Identity


Markets

Crypto Unicorn Coinbase Is Planning a Year-Long Identity Experiment

The crypto unicorn is currently exploring decentralized-identity solutions, an effort that's playing out against a broader push to give users more control over their data.

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Blockchain 'Radically Simplifies' KYC, Say UAE Trial Participants

An Abu Dhabi financial center and KPMG say they have successfully completed a trial of a blockchain-based know-your-customer application.

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South Korea Eyes More Reliable E-Voting With December Blockchain Trial

South Korea's National Election Commission says it is building a blockchain-based voting platform to be trialed in December.

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Swiss Railway Tests Blockchain Identities for Workplace Safety Boost

Swiss Federal Railways has trialed a blockchain-based credentials management system for construction workers.

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Crypto Exchanges Should Take a Hard Look at IP Address-Masking Services

Cryptocurrency exchanges will likely have to reckon with VPN access as part of any regulatory or law enforcement actions for market manipulation.

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Malaysian Government, Universities Team to Put Degrees on a Blockchain

Malaysia's education ministry has formed a new consortium of universities to issue and verify degrees on the NEM blockchain.

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Tech

Microsoft Is Pushing New Blockchain ID Products (But There's Pushback, Too)

Microsoft is moving to turn blockchain-based decentralized identity from a lofty aspiration into a business line, with two products in the works.

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Sierra Leone to Develop Blockchain-Based ID Platform With UN Partnership

Two UN entities are working with a tech startup to provide Sierra Leone a blockchain-based credit and identity platform for banking services.

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Brave Browser Is Using Civic's Blockchain Platform to Verify Publishers

Privacy-focused internet browser Brave will use Civic's identity verification services to ensure that publishers are paid for their content.

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Tech

R3's Hearn and Brown Say Enterprise Blockchain's Day of Reckoning Is Here

Bitcoin apostate Mike Hearn and his R3 colleague Richard Gendal Brown view the enterprise blockchain game as, if not quite zero-sum, something close.

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