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Tokenized technological solutions would be a better option for identity verification at scale without sacrificing people’s data and their privacy.
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Ontology is a new generation public blockchain project and a collaborative platform based on distributed trust. Built by the parent company of NEO, OnChain, Ontology focuses on solving issues related to identity security and data integrity.
2020-4-22 14:45 | |
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Bloom, a blockchain startup aims to use decentralization to create a blockchain-based identity for consumers, giving users complete control over the flow of their information. Bloom has partnered with US-based credit reporting agency TransUnion to launch its second mobile application.
2020-4-15 18:39 | |
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Numerous reports have come from both inside and outside the industry about how large swathes of citizens’ data are at risk or being exploited. In such a time, when the world is dependent on digital data, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology stand as a bulwark against surveillance and data exploitation.
2020-3-28 22:15 | |
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Microworkers, an online marketplace for freelance jobs established in 2010 by Nhatvi Nguyen, has integrated Ontology (ONT) into its processes, to enable lightning-fast payments with the ONT altcoin and also store users reputation data on the blockchain, according to a press release on February 27, 2020.
2020-2-28 18:00 | |
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Centralized cloud storage services put users’ data at risk due to their architecture which is based on storing information on a single server. Bitcoin has proven to allow the peer-to-peer, censorship-resistant transfer of value and now RIF, powered by RSK, aims to add the identity, storage, communication, gateways, micro-payments, and gateways layers to allow theRead MoreRead More.
2020-1-16 12:00 | |
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Bitfury has recently acquired Shyft Network, a company that is working on decentralized identity solutions that would help the firms develop a data transfer product. Specifically, Bitfury is going to be investing in the travel rule solution that complies with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and its legal framework. Bitfury Invests In Shyft Network […]
2019-12-11 20:16 | |
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Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be able to reach maturity.
2019-11-25 04:03 | |
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Data breaches occur every passing minute of every passing day. From SIM swap attacks on mobile phones to major data breaches that have exposed the confidential information of millions to hackers, protecting our data and our identity has become a top priority for consumers and businesses alike.
2019-11-7 15:36 | |
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Lawyer Jake Chervinsky asks the public if identity verification is worth exposing the public to data leaks
2019-11-3 21:17 | |
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Institutions including the Shinhan and NH Nonghyup banks have joined a blockchain identity initiative aimed to securely share personal data.
2019-10-21 12:15 | |
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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Inevitably, one day you’re going to die. While you may think your online identity will go to the grave with you, that’s not always how it works out.
2019-10-20 12:00 | |
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The solution will provide an identity based data exchange framework for residents, visitors, and companies in Bermuda.
2019-10-17 20:45 | |
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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Inevitably, one day you’re going to die. While you may think your online identity will go to the grave with you, that’s not always how it works out.
2019-10-12 12:00 | |
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Ontology Intro Ontology is a new high-performance, public blockchain-based project which combines a distributed identity system, distributed data exchange, distributed data collaboration, distributed procedure protocols, distributed communities, distributed attestation, and various industry-specific modules to create an infrastructure for a cross-chain, cross-system, cross-industry, cross-application, and cross-device peer-to-peer trust ecosystem.
2019-10-7 03:13 | |
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HashnStore releases Validity, a digital signature and decentralized ID solution - CryptoNinjas HashnStore, a French company launched in July 2018 whose objective is to develop the opportunities offered by blockchain technology, today announced Validity, its digital signature, and decentralized identity solution.
2019-9-30 19:50 | |
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Recent data shows that countries with corrupt governments have a strong correlation with Localbitcoins trade volumes. However, even though the over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace Localbitcoins has grown massive over the years, traders are complaining about heightened know-your-customer/anti-money laundering requirements.
2019-9-28 03:30 | |
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Civic Wallet partners with CardConnect for identity and payment network - CryptoNinjas Civic, a blockchain secure payments and identity verification provider, today announced a new partnership with CardConnect, a First Data company, to launch its next-generation identity and payment network.
2019-9-24 19:34 | |
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“For years, the digital space has been a playground for malicious actors to exploit and abuse user data.” Governments are using blockchain to put citizens in charge of their own digital identities
2019-9-22 23:54 | |
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Miami, September 13th — Pawtocol, the premier Blockchain company dedicated to the pet industry, has launched the first-ever Blockchain Digital Dog Tag with IoT technology that secures all your pet’s data in one place.
