digital identity News

Nibras Stiebar-Bang believes blockchain may help the European Union's digital identification initiatives.

Worldcoin plans to expand its global operations and allow organizations to use its iris-scanning and identity-verification technology

Interoperability protocol Rarimo has partnered with Polygon ID, enabling the use of its verifiable credential infrastructure across multiple blockchains. Rarimo, a tool that helps different blockchains talk to each other, has joined forces with Polygon ID, a system for checking…

Sam Altman's blockchain project, Worldcoin, has announced the integration of its "Sign in with Worldcoin" feature with Okta's Auth0 and the commencement of World ID registrations in Germany.

Taboo, an entertainment platform that prioritizes user privacy and is censorship-resistant, has raised $10m at a $250m valuation

AllianceBlock's identity issuance and verification platform, NexeraID, is now a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The European Parliament is moving forward with discussions on amending the European Digital Identity (eID) framework and establishing the European Digital Identity Wallet.

Traditional identity systems are insecure and can be easily accessed by unauthorized individuals. Luckily, with blockchain technology, it’s much easier to uphold digital identity. What Is Digital Identity? A digital identity is a cyberspace identity that an individual or an…

During the 16th, 4th Industrial Revolution Committee meeting on June 24, 2020, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Technology announced plans of developing seven distributed ledger technology-based systems including the launch of a voting and election system by 2022 under the…

According to an article published by Yonhap News Agency on May 26, 2020, South Korea’s LG Group’s IT service unit – LG CNS Co. – has entered into a partnership with Canada-based Evernym Inc. to develop blockchain-enabled ID system. Partnership…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) – the United Nations Migration Agency – in partnership with blockchain startup Diginex – on December 16, 2019, announced the launch of a blockchain-based tool to mitigate the exploitation of migrant domestic workers in…

In a bid to foster social inclusivity and improve access to quality goods and services for residents of Buenos Aires, Bitcoin Argentina, a local non-governmental organization is collaborating with NEC and IDB Lab, to develop a blockchain-based digital identity solution,…

Ripple a San Francisco-based fintech company and creator of the XRP (XRP) altcoin, has added the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University to its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a project focused on collaborating with universities across the globe to…

Deloitte, a multinational professional services network, and Attest, an identity management organization recently partnered to help Government clients with their digital identity challenges. According to the press release published on November 5, 2018, the collaboration will help Government organizations transform…

The Australian New South Wales Government will roll out the second trial for their blockchain-based digital driver license system in Sydney’s Eastern Beaches in November 2018. According to a ZDNet report released on September 10, 2018, over 140,000 residents in the area…

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, Microsoft took the stage at Consensus 2018 to showcase its flagship presentation, “Decentralized identity for a decentralized world.” The project aims to enable users to own and control their identity in a decentralized manner on…