World, the biometric identity verification startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, raised $52.5 million through a token sale led by Pantera Capital while celebrating its third anniversary and launching Phase 3 of its expansion plan. The company's proof-of-human verification is now being integrated into applications including Tinder, Zoom, and concert ticketing platforms.
The World Foundation, steward of Sam Altman's World Network, raised $52.5 million through a strategic WLD token sale to expand its World ID 'proof of human' verification system. Pantera Capital led the funding round with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, and Susquehanna Crypto, with investors joining a 12-month lockup period.
Dentsu Group's R&D organization, Dentsu Innovation Initiative, will develop and demonstrate a Self-Sovereign Information Environment (SSIE) in collaboration with Yoichi Ochiai, enabling students to co-create with multiple AI systems through AI avatar agents at the 2026 summer school.Students will use QR-code-enabled business cards connected to a Web3 personal page and a hardware wallet supported by Sony Corporation.
Attackers compromised private keys of a Humanity Protocol foundation member through an employee laptop breach, draining over $32-36 million worth of H tokens from multiple wallets. The decentralized identity project's token plunged between 73-89% as attackers dumped stolen tokens for ether.
Blockchain privacy company Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the developer of ZKPassport, and committed to keeping the protocol and its iOS application open-source amid growing pressure for age verification solutions.
Sam Altman's World project launched major upgrades to its World ID system, including integration with Zoom's deepfake protection feature and full U.S. rollout on Tinder, expanding beyond crypto-native use cases.
