https://referently.com/tags/crypto/ Recent content in crypto on Referently.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/metas-facial-recognition-badge-and-world-foundations-token-sale-are-selling-the-same-product/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/metas-facial-recognition-badge-and-world-foundations-token-sale-are-selling-the-same-product/ I’ve been dismissive of “proof of human” as a category for a while. It sounded like a solution chasing a problem that mostly affected crypto airdrops and dating app catfish, not something a platform with three billion users needed to solve. I was wrong about the addressable market, if not about the mechanism. Meta launched Facebook Verified, a free program that checks a facial recognition selfie and assigns a badge confirming you’re a real person.