World Network has announced the official launch of the World Network in the UK market and allows personal access, including human authentication services powered by Orb. The first batch is expected to be available in multiple locations in London, with rollout to major cities including Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, and Glasgow in the coming months.
On April 5th, according to DLNews, FTX said it had cancelled about $2.50 billion of customer claims because nearly 400,000 users did not complete identity verification (KYC) by March 3rd. According to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court filing on April 2nd, 392,000 claims have been completely rejected and deleted, involving as much as 2377 pages. While the total unverified claim was initially estimated at about $1 billion, creditor representative Sunil Kavuri said the actual amount could be more than ...
Blockchain identity authentication platform Humanity Protocol has taken a step closer to its Token Generation Event (TGE) by launching the Humanity Foundation. According to the announcement, on January 14, the Humanity Foundation, led by founding directors such as Yat Siu, chairperson of Animoca Brands, was established with the aim of becoming a key enabler of the Humanity Protocol ecosystem.
ZK identity verification solution zkMe announced the launch of "zkKYC", a decentralized and private KYC solution designed to enable zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology to meet the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF). In addition, zkMe also announced the completion of integration with the TON blockchain.
Blockchain identity authentication platform Humanity Protocol replied to Slow Mist founder Cosine on the X platform, saying that thanks to the feedback testnet plaintext private key direct browser storage problem, we have noticed this problem and will solve it as soon as possible and inform users. Previously, the founder of Slow Mist, Cosine Yu X, said in a post, "The Humanity Protocol project directly stores the plaintext private key in the browser sessionStorage, which is a low-level and high-...
Web3 identity and rewards platform Galxe has announced a new Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) upgrade to its Gravity blockchain and launched a $50 million fund. The fund aims to boost the development of its recently launched Gravity network, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 network designed to help developers launch new user-centric applications and even affiliated blockchains. Galxe also provided an additional $5 million in developer funding for the network. The ecosystem fund was funded by companies in...
Web3 authentication and private key management tool Privy extends native account abstraction (AA) products to support Coinbase Wallet smart wallets. Users can log in using Privy's familiar authentication and embedded user experience (e.g., email/SMS, no tx pop-ups), then unlock AA features using Coinbase's Paymaster and Bundler.
Privacy-preserving data verification protocol zkPass completed a $12.50 million Series A financing at a valuation of $100 million, with participation from dao5, Animoca Brands, Flow Traders, Amber Group, IOBC Capital, Signum Capital, MH Ventures and WAGMI Ventures. It is reported that zkPass plans to launch tokens in the first quarter of next year.
Pell Network, a full-chain decentralized verification service (DVS) network, announced the completion of the $3 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Halo Capital, Mirana Ventures and Paper Ventures, with participation from ArkStream Capital, Caliber Venture Builder, Cogitent Ventures and Contribution Capital. The official said that the Pell Network testnet has been officially launched.
RWA (Real World Asset Tokenization, RealWorldAssets - tokenization) is becoming a new trend for cross-border financing of enterprises. Recently, class A share listed company Langxin Group cooperated with Ant Digital to complete the first domestic RWA based on new energy entity assets in Hong Kong, with an amount of about 100 million yuan. This is also one of the four tokenization theme cases in the progress of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's sandbox project. Worldwide, BlackRock, Morgan...