Worldcoin has a good story to tell but not the one world regulators are interested in

Without judging the significance or veracity of the successes that digital ID organization Worldcoin’s executives have claimed this summer, the volume seems to be keeping pace with ominent news.

Worldcoin says that 2.3 million have enrolled in its iris biometrics-secured World ID globally since the project's late-July launch. CEO Alex Blania has been out front in the marketing blitz, telling reporters that there are 1.7 million monthly active users of the company's wallet, called the World app.

Blania trumpeted this …

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