• The token-related issuing entity is World Assets Ltd. (the signatory of issuance/lending agreements); the protocol governance manager is the World Foundation (formerly Worldcoin Foundation, Cayman); the core development company is Tools for Humanity (TFH, USA/Germany).

(Sources: World Official Circulating Supply Explainer, Decrypt; retrieved on September 14, 2026)

• Building a "proof of personhood" digital identity (World ID) and financial network, verifying real humans via Orb iris verification and distributing WLD, with the long-term goal of making WLD the most widely distributed digital currency and progressively decentralizing the World Network.

(Sources: World Whitepaper — Designing for Scale; retrieved on September 14, 2026)

• Total Supply: 10,000,000,000 WLD (fixed cap, Max Supply = Total Supply = 10 billion).
• Circulating Supply: Approx. 3,592,814,448 WLD (approx. 35.9% of total supply).
• Price: Approx. $0.3811. (Sources: CoinGecko, Etherscan; retrieved on September 14, 2026)
• Allocation: Before issuance, 75% allocated to the World Community and 25% to TFH early investors/team and a small reserve; within the community allocation, the target is to distribute over 60% to users. (Sources: World Official Circulating Supply Explainer; retrieved on September 14, 2026)

• Equity private placement rounds of the development company Tools for Humanity (not a public token offering):
• 2021-10: Initial round of approx. 25 million USD, valuation approx. 1 billion USD, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase Ventures, DCG, etc. (media reports).(Sources: CoinDesk 2021-10-21; retrieved on October 1, 2026)
• 2022: Series B of approx. 100 million USD, valuation approx. 3 billion USD, with investors including a16z and Khosla Ventures.(Sources: Fortune; retrieved on September 14, 2026)
• 2023-05: Series C of 115 million USD, led by Blockchain Capital, with a16z crypto, Bain Capital Crypto, and Distributed Global participating.(Sources: CoinDesk, The Block; retrieved on September 14, 2026)
• 2023-07-24: WLD token launch; World Assets Ltd. signed lending agreements with 5 non-U.S. trading firms, lending out a total of 100M WLD (for market-making purposes).(Sources: World Official; retrieved on September 14, 2026)

• Ecosystem programs include World Chain (its own L2), World App (wallet), World ID (identity), and World Foundation Grants (ecosystem funding); the team states that as of 2026-04 there were nearly 18 million verified users across 160 countries (official figures).

(Sources: World Foundation Grants; retrieved on September 14, 2026, World Official Blog 2026-04-17; retrieved on October 1, 2026)

• WLD has governance attributes (protocol governance voting) and is a utility token within the World Network. The team explicitly states that WLD does not represent any right to investment interest, profit, or return.

(Sources: World Official Risk Disclosure / Circulating Supply Explainer; retrieved on September 14, 2026)

• ERC-20 (Ethereum) + Optimism (early) + World Chain (now the main venue); the core technology is Orb iris biometrics + zero-knowledge proofs. Under continuous development (whitepaper updated 2026-03-25, U.S. launch 2025-05).

(Sources: World Whitepaper, The Verge; retrieved on September 14, 2026)

• The whitepaper (MiCA version) contains a risk disclosure section; the project also maintains a risk disclosure page at world.org/risks. Main risks include: biometric data protection and multi-country regulatory disputes, long-term token unlock dilution, incomplete governance decentralization, and price volatility.

(Sources: World Risk Disclosure Page; retrieved on September 14, 2026)

• WLD itself is an ERC-20 token, relying on Ethereum (PoS) and Optimism/World Chain (an Ethereum Layer 2 network built with OP Stack technology, inheriting Ethereum's security). Proof of personhood uses Orb biometric verification + zero-knowledge proofs, not traditional chain consensus.

(Sources: World Whitepaper; retrieved on September 14, 2026)