utilities firm in the world – said that it has developed a blockchain technology-powered digital identity authentication system.
Per Shupeidian, the Anhui Province branch of the SGCC...
Securitize Builds Digital ID Service in Hopes of Creating Industry Standard
7.5.2020
Securitize is rolling out a digital ID service so issuers, investors and other players in the security token market don't have to keep sending the same documents to every company they deal with
Blockchain Digital ID — Putting People in Control of Their Data
23.3.2020
Blockchain ID is a big player in the battle for user data, as it “adopts a user-centric approach, eliminating central points of failure by empowering individuals with self-sovereign possession over their own data”
China's Dive Into Blockchain, Digital ID Spurs Rest of World to Action
24.11.2019
How is China implementing blockchain in the public sector and will it be a blockchain-driven country of the future?
Netki Retools Digital ID Service for FATF’s New Crypto ‘Travel Rule’
9.9.2019
Nekti has upgraded its digital ID service to help crypto firms meet the FATF's tough new standards for combating money laundering.
SIX Fintech Ventures Buys Stake In Digital ID Outfit PXL Vision
2.7.2019
Over the past half a decade or so, the Fintech industry has grown into a veritable behemoth, and much of the credit must go to the innovators who have worked tirelessly to make it another pillar of the financial industry. In that regard, SIX Fintech Ventures has also been one of the more...
Brazilian Banks to Implement New HyperLedger-Powered Digital ID Platform
3.6.2019
Brazilian banks will be implementing a new standardized blockchain identity solution powered by Hyperledger Fabric, co-developed by IBM and the country’s central bank