The Kenyan government has ordered cryptocurrency project Worldcoin to stop signing up new users, citing data privacy concerns.

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      This is by the ChatGPT guy himself, all the rest of the crypto world is pretty much in flames

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      Oh yeah, although their pool of marks which they can scam is dwindling after more and more people are becoming familiar with them. Which is why they have to resort to this kind of nonsense to continue their scam.

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    Worldcoin is described by Altman as a for-profit venture. You have to ask who their real customers are if they’re giving money away and they’re for-profit.

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      Seems like scrip for the Worldcoin company store. Give us your eyeball data, get some Worldcoin, trade for a water bottle.