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Identity Verification

On Jan. 31, the PCPD entered six premises involved in the Worldcoin project with court warrants for investigations. (PCPD)
Policy
Regulations
Worldcoin Operations Violate Privacy and Should Cease, Hong Kong Regulator Says
Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data personnel visited 10 of the project's locations in December and January.
On Jan. 31, the PCPD entered six premises involved in the Worldcoin project with court warrants for investigations. (PCPD)
By Camomile Shumba
May 22, 2024 at 2:33 p.m. UTC
May 22, 2024
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Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)
Finance
Fundraising
Humanity Protocol Raises $30M at $1B for Decentralized Identification to Rival Worldcoin
While Worldcoin's technology is based on iris scans, Humanity Protocol uses palm prints.
Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)
By Sheldon Reback
May 15, 2024 at 3:17 p.m. UTC
May 15, 2024
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Christy Goldsmith Romero (CFTC)
Policy
Regulations
DeFi Identity Should Be Focus of U.S. Policymakers, CFTC Says
Policymakers should identify the projects of greatest concern and prioritize progress on digital identity, a report from one of the regulator's committees said.
Christy Goldsmith Romero (CFTC)
By Amitoj Singh
Jan 9, 2024 at 9:43 a.m. UTC
Jan 9, 2024
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Image of individual who looks like Sam Altman staring into orb
Technology
Worldcoin
Sam Altman Is Bringing Worldcoin's Controversial Eye-Scanning Orb to Reddit and Microsoft
World ID has added integrations with Shopify, Minecraft, and Reddit alongside a slew of developer-focused updates that could expand the OpenAI founder's blockchain-based "proo...
Image of individual who looks like Sam Altman staring into orb
By Sam Kessler
Dec 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 13, 2023
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Shavonne Wong, the artist behind the NFT.
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Shavonne Wong: Not Even Sam Altman 'Is Exempt From Surveillance'
The artist made an NFT of the Worldcoin co-founder and OpenAI CEO for our Most Influential package.
Shavonne Wong, the artist behind the NFT.
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 4, 2023 at 1:44 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2023
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A user from GCR getting their iris scanned with a Worldcoin Orb in Paris on July 21. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Finance
Worldcoin
Worldcoin Could Enable Wider Distribution of Crypto Than Even Bitcoin, Says CoinFund
Worldcoin could eventually onboard "billions of users" to crypto markets, said a partner at the venture capital firm.
A user from GCR getting their iris scanned with a Worldcoin Orb in Paris on July 21. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
By Eliza Gkritsi
Jul 27, 2023 at 5:15 p.m. UTC
Jul 27, 2023
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The Worldcoin Orb scans a QR code to kick off the iris scan in Paris. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Finance
Worldcoin
I Had My Iris Scanned by the Worldcoin Orb, and It Wasn't as Scary as I Expected
Sam Altman’s identity-verifying Worldcoin Orb is going on a global tour as the network launched on Monday.
The Worldcoin Orb scans a QR code to kick off the iris scan in Paris. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
By Eliza Gkritsi
Jul 24, 2023 at 4:54 p.m. UTC
Jul 24, 2023
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(Aquaryus15/Unsplash)
Technology
Polygon
Polygon Rolls Out Zero-Knowledge, Privacy-Enhanced Identification Product
Under the design for Polygon ID, a bar owner could theoretically use the credential-verification system to verify a patron is of age, without ever having to look at any identi...
(Aquaryus15/Unsplash)
By Bradley Keoun
Mar 1, 2023 at 6:32 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2023
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(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
Layer 2
Money reimagined
Hardliners Stymie Online Identity Innovation
Lack of middle ground between blind crypto idealists and blinkered monetary regulators hampers self-sovereign, privacy-enhanced identity solutions.
(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
By Michael J. Casey
Oct 21, 2022 at 5:04 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2022
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Podcasts
Podcasts
Decentralized Systems of Identity and Owning Your Own Data
The ecosystem of digital identity and how important viable decentralized identifiers are for the Web3 space.
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By Michael J. CaseySheila Warren
Sep 30, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 30, 2022
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