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Shares of Circle are up more than 10% today as its stablecoin expands natively to World Chain.
The company is now valued around $28.34 billion, up nearly 4x from…
World, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s digital identification project, raised $135 million from venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Crypto, the company said in an announcement.The capital will be…
Key Takeaways:World launches in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco.The project also collaborates with Visa and Match Group to increase real-world use cases.Privacy issues notwithstanding, some 12…
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The Kenya High Court has said World violated privacy law by using crypto payments to obtain biometric data in Kenya.
The ruling forces the deletion of all collected data within…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s digital identity project, World, formerly known as Worldcoin, faces challenges in Indonesia after local regulators temporarily suspended its registration certificates.The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Digital…
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Indonesian regulators have suspended biometric ID project World’s operations in the country.
The regulators claim World failed to register for the proper license.
Despite successful launches worldwide, regulators in a number…
This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe.Worldcoin — usable via the World mobile app — is finally launching in the US and making a…
Sam Altman's ambition to build a global identity network
backed by blockchain and biometrics entered the US.According to the company, this project, now known simply as
“World,” launched its US rollout in…