Identity

Identity

GM Financial Partners With Blockchain Startup to Fight Identity Fraud

General Motors Financial has partnered with blockchain startup Spring Labs on solutions for identity verification.

Markets  ·  12 February 2019
Security Tokens

Glyph Partners With 3 Crypto Firms for Accredited-Investor Checks

With many decentralized-identity efforts facing adoption challenges, Glyph's first step – accredited-investor checks – is intentionally niche.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 January 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
Crime

US Government Offering Up to $800K for Anti-Forgery Blockchain Solutions

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking to fund anti-counterfeiting solutions from blockchain startups with grants of up to $800,000.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 December 2018
Exchanges

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 December 2018
Banking

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 December 2018
Security

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 November 2018
Ethereum

Swiss Railway Tests Blockchain Identities for Workplace Safety Boost

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

Policy & regulation  ·  22 November 2018
Exchanges

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 November 2018
NEM

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 November 2018
Identity

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 October 2018
Identity

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 September 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
Bitcoin

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.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 September 2018
Privacy

Gemalto Taps R3 Tech for Blockchain Identity Pilot

Digital security firm Gemalto is teaming up blockchain startup R3 to pilot a new platform aimed to bring digital identities closer to the mainstream.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 September 2018