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Former Worldcoin employee Nadir Hajarabi warned of sloppy and illegal practices, while publically severing ties with the company.

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In a video posted to YouTube yesterday, Nadir Hajarabi, who described himself as having worked with Worldcoin since before its token launch, publicly announced that had cut all ties with the project. Hajarabi did not divulge specifics on the advice of legal counsel.

CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on the growing scrutiny around Worldcoin, a crypto project launched by OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Worldcoin creates decentralized identities for users and offers its native token to those who sign up.

Scopescan monitoring has unveiled intriguing information about the FTX liquidation address.

The Kenyan government has set up a 17-member committee to investigate the operations of American-based cryptocurrency firm Worldcoin, due to its collection of biometric data not satisfying Kenya's data privacy laws of the country. The process requires a user to give his iris scans in exchange for a digital ID known as global ID and get free Worldcoin tokens as part of plans to create a new identity and financial network, and the Kenyan government saw this as a security risk.

The Kenyan Parliament recently created an ad-hoc committee to investigate Worldcoin's activities in the country. According to the Kenyan House speaker, the 15-member committee is expected to report back to parliament within 42 days.

Just a month after its launch, Worldcoin is under international scrutiny as regulators raise concerns about its data collection and storage practices.

The move comes just three weeks after the African nation's authorities suspended Worldcoin's activities in the country.

Kenya's legislative bodies have set up a dedicated committee to probe the operations of Worldcoin, a controversial cryptocurrency demanding iris scans for user authentication.

Kenya has established an investigative parliamentary committee to look into Worldcoin.

The controversial crypto project's launch has been marred into controversy and it's already facing investigations in nearly half a dozen countries.

The launch of Worldcoin has generated significant global interest.

In just over 25 days since its listing debut on July 24, 2023, the cryptocurrency known as worldcoin (WLD) has experienced a notable decline of 29% when measured against the U.S. dollar. Notably, within the last week alone, it saw a decrease of more than 11%.

The sharp drop in Worldcoin's fully-diluted market valuation summed up the difficulties the Sam Altman-backed project has endured lately.

In a truly astonishing turn of events that is sending ripples throughout the cryptocurrency landscape, Worldcoin (WLD) has achieved an unprecedented milestone that has left the community buzzing with excitement. With an overwhelming surge of more than 16 million claims, as unveiled on the token's Dune page, the impact of this achievement is nothing short of revolutionary.

Worldcoin — touted by its founders as a cutting-edge, “privacy-preserving” technology — faces scrutiny across the globe as regulators raise concerns about the company's personal information and biometric data practices.

In a remarkable development, Worldcoin (WLD) has achieved an impressive milestone, with over 16 million claims, according to the token's Dune page. Simultaneously, the number of claiming addresses has surged to a staggering 520,000.

Worldcoin is described as “an open-source digital identification platform that aims to provide a solution for everyone to verify their human identity and differentiate themselves from AI in the digital space.

In a momentous stride towards the intersection of technology and identity, Worldcoin, led by OpenAI's Sam Altman, has made its debut on July 24, 2023. After years of development, this cryptocurrency has entered the arena with a distinctive proposition: verifying user identity through iris scanning.

In an era characterized by heightened privacy concerns and industry scrutiny, Worldcoin, led by entrepreneur Sam Altman, has set out to revolutionize the way users interact with cryptocurrency. With the launch of a groundbreaking feature in its World App, Worldcoin is aiming to address privacy apprehensions while simplifying the acquisition of its native WLD tokens.

The token distribution coincided with the period when Worldcoin announced that users of WorldApp could now reserve WLD tokens.

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of cryptocurrencies, few endeavors have captured attention and controversy quite like Worldcoin. Under the leadership of Sam Altman, the project has unveiled a new and ambitious feature within its World App: the ability for users to reserve Worldcoin (WLD) tokens.

The AAIP will "carefully analyze" how Worldcoin processes personal data and whether it presents any risks for Argentines.