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CipherTrace Scout App Takes Crypto Investigations Mobile

Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has developed a mobile tool for flagging bitcoin and ethereum tokens with a criminal past.

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Catalonia to Build DLT-Based Identity Platform for Citizens

Catalonia will develop a decentralized identity platform aimed to give citizens control of their own data when interacting with online services.

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Samsung Teams With Banks, Telcos for Mobile ID Network Based on Blockchain

Tech giant Samsung Electronics is joining six other major South Korean firms to develop a blockchain-based certificate and ID authentication network.

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Fujitsu Develops Blockchain ID Tech That Scores Trustworthiness in Transactions

Fujitsu Laboratories has unveiled digital identity tech that scores users' reliability to increase the security of online transactions.

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Blockchain Solution for FATF 'Travel Rule' to Keep User Data Private

CipherTrace is teaming with Shyft on a blockchain solution to help crypto firms meet tough new standards from the Financial Action Task Force.

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Buried in Facebook's Libra White Paper, a Digital Identity Bombshell

Buried in Facebook’s Libra white paper are two sentences hinting the project's ambitions go even further than minting a global currency.

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ConsenSys Spin-Out 3Box Raises $2.5 Million to Build ID Tools for Dapp Devs

ID startup 3Box is spinning out of ethereum incubator ConsenSys with $2.5 million in new funding.

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Microsoft, Salesforce Join Hyperledger Enterprise Blockchain Consortium

Microsoft and Salesforce have joined Hyperledger, lending their enterprise software heft to the DLT consortium.

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Concerns Over Facebook Data Use Derailed at Least 3 Crypto Partnerships

Philosophical disagreements with crypto experts have slowed the development of Facebook's GlobalCoin, sources say.

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Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features

An Egyptian web firm is building Dmail on Blockstack to bring bitcoin-friendly privacy tech to the Middle East.

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