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August 27, 2024

Will Europe's regulators stop Sam Altman's Worldcoin?

The iris-photographing crypto project has its eyes on Europe. But regulators stand in its way


Tom Matsuda and Zosia Wanat

7 min read

Worldcoin's chief privacy officer, Damien Kieran

Worldcoin, a crypto biometrics project cofounded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and backed by big-name VCs such as a16z and Tiger Global, is at loggerheads with European data protection regulators, Sifted has learnt. 

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Source: Worldcoin
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The Worldcoin orbs. Source: Worldcoin
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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

Zosia Wanat

Zosia Wanat was a senior reporter at Sifted. She covered the CEE region and policy. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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