Sam Altman's Worldcoin launches Orb Mini and kicks off in the United States
Worldcoin, co-founded by Sam Altman, has launched in the US with new iris-scanning $Orb Mini devices in cities including Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco. US users who pre-registered received 150
$WLD tokens. The $Orb Mini aims to simplify iris scanning and may later function as a point-of-sale terminal for payments via World wallets. The World app 4.0 update introduces features like verified profile pictures, Stripe integration, prediction markets, DeFi lending, and native USDC support