This Cryptocurrency Wants To Scan Your Eyeball
Big Take27 Syys 2023

This Cryptocurrency Wants To Scan Your Eyeball

Bloomberg’s Hannah Miller is back today to explain why Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is collecting iris scans in exchange for crypto tokens.

Read more: Worldcoin’s Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Dream Is Under Threat

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