Worldcoin

The Superintendence of Data Protection, Ecuador's data protection agency, stated that it lacks the resources needed to assess the compliance of Worldcoin, the biometric and universal basic income (UBI) project, with the country's laws.

Ecuador's Data Protection Agency Lacks Resources to Assess Worldcoin's Compliance Status

Austria joins Germany in Worldcoin's EU orb rollout, though the project has faced regulatory challenges in Spain and Portugal recently.

Worldcoin's World ID verification launches in Austria, increasing access to its eyeball-scanning orbs in Europe

Worldcoin, the biometric, iris-based ID and universal basic income (UBI) project, has been sanctioned with fines for over $200,000 in the Buenos Aires province. The fines answer to several violations of the National Consumer Defense Law, such as the inclusion of abusive clauses in its terms of service agreement.

Worldcoin Gets Hit With $200,000 Fine in Buenos Aires

Bitcoin

Pepe

A widely followed crypto trader and analyst is warning that one top-100 altcoin could suddenly collapse and lose all of its value.

Crypto Trader Says Top-100 Altcoin Primed to Nosedive, Updates Outlook on Bitcoin and Pepe

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based privacy project Worldcoin (WLD) is seeing a huge jump in price after the lock-up period for investors extends. In a new blog post, the developers behind the altcoin say that early investors and team members will have to wait two years longer to have their locked tokens allocated to them.

Worldcoin Jumps by Over 25% in Hours As Lock-Up Period for WLD Investors Extended

Worldcoin (WLD) is on a tear, with the coin's price shooting up over 40% in the past day. This comes after the development team announced they're locking up investors' and team members' coins for much longer than planned.

Worldcoin Pumps 40% in a Day – Is $5 Incoming?

Ethereum

Worldcoin (CRYPTO: WLD) has experienced a substantial 40% price increase following an announcement by Tools for Humanity (TFH) regarding an extension of token lockup periods for early contributors. What Happened: This news has sparked renewed interest in Worldcoin, which aims to create a global identity and financial network.

Sam Altman's AI-Themed 'Ethereum Killer' Worldcoin Surges 40%: What's Going On?

“These tokens were locked to allow the protocol to mature before these groups would be able to access their token allocation(s),” the company wrote.

Worldcoin Soars 45% After Investors' WLD Lock-Up Extended by Two Years

According to a blog post dated July 16, Tools for Humanity (TFH), the developer behind the Worldcoin project, has announced a significant change to the unlock schedule for its native token.

Worldcoin Token Unlock Schedule Extended to 2028, WLD Surges 27%

Mt. Gox funds on the move, WLD jumps amid changes to its early contributor token unlock schedule, a crypto-AI startup raises $9M and more.

The Daily: Kraken gets bitcoin from Mt. Gox Trustee, Worldcoin spikes, Mira raises $9 million and more

Decentralized identity project Worldcoin has announced that it is extending lock ups for early investors and team members, the project's native token (WLD) rose by 13% after the announcement was published.

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Surges 15% as Investor and Team Lockup Extended

Tokens distributed to Tools for Humanity investors and team members will begin entering the circulating supply of WLD tokens next week.

Worldcoin token jumps 20% with unlock for early contributors starting next week, period extended

Crypto analytics firm IntoTheBlock is warning that large token unlocks in the future may hamper the performance of several altcoins. IntoTheBlock notes that nearly $25 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) is “unlocked” or mined each day – an amount that is easily absorbed by the crypto king's large and liquid market.

Price Growth of Worldcoin and Two Other Crypto Projects May Stall Due to Significant Token Unlocks: IntoTheBlock

Worldcoin, the biometric ID and UBI project, has announced the launch of the developer preview of World Chain, a new blockchain that will allow it to scale beyond the numbers currently achieved.

Worldcoin Launches World Chain Developer Preview, Targets Increased Scalability

The preview allows developers to explore, build, test and provide feedback on World Chain before its mainnet launch this summer.

Worldcoin Foundation launches World Chain developer preview ahead of mainnet

Arbitrum

ApeCoin

Worldcoin's value has fallen about 80% since its peak, but the project will soon begin to double its rate of daily token unlocks.

July's $350 million worth of token unlocks includes Worldcoin, XAI, Arbitrum, Aptos, and more

Four former Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla and X executives have joined Tools for Humanity, a core contributor to Sam Altman's Worldcoin project.

Former Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla and X execs join Sam Altman's Worldcoin project

Tools for Humanity (TFH), a contributor to the Worldcoin project, hired four executives to advance its mission to ensure a more just economic system, the company said on Tuesday.

Worldcoin Hires Former Google, X and Apple Execs to Beef Up Privacy, Security

Solana

Wormhole will tap Solana-based protocols to verify user's Worldcoin World IDs that were originally verified on Ethereum.

Solana Will Get Support for Worldcoin's World ID

RariMe makes many of the same claims as its competitor, Worldcoin—but says it can verify your identity and age without scanning your eyeball.

This Worldcoin Competitor Is Using ZK Proofs to Preserve Anonymity

Rarimo has launched RariMe, a competitor to Worldcoin, and an app that allows users to generate passport zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) verifying the uniqueness of individuals without revealing their identity, it announced on Thursday.

Rarimo's Worldcoin Alternative RariMe Goes Live

Sam Altman's Worldcoin project teaming up with web3 infrastructure platform Alchemy is meant to spur development on World Chain.

Worldcoin partners with Alchemy ahead of World Chain launch

Artificial intelligence-related crypto tokens have soared over the past week, even as Nvidia, a key player in the AI space, experienced a significant drop in its market capitalization.

AI Crypto Tokens Surge Despite Nvidia's Market Cap Plunge

Kenyan police have reportedly closed their investigation of Worldcoin, allowing the latter to resume its activities in the East African nation. The chief legal officer at Tools for Humanity confirmed that Worldcoin would soon resume registering Kenyan users.

Kenya Concludes Worldcoin Investigation

Blockchain-based identity verification project Worldcoin (CRYPTO: WLD) surged sharply Thursday, outstripping the gains of coins with a much higher market cap. What Happened: Worldcoin emerged as the second best-performing token in the cryptocurrency market in the last 24 hours, spiking more than 7%.

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