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KILT Protocol - Claim Independence

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‎The Charlie Shrem Show: An Internet with Attesters and No Identities with Ingo Rübe, Founder of KILT on Apple Podcasts

Ingo Rübe is the founder and CEO of BOTLabs, a Berlin-based company providing Blockchain-powered solutions for Self-Sovereign Data. BOTLabs is the team behind KILT, a Blockchain protocol, enables the user to describe and attest any kind of characteristics of persons, organizations, and things in a s...

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Ingo Rübe, CEO of KILT, on Blockchain Identity Protocol and Digital Identification | Ep. 189

In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Ingo Rübe, CEO of KILT, talks about blockchain's identity problem, digital identification in government and KILT, the infrastructure layer of web3 identity. Ingo Rübe is the founder and CEO of KILT Protocol, a blockchain identity protocol for issuing self-sovereign and verifiable credentials.

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Digital identity and social media - the big picture | Biometric Update

Digital identity on the internet is fundamentally broken. Our data is scattered across the web, out of our hands and impossible for even the most security-conscious to track. But before we can create viable alternatives to the present system, we first need to address the fundamentals - how identity is understood.

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Digital Identity is Broken. Here's How We Can Fix It.

Digital Identity: It's vital that new digital identity solutions move identity out of the hands of the few and back where it belongs - with its owner, says Ingo Rübe , founder of KILT Protocol . Digital identity is first and foremost who we are and how we engage in the digital realm.

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KILT Moves to Polkadot, CEO Praises Dubai for Crypto and Entrepreneur-friendly Legislation - UNLOCK Blockchain

Founded in January 2018 by computer scientist Ingo Rübe, and going live on September 2021, KILT is a blockchain protocol for issuing self-sovereign, anonymous, revocable, verifiable credentials and decentralized identifiers. The protocol brings the old process of trust in real-world verifiable credentials (passport, driving license, certificate, etc.)

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ZayZoon | Earned Wage Access | On-Demand Pay

ZayZoon is a pioneer in earned wage access (EWA) with our flagship product Wages On-Demand. Employees can access part of their payday in advance.

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Earned wage access firm sees payoff in retention, recruiting

Tate Hackert spent the majority of his adolescence working on fishing boats in Vancouver, Canada, socking away the surprisingly impressive income he made into his savings. By the time he was 16, he'd saved up enough money to take out a second mortgage for a friend who needed it, but didn't have the means to get one for themselves.

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This fintech is improving companies' retention by 29% with earned access wages

Tate Hackert spent the majority of his adolescence working on fishing boats in Vancouver, Canada, socking away the surprisingly impressive income he made into his savings. By the time he was 16, he'd saved up enough money to take out a second mortgage for a friend who needed it, but didn't have the means to get one for themselves.

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ZayZoon charges employees $5 to get paid sooner

ZayZoon, a startup developing a platform that allows employees to pay a nominal fee for access to earned wages, has raised fresh capital in a combination debt-equity round.

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Working Well: Tate Hackert Of ZayZoon On How Companies Are Creating Cultures That Support & Sustain...

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EarlyBird - Invest, Gift, Grow

Give children the freedom to dream. Through the Uniform Gift Act for Minors Accounts (UGMA), family and friends can make gifts using EarlyBird's investing app. At 18, the beneficiaries can fund their first startup, pay for college, or travel the world.

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Here's how to invest during a war, according to expert at game-changing fintech company

The world is a crazy place right now. With the Russia-Ukraine crisis and the subsequent hike in gas prices, a ridiculously competitive housing market, the highest inflation rate since the early 1980s, and even a potential recession on the way, people are confused about what financial choices to make in order to survive.

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EarlyBird launches first crypto wallet for families

EarlyBird Crypto co-founders Jordan Wexler and Caleb Frankel weigh in on volatility in the cryptocurrency market.

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Parents Can Invest in Crypto for Their Kids Via Startup - Blockworks

MON - WED, SEPT. 11 - 13, 2023 Permissionless is the brainchild of Blockworks and Bankless. Over 5,500 people attended the inaugural event in 2022, making Permissionless the world's largest DeFi conference. What sets Permissionless apart? It's a crypto native's paradise, crafted specifically for both builders and investors who [...]

