Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Opening a bank account or applying for a passport in the Philippines used to mean holding off until you receive your physical government ID. That delay is no longer necessary. Anyone who needs a primary government credential can generate an officially recognized Digital National ID on their smartphone today. The End of Physical Card Bottlenecks? Physical card production and postal distribution across the archipelago have historically created long delivery backlogs, leaving citizens without primary proof of identity for months. (Read …