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ForkLog 77 25.11.2025

Thai data regulator orders World to stop iris-scanning service

Thailand’s PDPC ordered TIDC Worldverse to suspend its iris-scanning service.

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ForkLog 106 31.10.2025

Mythical Games to Integrate World ID in Gaming

Web3 projects World and the international company Mythical Games have joined forces to identify real users in games and eliminate bots.

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ForkLog 151 24.10.2025

World and Eightco take aim at gamers

Eightco plans to scan gamers’ irises with Orbs as it pursues mass digital identity.

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ForkLog 120 03.10.2025

Thousands of Ethereum and Solana token clones appear on World

Thousands of token clones from popular blockchains such as Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain have appeared on the World network.

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ForkLog 209 30.09.2025

Sam Altman’s Dual Bet on Identity and AI

How a potential integration of WLD into the world’s most popular chatbot is taking shape.

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ForkLog 50 06.08.2025

China Identifies National Security Threat in Biometric Data Collection for Cryptocurrency

The collection of iris data by a foreign company in exchange for cryptocurrency poses a national security threat, according to a warning from China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). In an official WeChat account, the agency reported instances where digital assets were used as bait for the mass collection of users’ iris data worldwide. The […]

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ForkLog 32 12.06.2025

Circle Launches USDC on World Chain Network

Circle, the company behind the second most popular stablecoin USDC, has launched the asset on Sam Altman’s World project network. Project representatives stated that around two million users of the World App wallet already possessed the “bridged” version of USDC, which has now been upgraded to a native version. The company has also deployed the […]

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ForkLog 20 23.05.2025

Cryptocurrency Projects Raise $214 Million in a Week: Top 3 Rounds

As Bitcoin reaches new all-time highs, venture financing is also gaining momentum. Over the past week, cryptocurrency projects have attracted $214 million. According to DeFi Llama, the total amount of funds directed into the industry since the beginning of 2025 has reached $7.7 billion, an 87% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Data: […]

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ForkLog 12 06.05.2025

Kenyan Court Orders Deletion of User Data by World Project

The High Court of Kenya has ordered the deletion of biometric data collected by Sam Altman’s blockchain project, World. JUDGMENT: High Court safeguards the right to privacy Today, Lady Justice Aburili Roselyne has allowed our Judicial Review Application, where we challenged the collection, processing, and transfer of iris and facial images (biometric data) using the […]

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ForkLog 22 01.05.2025

World to Launch Eye-Scanning ‘Orbs’ Across the US

Sam Altman’s blockchain project, World, is entering the US market. By the end of the year, it plans to deploy 7,500 eye-scanning “orbs” in various cities across the country, according to CoinDesk. The devices, resembling bowling balls and designed to scan the iris for identification, will initially appear in six “key innovation hubs”: Atlanta, Austin, […]

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ForkLog 20 07.03.2025

World Unveils Chat with Cryptocurrency Transfer Feature

The World project (formerly Worldcoin) by Sam Altman has launched the World Chat application, enabling communication and cryptocurrency transfers. Introducing World Chat, a new way to connect & send money to verified humans on World Network. pic.twitter.com/6GHQfcQfIj — World (@worldcoin) March 6, 2025 The chat operates on the World Network and is available in beta […]

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ForkLog 10 27.01.2025

Brazil’s data watchdog blocks World’s biometric payouts

Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has moved to suspend World’s (formerly Worldcoin) payments of financial incentives for collected biometric data. The agency opened an investigation into Tools for Humanity, the company behind the project, in November 2024. Founded in 2019 by Sam Altman and Alex Blania, the firm aims to build a global digital […]

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