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Monday, June 16, 2025

You think your users are logging in.

They’re actually logging out of control, handing over personal data to surveillance giants under the guise of convenience.

Every time someone clicks “Continue with Google” or “Sign in with Apple”, they’re not just accessing a service. They’re entering an ecosystem where identity is tracked, behaviour is analysed, and metadata is monetised. Federated identity systems turn every login into a data event — not for your benefit, but for theirs.

It’s marketed as frictionless. But the real cost is hidden.

• User trust erodes

• Compliance risk grows

• And your organisation becomes dependent on identity providers whose incentives are misaligned with yours.

These systems weren’t built to empower users or organisations. They were designed to aggregate data, not protect it. And in today’s world of AI agents, autonomous apps, and data-rich interactions, this model is reaching its limits.

The Future of Identity Isn’t a Better Login Button. It’s a Better Trust Framework.

That’s where cheqd kicks the door down. Not with another login solution. But with infrastructure that enables organisations to build trusted data marketplaces, rooted in verifiable credentials, decentralised identifiers (DIDs), and privacy-first design.

With cheqd, identity becomes:

• Portable — usable across apps, platforms, and agents.

• Verifiable — with cryptographic proof of origin and validity.

• User-controlled — not held in a third-party database vulnerable to leaks.

This isn’t just about giving people control over their credentials. It’s about giving you, as an organisation, the ability to verify data without storing it and create trust in interactions without relying on centralised gatekeepers.

In short, cheqd is enabling self-sovereign identity (SSI). It means credentials that don’t report back to the motherland. Credentials that don’t phone home. Credentials that belong to you — not to some platform with a six-month breach disclosure delay.

Imagine your platform enables users to share proof of age, employment, education, or KYC without exposing unnecessary personal information or relying on third-party APIs.

With cheqd, these credentials can be issued, presented, and verified in a privacy-preserving, machine-readable, and commercially viable way.

You can:

• Build zero-trust onboarding that’s fast, secure, and compliant.

• Create new revenue streams by participating in credential issuance or reuse.

• Enable data marketplaces where trusted, verified data flows between users, businesses, and agents — with usage-based compensation.

Trust is the new currency in a world driven by agents and automation. cheqd is helping forward thinking organisations build the rails for this economy, where identity isn’t brokered by Big Tech, but exchanged securely and ethically on your terms.

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Fake demos, fake clients, fake tech. $445M later, the illusion cracked—and so did the bank accounts.

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