{"id":147181,"date":"2023-07-27T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T11:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/?p=147181"},"modified":"2023-07-27T12:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T12:38:29","slug":"people-line-up-to-get-25-free-worldcoin-tokens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/people-line-up-to-get-25-free-worldcoin-tokens\/","title":{"rendered":"People Line Up to Get 25 Free Worldcoin Tokens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The co-founder of Worldcoin, Sam Altman, has recently shared a video that shows people in Japan lining up to get free WLD tokens.<\/strong> The shared video demonstrates a queue of people waiting to get their hands on $50 worth of WLD <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/virtual-currencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cryptocurrency<\/a>, approximately 25 coins, in exchange for their iris scans. It is important to remember that this development comes amid the ongoing discussions about the fading popularity of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/worldcoin.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worldcoin<\/a> project.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">day 3 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldcoin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@worldcoin<\/a> launch, crazy lines around the world. one person getting verified every 8 seconds now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vHRu1sWMT3\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/vHRu1sWMT3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sam Altman (@sama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1684297687708098565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Altman made it evident that one person was getting verified within a span of eight seconds as they lined up for Orb. <strong>Orb is a biometric verification device that provides a World ID to users after successful biometric data collection.<\/strong> Currently, Worldcoin plans to set up Orb venues throughout the world in hopes of accelerating the onboarding process to a global level.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People Lining up for Free Worldcoin Tokens Kick Rumors of Low Popularity Out of the Window<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the evident favorable response from the Japanese, a polar opposite attitude was seen in the people from Hong Kong. <strong>The three Orbs throughout Hong Kong reported a mere 200 sign-ups on the first day, with total registrations being 600.<\/strong> Despite the advertised bucket of benefits, several analysts have pointed their fingers toward potential privacy issues. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/worldcoin-project-becomes-a-target-by-regulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK regulators<\/a><\/strong> have also started looking into the project for potential privacy concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of writing, the Worldcoin token has declined by almost 5.53% within the previous 24 hours.\u00a0 The decline has eventually pushed the <strong>trading price down to approximately $2.23, and the market cap of the token currently stands at the $246 million mark.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-147183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/worldcoin-2.jpg\" alt=\"People Lining up for Free Worldcoin Tokens Kick Rumors of Low Popularity Out of the Window\" width=\"930\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/worldcoin-2.jpg 930w, https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/worldcoin-2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/worldcoin-2-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/worldcoin-2-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project debuted on the back of 2 million pre-sign-ups, but analysts currently argue that overall popularity has now died down considerably. <strong>It is believed that the difference between the total number of sign-ups before and after the launch signifies the lack of enthusiasm.<\/strong> However, the early on-boards also turned out to be controversial as a few reports suggested that the developers behind the project attracted the first million using deception, cash handouts, and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low demand in a certain segment does not exactly represent lower demand as a whole. When the response of the people in Japan is kept in mind, it can become easier to assume that enthusiasm might increase considerably within the upcoming days.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The co-founder of Worldcoin, Sam Altman, has recently shared a video that shows people in Japan lining up to get free WLD tokens. The shared video demonstrates a queue of people waiting to get their hands on $50 worth of WLD cryptocurrency, approximately 25 coins, in exchange for their iris scans. 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