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Coinbase Adds Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Crypto Project Worldcoin (WLD) to Listing Roadmap

Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the US, has announced the possibility of listing Sam Altman’s World Network (WLD). In a post on the social media platform X, Coinbase says it’s added the project’s native token WLD to its listing roadmap. Being added to Coinbase’s roadmap doesn’t guarantee a future listing, but it announces the potential for it to be listed in order to promote transparency and prevent possible insider trading. World Network, recently rebranded from “Worldcoin,” aims to create digital identities for everyone on earth by confirming their humanity with eye-scanning “orbs.” After scanning their eyes with the orbs, users are granted “World IDs” which help counter online bots and fake identities. The project’s ecosystem also includes WLD tokens and an app. Last year, regulators in Spain ordered the project to stop collecting data after receiving numerous complaints from cus...

World Network wants $100 deposit from users to work its orbs

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World Network — previously Worldcoin — is offering anybody willing to pay a $100 deposit the chance to buy and operate one of its controversial eye-scanning orbs — but details behind the financial incentives remain murky.   Pre-ordering one of the orbs allows you to become a “Community Operator” and gives you the dubious pleasure of being able to register the eyeballs of wannabe World users yourself. However, details of whatever compensation you could expect to receive remain sparse. Indeed, they’re not even explained in the pre-order page or terms and conditions. Orb operators have traditionally been hired by Worldcoin and worked as contractors rather than employees. Under this “Operator Agreement,” they were paid on a commission basis that considered the number of eyeballs (signups) they could verify.  World has confirmed to Protos that buyers of the orbs will be compensated in a similar fashion while under the “Community Operator Agreement.” ...