Jakarta, May 5, 2025 (AFP) - Indonesia suspends eye-scanning Worldcoin crypto project

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2025-05-05

Indonesian authorities said they have suspended Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning cryptocurrency project co-founded by OpenAI chief Sam Altman under scrutiny in several countries. Since Worldcoin launched in 2023, millions of people have had their iris patterns scanned to create a "World ID", proving they are human and allowing them to conduct transactions. The data is encrypted and safe, according to Worldcoin, but it has run into trouble over co......

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