Worldcoin Surges as Reddit Eyes Iris-Scanning Orbs for User Verification

Hold onto your hats, crypto fans! Worldcoin (WLD) just got a tasty little boost on Friday, and guess what's behind it? None other than Reddit sniffing around Worldcoin's futuristic iris-scanning Orb for verifying its users. Yeah, you heard that right!

Rumor has it that Reddit's been chatting up the folks at Worldcoin, backed by the bigwig Sam Altman, about using their Orb to sort out who's real and who's not on their platform. The whispers started swirling after news platform Semafor dropped the bombshell.

As soon as the word got out, WLD's price popped up a bit. Insiders spilled to Semafor that Reddit and Worldcoin's sidekick, Tools for Humanity, are in some serious discussions.

Age of bots and AI fakes

Why's Reddit suddenly so interested? Well, it's the wild west out there with bots and AI-generated junk flooding the internet. Worldcoin's eye-scanning tech is like a superhero, offering a way to prove you're a real human, not some pesky bot or AI impostor.

Despite facing some tough legal and regulatory hurdles, Worldcoin's been on a roll, growing faster than a weed in summer. And WLD? That's the coin that keeps the whole ecosystem humming.

Get this: according to their own site, World's got over 28 million World App users, and more than 13.1 million of them are verified as unique humans. Launched back in July 2023, they've raked in some serious cash from big shots like Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital. And guess who's one of the brains behind it? None other than OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman.

The U.S. finally got a taste of the action in April 2025, with World ID verification orbs popping up in six major innovation hubs. And those Orbs? They're powered by NVIDIA chips, baby!

Now, Reddit's interest in World ID comes hot on the heels of their CEO Steve Huffman shooting the breeze about AI and the need for user verification. With AI going bonkers and posing risks left and right, Huffman says they might need to double-check if their users are human. Plus, there's the whole age-checking thing for those know-your-customer rules.

But here's the kicker: Huffman's not keen on hoarding all that data. Instead, they're looking to buddy up with third-party providers like Worldcoin to keep things smooth and secure.