2019-9-13 12:44 | |
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Catalonia, an autonomous region in Spain, is about to create a new decentralized ID platform that will be used in order to give the locals more control over their data. According to the local government, the platform, which is known as IdentiCAT, will empower Catalan citizens to be safe when using the internet. The minister […]
2019-9-10 23:15 | |
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Catalonia will develop a decentralized identity platform aimed to give citizens control of their own data when interacting with online services.
2019-9-9 13:21 | |
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Binance, the world’s number one cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume is offering a 25 BTC ($297,000) reward to anyone with relevant clues that could help it fish out the extortionist that has been spreading people’s identity verification data all over the internet, claiming the images were obtained from the exchange via a hack, according toRead MoreRead More.
2019-8-9 21:00 | |
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The British Government has requested that cryptocurrency exchanges hand over user identity data and transaction histories. HMRC, the U. K. tax authority, is expected to pursue unpaid tax revenues from the past three to four years.
2019-8-9 20:05 | |
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Reports have been going around that the Binance Crypto exchange was allegedly hacked as “Thousands of KYC users data” were on Telegram messenger. The solicitude of the major exchange users occurred when the photos of passports and identity cards allegedly owned by Binance users appeared on the Telegram channel named “FIND YOUR BINANCE KYC”.
2019-8-8 14:20 | |
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Google has just announced several updates to its enterprise cloud platform with an aim to improve users, data, and app security. The new enhancements were unveiled at Google Cloud Next ’19 conference in Tokyo this week.
2019-8-1 10:31 | |
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With the rise of data breaches, fraud, and identity theft, a growing number of projects are using blockchain technology for file and identity validation. Digital files are quite easy to tamper with, as Craig Wright recently demonstrated in his court battles with the Kleiman estate.
2019-8-1 22:48 | |
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Coinspeaker How Persona. im Can Enhance Trust in the Apps Development ProcessMeet Persona. im, a blockchain-based zero-knowledge identity system that ensures your personal details remain private.
2019-7-29 14:00 | |
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TNW recently reported the US Federal Trade Commision (FTC) had passed down a rather friendly little fine to Equifax – just $700 million dollars for exposing the private financial data of more than half of all US citizens.
2019-7-27 01:53 | |
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According to a recent press release, decentralized identity firm, Civic, and a blockchain security firm, BitGo, have announced plans to release a new wallet sometime in the last quarter of 2019. The new “Civic Wallet” will make use of Multisignature Technology from BitGo and will also support cryptocurrency as well as identity data while ensuring […]
2019-7-25 22:59 | |
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A group of tech companies, telecoms, and major South Korean banks, led by Samsung, are launching a blockchain-powered digital identity platform to resolve a few critical vulnerabilities found in current online certificates used for sharing personal data, as per a press release.
2019-7-15 15:00 | |
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Tokoin is a platform that establishes digital business identity and reputation of MSME as acceptable credibility scoring for suppliers and financial institutions. Tokoin aims to: -Build a digital business identity for MSME that represents a valid business reputation -Build a digital ledger for MSME that records real time transaction data and provide opportunities to distribute the data to the relevant parties in the ecosystem, hence monetizing their data.
2019-7-1 07:03 | |
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In just nine days, new rules by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) will force cryptocurrency businesses in roughly 200 countries to verify the identities of anyone sending or receiving more than $1,000 worth of digital assets, effectively nullifying their pseudonymity.
2019-6-12 15:42 | |
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Cybercriminals and hackers are more aggressive than ever these days. With advanced technology, breaches are increasingly common, which puts companies and their customers at risk of fraud and identity theft.
2019-5-24 12:00 | |
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Crypto traders deserve better than locked-up funds on exchange hacks. In an era of massive hacks to centralized exchanges, crypto traders are looking for safer alternatives. It’s not only about losing your money but your identity and trade data.
2019-5-22 19:00 | |
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Microsoft wants you to take control of your personal data with its new blockchain project called the decentralized identity (DID) network, built on the bitcoin network.
2019-5-20 18:16 | |
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CryptoNinjas Hyperledger, the open source collaborative created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, this week has introduced Aries – the newest Hyperledger project. Aries is a shared infrastructure of tools that enables the exchange of blockchain-based data, supports peer-to-peer.
2019-5-17 21:35 | |
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Hyperledger, a multi-project open source distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform hosted by the Linux Foundation, has announced the launch of Aries, a shared infrastructure of tools that facilitate the exchange of data stored on different blockchains, according to a blog post on May 14, 2019.
