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Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning startup behind World (formerly Worldcoin), is laying off staff. The company had over 500 employees before the restructuring. World has verified nearly 18 million people via its Orb device, far short of its billion-person goal.

Arthur Hayes sold his Worldcoin (WLD) holdings days after Maelstrom called it a proxy for AI IPOs. Hayes posted a chart of SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures falling and said the direction was wrong. WLD rallied to $0.60 on Friday then fell to $0.40 on Sunday.
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