A wallet address can receive money. But it can’t explain who is paying, whether they’re eligible, or what credentials they carry. That’s why onchain payments need an identity layer. PID connects wallets with verifiable payment credentials—without turning identity into a centralized data silo. #PID# #DigitalIdentity# #PayFi#

JUST IN: The UAE deploys @avax to power its national digital identity infrastructure, with UAE PASS using the chain to verify and secure official documents for over 12 million citizens, residents and visitors.

The Cardano Academy has launched a brand new course: Trust & Digital Identity. 👤 It explains why proving who you are is the internet's biggest unsolved problem, and how blockchain-backed verifiable credentials can change that. Start learning today:

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As Southeast Asia becomes more digitally connected, making sure digital systems can work across borders will become increasingly important. Recent ASEAN and World Bank discussions on digital identity show how this could make it easier for people and businesses to move and operate across the region.

InterLink Name Service is growing at an unreal rate... The @Inter_link ecosystem reports a significant surge in digital identity registrations. According to the protocol's announcement, the InterLink Name Service (INS) has hit 4,123 active .itl domains just days after launch. The network currently counts 1,177 unique owners and has facilitated a total trading volume of 4,751.5 $ITL, with 905.5 $ITL processed in the last 24 hours alone.

Bill Tracker Follow legislation affecting privacy, free speech, anonymity, encryption, and digital identity. Each record explains what the bill does, where it stands, and why it matters. And which country is first off the mark?

This week’s episode features DC Builder (@dcbuilder), Research Engineer at the Worldcoin Network (@worldnetwork). We dive into Worldcoin’s mission to democratize digital identity and finance worldwide, and why proving personhood could become one of the most important primitives for the next era of the internet. The conversation explores the challenges behind verifying real humans at global scale — from web of trust systems to biometrics — and how Worldcoin approaches identity, privacy, and fair wealth distribution. DC also breaks down the role of Semaphore, zero-knowledge proofs, and privacy-preserving infrastructure in making digital identity usable without turning it into surveillance. We also dig into the emerging ZKML space, the intersection of crypto and AI, and why machine learning, verification, and decentralized systems may become one of the most exciting frontiers in Web3. A deep episode on identity, trust, ZK, AI, and the infrastructure needed to make the digital world more human.