Worldcoin Operations Violate Privacy and Should Cease, Hong Kong Regulator Says
[May 22, 2024 8:33 AM] Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data personnel visited 10 of the project's locations in December and January.
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Worldcoin ordered to stop operations in Hong Kong
[May 22, 2024 1:18 AM] The PCPD ruled that Worldcoin’s retention of sensitive biometric data for up to 10 years solely for AI model training, including face and iris images, was unjustified.
Leading Trader Criticizes Worldcoin’s ‘Predatory’ Tokenomics, Labels WLD a Fake $60B AI Coin
No Ties To OpenAI: Worldcoin Drops 9% As Top Trader Issues Warning
[May 14, 2024 2:00 AM] 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…
Worldcoin CEO Met With Argentine Government Officials Amidst Ongoing Probes
[May 8, 2024 3:34 AM] 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…
Latam Insights: South African Ponzi Scheme Boss Dies in Brazil, Argentine House Passes Crypto Tax Regularization Bill
[May 5, 2024 11:33 PM] Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: South African Ponzi scheme mastermind dies of a heart attack in Brazil, the Argentine House advances crypto…
Buenos Aires Targets Worldcoin With Eye Scanning Biometric Bill
[May 3, 2024 8:13 PM] A bill that seeks to regulate the activities of companies that scan the eyes of their users, like Worldcoin, has been recently introduced in Buenos Aires. The law aims to protect the app users’ rights and help them to secure and determine the…
Sam Altman’s OpenAI reportedly in partnership talks with his other firm, Worldcoin
[Apr 28, 2024 1:57 PM] The potential partnership comes amid increased regulatory scrutiny for both companies.
Brace For Impact: Worldcoin Team Plans To Sell 1.5 Million WLD Tokens Every Week For 6 Months
[Apr 24, 2024 10:00 AM] Worldcoin (WLD) could be the victim of a significant downtrend in the coming weeks. The team plans to sell as many as 1.5 million WLD tokens over the next six months, which could bring about massive selling pressure and affect the token’s price. …
Worldcoin will increase WLD supply by up to 19% in the next 6 months
[Apr 23, 2024 8:48 PM] Worldcoin will be selling up to 1.5 million WLD tokens to select trading firms outside of the United States every week for the next six months.
Latam Insights: Brazil Bans Crypto for Gambling, Worldcoin Battles Buenos Aires
[Apr 22, 2024 1:40 AM] Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Brazil bans the use of cryptocurrency for gambling-related payments, and Worldcoin faces fines for alleged…
Worldcoin Rejects Buenos Aires’ Claims Regarding Abusive User Contract Clauses
[Apr 19, 2024 10:26 PM] Worldcoin, the digital biometric identification project, has rejected the claims made by Buenos Aires regarding possible infringements of customer protection laws. The organization told local sources that it answered Buenos Aires’…
Worldcoin, Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain
[Apr 17, 2024 9:00 AM] The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.
