Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport maker Obsidion as age verification pressure mounts

Blockchain privacy company Aztec Labs Ltd. announced today that it has acquired Obsidion Labs Ltd., the British startup behind zero-knowledge identity protocol ZKPassport. The deal comes as governments in the U.K., Australia and parts of the U.S. move to force online platforms to verify user ages without giving them a workable way to do it. […] The post Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport maker Obsidion as age verification pressure mounts appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Source: SiliconANGLE | 2026-05-27