IOTA Praised in Peer-Reviewed Study for Leading Digital ID Innovation

• According to a research report, IOTA has excelled in removing intermediaries, giving users full control, and encouraging self-sovereign identities.
• Its simplicity and openness are also reported to outshine that of Hyperledger Indy while surpassing eIDAS in resilience and decentralization.

IOTA has earned a notable mention in a high-profile academic study on digital identity published in 2025. As reviewed by CNF, the study titled “Decentralization trends in identity management: From federated to Self-Sovereign Identity Management Systems” was led by researchers from the University of Oslo in Norway.

With a focus on three identity solutions – eIDAS, Hyperledger, and IOTA Identity, the report lauded the contributions of IOTA, which include the absolute removal of intermediaries, giving full control to users, enabling self-sovereign identities, etc.

Summarizing the report, a popular IOTA enthusiast identified as Salima highlighted that the lightweight architecture of IOTA was found to outperform Hyperledger Indy in terms of simplicity and openness. It also outshines eIDAS in terms of autonomy, resilience, and decentralization.

However, there is a gap. According to the report, IOTA still needs improvement in different areas, including the issuer reputation system and advanced privacy features. Meanwhile, it is miles ahead due to its permissionless design.

Per our research, Hyperledger Indy is a special kind of blockchain technology that plays a crucial role in the management of digital identities in a secure and decentralized way. IOTA Identity, on the other hand, ensures privacy, data availability, and trust, as noted in our earlier post. According to an official blog post, this was designed to empower people, organizations, and devices to facilitate a smooth and secure interaction without the need for intermediaries.

Designed for individuals, organizations, and devices, IOTA Identity acts as a unifying layer of trust between everyone and everything. It streamlines identity verification and management by defining three key roles: Holders, Issuers, and Verifiers.

According to IOTA, the IOTA Identity is designed to ensure that holders gain full control over their data. With this, holders can decide the information to share, and with whom.

This is not the first time IOTA has been mentioned in a high-profile report. As indicated in our earlier publication, IOTA was named among the top 15 data trading companies by Chinese market research firm AskCI Consulting.

IOTA Price Analysis

The price of IOTA is struggling to break above the monthly peak at $0.21 as it records another fall of 2.99% in the last 24 hours to trade at $0.15. According to CoinMarketCap data, this has extended its monthly fall to 26.9%, dragging the market cap down to $589.9 million at press time.

The asset’s performance has been quite disappointing since the launch of the Rebased Protocol which was expected to significantly drive the price to its highest point. As explained in our previous blog post, Rebased was reported to introduce jaw-dropping technical features including a processing capacity of more than 50,000 transactions per second and finality in less than a second.

However, developer activity has been low since the rollout. According to a report, “only one decentralized application with a Total Value Locked (TVL) of $9.76 million has been tracked by DeFi Llama.

Regardless, analyst AltCryptoGems believes that IOTA has managed to hold above a “macro support level and a high time frame demand.” Comparing this to the other cryptos that have “lost structure”, he believes that IOTA still looks promising. Just as highlighted in our last analysis, the asset is expected to stage a rebound to breach the $0.27 level in the near term.

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