Values & Use Cases
Problems Solved by zkMe
As AI agents become autonomous actors in financial ecosystems, three fundamental problems emerge that existing infrastructure cannot solve:
The Data Security Crisis: How do you protect secrets when agents are vulnerable to prompt injections and hallucinations? When an agent logs into a bank, it holds live credentials in its own context, where malicious inputs and memory leaks can silently exfiltrate them. $4.5B was lost to credential theft in 2025, and agent-related breaches are up 340% year-over-year.
The Underwriting Gap: To be capital-efficient, an agent must instantly underwrite two entities: its owner, are they who they say they are, and the counterparty, are they a sanctioned entity or bad actor? Current systems cannot do both in a privacy-preserving way.
The Execution Fragmentation: An agent needs to navigate thousands of payment rails such as ACH, SEPA, crypto, and stablecoins, each with its own licensing, authorization, and AML rules. There is no infrastructure for an AI agent to execute a stock trade, submit a tax form, or open a bank account on behalf of a user, with proper approval flows and an audit trail.
zkMe addresses all three with its three-pillar architecture: Secure, Underwrite, and Gate.
Identity Interoperability
One global Credential Data Market spanning all ecosystems, enabling seamless Credential verification and authorization across different blockchain ecosystems.
Unified Identity: Holders maintain a single, coherent digital identity recognized and usable across all supported blockchain networks.
Self-Sovereign Control: Provides Holders with greater control over their identity data and its sharing across various ecosystems and service providers.
Scalability: Designed to accommodate a growing number of blockchain ecosystems and Credential Holders.
Developer-Friendly: Provides tools and APIs for easy integration of identity services into dApps across various chains.
Seamless Interoperability: Facilitates secure and efficient data exchange between users and various dApps across different ecosystems.
Agent Portability: AI agents carry their principal's verified credentials across platforms and services, enabling a single delegation to unlock access everywhere, from DeFi protocols to traditional SaaS providers.
Identity Data Security
Individual Credential Data anonymization, encryption & strictly purpose-driven Credential Data Retrieval.
Enhanced Privacy: Leverages zero-knowledge technology to enable identity verification without compromising personal data.
Enclaved Agent Execution: Agent credentials are never exposed in plaintext. All sensitive operations, including decryption, signing, and verification, occur within hardware Trusted Execution Environments, eliminating the risk of prompt injection or memory-based credential theft.
Decentralized and Transparent Infrastructure: Utilizes zkMe infrastructure to ensure secure, transparent, and censorship-resistant operations.
Reduced Friction: Simplifies the user experience by eliminating the need for multiple identities across different blockchains.
Privacy-First Credential Issuance: Verifies user data and issues cryptographic credentials using client-side ZKP technology, ensuring data integrity without compromising personal information.
Secure Data Verification: Enables applications to verify user credentials without accessing or storing raw personal information, maintaining user privacy and reducing data liability.
Zero-Knowledge Privacy Protection: Utilizes cutting-edge zero-knowledge technology to facilitate identity verification while keeping sensitive information confidential.
Holder-Centric Data Economy
Composable, smart contract based Credential verifications for all industries allows to create a thriving ecosystem that puts users at the center of the data economy. By providing a decentralized infrastructure for personal data management and monetization, zkMe enables the development of a wide range of user-centric applications and services. Developers can build privacy-preserving dapps with zkMe, offering innovative solutions for personal finance, health and wellness, social networking, and more. The network fosters collaboration between users, developers, and data consumers, creating a fair and transparent data economy where users are the primary beneficiaries. zkMe's user-centric approach ensures that the value derived from personal data is distributed equitably, empowering individuals and promoting a more inclusive data economy.
In the Agent Economy, this extends further: users can delegate data-sharing decisions to trusted AI agents that operate within cryptographically enforced boundaries, enabling autonomous participation in the data economy without sacrificing privacy or control.
Value Propositions
Self-Sovereign Identity
Take control of your digital Identity while maintaining the highest degree of privacy. You decide who has access to which of your anonymous credentials.
Ultimate Privacy
None of your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is ever shared, processed, nor stored by anyone but yourself. Identity theft and misuse are not possible.
Agent Delegation with Confidence
Deploy personal AI agents to manage finances, subscriptions, and services on your behalf, knowing they operate within strict, revocable limits and never access your raw credentials.
Decentralization & Disintermediation
Empower your users to self-verify without the need of trust into a third party data processor or controller.
