World App user since December –an application that integrates A Digital asset wallet, humanity verification tools and a mini app platform– they will be able to Trade the Argentine Peso from the application and make purchases and transfers anywhere in the world for free.
World (formerly Worldcoin) is a project developed by the company tools for humanity, One of the founders was Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. The company is known for offering a “humanity pass” based on a digital signature created by scanning the iris to, among other things, verify that you are interacting with a real person rather than a robot and to avoid automated scams. DeepfakesIdentity theft and misinformation. The company believes that these humanity tests will become more and more necessary in the future, whether for a payment platform or for entry into a social network. According to Imperva’s Bad Bot report The bots Malicious accounts accounted for 37% of all internet traffic.
World App is the leading mobile app WorldID (it’s a proof of humanity), although it also integrates other functions such as: digital asset portfolio –where you can store, send or receive cryptocurrencies such as USDC, an ecosystem of “Mini Apps” or small integrated applications (like games, productivity tools, surveys, chats and more) and now a new system of encrypted messages and linked to verified identities. In other words, it is a place where people can communicate, send digital assets, save, invest and use apps in a unified experience.
This Thursday, Sam Altman and Alex Blania announced news about the world bid. during the “Unwrapped” live event held at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Among the updates they introduced were some improvements to World ID (the anonymous humanity test to prove online that you are a real and unique human being). the launch of World Chat and the expansion of cross-border financial instruments, which will enable, among other things, free global payments and cryptocurrency integration from several countries to apply, including Argentina.
The new financial features they have integrated include the integration of new ones Stablecoinsis underneath wars, a cryptocurrency launched by the Ripio exchange in late Octoberwhich is covered 1:1 with the Argentine peso (ARS). Among other things, the launch of Ripio opened the doors to transactions with Argentine pesos in the Blockchain (without involving intermediaries such as banks or traditional payment networks), with the ability to operate around the clock worldwide. The asset is issued by Ripio and is backed by reserves deposited with authorized financial institutions.
Nowwith the integration of it Stablecoin on Sam Altman’s platform, World App users in Argentina can make transfers, deposit and withdraw funds in their local currencyand make payments via World Wallet Stablecoin wars. “Previously, to use Argentine pesos they had to resort to banks or other wallets, but now everything will be integrated in the same application,” Tiago Sada, Chief Product Officer of Tools for Humanity, told LA NACION.
But the financial news of the updated version of World App doesn’t stop there. The company added the ability to create “global accounts,” allowing transfers to be made anywhere in the world at no additional cost and using local currencies from other countries or other cryptocurrencies.. “On the financial side, the world is very fragmented; international transactions take days to complete and involve very high costs. In World you can send transfers to anyone in the world without incurring any costs (there by preventing). bots carry out transactions, the number of operations carried out decreases and World can cover the costs of them) and with the security that they are sent to the people,” he added.
Argentina is one of the first markets to activate these global accounts. “We are very happy about the Argentine case because we have many users; In Buenos Aires, more than 25% of adults have been verified with World ID“Sada details.
Aside from that, Now there will be more variety Stablecoins in your walletincluding the aforementioned Argentine cryptocurrency with a one-to-one value with the local peso and more than 100 other assets (including USDC, EURC, wMXN, wCLP, wBRL, wPEN and wCOP, excluding commissions within the application). There is also a tool called Earn that allows up to 16% of income. It should be clarified that all features will be activated gradually between December 2025 and January 2026.
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“World App will become the first self-managed wallet where people can truly harness the power of cryptocurrency in their daily lives.”“added Sada, noticing this Stablecoins Like wars, they are a paradigm shift: “They make payments feel familiar, fast and accessible to everyone. And with one in four adults in Buenos Aires already verified as human, the dynamics are real.”
Today, the World App is used by nearly 40 million people; In addition, the application In September, it became the most used digital wallet in the world by monthly active users. according to SensorTower. But the application updates bring other changes and innovations.
One of the most important news from yesterday was the introduction of World Chat, which will enable a messaging network between verified people. Messages are end-to-end encrypted and contain tamper-proof profile photos. Deepfakes. Chat also allows you to send or request digital assets to your contact’s wallet address directly in chat, in multiple countries and without in-app commissions.
The company also introduced new World ID features, to make digital interactions more trustworthyespecially in sensitive areas such as online dating. Human verification has long consisted of scanning people’s irises – on a voluntary basis – to create unique and anonymous digital signatures. These are used to prove that someone is actually a person in a necessarily mediated digital environment.
New implementations in this area include age verification to protect privacy (people can prove they are over a certain age without revealing details of their identity) and verified ID to reduce identity theft on dating platforms, two changes that will be integrated into Tinder.
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