Worldcoin Faces $1.2 Million Fine In Argentina For Law Violations; WLD’s Price Reacts
[Apr 16, 2024 9:00 PM] In recent months, Sam Altman’s open-source protocol Worldcoin (WLD) has faced increasing legal challenges as Portugal and Spain cracked down on its biometric data collection practices. Argentina has joined the list, issuing an indictment…
Worldcoin Faces Over $1 Million in Fines in Buenos Aires for Legal Violations
[Apr 15, 2024 3:37 PM] Worldcoin, the biometric iris scanning digital ID organization, is being accused by the government of Buenos Aires of several transgressions, including contradictions regarding the treatment of users’ digital information. Buenos Aires…
Latam Insights: Brazil to Offer Bitcoin Futures, Paraguay Battles Mining, Worldcoin Wins in Chile
[Mar 31, 2024 11:36 PM] Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Brazilian stock exchange will offer bitcoin futures contracts, Paraguay advances measures to curb…
Worldcoin (WLD) 12% Rally Hits A Snag: Portugal Demands Halt To Biometric Data Collection
Spanish Court Upholds Privacy Watchdog’s Decision to Halt Worldcoin Activities
[Mar 18, 2024 6:30 PM] The Audiencia Nacional (National Hearing), a Spanish special tribunal, has maintained the measures that the AEPD, the private data watchdog in the country, has taken against Worldcoin. The court determined that the defense of the general interest…
Performance of AI-Related Crypto Tokens Driven by News and ‘Memetic Speculation’ — Coinbase
[Mar 10, 2024 11:30 PM] Since the beginning of the last quarter of 2023, artificial intelligence (AI)-related crypto tokens have not only outperformed the top two crypto assets but have also outpaced key AI stocks such as Nvidia and Microsoft. According to a report by…
Worldcoin Introduces Complaint Against Operations Ban in Spain
[Mar 10, 2024 8:00 AM] Worldcoin, the biometric iris scanning project, has introduced a complaint against the actions of the AEPD, the personal data protection agency in Spain. Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, argues that the agency circumvented the…
AI Crypto Tokens Like Render, WorldCoin Are ‘Overvalued’: Coinbase Research
Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Operations in Spain
[Mar 8, 2024 12:30 AM] Worldcoin, the biometric identity project, has been banned from operating in Spain for up to three months, according to a press release from the Spanish data agency, the AEPD. The agency will also require Worldcoin to stop using the already…
Spain Blocks Worldcoin Project Over Data Privacy Concerns, WLD Token Slides 7%
[Mar 7, 2024 3:00 PM] The cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, spearheaded by Sam Altman, has faced another setback as Spain takes steps to block the venture. The Spanish data protection regulator, AEPD, has ordered Worldcoin to immediately halt the collection of personal…
South Korea Launches Investigation Into Worldcoin’s Data Collection Practices
[Mar 5, 2024 11:00 PM] The government of South Korea has opened an investigation into Worldcoin, the iris scanning cryptocurrency and digital wallet project. According to a press release, the Personal Information Protection Commission, the data privacy watchdog in the…
Worldcoin’s WLD Drops as Elon Musk Sues OpenAI
[Mar 1, 2024 4:48 AM] WLD is considered a proxy bet on OpenAI, the Sam Altman-owned artificial intelligence company.
Will Worldcoin End In “Tears”? This Analyst Thinks So
[Feb 26, 2024 4:00 PM] One analyst on X is concerned about the long-term sustainability of Worldcoin (WLD), a project aiming to build a universal digital identity system. While acknowledging the project’s innovative approach and recent upswing that has seen WLD…
Worldcoin Gains 40%, Hits Record High as AI Tokens Surge on Nvidia
[Feb 22, 2024 11:40 AM] The token was up amid broader optimism surrounding AI spilling over into crypto.
Worldcoin (WLD) Just Added 170% To Its Value – What’s Going On?
[Feb 20, 2024 3:40 AM] Worldcoin (WLD), a blockchain-based project fueled by biometric verification, has ignited a firestorm of investor interest, skyrocketing 170% in the past week to reach a record high of $7.48. This meteoric rise stands out against a backdrop of…
Altcoins Watchlist: Market Expert Spotlights ETH, BLUR, MATIC, And More For Explosive Gains
[Feb 19, 2024 10:00 PM] Crypto analyst Miles Deutscher has spotlighted several altcoins, with a special focus on artificial intelligence (AI) tokens, that demonstrate strong breakout potential in the current market rebound. ETH On The Rise In a recent post on X (formerly…
Alameda Research’s Worldcoin Investment Hits All-Time High, Exceeding $50M As WLD Price Climbs
[Feb 19, 2024 8:00 PM] Worldcoin, the digital identity token ERC-20 project on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, has garnered significant attention. Its native token, WLD, emerges as the top performer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. The token…