Scalable & Affordable
Scalable permissioning allows fine-grained access control to grow dynamically without compromising efficiency or security. Don't overspend on user verifications. Fully programmatic and data minimized data verification allow for the highest value to cost solution on the market.
Agent-Ready Infrastructure
Deploy AI agents that can securely handle user credentials, verify counterparties, and execute compliant transactions, all without exposing raw data. zkMe's TEE-based zkVault and OpenClaw Gateway provide the secrets management and policy enforcement layer that enterprise-grade agentic finance requires.
Autonomous Underwriting
Enable agents to instantly underwrite both the beneficial owner (UBO) and the counterparty in any transaction, using reusable, privacy-preserving credentials. Reduce capital inefficiency and trust assumptions in automated financial workflows.
Reduced Onboarding Frictions
Process all user verifications without any system breaks. Flutter and Javascript SDKs allow for a native verification user flow directly from your front end.
Web3 Native Risk Management
Implement risk management that does not compromise on decentralization or user privacy.
GDPR Compliance Onchain
Automatic GDPR compliance by not having to process nor store any private user data.
AML/KYC Compliance OnChain
Comply with due diligence requirements without compromising on decentralization and user privacy by implementing FATF-compliant zero-knowledge KYC.
Use Cases
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zkMe for the Agent Economy
Personal Tax Filing Agents
Millions of individuals dread tax season and increasingly rely on AI agents to gather financial documents, calculate deductions, and file returns on their behalf. Tax authorities and accounting platforms require proof that the agent is authorized by a specific, verified taxpayer before accepting any submission. zkMe's Agent Principal Credential cryptographically binds the agent to its human owner, allowing it to file with full legal authority while the owner's personal details remain private and protected from unnecessary exposure.
E-Commerce Shopping Agents
Consumers are adopting AI shopping agents that compare prices, detect deals, and make purchases across online marketplaces. Before granting an agent access to checkout flows and stored payment methods, platforms need assurance that the agent handles credentials securely and will not be exploited by fraudulent sellers. zkMe's Agent Certification Credential provides standardized, third-party proof that the agent has passed evaluations for data security, fraud resistance, and consumer protection, giving both platforms and shoppers confidence in its safety.
Personal Finance Optimization Agents
Households use AI agents to reduce everyday expenses by monitoring subscriptions, switching utility providers, and negotiating better rates. Users need to trust that the agent will prioritize cost savings without canceling essential services or sharing personal usage data with third parties. zkMe's Agent Intent Credential cryptographically commits the agent to declared objectives and hard constraints, such as never canceling a service without explicit approval, ensuring the agent's behavior stays aligned with the user's priorities.
Freelance Hiring via Agent Marketplaces
Businesses browsing agent marketplaces to find a reliable customer support agent face the challenge of distinguishing genuinely high-performing agents from those with inflated or fabricated reviews. zkMe's Agent Reputation Credential aggregates verified performance data, including response accuracy, uptime history, and Sybil-resistant user feedback, into a tamper-proof, multi-dimensional score. Hiring managers can compare agents on objective, manipulation-resistant metrics rather than unverified marketing claims.
Autonomous SaaS Subscription Management
Growing startups delegate SaaS procurement and renewal to AI agents that manage dozens of cloud tools, from hosting to analytics to design software. Each vendor requires authenticated payment before activating or renewing a license. zkMe's Agent Payment Facilitation module enables the agent to settle invoices instantly via x402 stablecoin micropayments or traditional rails, all executed inside a hardware TEE enclave with strict spending limits, so the agent never touches raw payment credentials and every transaction is compliance-checked and audit-logged.
zkMe for Onchain KYC/AML Compliance
KYC on Stablecoin Secondary Trades
Stablecoin transfers could face strict scrutiny over AML, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring. zkMe’s zkKYC links wallet compliance status directly to on-chain addresses, allowing issuers, payment processors, and service providers to automatically block high-risk wallets and approve verified ones. This keeps stablecoin transactions instant, borderless, and private, while meeting global regulatory requirements.
Interoperable RWA Tokens
Real-world assets face a tangled web of regulations. zkMe cuts through the complexity, making them compliant on public blockchains. We mark wallets for their owners' compliance, enabling secure, hassle-free trading through existing DeFi infrastructure. Say goodbye to regulatory red tape and hello to smooth, compliant RWA trading.
