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Sam Altman, the now former CEO of OpenAI<\/a><\/em>, has departed his role and is leaving its board, according to a company post<\/a> on Friday. But questions about his role at other entities like Worldcoin, the crypto project he co-founded, remain up in the air as its token falls on the news.<\/p>\n Worldcoin\u2019s token, WLD, fell more than 13% on the day, to $1.91, CoinMarketCap data<\/a> showed. When asked about Altman\u2019s future at Worldcoin or its plans going forward, Worldcoin did not respond to TechCrunch\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n Altman\u2019s crypto project raised $115 million<\/a> in May in a Series C round led by Blockchain Capital. In March, TechCrunch reported<\/a> Altman was on the board of Worldcoin, but is not involved in the \u201cday-to-day\u201d operations.<\/p>\n \nDo you work at OpenAI or Worldcoin and know more? Get in touch<\/a>.\n\t<\/div>\n Worldcoin obtains users by scanning irises through its Orb, which then assigns users an \u201ciris code\u201d or \u201cWorld ID\u201d that grants users access to the projects\u2019 application and provides them with \u201ca digital passport,\u201d Tiago Sada, head of product for Tools for Humanity and a core contributor to Worldcoin, said on TechCrunch\u2019s Chain Reaction podcast<\/a> in September. The verification process purportedly allows people to prove their identity, and the iris code is used to make sure they don\u2019t go and get another one.<\/p>\n In August, Worldcoin faced pushback from countries, including Kenya, which halted the project from scanning<\/a> any more of its citizens\u2019 eyeballs (and the project ignored initial orders). Worldcoin has faced backlash from critics, who allege the company targets developing economies. The project gives most participants (outside the U.S. and some other countries) 25 WLD tokens, worth roughly $48, in exchange for signing up, which could be seen as exploitative.<\/p>\n Sada said that giving out the free tokens and going to developing countries was fair because most projects, especially in crypto and tech, focus on emerging markets, as \u201cthose are the easier ones to operate in.\u201d<\/p>\n While OpenAI stated Friday that the board \u201cno longer has confidence in [Altman\u2019s] ability to continue leading\u201d the company, its statement didn\u2019t fully explain why Altman was fired or where he stands with other related organizations, like Worldcoin.<\/p>\n Worldcoin\u2019s application has over four million downloads and its active users are \u201cmore than double\u201d globally, according to a blog post<\/a> from the beginning of November. There are more than 2.4 million \u201cunique humans\u201d on Worldcoin and in the most recent seven days at the time of writing, about 53,800 new accounts have been made, and there have been over 59,000 daily wallet transactions, according to the company\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTip TechCrunch<\/h4>\n