Aztec’s latest acquisition is pretty interesting— the privacy identity space is about to get lively again.

ME News message. On May 28 (UTC+8), Aztec Labs announced the acquisition of Obsidion, the company behind the privacy identity verification tool ZKPassport. The core team of Obsidion will join Aztec Labs to continue advancing the development of ZKPassport and related privacy products. According to the announcement, Obsidion co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou will join Aztec Labs together, and the transaction amount and other terms were not disclosed. Aztec Labs also stated that it will continue to maintain the ZKPassport protocol and its iOS app.