OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity has partnered with Gap, Visa, and Tinder to launch the World ID human verification product. It uses Orb devices to collect users' facial and iris images for identity verification and stores them as anonymous digital data. The system will help verify users' identity and age, with plans to generate revenue by charging applications.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that OpenAI is in the early stages of exploring the development of a social network focused on real users. Discussions involve the use of tools such as Apple Face ID and the World Iris Scanner device Orb for biometric identity verification. (Solid Intel)

January 29 News, Worldcoin (now renamed World Token, WLD) experienced a significant price surge today, with a single-day increase of over 15%, reaching a trading price of $0.5298. Over the past week and month, it has risen approximately 10% and 7%, respectively. In early trading today, the WLD price once touched $0.6427, with a weekly increase of up to 40%. Trading volume surged by 818%, reaching $687 million, indicating a notable increase in market interest in the token. This price fluctuation is closely related to OpenAI's exploration of a biometric social media platform. It is reported that the platform aims to create a "human-only" social network, reducing AI-driven fake accounts through user identity verification. It may use Apple Face ID or World Orb technology for iris scanning to form a unique digital identity. This move is considered a strategy by OpenAI to counter Elon Musk's X platform and robot accounts.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on January 6, 2026 Gate announces the adjustment of lending functions for certain tokens. Starting from 16:00(UTC+8) on January 6, 2026, the platform will disable the new lending functions for 15 tokens including 1CAT, BARSIK, BEER, CATS, FRED, IDV, MONG, MONKY, OCT, SLIM, SMILE, STARHEROES, STARL, ASI, IRIS in unified account spot leverage, collateral lending, and isolated margin. For users holding loans on the above tokens that have not been repaid, Gate requires repayment before 16:00(UTC+8) on January 7, 2026. Unsettled loans will be automatically settled by the system at that time. This adjustment does not affect the normal use of spot trading functions.

Odaily News Thailand's regulatory authorities have requested World to delete 1.2 million iris scan data. The Minister of Digital Economy and Society of Thailand added that World has been ordered to suspend all operations in Thailand and an investigation has been initiated to determine whether the company has violated Thailand's data protection laws. (DLNews)

Thailand's data regulator has demanded that the iris scanning project World, driven by Sam Altman, delete 1.2 million records collected in Thailand and suspend all operations. The investigation team believes that exchanging Crypto Assets for biometric data violates data protection laws.

The aggregator Jupiter has released the Ultra v3 trading engine, enhancing MEV protection by 34 times, dropping execution costs by 8-10 times, and launching the new router Iris, which can find the best pricing across multiple trading platforms. At the same time, Ultra v3 is integrated into all products of Jupiter and enhances several features.

Golden Finance reported that the Bitcoin mining company IREN (formerly Iris Energy) announced quarterly results, with revenue of $187.3 million, net profit of $176.9 million, and EBITDA of $241.4 million; FY25 EBITDA is expected to rise over tenfold. The company expects annual Bitcoin mining revenue to reach $1 billion, while its AI cloud business annualized revenue is nearing $250 million. IREN has replaced ASICs used for Bitcoin mining with GPUs in multiple mining centers to support its AI cloud business and is investing in the construction of a liquid-cooled AI data center "Horizon," expected to go live in Q4 2025; another facility called Sweetwater is expected to be operational by the end of 2027. In July, IREN produced 728 Bitcoins, surpassing its competitors.

Gate News bot report: The cryptocurrency project World, co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman, has suspended its iris scanning operations in Germany. The company's website states that the World Orb site will soon resume operations. The Orb is a basketball-sized silver sphere used to verify user identity and join the company's identity network.

BlockBeats news, on June 20, influenced by the news that "Reddit is in talks to use Worldcoin's iris scanning device Orb," WLD briefly rose over 5.5%, with a market capitalization increasing to 3.056 billion USD.