WLD News

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  • Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orbs Can Now be Summoned ‘Like a Pizza’, Say Worldcoin Execs

    The project will now be know simply as “World” and plans to release “Orb 2.0,” the executives said during a presentation.

  • The Protocol: Crypto Turns Up Nose at Trump Token Sale, ‘Gold Paper’

    Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s pledge to support the crypto industry with favorable policies hasn’t translated to a robust reception for his token sale this week, with just a tiny fraction placed out of the targeted $300 million.

  • Altcoin Selling Pressure Looms as $500M in Token Unlocks Scheduled This Week

    Unlocks increase the total available supply of a certain token but don’t necessarily hit the open market immediately.

  • First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Nears $65K as Chinese Stocks Rebound

    The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 14, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

  • Has Ethereum Lost Its Way?

    Is Ethereum in danger of being all things to all people and being master of none? It needs to focus on its original ambition to be a World Computer, says Ganesh Swami, co-founder of Covalent.

  • The Protocol: Peter Todd Wants to Fix Satoshi’s Bitcoin Bugs

    The HBO documentary turned the spotlight on an early Bitcoin contributor who recently has proposed an upgrade to fix all the bugs left in Bitcoin’s original code. PLUS: Criticisms mount after EigenLayer unlocks EIGEN token, as Babylon vaults to top of Bitcoin DeFi leaderboard.

  • Crypto’s Token Lockup Orthodoxy Is a Scam

    Today’s prevailing token distribution model is fundamentally broken, says Christopher Goes, co-creator of Anoma and Namada.

  • Bitcoin Flat Near $61K as Whales Continue to Accumulate; XRP Down 10% as SEC Appeals Case

    PLUS: AI tokens not moving despite a $6.6 billion fundraise from OpenAI.

  • The Protocol: Inside North Korea’s Campaign to Put Crypto Developers on Payroll

    In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we’ve got names, details and anecdotes on crypto companies’ unwitting hires of North Korean developers. PLUS month-end rankings for bitcoin, ether and other digital assets in the CoinDesk 20 index during a strangely bullish September.

  • Bitcoin ETF Demand Grows Among U.S. Investors as China Considers Massive $142B Capital Injection

    Data from SoSoValue shows that the total daily net inflow cracked $100 million for the second day in a row for the BTC ETFs amid global monetary easing. PLUS: Worldcoin is up double digits as World ID expands to more countries.