World Foundation raises $52.5 million in WLD token sale
The one-year locked strategic round will fund World ID expansion across enterprise platforms, consumer apps and AI agents, even as WLD remains under pressure amid heavy token supply and weak market performance.
World Foundation said it raised $52.5 million through a strategic sale of WLD tokens led by Pantera Capital, with Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital and Susquehanna Crypto participating, and said all purchased tokens are locked for 12 months until July 2027. The foundation said the capital will help expand World ID, its proof-of-human digital identity system, across enterprise services, consumer platforms and AI agents. The sale comes as WLD trades near $0.34, down more than 10% in 24 hours and 32.8% over the past 30 days, underperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum even after World cut daily token emissions by 43% on July 24. World Foundation said more than 39 million people have joined World Network, more than 18 million have completed Orb verification, and the network has processed more than 475 million World ID proofs. The latest fundraising follows a $135 million WLD purchase by Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Crypto in May 2025 and a roughly $65 million over-the-counter sale in March 2026 at around $0.27 per token.
- World ID: World's digital identity credential designed to let users prove they are human online.
- proof-of-human: A system used to distinguish real people from bots or AI-driven accounts on the internet.
- lockup: A period during which investors cannot sell the tokens they purchased.