W3C launches group to tackle supply chain fraud with VCs
A new initiative has been launched under the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to advance decentralized, verifiable data standards in…
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Digital Credentials API first draft published by W3C
A first public working draft of the Digital Credentials API from W3C has been published by the Federated Identity Working…
Support for W3C Digital Credentials API, digital identity passports part of iOS 26
Of the news coming out of Apple’s WWDC25, some of the most significant for the digital identity industry involves Apple’s…
Explaining W3C Verifiable Credentials and biometrics a key mission for Dock Labs
All legitimate credentials can be verified – but not all credentials are Verifiable Credentials. It sounds a bit like a…
Verifiable Credentials 2.0 now a W3C Standard
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published seven W3C Recommendations, including Verifiable Credentials Data Model…
Block to pitch W3C open standards in NIST digital ID consortium
Block has joined the consortium of players in the in the mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) to help encourage faster development…
W3C issues new technical draft for verifiable credentials standards
The World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Verifiable Credentials Working Group this week issued its Candidate Recommendation Draft of specifications for the…
Primer on digital identity wallets from DHS breaks down W3C standards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is forging ahead with its plan for digital credentials, this week publishing a feature…
DHS S&T earmarks $1.7M to build W3C standards into digital wallets
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is making $1.7 million available for participants in contracts to develop and adapt digital…
W3C announces standardization measure for the Secure Payment Confirmation
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced a new standardization measure for the Secure Payment Confirmation, which it says will…
