Sam Altman-Linked Worldcoin Rallies 10% to End September on a High— AI Trade Brewing?
Worldcoin (WLD) lobbed nearly 10% on Wednesday, extending a rally that pushed the identity-verification token to multi-month highs.‘World’-ClassWLD was the third-best-performing cryptocurrency over the past 24 hours, decisively .WLD soared to $0.58 over the weekend, a level last seen in late June. The coin is up 44% over the month.Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 11:45 p.m. EDT)Worldcoin (WLD)+9.7%$0.5373Ethereum +0.60%$2,685Bitcoin +0.60%$83,451World Network launched in 2023 as a decentralized identity verification project to tell real humans apart from the flood of AI bots. To do this, they collect people’s biometrics, including irises, using a proprietary device called Orb.Tools For Humanity, a tech company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is the primary developer of the project. Read Also: What is the Catalyst?WLD’s latest spike coincided with the Trump administration’s push for rapid AI adoption, including the and rebranding AI as “Super Intelligence.”Growing interest in AI agents, including Robinhood Markets Inc. , may have also contributed to the rally. World’s proof-of-humanity approach positions it as the infrastructure layer that helps close the trust gap for autonomous AI systems. Read Also: Photo Courtesy: Antonello Marangi via via Shutterstock.com