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PwC Italy, SKChain Advisors to Build Blockchain-Based EU Digital Identity Product

The product will enable European companies and their customers to securely access digital platforms including those in the world of Web3.

By Jamie Crawley|Edited by Sheldon Reback
Mar 24, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
European Union (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)
European Union (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

What to know:

  • PwC Italy is building a digital identity product for use in the European Union (EU) alongside blockchain consultancy firm SKChain Advisors.
  • The product is being developed on World Mobile Chain, a layer-3 network built on Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 Base.
  • Blockchain technology underpins self-sovereign identity in that it allows for users' data to be distributed and stored securely, removing the need for centralized identity providers.

The Italian division of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said is building a European Union (EU) digital identity product alongside blockchain consultancy firm SKChain Advisors.

The product under development will enable European companies and their customers to securely access digital platforms including those in the world of Web3, according to an emailed announcement on Monday.

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Developed on World Mobile Chain, a layer-3 network built on Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 Base, the product will use self-sovereign identity (SSI) technology. SSI is a decentralized form of identity that gives users full control of their data rather than handing it to third parties.

Blockchain technology underpins SSI in that it allows for users' data to be distributed and stored securely, removing the need for centralized identity providers.

The basis for PwC Italy and SKChain's product is the EU's digital identity regulation eiDAS 2.0 and the European Digital Identity EUDI) wallet that it introduces.

EiDAS aims to establish an EU-wide digital identity framework for accessing services and making electronic transactions.

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Jamie Crawley

Jamie has been part of CoinDesk's news team since February 2021, focusing on breaking news, Bitcoin tech and protocols and crypto VC. He holds BTC, ETH and DOGE.

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