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    <p>Worldcoin is reportedly winding down its eye-scanning operations across India, France, and Brazil, ceasing the use of real-world physical orbs to collect retina data in exchange for crypto, TechCrunch reports.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>Tools for Humanity, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Worldcoin" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/worldcoin.html">Worldcoin</a>’s parent company, reportedly told TechCrunch that its real-world <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="scanning" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/scanning.html">scanning</a> operations were a “limited-time” event across certain markets this year.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>According to unnamed sources speaking to Money Control, Worldcoin temporarily stopped its offline biometric orb operation in India between three and four months ago due to overcrowding at certain sites.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>An anonymous mall management executive reportedly said, “There used to be so much crowding that sometimes police had to come to intervene and control the crowd. At one point, <strong>police even had to seize the orbs</strong>.”&nbsp;</p>
    <p>Reportedly, the orbs couldn’t handle a spike in demand, and operations were “scaled back” so that a “safe and orderly process” could be established.</p>
    <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-worldcoin-wants-to-continue-expansion">Worldcoin wants to continue expansion</h2>
    <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Worldcoin" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/worldcoin.html">Worldcoin</a> operations began in July this year, just after its global tour which kicked off in Tokyo three months earlier. The <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Sam Altman" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/sam-altman.html">Sam Altman</a> co-founded project has raised $250 million from backers.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>According to TechCrunch, Tools for Humanity reportedly rolled out the orb verification service in India before the global tour began and has plans to continue expanding its India operations until October 2023.&nbsp;</p>
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    <p><em>Read more: US blocked Worldcoin CEO’s arrest, Kenyan MP says</em></p>
    <p>A <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Worldcoin" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/worldcoin.html">Worldcoin</a> spokesperson told TechCrunch that it remains committed to “working with partners globally to ensure it meets regulatory requirements and provides a <strong>safe, secure, and transparent service for verified humans</strong>.”</p>
    <p>Worldcoin has so far not responded to email requests from Money Control. Protos has reached out to Tools for Humanity for comment and will update this piece if we hear anything back.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/eye-scanning-worldcoin-stops-eye-scans-in-multiple-countries-reports-tbt74416.html">https://thebittimes.com/eye-scanning-worldcoin-stops-eye-scans-in-multiple-countries-reports-tbt74416.html</a></p>

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