Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Digital advocacy group Digital Pinoys is backing a proposal to integrate the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) into social media and online gaming platforms. The organization argues that using national identity checks can confirm the real human presence behind online accounts while preventing big tech platforms from collecting or storing citizens’ sensitive government ID documents. How Privacy-Preserving Verification Works Under the proposed implementation, digital platforms would verify whether an account holder possesses a valid Philippine National ID without ever receiving, viewing, …