{"id":128354,"date":"2025-05-01T07:16:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128354"},"modified":"2025-05-01T07:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:16:36","slug":"sam-altmans-eye-scanning-crypto-project-world-launches-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128354","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman\u2019s eye-scanning crypto project World launches in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u2019s crypto-tied digital identity project World, formerly Worldcoin, has made its US debut in six cities.\u00a0<br \/>\nThe project, which aims to verify humans in the age of artificial intelligence, is initially coming to what it calls the \u201ckey innovation hubs\u201d of Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville and San Francisco, according to an April 30 announcement.<br \/>\nWorld offers a crypto token, Worldcoin (WLD), to those who verify their identity with its spherical device called an Orb, which scans a user\u2019s face and eyes.<br \/>\nThe firm had previously skirted launching in the US due to regulatory concerns over offering a token, fears now seemingly allayed with the crypto-friendly Trump administration.<br \/>\nThe data from World\u2019s Orb scan can be used to make a World ID on the company\u2019s platform that aims to verify that a user is human and can be used to verify that with other platforms, including Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram, Shopify and Discord.<br \/>\nThe company has faced scrutiny from regulators and many jurisdictions have probed World over privacy concerns. Some countries, including Spain and Portugal, have suspended World\u2019s activities over its data collection practices.<br \/>\nSource: WorldIn addition to World\u2019s US rollout, the company said at an event in San Francisco on April 30 that it would partner with Visa for a \u201cWorld Visa card\u201d to launch later this year for those who have scanned their eyeballs, which allows for payments using WLD tokens and other cryptocurrencies.\u00a0<br \/>\nMatchmaking with verified ID<br \/>\nThe online dating giant Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge, Match.com and Plenty of Fish, will also begin a pilot program testing out World ID for its apps.<br \/>\nThe firm said that the project aims to provide dating app users with the means of verifying that the profiles they interact with represent real people seeking real connections.<br \/>\nRelated: World competitor Billions Network launches non-biometric digital ID<br \/>\nWorld has established separate partnerships with prediction market startup Kalshi and decentralized lending platform Morpho.\u00a0<br \/>\nAltman co-founded the project in 2019, when it was known as Worldcoin, to create a global identity verification system using the blockchain to combat fraud and bots. It rebranded to World in 2024 and currently has 26 million users globally, with 12 million of them verified through Orb scans.\u00a0<br \/>\nWLD prices initially jumped around 15% following the announcement. However, those gains have since been lost, with the token down more than 5% over the past 24 hours, trading at just over $1 at the time of writing.\u00a0<br \/>\nWLD is down more than 90% from its March 2024 all-time high of $11.74, according to CoinGecko.\u00a0<br \/>\nMagazine: ZK-proofs unlock trillions in Bitcoin for DeFi \u2014 BitcoinOS and Starknet<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sam-altman-eye-scanning-crypto-project-worldcoin-launches-us?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u2019s crypto-tied digital identity project World, formerly Worldcoin, has made its US debut in six cities.\u00a0 The project, which aims to verify humans in the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128354"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}