Good Read - nails many of the foundational issues!! (access may require email sign up)

Currently, individuals have limited awareness and even less control over who has access to their personal data and how it is used, and this structural weakness is creating attractive targets for bad actors, and opening the door to an explosion in fraud - notably in Crypto.

New calls that control over access to personal data belongs to the individual, not to banks, technology platforms or even the government.

https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-indices/2026/04/15/crypto-long-and-short-fighting-fraud-in-the-digital-age-why-state-led-identity-is-the-future #Privacy #PersonalData #Fraud #CryptoFraud #DigitalIdentity #Identity #Trust #Risk #Crypto