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Crypto, NFTs and Tungsten Cubes: A Guide to Giving Cash in 2021

Cash in little wrapped boxes or tucked inside Hallmark cards is one of the most reliable and beloved gifts. But this holiday season, cash gifts are taking a new form as cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. Giving digital money requires planning, though, as you can't simply buy one of these assets and send someone a link.

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Reddit founder, Winklevoss twins back Chicago fintech startup

A Chicago startup that lets families set up investment accounts for their children has raised new funding from some notable investors. EarlyBird announced Monday that it raised $4 million in a seed round led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six.

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Tech startup raises $4 million from Reddit co-founder, Winklevoss twins

The company has over $1 million in assets under management across more than 20,000 users, said co-founder and CEO Jordan Wexler. About half of its users are families earning $100,000 or less in annual household income, and the average user contributes about $80 per month to an EarlyBird account.

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Youth Investing App EarlyBird Raises $4 Million in New Funding - Finovate

EarlyBird, a mobile investing app for children and their families, has raised $4 million in seed funding today. Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six led the round, which featured strategic participation from Gemini's Frontier Fund, Network Ventures, Rarebreed Ventures, and other angel and VC investors.

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Geojam | Create Your World Together

Get rewarded for what you already love to do. Geojam is the first social media platform that empowers creators and their fans to create and earn together.

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Building an Army of Fans with Sarah Figueroa

Listen to this episode from Untold Stories on Spotify. Today's guest is Sarah Figueroa, CEO, and co-founder of Geojam. Geojam is a social engagement platform that generates meaningful and passion-fueled engagement between fans and creators. Their vision is to build the creator economy of the future that redirects the flow of incentives back into the hands of the creators and users themselves.

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Show Off Your Studio: Geojam's Acoustical Gardens studio is primed for all types of creators

Launched in 2020, Geojam was originally built as a social engagement platform that facilitated unique experiences between artists and fans. Since its inception, artists and creatives such as Mariah Carey, Machine Gun Kelly, and 24kGoldn have used the platform to connect with fans - one lucky fan even flew on a private jet with the latter.

What's the Power of Community with No Voice?

Let's talk about governance. No, this is not political, but rather how incredible ecosystems, tech platforms, creators and entire industries would look if they empowered their communities. Community - the word everyone obsesses over when building anything these days. How big is your community? How do your customers interact with each other?

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Council Post: The Importance Of Fan Achievement In Web3

I'm the Co-Founder & COO of , a platform that is paving the future of the creator economy. "I'm a fan." Those three simple words seem to tell it all when describing your level of interest in a particular thing.

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How Decentralized Assets Are Dubbing Industry Norms

I was recently scrolling through Reels on Instagram and came across the seemingly everywhere Gary Vaynerchuk talking about something related to NFTs. I decided to stop my spiral and watch the brief clip, before then watching the full video.

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Crypto Offers Women a Seat at the Male-dominated Finance Table

Women in crypto are making themselves known. Women's workforce participation in finance is growing faster than ever. Yet, the industry remains one of the worst offenders regarding female representation. Across finance verticals, just 11.8% of women worldwide manage money professionally. It's a vicious cycle.

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How to Field Your Family's Questions About Crypto This Thanksgiving

Crypto remains unfamiliar territory for a lot of folks. Make sure the ones you love are in on the action, and by the time you sit down for Thanksgiving dinner next year, they'll be thanking you. A lot has changed in the investment world since last Thanksgiving.

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Geojam launches $JAM token and raises $5.9 million in private sale

Launched in October 2020, Geojam has tens of thousands of users and has a sprinkling of celebrity investors, including Mariah Carey - and is the latest in a long line of platforms to use the historically cursed words "social media app for music" to describe itself.

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Founder Sarah Figueroa Tells How Geojam Thrives by Connecting People Through Music - Grit Daily News

When Sarah Figueroa founded Geojam her idea was to connect music fans with each other by encouraging them to share the music of their favorite artists. Prior to March 2020, when people happily and routinely gathered in large numbers in tightly packed concert venues, she saw the company strategy as revolving around live music.

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