# Ocean Protocol * [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) and Verifiable Credentials (VC) in Ocean Protocol](https://port.oceanprotocol.com/t/proposal-walt-id-bringing-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-and-verifiable-credentials-vc-to-ocean-protocol-proof-of-concept/976) What already exists, more recently: [fine-grained permissions 1](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/fine-grained-permissions-now-supported-in-ocean-protocol-4fe434af24b9): 1. Marketplace-level fine-grained permissions for browsing, publishing, etc within a marketplace frontend 2. Asset-level fine-grained permissions on consuming the asset itself * [Ocean Protocol joins leading Web3 projects on the €20M+ Gaia-X moveID initiative to advance pan-European mobility](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-protocol-joins-leading-web3-projects-on-the-20m-gaia-x-moveid-initiative-to-advance-72e4675d12d7) Ocean Protocol Ocean Protocol, the Web3 platform to unlock data services for AI and business innovation, has joined forces with Chainstep, Datarella, Fetch.ai, peaq and 51nodes to develop the system architecture for European mobility with the preservation of data autonomy as its core principle, within the Gaia-X moveID project.