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Trust Infrastructure for a Frictionless Future: Why We’re Partnering with Beltic
A credential is only as trustworthy as the verification underneath it, which is why players that stamp identity onto agents without owning that layer prove very little. As Beltic already owns the data, context, and engine that establish who a business or person is, the agent acting on their behalf can inherit that same verified […]
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