World2026-09-18 03:40:28World rolls out self-custodial finance app World Money in more than 150 countriesWorld has launched World Money, a self-custodial financial app that brings together stablecoin payments, digital asset rewards and trading. The rollout started Thursday across more than 150 countries, with available features depending on the user’s location. Users can send supported digital assets, including stablecoins, to a recipient’s World username, deposit eligible assets to earn rewards, and buy or sell digital assets through exchanges. The app also includes access to Mini Apps such as Kalshi, Credit and Morpho. Through a partnership with Stripe, users in the United States can fund accounts and purchase stablecoins with Apple Pay. World said the launch also marks a product split: identity services now sit in World ID App, while wallet, payments and other financial functions move to World Money. Existing World App and World ID App accounts can be used to access the new app.550
Solana2026-09-11 01:27:00World’s standalone site on Solana went offline on day one after traffic surgeWorld, a Solana-based prediction market, launched its standalone site world.xyz on Sept. 9 and opened access to more than 1 million waitlisted users. The platform listed markets tied to the full NFL regular season slate, seven major football leagues, Formula 1, the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, and the Federal Reserve’s next rate decision. Demand quickly outpaced capacity, and the site was taken offline after traffic overwhelmed it. The spike was closely tied to a first-trade reward campaign launched at the same time. Based on community posts, users had to create an account, link an X profile, and place one prediction trade to receive a reward settled in CASH, Phantom’s dollar-pegged stablecoin. World did not publish a fixed reward schedule. Some users said they received $378, while community chatter put the upper range at roughly $500. Reports also surfaced of issues including USDC deposits not showing up, deposit addresses changing after refresh, and rewards not arriving after trades. The episode also drew attention to how World is tied into Phantom’s distribution and CASH’s usage. According to Phantom’s disclosure page, new prediction positions inside Phantom have been provided by world Prediction Markets since June 1, 2026. Dune data cited in the report put World’s total prediction volume at about $31 million and its independent predictor count at about 53,600, still well behind Polymarket on both volume and activity.1330
World2026-09-10 09:44:16World’s standalone site goes live, then buckles under launch-day traffic as first-trade rewards draw usersWorld, a Solana-based prediction market, opened its standalone website world.xyz on Sept. 9 to a waitlist of more than 1 million users, only to take the site offline after traffic surged beyond expectations. The team said in a post early on Sept. 10 that the volume of visits could 「literally overload the site」 and that the shutdown was a precaution while fixes were being made. It also said user funds were safe and that the reward campaign would resume once repairs were complete. The immediate catalyst was a first-trade incentive tied to account creation, linking an X account, and placing a prediction trade. Rewards were paid in Phantom’s dollar stablecoin CASH, with community reports showing payouts varied by user and timing. One user said they received $378, while community discussion put the upper end at roughly $500. Some users also reported technical issues, including USDC deposits not arriving, deposit addresses changing after refresh, and rewards not being received after completing trades. World had already been running inside Phantom since July and has launched more than 150,000 markets. Its system is built around CASH for trading and settlement, while Phantom handles front-end access, wallet functions, and distribution, and Chainlink supplies market data and automated settlement. Dune data shows World at about $31 million in total prediction volume and roughly 53,600 unique predictors, still well behind Polymarket’s reported scale.940
Solana2026-09-09 13:43:27Solana prediction market World launches standalone platform for more than 1 million waitlisted usersSolana-based prediction market platform World said its standalone site, world.xyz, went live today and opened access to more than 1 million users on its waitlist. The platform’s current markets span the full NFL regular season slate, seven major soccer leagues, Formula 1, the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, and the Federal Reserve’s next rate decision. World said it has already been operating since July through an embedded experience inside Phantom, where it has listed more than 150,000 markets so far. The company also said stock up-or-down contracts, commodity markets tied to gold, silver, oil, natural gas and hashpower are next in line, followed by weather prediction markets covering major cities around the world. According to World, the platform uses Chainlink Data Streams and Chainlink Runtime Environment, or CRE, to provide high-speed market data and automated orchestration, allowing markets to settle instantly after an event ends or a market closes without relying on manual review or token-holder voting. Each market is structured as a binary yes-or-no contract priced from $0 to $1 and settles in Phantom’s dollar stablecoin CASH.900
World2026-09-02 16:02:41World open-sources zero-knowledge identity toolkit ProveKitWorld has open-sourced ProveKit, its zero-knowledge identity toolkit, according to a Techub News brief citing The Block. The toolkit has been used in the World ID project since April this year. Based on the available source text, the announcement centers on the open-sourcing of the toolkit and confirms that it has already been deployed within World ID. No additional technical details, release notes, or rollout timeline beyond that were disclosed in the provided news digest.460
World2026-07-28 07:01:00World Foundation closes $52.5 million WLD token sale led by Pantera CapitalThe World Foundation, the nonprofit behind the World protocol, said it has completed a $52.5 million strategic sale of WLD tokens led by Pantera Capital, with Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital and Susquehanna Crypto also participating. All tokens sold in the transaction are subject to a one-year lock-up. On-chain analyst EmberCN said the foundation transferred roughly 217.4 million WLD to participating institutions about eight hours before the announcement, implying an average price of around $0.24 per token, or about a 26% discount to the current market price. CoinMarketCap data cited in the report puts WLD at about $0.326, with a circulating market capitalization of roughly $1.22 billion and a fully diluted valuation of about $3.24 billion. The sale follows another large token deal disclosed in March and comes as World pushes broader adoption of World ID across consumer platforms, enterprise use cases and AI agents. At the same time, the project continues to face scrutiny over compliance, biometric data collection and past internal investigations tied to Tools for Humanity, the for-profit company associated with the ecosystem.2440
World2026-07-27 18:09:36World enters Phase 3 and extends proof-of-human verification to AI agentsWorld, the iris-scanning identity project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said on July 24 that it has moved into Phase 3 of its five-stage roadmap. The shift changes the network’s focus from driving signups with WLD token rewards to selling proof-of-human verification, including for AI agents that act on behalf of users. World said it has issued more than 18 million human credentials and enabled more than 450 million uses of World ID, with the new phase defined in its founding framework as the point of reaching critical scale and initial utility. The company is also pushing AgentKit, a toolkit built around agent delegation, human-in-the-loop verification, and agentic commerce, while pursuing integrations with Okta, Vercel, Shopify, Coinbase, Exa, and Browserbase. On the consumer side, verification is now live on Tinder, while Reddit has shown interest in privacy-first checks for accounts flagged as automated. For enterprises, World said Zoom is expected to offer its Deep Face verification through the ISV platform within six months. The business model is shifting as well: applications will pay World ID fees, end users will continue to use the protocol for free, and rewards may come as product perks rather than tokens.2550
Brazil2026-07-25 03:56:33São Paulo prosecutors sue World developer, seek about $47.2 million in damagesProsecutors in the Brazilian state of São Paulo have filed a civil lawsuit against Tools for Humanity, the developer behind World, and Amazon AWS Serviços Brasil, accusing the companies of improperly collecting iris data from more than 400,000 people in São Paulo. According to the prosecutors, participants received incentives ranging from 300 to 700 Brazilian reais in exchange for iris scans. The lawsuit asks the court to halt the practice of obtaining iris data through payments or other benefits, order the permanent deletion of the information already collected, and require the defendants to pay at least 240 million reais, or roughly $47.2 million, for collective moral damages. The case centers on how biometric data was gathered and the compensation offered to participants, based on the claims presented by the São Paulo state prosecution authority.2110
