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. This developer preview will serve as a platform for developers to reach 10 million users across 160 countries, starting to build apps before…
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Worldcoin (WLD) has been on a rollercoaster ride the past few months. After hitting an all-time high of nearly $12 in March, the coin embarked on a downward spiral, plummeting over 60% in the last three months. This dramatic drop has made investors jittery, with whispers of regulatory woes and profit-taking swirling around the beleaguered…
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Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay unveiled a bitcoin mining-centric strategy, Itau Unibanco rolled out crypto trading services for all its customers, and Worldcoin decided to establish a hub in Argentina. Paraguayan Minister Unveils Future Economic Strategy Centered…
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Worldcoin, the biometric proof-of-personhood identification protocol, has agreed to temporarily stop its operations in Spain. According to statements from the Spanish privacy watchdog AEPD, the company committed to stop its data collection practices for a year or until Baviera’s privacy regulator finishes its investigation into Worldcoin’s inner workings. Worldcoin to Pause Biometric Data Collection Activities…
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Worldcoin, the iris-scanning biometric proof-of-personhood project, announced on Thursday the launch of its operations in Colombia. Via social media, the project reported that eye-scanning operations were already available in Bogota and Medellin, for World ID users. Currently, only ten locations with orbs (iris scanning machines) are available, six in Bogota and four in Medellin. Nonetheless,…
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The Hong Kong data regulator recently concluded that Worldcoin’s data collection methods and activities violated the region’s “privacy ordinance.” Privacy Commissioner Chung Liling has issued an enforcement notice requesting Worldcoin to cease data collection from Hong Kong residents. Worldcoin’s Excessive Data Collection Methods An investigation by the Hong Kong Office of the Privacy Commissioner for…
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Worldcoin ($WLD), the blockchain project helmed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has fallen nearly 20% in the last two weeks and 6.4% overnight despite other leading cryptocurrencies posting green candles. The WLD token currently trades for $4.83. That’s 59% short of its all-time high (ATH) of $11.74, posted on March 10 this year just as the…
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The Worldcoin project’s predatory tokenomics will not result in the “greatest transfer of wealth” to the masses but a transfer to the “pockets of the Worldcoin team and insiders,” a top-ranked trader has asserted. The top trader also accused project promoters of using Open AI co-founder Sam Altman’s past endorsement of Worldcoin to prop up…
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Worldcoin (WLD) has seen its value plummet by nearly 9% in just 24 hours, with the price settling at around $5.20. This decline aligns with a critical analysis issued by DeFi^2 (@DefiSquared), the current top trader on the crypt exchange Bybit, who has raised concerns about the potential for substantial inflationary pressures and misleading marketing…
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Alex Blania, CEO of Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, recently traveled to Argentina and met with high-profile officials of President Milei’s administration. The objective behind these meetings would be to clarify this project’s objectives given that it has found opposition from local regulators who allege Worldcoin is violating the Argentine citizens’ rights. Worldcoin…
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