“The WLD token surged after Forbes reported that Sam Altman’s OpenAI is planning to use Worldcoin to fight bots online.”, — write: www.coindesk.com
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to build a “biometric social network” to help online platforms verify users and weed out AI-generated accounts, Forbes reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Sources familiar with the project’s development told Forbes that the OpenAI team has considered using Apple’s Face ID or the World Orb, which scans a person’s iris to provide a unique identity.
World is the crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and raised $135 million in a token sale to a16z and Bain Capital Crypto last year. The core premise of the project is World ID, a decentralized and privacy-focused identity system that uses the orb, a custom-built biometric device that scans users’ irises and generates unique identifiers in compliance with privacy standards.
WLD token price surge (CoinDesk data)
The token spiked shortly after the report, briefly outperforming most major cryptocurrencies, even though it did not confirm any formal collaboration between OpenAI and World.
The World Network has drawn both curiosity and criticism since its launch. While the project claims to have verified millions of people worldwide, it has also faced regulatory pushback, including a temporary suspension in Kenya and inquiries in the UK on how it processes personal data.
Still, the idea of tying biometric verification to online identity continues to gain traction, especially as generative AI tools flood social media with spam and misinformation.
Read more: The Untold Story of Worldcoin’s Launch: Inside the Orb
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The ecosystem now spans phygital products (> $13M retail sales and >1M units sold), games and experiences (Pudgy Party surpassed 500k downloads in two weeks), and a widely distributed token (airdropped to 6M+ wallets). While the market is currently pricing Pudgy at a premium relative to traditional IP peers, sustained success depends on execution across retail expansion, gaming adoption and deeper token utility.
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The proposal links the OP token more directly to the economic performance of the Superchain.
- Optimism’s governance has approved a proposal that links the OP token more directly to the economic performance of the Superchain, marking a notable shift in how one of Ethereum’s largest layer 2 ecosystems approaches token value and revenue use.
- The proposal passed with 84.4% of votes in favor, according to Optimism’s onchain governance portal, after several days of discussion among delegates and tokenholders
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