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Sam-Altman Founded World Token Rips 24%—What's Going On?
- On May 21, 2025, Worldcoin disclosed that it secured $135 million by privately selling WLD tokens to early investors, including prominent venture capital firms, to support the growth of its platform.
- This token sale followed Worldcoin's recent launch in the United States and amid ongoing regulatory challenges, including suspension directives from Kenyan and Indonesian authorities.
- The funding aims to accelerate global deployment of Worldcoin's Orb biometric devices, which scan irises to create unique digital IDs despite privacy and surveillance concerns.
- Following the announcement, WLD's price jumped 15% to around $1.26 with trading volume nearly doubling, reflecting renewed institutional and retail investor interest during a crypto market rally.
- The raise will support Worldcoin's goal of scaling its identity protocol globally, though investors remain cautious due to the project's regulatory and privacy controversies.
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $135 Million—WLD Token Jumps 15% - Coin Surges
Worldcoin’s parent entity, the nonprofit World Foundation, has injected fresh momentum into its biometric-identity project after selling $135 million worth of liquid WLD tokens at spot price to two of its earliest backers, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bain Capital Crypto. The direct purchase—explicitly “not a venture round… a direct purchase of non-discounted liquid tokens,” according to the foundation—adds the same amount of WLD to circulatin…
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $135 Million—WLD Token Jumps 15%
Worldcoin’s parent entity, the nonprofit World Foundation, has injected fresh momentum into its biometric-identity project after selling $135 million worth of liquid WLD tokens at spot price to two of its earliest backers, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bain Capital Crypto. The direct purchase—explicitly “not a venture round… a direct purchase of non-discounted liquid tokens,” according to the foundation—adds the same amount of WLD to circulatin…
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