Why is WLD’s price up today? Examining OpenAI’s social network rumors

WLD has rallied aggressively over the last 24 hours, before giving up part of its gains. On the 1-hour chart, the price went from the $0.46 zone to a local high near $0.64.

This is one of its strongest short-term moves in the recent sessions.

That push was followed by a pullback, with WLD trading closer to $0.52-$0.53 at the time of writing, so there’s early profit-taking. RSI briefly went up to overbought levels before easing back to the mid-50s. This suggested that Worldcoin’s price was consolidating.

Volume also jumped during the breakout, then calmed down. Traders are taking a moment to breathe and reassess.

What’s behind the rally?

A recent Forbes report stated that the sudden interest in WLD is tied to OpenAI’s early work on a new social media platform, designed to keep bots out entirely!

According to Forbes, the AI firm is exploring a “humans-only” network that would rely on some form of verified identity (or “proof of personhood”) as its core feature.

The project is said to be in its early stages, with a small team of around 10 people working on it since early 2025. It is being worked on as a potential rival to Elon Musk’s X.

Sources indicate that user verification could rely on Apple’s Face ID or Worldcoin’s Orb, the iris-scanning device used to issue World IDs within the World ecosystem, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

While the Orb drew criticism over privacy concerns, it remains central to confirming unique human users. How (or if) WLD would be integrated remains unclear, though ChatGPT is expected to play a critical role.

In contrast, some voices have pushed back on the Orb narrative. Opentensor’s Const posted on X that work is underway on open-source, non-Orb methods for human verification, focused on proving users are real and detecting deepfakes.

Perhaps, a bot-free social network may not necessarily rely on Worldcoin’s Orb at all?

Final Thoughts

• WLD’s price reacts quickly to OpenAI-linked narratives.
• Whether Orb-based or not, the “proof of personhood” narrative has put Worldcoin back on traders’ radars.