Identity Verification


Política

Worldcoin Operations Violate Privacy and Should Cease, Hong Kong Regulator Says

Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data personnel visited 10 of the project's locations in December and January.

On Jan. 31, the PCPD entered six premises involved in the Worldcoin project with court warrants for investigations. (PCPD)

Finanças

Humanity Protocol Raises $30M at $1B for Decentralized Identification to Rival Worldcoin

While Worldcoin's technology is based on iris scans, Humanity Protocol uses palm prints.

Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)

Política

DeFi Identity Should Be Focus of U.S. Policymakers, CFTC Says

Policymakers should identify the projects of greatest concern and prioritize progress on digital identity, a report from one of the regulator's committees said.

Christy Goldsmith Romero (CFTC)

Tecnologia

Sam Altman Is Bringing Worldcoin's Controversial Eye-Scanning Orb to Reddit and Microsoft

World ID has added integrations with Shopify, Minecraft, and Reddit alongside a slew of developer-focused updates that could expand the OpenAI founder's blockchain-based "proof-of-personhood" service to more users.

Image of individual who looks like Sam Altman staring into orb

Consensus Magazine

Shavonne Wong: Not Even Sam Altman 'Is Exempt From Surveillance'

The artist made an NFT of the Worldcoin co-founder and OpenAI CEO for our Most Influential package.

Shavonne Wong, the artist behind the NFT.

Finanças

Worldcoin Could Enable Wider Distribution of Crypto Than Even Bitcoin, Says CoinFund

Worldcoin could eventually onboard "billions of users" to crypto markets, said a partner at the venture capital firm.

A user from GCR getting their iris scanned with a Worldcoin Orb in Paris on July 21. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finanças

I Had My Iris Scanned by the Worldcoin Orb, and It Wasn't as Scary as I Expected

Sam Altman’s identity-verifying Worldcoin Orb is going on a global tour as the network launched on Monday.

The Worldcoin Orb scans a QR code to kick off the iris scan in Paris. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Polygon Rolls Out Zero-Knowledge, Privacy-Enhanced Identification Product

Under the design for Polygon ID, a bar owner could theoretically use the credential-verification system to verify a patron is of age, without ever having to look at any identification card.

Polygon APIs will soon be available on The Graph. (Aquaryus15/Unsplash)

Opinião

Hardliners Stymie Online Identity Innovation

Lack of middle ground between blind crypto idealists and blinkered monetary regulators hampers self-sovereign, privacy-enhanced identity solutions.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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