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United Way Worldwide and Survivor Alliance Unveil Fellowship for Survivors of Human Trafficking

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Friday, June 9, 2023

Washington, D.C., June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Survivor Alliance and United Way Worldwide are launching a new fellowship program that prepares survivors of human trafficking to take on leadership roles in U.S. organizations working to stem the tide of global trafficking.

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Washington, D.C., June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Survivor Alliance and United Way Worldwide are launching a new fellowship program that prepares survivors of human trafficking to take on leadership roles in U.S. organizations working to stem the tide of global trafficking.
Eight Pembrook Fellows are beginning their year-long fellowship placements at United Way Worldwide, Humanity United, Marriott International, ICF, Polaris, United Way of Greater Atlanta, Verite, and You Are More Than.
"At United Way, we believe the world’s best experts on human trafficking are the survivors who have lived through it," said Mara Vanderslice Kelly, Executive Director, United Way’s Center to Combat Human Trafficking at United Way Worldwide.
UPSers have proudly donated more than $8 million to United Way Worldwide to combat human trafficking, advance social impact programs, including this innovative new fellowship program, train victim service providers and conduct global research to advance policy changes.”

Parallel Markets Participates in Portable Identity Ecosystem Built on Centre’s Verite Protocols

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

The Verite standards enable users to take true custody of their data and identity in a way that is secure and portable, turning any crypto wallet into an off-chain identity wallet.

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The Verite standards enable users to take true custody of their data and identity in a way that is secure and portable, turning any crypto wallet into an off-chain identity wallet.
Launched in February 2022 with the support of industry leaders, Verite was created as a set of decentralized identity protocols that allows users to transport their credentials throughout the crypto ecosystem.
In addition to Parallel Markets, identity verification firms 1Kosmos and Sum & Substance, enterprise wallet vendor Arculus, decentralized identity integrators walt.id, investor accreditor InvestReady, and others have committed to prototyping on the Verite standards and extending the ecosystem into new use cases.
Parallel supports verifications for both individuals and entities with an entire suite of identity products to help make onboarding processes more streamlined.

Circle and Industry Leaders Have Built the First Decentralized Identity Proof-of-Concept for Crypto Finance using Verite Credentials

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

BOSTON, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Together with Archblock, the team behind the TrueFi protocol, MetaMask Institutional and Parallel Markets, Circle Internet Financial has built the first proof-of-concept for "know your business" (KYB) verification using Verite for decentralized digital identity credentials.

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Circle intends to issue KYB credentials free of charge to its customers and accredited institutions.
We are excited to partner with Circle, Verite, and TrueFi to explore ways for businesses to more seamlessly interact within Web3."
"Working with Circle to leverage the Verite credential provides critical infrastructure needed to guide Institutions into the decentralized world with confidence.
Circle joined other crypto and blockchain companies in February 2022 to introduce Verite as a open-source framework for decentralized identity credential issuance, custody and verification.

Centre Appoints Rebecca Cohen as General Counsel

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Centre the consortium founded by Circle Internet Financial, LLC and Coinbase Global, Inc. to serve as a network governing and standard setting body for blockchain-based financial services has named Rebecca R. Cohen as its new General Counsel (GC).

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Centre the consortium founded by Circle Internet Financial, LLC and Coinbase Global, Inc. to serve as a network governing and standard setting body for blockchain-based financial services has named Rebecca R. Cohen as its new General Counsel (GC).
As GC, Cohen will oversee and advise Centre on legal strategy as the consortium continues to set industry-wide standards for the blockchain industry.
Rebecca Cohen has fifteen years of experience representing traditional financial institutions in complex cross-border restructuring, financing and litigation matters, as well as cutting-edge emerging growth technology companies.
She previously served as General Counsel for the values-driven public safety platform Mark43 and Associate General Counsel for digital currency protocol Worldcoin .

Centre Expands Team with New Executive Appointments

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Centre the consortium founded by Circle Internet Financial, LLC and Coinbase Global, Inc. to serve as a network governing and standard setting body for blockchain-based financial services has announced new appointments to its growing team.

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Centre the consortium founded by Circle Internet Financial, LLC and Coinbase Global, Inc. to serve as a network governing and standard setting body for blockchain-based financial services has announced new appointments to its growing team.
Financial regulation veteran, Linda Jeng, will join Centre as Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer, while enterprise operations expert Danielle Harold will serve as Chief Operations Officer.
I am thrilled to welcome executives of this caliber to our team, said David Puth, CEO of Centre.
Jeng and Harold join Centre just weeks after the consortium launched Verite, a decentralized identity solution for crypto finance.

Polygon and Credix Partner with Centre to Support Verite for Decentralized Identity in Web3

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

Polygon and Credix join a collection of partners supporting Verite to promote broader adoption of decentralized identity within crypto payments, DeFi, and access to the wider ecosystem.

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Polygon and Credix join a collection of partners supporting Verite to promote broader adoption of decentralized identity within crypto payments, DeFi, and access to the wider ecosystem.
Antoni Martn, Enterprise Lead at Polygon, said: "Identity, privacy, and security play a crucial role in Web3, and Polygon is proud to reinforce and uphold these principles.
It's vital to foster an open and decentralized standard that promotes the interoperability and self-sovereignty strived for in this new digital frontier; were proud to support Verite in delivering on this vision."
Credix improves the landscape for both asset originators and investors, driving the growth of decentralized finance.

FTX and Alkemi Network Among Latest Partners to Support Centre’s Set of Open-Source, Decentralized Identity Protocols, Verite

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

The new partners, crypto exchange FTX and decentralized liquidity network Alkemi Network , are committed to collaborating on Verite to promote broader adoption of crypto payments, decentralized finance, and access to the wider ecosystem.

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The new partners, crypto exchange FTX and decentralized liquidity network Alkemi Network , are committed to collaborating on Verite to promote broader adoption of crypto payments, decentralized finance, and access to the wider ecosystem.
FTX and Alkemi are joining a collection of partners that have commitments to collaborate on shared decentralized identity standards going forward.
At Alkemi Network were on a mission to expand accessibility for users across the crypto space, said Brian Mahoney, Chief Strategy Officer and Cofounder at Alkemi Network.
Thats why were proud to partner with Centre in support of Verite and its mission to set a standard for sharing identities and information in the crypto ecosystem.

Centre Announces Verite - A Decentralized Identity Solution for Crypto Finance

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

Centre developed Verite as an open, shared set of protocols that can be easily integrated into the worlds leading blockchains, crypto wallets, web apps, mobile apps and smart contracts.

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Centre developed Verite as an open, shared set of protocols that can be easily integrated into the worlds leading blockchains, crypto wallets, web apps, mobile apps and smart contracts.
Verite unites several identity standards to enable scalable, reliable, privacy-preserving ways to leverage identity and provide trust.
Centre , Circle and Block will collaborate on Verite to promote broader adoption of crypto payments and decentralized finance.
Verite marks the next step on our open-technology roadmap by defining and harmonizing decentralized identity standards to help bolster trust and protect customers privacy in the growing marketplace for crypto-native finance.