How digital identities could shape the future of humanitarian aid
By Fraser Edwards, CEO at cheqd and Sharanya Thakur, Project Manager at Gravity The current wars in Yemen, Palestine and…
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Avarta brings biometric digital wallet to Indonesian crypto exchange collaboration
Avarta, a decentralized finance and identity firm that offers a cryptocurrency wallet secured with biometrics from FaceTec, will work with…
Buenos Aires planning ambitious decentralized digital identity system with biometrics
The Argentinian capital Buenos Aires is planning to establish a decentralized digital identity platform including biometrics for public and private…
Worldcoin adds layer of privacy to biometric cryptocurrency after disapproval
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency company that assigns the eponymous digital currency with an iris biometrics scan and promised to play a…
Socure, Prove deals extend fraud protection for onboarding to digital asset markets
U.S.-based Socure has entered a new digital ID verification and onboarding partnership with Prime Trust, a provider of financial infrastructure…
Worldcoin raising $100M for biometric crypto, Advance.AI parent company considers fundraise
Iris biometric-based cryptocurrency Worldcoin is reportedly set to raise $100 million through the sale of its tokens, while Advance.AI’s parent…
Crypto-biometrics firm with altruistic plan stumbles
Ambitious plans are in the DNA of technology, and few visions have been more amazing than scanning an iris of…
NFTs for digital identity — first get over your baggage
What is the big deal with NFTs? Every day I read an article about a collection of digital images being…
Block’s hardware wallet to use fingerprint biometric authentication
Payment firm Block (formerly known as Square) has confirmed that fingerprint biometrics will be the main method of authentication for…
Aggregating digital wallets is a bad idea
In my physical wallet, my credit cards, driver’s license, health insurance card, public transit cards, vaccination card, and yearly pass…
