Civic

Blockchain Identity Firm Civic Promotes Chris Hart to CEO

Vinny Lingham is stepping down from the role and will become executive chairman of the board.

People  ·  18 August 2021

Major Crypto Firms Including Binance, Civic, Tron Targeted in Flood of Lawsuits

A flood of class-action lawsuits were filed in New York Friday, taking aim at a number of major cryptocurrency projects over their token sales.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 April 2020
Wallets

Ex-Royal Mint Team Now Provides $1M Cover for All Civic Crypto Wallets

Coincover is now providing automatic deposit guarantee on all new signups for Civic's hot wallet.

Business  ·  31 March 2020
Wallets

Watch Civic’s CEO Talk About His New Cross-Border Payment System

The Civic Wallet is a noncustodial money transfer system that uses your face instead of complex keys.

Tech  ·  17 January 2020
BitGo

Civic, BitGo Announce a Consumer Mobile Wallet

The wallet will maintain user's anonymity, but will also be recoverable.

Markets  ·  24 July 2019
Identity

Civic Inks Deal to Bring Blockchain ID to 1,000 Vending Machines

After demoing a beer vending machine at SXSW, Civic is announcing a blockchain identity deal with 12 suppliers in the automated retail space.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 April 2019
News

You Can Pre-Order This $15,000 Crypto-Powered Beer Vending Machine

Decentralized identity startup Civic is rolling out a new product: beer vending machines that can verify ID.

Markets  ·  13 March 2019
Apple

Former Apple Exec Joins Decentralized Identity Startup Civic

Blockchain startup Civic has hired Apple veteran Phillip Shoemaker as executive director of Identity.com.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 December 2018
Payments

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 September 2018
Investments

Civic to Spend $43 Million In Tokens to Boost User Numbers

Civic needs a network of users, so it's offering free KYC for business partners and funding the effort with its reserve of tokens.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 September 2018
Ethereum

Civic Is Turning Identity.com Into a Crypto-Powered Personal Data Market

Civic secures a high-quality URL from a longstanding internet company, raising the profile of the whole blockchain industry.

Tech  ·  17 July 2018
Security

Social Network Adopts Civic’s Blockchain ID System

Civic has launched a decentralized identity verification system, and crypto social network platform Hilo is the first to use it.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 May 2018
Identity

This Crypto Vending Machine Can Tell If You’re 21 And Sell You Beer

Blockchain technology startup Civic will demo how its ID verification services can be used to purchase alcohol via vending machines at Consensus 2018.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 May 2018
BitGo

BitGo to Use Civic ID Service for Royal Mint’s Digital Gold Trial

Blockchain startup Civic is to provide identity verifying services for wallets used to store the U.K. Royal Mint's gold-backed cryptocurrency.

Policy & regulation  ·  24 October 2017
Security

How-To Website WikiHow Partners With Blockchain Startup Civic

Popular how-to website wikiHow is partnering with blockchain startup Civic to boost the security of its login process.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 August 2017