Identity

KYC

Cambridge Blockchain, IHS Markit Ink KYC Partnership

Cambridge Blockchain has partnered with IHS Markit to help financial institutions resolve compliance issues relating to know-your-customer information

Policy & regulation  ·  1 February 2018
Canada

WEF Trials Blockchain in Bid to Boost Air Travel Security

The World Economic Forum is working with the Canadian and Dutch governments to pilot a digital identity project that focuses in part on blockchain.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 January 2018
Identity

Microsoft, Hyperledger, UN Join Blockchain Identity Initiative

Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain alliance Hyperledger and others have joined blockchain-based digital identity initiative, the ID2020 Alliance.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 January 2018
Censorship

Don’t Use a Blockchain Unless You Really Need One

Blockchains are inefficient, and worth the cost only when censorship-resistance is required. For money, it clearly is; for identity, it just might be.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 January 2018
Loans

Microlending Startups Look to Blockchain for Loans

Blockchain is now being touted as a way to revive a long-promised method of boosting financial access for the underbanked.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 December 2017
Russia

Moscow Government Open-Sources Blockchain Voting Tool

The government of Moscow is pushing ahead with plans to test blockchain for use in its municipal elections.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 December 2017
Ethereum

The Father of the ICO Is All About Identity Now

The developer who created the core technology behind thousands of initial coin offerings is now focusing on a standard for identity.

Tech  ·  4 December 2017
Identity

Who Invented Pants? Why Crypto Creators’ Identities Don’t Matter

The identity or character of a creator has little bearing on the value of the creation – that's why the obsession with unmasking Satoshi was so silly.

Markets  ·  26 November 2017
Regulation

Here’s What’s Standing in the Way of a Tokenized Economy

The challenges of digital identity, AML/KYC and common technical standards must be overcome to deliver on the promise of blockchain technology.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 November 2017
Identity

Moldova Eyes Blockchain IDs to Help Curb Child Trafficking

Moldova is considering teaming with a U.N. blockchain identity project to help combat child trafficking in the country, according to a report.

Markets  ·  16 November 2017
Canada

SecureKey Taps IBM Blockchain for Digital Identity System Launch

Canadian startup SecureKey has revealed it will soon launch an ID verification system built with IBM Blockchain.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 November 2017
Identity

UN Agencies Turn to Blockchain In Fight Against Child Trafficking

The United Nations has partnered with the World Identity Network to develop a blockchain identity pilot aimed to help curb child trafficking.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 November 2017
Brazil

Blockchain ID Schemes Could Kill the Data Breach, But How Soon?

CoinDesk takes a look at problems facing decentralized identity schemes – as told by those seeking to take the blockchain use case live.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 November 2017
Patents

Sony Seeks Blockchain Patent for User Authentication System

Electronics giant Sony has proposed a two-part blockchain-based multi-factor authentication system in a new patent application.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 October 2017
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