World Foundation Raises $52.5 Million Through a Locked Token Sale
The financing will support World ID infrastructure, but the transaction is a crypto-token sale rather than a conventional venture equity round.
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The financing will support World ID infrastructure, but the transaction is a crypto-token sale rather than a conventional venture equity round.
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