Location-Gated Transaction Execution
As part of KYC/AML requirements, some platforms might need to confirm a user’s residence jurisdiction before providing access to financial products. zkMe’s Proof-of-Address verifies a user’s residential address using zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring documents are valid, issued within 90 days, and compliant with jurisdictional rules, without exposing the plaintext address. This enables platforms to enforce residence-based requirements while keeping sensitive user information private.
Professional Investor Token Distribution
Some jurisdictions, such as the US, require investors to meet specific net worth, income, or professional criteria before participating in certain offerings. zkMe’s Proof-of-Accredited-Investor verifies accredited investor status through zero-knowledge proofs, confirming eligibility without disclosing sensitive financial information. This approach supports compliant fundraising, private placements, and tokenized securities sales while ensuring that investors’ personal information remains secure and confidential.
Token Distribution
Token launches and airdrops often face regulatory requirements around KYC/AML, jurisdiction restrictions and community standards. zkMe’s zkKYC verifies participant identity, jurisdiction, and other criteria through zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring only eligible wallets receive tokens without revealing personal data. This prevents multi-account abuse, supports fair allocation, and keeps the process compliant and transparent across jurisdictions.
Frictionless On/Off Ramp
On/Off ramp providers must comply with strict AML and sanctions regulations when converting between fiat and digital assets. zkMe delivers end-to-end compliance by combining off-chain AML with on-chain AML through KYT. This ensures user identities are verified, transactions are screened in real time, and only compliant wallets can deposit or withdraw—while personal data remains private. The result is seamless, cross-border asset conversion with full regulatory alignment.
Age-Gated Access
Many platforms need to restrict access based on age, from gaming and streaming to alcohol sales, gambling, and financial services. zkMe’s age verification uses zero-knowledge proofs to confirm whether a user meets the required threshold without revealing their exact birthdate or personal details. This enables businesses to meet regulatory requirements, reduce onboarding friction, and protect user privacy across all age-restricted services.
zkMe for Anti-Sybil Protection
Sybil-Resistant Governance
Decentralized governance often suffers from vote manipulation by bots or users controlling multiple wallets. zkMe’s “one face, one DID” mechanism ensures that each voting participant is uniquely verified through privacy-preserving facial recognition. This guarantees that every vote comes from a distinct, real individual, making DAO governance outcomes more representative and secure.
Bot-Free Community Incentives
Platforms can use zkMe to verify that rewards, badges, or engagement incentives go only to genuine members. By filtering out fake profiles and automated accounts, communities maintain healthy growth, prevent abuse of reward systems, and ensure fair distribution of benefits.
Authentic Event Participation
Virtual and in-person events often suffer from duplicate registrations or ticket scalping. zkMe ensures each attendee has a unique DID, preventing the same person from claiming multiple tickets or benefits. Organizers can confidently manage capacity, distribute perks, and maintain a genuine attendee base.
zkMe for User Underwriting & Risk Management
Exchange KYC Status Verification
zkMe can verify a user’s KYC completion status across supported exchanges through zkTLS without revealing any personal information. Protocols and platforms can use this proof to grant access to trading features, token sales, or other KYC-gated services instantly. Verified status can be carried seamlessly across multiple platforms, helping businesses stay compliant while removing redundant verification steps.
Trusted Credit Profile
Creditworthiness is essential for accessing loans, leases, and certain investments, but traditional checks expose sensitive financial data. zkMe verifies a user’s credit score band or creditworthiness status through zero-knowledge proofs, confirming eligibility without revealing exact scores or underlying records. Projects can assess risk, customize terms, and maintain compliance, all while safeguarding privacy and making onboarding faster.
Social-to-Chain Verification
Campaigns and communities often face fake or automated accounts that drain rewards and distort engagement data. With zkMe, platforms can privately confirm Twitter account ownership using zero-knowledge proofs, no credentials exchanged, no personal data exposed. Verified social identities can then be tied directly to on-chain actions, making airdrops, gated access, and reward programs more accurate, fraud-resistant, and compliant.
Financial Capacity Attestation
Some financial products, such as accredited investor offerings or high-value credit lines, require proof of bank-held assets. Using zero-knowledge proofs, zkMe verifies asset thresholds directly from supported banks without exposing account numbers, statements, or other sensitive details. Institutions can confirm eligibility in real time, accelerate onboarding, keep product access compliant, cut manual checks, and protect client privacy throughout the process.
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