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In several countries, WorldCoin Ex -World Countries) are restricted.
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World is in plans to launch a visa card and is associated with the Tinder company.
World, the company promoted by Sam Altman, CEO of Openai, which seeks to build a global digital identity network, will be launched in the United States.
Through a statement, it was reported that Americans will be able to verify their World ID in six innovation centers that will be located in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville and San Francisco.
In addition, people who approach will be able to access the full experience of World App and claim their Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the project.
As cryptooticias has reported, the Objective of World, previously known as Worldcoin, is to solve the problems of digital identity in a hyperconnected worldusing decentralized and cryptographic technology. This would allow more inclusive financial systems, greater privacy and less false accounts.
In exchange for participating, users receive rewards on WLD, which has aroused a lot of interest, especially in developing countries.
The axis of the project is WLD, which is delivered to those who verify their identity with the Orba device that scan the iris to confirm that they are real people.
The arrival in the United States marks an important advance for the project, especially because His activities were restricted in that country. This new scenario is given under the administration of Donald Trump, which since its arrival at the White House has adopted a favorable position towards projects related to digital assets.
This is important to highlight it because the project You have received criticism for using Iris scanning as an identification methodsince it implies risks in the management of biometric data. Although from World they claim that they protect privacy, doubts persist about possible abuse and that is why it has been prohibited in several countries.
According to the website of the project promoted by Sam Altman, the World application has approximately 26 million users, of which about 12 million are considered «unique humans.»
The term «unique humans» refers to people who have been verified through the World Validation Processwhich guarantees that each registered account corresponds to a real and unique individual, avoiding duplications or the use of bots.
As explained, differentiation is key to ensuring the authenticity and integrity of the digital identity system of the project.
Said in a simpler way, some people may have created an account but have not completed the validation process. For example, they did not perform identity verification with the device Orb.
World and its expansion plans
In this context, the company revealed its plans to launch a visa card connected to its app, which will allow Use WLD and other digital assets to pay in any trade that accepts visa.
Although users pay with cryptocurrencies, businesses will receive Fíat money, with the aim of facilitating their adoption.
In addition to this progress in payments, the project also announced an alliance with Match Group to apply its technology on dating platforms such as Tinder and Hinge. The collaboration will begin with a pilot program in Japan, where Tinder users will be able to verify that the profiles with which they interact belong to real people.
After this news, the price of Token Wld shot up and in the last 7 days went from 0.85 to $ 1.07, which represents an increase greater than 26%.
The news does not end there. Is that World also announced its plans to launch a mini-Orba more compact device that seeks to accelerate the identity verification process and bring the project closer to its ambitious goal of reaching 1,000 million users.
As part of this initiative, the company associated with Razer to offer the service in physical stores, allowing players to verify if they are interacting with real people online.
The project, launched in 2023, was created by Tools for Humanitycompunited Por Sam Altman.