Coinbase Leaps Into Supreme Court Case in Defense of User Data Going to IRS

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Coinbase (COIN) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case involving an Internal Revenue Service request for data on hundreds of thousands of its customers back in 2016, arguing the court should “protect Americans’ privacy interests in digital information stored by third-party service providers.” The U.S. tax agency — in an action during the […]

23andMe Is a Wake-Up Call on Data Sovereignty

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In all likelihood, the move by the Sei Foundation – the organization behind layer1 blockchain Sei – to buy bankrupt genetic data company 23andMe is a long-shot at best, and potentially just a publicity stunt. But, it remains an incredibly exciting idea that has got a lot of people thinking. Were such a deal to […]

Sei Foundation Explores Buying 23andMe to Put Genetic Data on Blockchain

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The Sei Foundation, the nonprofit development organization behind the layer-1 blockchain Sei (SEI), is exploring the acquisition of bankrupt personal genomics company 23andMe and putting the genetic data of 15 million users on blockchain rails. The foundation announced the initiative in an X post on Thursday, calling the plan its “boldest DeSci bet yet” — […]