2019-5-15 21:00 | |
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On May 13th, Hyperledger launched Hyperledger Aries which is a set of tools intended to improve interoperability of different types of blockchain-based data. It is a shared infrastructure of tools that enables the exchange of blockchain-based data, supports peer-to-peer messaging in various scenarios, and facilitates interoperable interaction between different blockchains and other distributed ledger technologies […]
2019-5-15 16:53 | |
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Dapp. com is an analytics-driven App Store for Decentralized Apps that allows everyone to discover, analyze and use all dapps easily. As a unified entry point for the future of decentralized apps, Dapp.
2019-5-14 03:22 | |
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Though Ion isn't scheduled to shift from the Bitcoin testnet to the mainnet until later this year, Ion can help manage an enterprise's decentralized identifiers, which ultimately control the ability for users to prove they own the keys to a certain set of data.
2019-5-13 19:01 | |
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Microsoft is leveraging blockchain technology to create a trustless digital identity scheme, but its not launching a token or building a private blockchain to do so.
2019-5-13 18:34 | |
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Regulatory requirements like open banking rules and the data portability provisions in the European Union’s GDPR tend to be viewed as burdens - forcing compliance expense and stunting growth. But business leaders can use the opportunity to rise above their competition by embracing data portability. The key is ‘Self-Sovereign’ Identity.
2019-5-5 16:00 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.
2019-4-30 20:16 | |
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Two Romanian residents have been convicted of infecting over 400,000 individual computers with malware in order to mine cryptocurrency and steal victims’ data to sell on the dark web. Bogdan Nicolescu, 36, and Radu Miclaus, 37, were convicted by a US jury following a 12-day trial of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit service marks, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and 12 counts each of wire fraud.
2019-4-12 15:31 | |
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Identity theft is a major worry for many people today. This was compounded by the Equifax breach that leaked the data of over 140 million Americans. The data in that breach included information such as addresses and social security numbers in addition to names and phone numbers. It was a nightmare scenario and there has […]
2019-4-10 19:41 | |
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Online money transfer technologies have facilitated individuals with fast and efficient transfer of payments across the world. Additionally, users today purchase goods and services from e-commerce websites and pay for transactions online in just a matter of a few clicks.
2019-4-10 18:52 | |
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Paypal has made a relatively small (for a $120+ billion company) in Cambridge Blockchain, which is a company focused on digital identity. Paypal’s First Blockchain Investment Cambridge Blockchain is working on a product that will amount to a digital passport: the user will be able to have strict control of who uses their data, but also be able to use it to verify themselves.
2019-4-3 01:42 | |
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Every day, millions of people use Google Docs to share and collaborate on documents. And when it comes to working on documents online, few tools match the power and versatility of Google Drive and Google Docs.
2019-3-30 15:16 | |
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Switzerland-based firm WISeKey has launched a blockchain-powered digital identity solution to protect Internet of Things devices and their data
2019-3-30 13:42 | |
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Gate Ventures, the venture capital division of Gate.io, has committed $20 million to the BNB Incubation Alliance. The alliance is a collaborative initiative by Binance Labs and BNB (BNB) Chain, is designed to support blockchain and Web3 startups with funding,…
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and REIT Development have unveiled plans for a 17-story Crypto Tower in Jumeirah Lakes Towers. The tower will feature blockchain-powered tenant services to foster innovation in blockchain, decentralized finance, and artificial intelligence. With 150,000 square…
What is the first block created in the blockchain? On January 3, 2009, an individual under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin’s first block, known as the Genesis block, containing 50 BTC. Embedded in its hash was the headline of…
Cosmos is the internet of blockchains - an ever-expanding ecosystem of interconnected, blockchain-based apps and services. Powered by the Interchain Stack, Cosmos boasts over 100 IBC-enabled chains. - Medium
Aethir, Beam Foundation, and MetaStreet have partnered to launch Tactical Compute, a $40 million initiative designed to meet the growing demand for computing power in artificial intelligence and blockchain.
More than 24,000 United Nations staff are set to gain blockchain skills as the UN expands its academy, developed in partnership with the Algorand Foundation. The United Nations Development Programme is expanding its blockchain education academy to provide training to…
BlackRock is expanding its tokenized fund — BUIDL — to multiple blockchains. BlackRock has announced the expansion of its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund — BUIDL — which is tokenized by Securitize, to five additional blockchains: Aptos (APT), Arbitrum…