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However, he clarified that those who trade Worldcoin accounts and tokens as a business may be engaging in payment services.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, such transactions could be illegal and used to facilitate criminal activities like money laundering and terrorism financing.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this, he warned consumers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Consumers should beware of inducements to transfer access of their digital payment token wallet or World ID as these accounts could be misused by third parties. We caution consumers against doing so.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Worldcoin legal challenges<\/h2>\n<p>This investigation into Worldcoin in Singapore comes amid the company's ongoing legal troubles globally.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, regulators like <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/kenyan-authorities-claim-worldcoins-activities-amount-to-espionage\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/worldcoin-userbase-nears-4-million-amid-global-privacy-probes\/\">South Korea<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/german-privacy-watchdog-has-been-investigating-worldcoin-since-november-2022\/\">Germany<\/a> have launched probes into Worldcoin's use of iris biometric data, citing potential breaches of local data protection laws.<\/p>\n<p>However, Worldcoin has continued\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/worldcoin-clarifies-legality-issues-following-spains-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abide by local and international laws<\/a> publicly<\/span>. The firm has also made critical components of its technology open source to ensure transparency and further enshrine the protection of its users' data.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Worldcoin co-founder Alex Blania expressed ambitions to grow the platform on a scale similar to Facebook to increase its utility. Presently, the crypto identity project's website shows that it has registered more than 6 million users globally in over 160 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Worldcoin's WLD token is up more than 4% in the last 24 hours and was trading at $1.47 as of press time, according to <em>CryptoSlate's<\/em> data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore&#8217;s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong announced that authorities are investigating seven individuals suspected of illegally buying and selling Worldcoin accounts and tokens, as per a statement on Sept. 9. 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