Worldcoin

Worldcoin is no longer offering Orb-verification in India, Brazil and France

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Worldcoin is no longer offering its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil and France, just months after the crypto startup expanded the helmet-shaped eyeball-scanning device to those markets. Tools for Humanity, the foundation that oversees development of Worldcoin, told TechCrunch in a statement that it had expanded the Orb to many markets this year for a … Read more

Worldcoin hopes to renew iris scans in Kenya

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Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin yesterday confronted its first main hurdle in Africa when authorities in Kenya suspended its iris-scanning actions (“proof of personhood verification”) over safety, privateness and knowledge safety issues. Worldcoin now says it’s working with related authorities to renew iris scans in Kenya quickly. In the meantime, Worldcoin mentioned in a press … Read more