Worldcoin news

World, the human verification project connected to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, announced it will decrease the daily unlock rate of its WLD token by over 40% starting July 24. Community-owned tokens will see their unlock rate fall to 50%, while Investor and Team tokens' rate will slow by 32%. The project, which aims to distribute digital identities to distinguish humans from AI online, has unlocked 49% of the total token supply so far. WLD was trading at $0.28 with a market cap of roughly $900 million at the time of the announcement.

A New Yorker investigation accuses OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of systematic deception, drawing comparisons to fraudsters like Sam Bankman-Fried and Bernie Madoff from senior Microsoft executives. Worldcoin (WLD), the crypto project Altman co-founded, fell 2.9% to $0.2432 as the revelations emerged. The article cites an OpenAI board member describing Altman as having a desire to please people while showing a sociopathic lack of concern for deception consequences. Elon Musk responded by stating Altman is not who you want in charge of superintelligence. OpenAI faces financial turbulence, with CFO Sarah Friar reportedly warning the company is not ready for its planned 2026 IPO due to slowing revenue growth and high spending commitments. Altman has excluded Friar from key financial discussions, raising governance questions. Worldcoin trades at $0.2432 with a $790 million market cap and faces additional supply pressure from a major token unlock in July. Altman's credibility issues directly affect investor confidence in projects tied to his name, creating a challenging environment for Worldcoin holders.

Sam Altman's World Foundation has sold $65 million worth of its WLD token via an over-the-counter sale, priced at an average of $0.27 per token. The sale funds operations, R&D, and ecosystem development, with $25 million subject to a six-month lockup. Following the announcement, WLD briefly hit a record low of around $0.24, down 97% from its March 2024 peak. Additional supply pressure is expected from a major token unlock in July, covering over half of the total supply. The project faces ongoing regulatory challenges, including a raid on an iris-scanning site in Thailand last year and investigations in multiple countries over licensing and biometric data concerns.

The World Foundation, supporting Worldcoin (WLD), sold $65 million in tokens over-the-counter to fund operations including iris-scanning hardware manufacturing. The sale, priced at $0.2719 per token, included a six-month lockup on $25 million to limit market impact. This follows a pattern of sustained token sales by Worldcoin entities over two years, contributing to market pressure. WLD recently hit an all-time low, trading 97% below its 2024 peak, amid regulatory scrutiny over biometric data collection.

AI-linked crypto tokens surged after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang outlined the company's AI infrastructure vision at the GTC keynote. NEAR rose over 10% to its strongest level since January, FET spiked up to 20% intraday, WLD gained about 10% near $0.40, and GRASS jumped 13% to 2026 highs. Huang projected roughly $1 trillion of chip demand backlog through 2027, with hyperscale cloud providers accounting for 60% of Nvidia's business, and highlighted the rapid rise of agentic AI, citing OpenClaw and the enterprise‑ready NemoClaw. While he did not mention crypto, blockchain projects are positioning themselves to provide rails for autonomous AI agents. Nvidia shares closed about 1.5% higher.

Worldcoin’s token (WLD) fell 21% in the past 24 h after a failed rally attempt, echoing broader crypto weakness. While most investors lost, traders positioned on bearish derivatives benefited as price momentum reversed. Holders added about 13 million WLD, cutting supply and supporting a brief rally, yet exchange balances remain flat, indicating limited selling pressure. With a negative funding rate before the crash and current price hovering near $0.46 above a $0.44 support level, WLD is likely to trade between $0.44 and $0.47 unless new buyers emerge.

Worldcoin (WLD) jumped 16% in a single day after a Forbes report that OpenAI is developing a social network using proof-of-personhood to fight bot spam. The news lifted WLD to about $0.53 and spiked trading volume, as investors sensed validation of Worldcoin's core identity thesis. Worldcoin formerly World Network uses an iris-scanning Orb to generate a privacy-preserving World ID that proves a user is a unique human without storing raw biometrics. The move comes amid growing concerns over AI-generated bots and the need for stronger identity controls on platforms like X.

Multicoin Capital reportedly bought 60 million Worldcoin (WLD) tokens via an over‑the‑counter deal with the project’s team, sending 30 million USDC from a wallet linked to the firm. The move comes as WLD’s price has slid 21 % in the past month and new wallet activity has fallen sharply, indicating weaker retail demand. Despite the price dip, WLD traded around $0.50, up 2.6 % in the last 24 h amid a broader market rebound. The project faces growing regulatory scrutiny, with Thai authorities ordering a halt to iris‑based enrollment and the removal of biometric data, following earlier setbacks in Indonesia and Kenya.

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the digital asset treasury company focused on Ethereum's ether (ETH) and helmed by Fundstrat's Tom Lee, said its crypto, cash and equity holdings hit $10.77 billion.

Worldcoin’s token, WLD, is trading around $1.77—well below its March 2024 peak of nearly $12—yet its market cap has surged to $3.58 billion, more than double the March high. The surge comes from a jump in circulating supply, which rose from 13 % to 20 % of the total token supply, now exceeding 2 billion units, as well as a $250 m corporate treasury injection by Eightco Holdings that drove the cap up in under a week. An accelerated unlock timetable that will put 10 billion WLD on the market by 2038 has amplified concerns about future dilution, after the project trimmed daily releases from 3.3 million to 2 million tokens last year. Even as liquidity grew, selling pressure intensified, with exchanges receiving a record 37.5 million WLD in early September. The WLD story underscores that market‑cap growth does not guarantee price stability, and investors should scrutinize supply dynamics before committing.