This Week in Coins: Weak Week for Bitcoin and Ethereum—and Worldcoin

It was another slow week for crypto prices as another hike by the Federal Reserve took interest rates to a 22-year-high.

• 2023-07-30
• Sam Altman Mexico City WLD market leaders Vitalik Buterin biometric data Ethereum Maxine Waters

ChatGPT founder plots to scan every retina in the world in exchange for cryptocurrency

The Silicon Valley entrepreneur behind ChatGPT has unveiled a plan to scan the iris of every person in the world to help distinguish real people from sophisticated machines.

• 2023-07-25
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Sam Altman Officially Launches Worldcoin Crypto Project

OpenAI's Sam Altman officially launches the iris-scanning project on Monday.

• 2023-07-24
• Sam Altman digital assets Worldcoin

Bitcoin Drops. This Week Is All About the Fed.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling on Monday ahead of the Fed meeting. Elsewhere, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman celebrated the launch of Worldcoin.

• 2023-07-24
• Sam Altman FOMC cryptocurrencies Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Drops. New Crypto From ChatGPT Founder Fails to Lift Spirits.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling on Monday ahead of the Fed meeting. Elsewhere, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman celebrated the launch of Worldcoin.

• 2023-07-24
• Sam Altman FOMC cryptocurrencies Bitcoin

OpenAI's Sam Altman launches Worldcoin crypto project

The project’s core offering is its World ID, an account that only real humans can get. To get a World ID, a customer signs up to do an in-person iris scan using Worldcoin's 'orb', a silver ball approximately the size of a bowling ball. The company behind Worldcoin is San Francisco and Berlin-based Tools for Humanity.

• 2023-07-24
• Sam Altman Worldcoin real humans

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Project Officially Launches

(Bloomberg) -- It took three years, multiple digital-asset market dislocations and hundreds of millions of dollars, but the eyeball-scanning crypto project known as Worldcoin has officially launched.Most Read from BloombergThe Bear Market Has Nearly Been Erased, Fewer Than 20 Months After It BeganPutin Warns Poland Over ‘Aggression’ Against Ally BelarusUS Recession Becomes Closer Call as Economists Rethink ForecastsWhy South Africa Is on the Brink of ChaosOil Trader Vitol Doubled Average Pay on

• 2023-07-24
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Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Raises $19 Million

Meanwhile, a Bitcoin-backed and A.I.-powered life insurer, has raised $19 million

• 2023-06-07
• Sam Altman digital assets artificial intelligence claims processing Bitcoin health risk assessment Gradient Ventures Lachy Groom

OpenAI's Sam Altman raises $115 million for Worldcoin crypto project

The project, Worldcoin, aims to distribute a crypto token to people "just for being a unique individual". Worldcoin has faced criticism for perceived privacy risks. In response to Altman's tweet introducing the project in 2021, former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden tweeted, "Don't catalogue eyeballs".

• 2023-05-25
• Sam Altman Worldcoin Blockchain Capital

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $100M for Worldcoin crypto project, which uses 'Orb' to scan your eye: report

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly raised nearly $100 million for his cryptocurrency project, Worldcoin, which aims to be the first globally adopted digital coin.

• 2023-05-17
• Sam Altman Worldcoin the Orb