News with the tag "Alex Blania"

ZachXBT says a hacker has breached 15 crypto-focused X accounts to share scam memecoins that have netted the attacker around $500,000.

World, formerly Worldcoin, says its World Chain will privilege verified human users over bots by giving them priority access to block space and an allowance of free gas.

On Monday, Kresus, the Web3 platform specializing in cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), unveiled a collaboration with Tools for Humanity, the creators of the Worldcoin initiative and the World ID identification system. World ID Meets Kresus App Kresus and Tools for Humanity (TFH) have ...

Worldcoin will change the design of the Orb, the device used for scanning the irises of users as proof of personhood for the project, to be more friendly and less polarizing. Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, stated that the next iteration would be ...

Company's CEO Alex Blania said Worldcoin will roll out a new version of the Orb during the first half of this year.

Worldcoin’s subsidiary, Tools for Humanity, has invested more than $4.8 million in Kenya, focusing on blockchain and cryptocurrency education as well as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) awareness. Alex Blania, the CEO of Tools for Humanity, disclosed the investment details during a par...

The number of verifications for Worldcoin, the biometric digital ID and wallet project, has soared recently in Argentina, reaching a daily signup record in August. According to data provided by the project, Worldcoin verified 9,500 Argentine users in a single day, with only four verification station...

A team of Kenyan police officers is reported to have raided the premises used by Worldcoin and seized devices storing users’ data. The raid came just days after the Kenyan government announced the suspension of Worldcoin’s activities in the country. Officers Armed With Search Warrant The Kenyan poli...

The CEO of Worldcoin’s founding entity confirmed on Aug. 2 that his organization has paused “World ID verifications in Kenya” and will attempt to address concerns raised by authorities. Kenya’s ICT Minister Eliud Owalo has said Worldcoin’s verification services were being carried out within the conf...

Manufacturing and operating Worldcoin's iris-scanning orbs could become a decentralized and incentivized process like Bitcoin mining, the co-founder claimed. But experts have concerns about that plan.