The need for @world_id infrastructure is accelerating.
World Foundation raised $52.5M from @PanteraCapital, @BainCapCrypto, @Eightcoholdings, @SeliniCapital, Susquehanna Crypto and other strategic investors to accelerate utility and access to World ID.
Funding was through a direct purchase of market-priced $WLD.
All purchased tokens are subject to a 1-year lockup. No tokens were sold on exchanges.
We are live and covering some big stories today:
- openai's recurrent depth & looped transformer design decisions for coming astra models, as well as the discourse that's followed from this
- the release of gemini 3.8 flash, as we take a closer look at the model's capabilities
- elon teasing grok 4.7's release on september 11th
- us government siding with openai against the new york times
Following this up with some fun interviews:
- @kenbwork & arjun banerjee of latch bio, talking about their latest work with @SpaceXAI on Grok 4.6's biological capabilities
- @ShanuMathew93 to discuss some of the recent data center pushback, commentary from earnings reports, and some of the recent compute deals happening at frontier labs and neoclouds
- @dcbuilder research engineer @worldcoinfnd to talk more about what he's working on, the state of ZK proofs, and the real world utility of this technology
- @tgillibrandny founder of american perpetuals to talk about his experience trying to bringing to perps to america, and why it matters
- @robertwrighter author of Nonzero and The God Test to tell us more about his new book and the power / narrative behind this ai revolution unfolding in front of us
- @mohitaron founder and ceo of SciFin on the $44m seed round and what he's most excited about with this new journey
- @AndreyFradkin professor @BUQuestrom, discussing his thoughts on the Cosean Singularity and how he's defining it
- @TheRealNamzoo founder and ceo of airbound, on the company's recent $37m series A, the future of flight, and how he's working to push the limits of this technology
- Laurel Prime founder of Astravia to talk more about what motivated her to take the leap and become a founder, as well as what Astravia is doing to redefine travel with the help of AI
Proud to announce ProveKit v1! Devs can build authentication with ZK privacy, running on all user devices.
2 years ago I started this project to show that every users’ phone is capable of ZK proving a passport document, under a minute, no trusted setup, 128bit post quantum secure. Thanks to collaborations with many world class teams, and several breakthroughs, this is now reality! Thank you everyone involved 🙏
ProveKit uses Noir as it's programming language, so try your circuits today!
https://t.co/CmFhw89A8g
Full block access lists are coming to World Chain Mainnet on August 17. This deep dive covers the protocol design, execution model, benchmarks, and why streamed access lists matter for scaling. https://t.co/HOKb0ZYVAl
New Episode on Deep Dive Podcast 🎙️
Rachel Wolfson sits down with Ian Dilick @0xPenryn of World Foundation @worldnetwork to break down the "Orb" digital identity, and why human verification is becoming critical in the age of AI.
From Tinder and Zoom integrations to agentic commerce and proof of humanity, this conversation explores how identity tech could reshape the internet.
Full interview can be watched or listened on Deep Dive Podcast, linked in the comments!
“This is changing the world!”
@0xPenryn, Developer Relations at @worldnetwork, joined @DavidThaDegen at @consensus2026 to talk about human verification, major integrations, and where the technology is heading.
1:00 - Introduction
3:42 - Why Human Verification Matters
5:04 - Integration with @Tinder
6:05 - Integration with @Zoom
7:19 - Inspiration Behind It
9:05 - How They’ve Expanded
14:13 - Other Devices
16:21 - Bringing the Orb into Businesses
18:27 - Why Attend Crypto Events
19:36 - Where to Find Them
Watch the full conversation below!
THE BLOCKCHAIN HUSTLER 🎙️
18M+ verified users. 39M+ App accounts—integrations with @Tinder, @Zoom & @Docusign.
@EricSpivak sat with @worldcoinfnd's @0xPenryn to discuss World’s mission to help humans prove they’re real as deepfakes & identity fraud accelerate. 🤖@consensus2026
Ian Dilick of @worldnetwork explains how the orb is used to verify real human beings online. Ian goes in depth on the orb, proof of humanity & more on Deep Dive Podcast. Episode dropping 🔜 @useworldapp
🌎 @worldcoinfnd is working to make the internet more human by rethinking how authentication is done.
And proving you’re a real person is more important than ever.
With major collaborations like @Zoom, they’re bringing real-world applications to a global scale. 👏
Great convo @0xPenryn! Full interview coming soon. @EricSpivak@consensus2026
Blind signing has been a weak point in onchain security for far too long.
Today, @candidelabs is releasing Safe OpenSig, a verification instrument for Safe multisig signers.
Proud to have supported the team building this.
Up until today, blind signing cost billions. Every signature, at risk.
Today we're releasing Safe OpenSig, a verification instrument for Safe multisig signers.
Built in collaboration with the @worldcoinfnd
1/ World Assets, Ltd. has now closed a series of OTC sales for a total of $65,000,000 with four counterparties over the past week, the first of which settled on March 20, 2026.
4/ The remaining transactions associated with settlements for these sales will come from this World Assets multisig: 0xE79718Fe76c718fE98a9a3D106FCa773a40861a3.