Pantera Capital Leads $52.5 Million World Foundation Raise as AI Identity Race Accelerates

World Foundation raised $52.5 million through a locked sale of its WLD token, funding to expand World ID verification tools as artificial intelligence agents and deepfakes spread across the internet. The nonprofit behind the World protocol, backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, announced the new raise on July 24, 2026, three years to the day […]