World Network & Story Blockchain Team Up to Revolutionize Digital Identity with On-Chain Human Verification
Breaking the mold of anonymous crypto, two major players just bet big on verified humanity.
World Network and Story Blockchain announced a partnership today that could finally solve Web3's identity crisis—putting real humans back in control of their digital footprints.
The verification endgame:
Forget soulbound tokens—this collab is building infrastructure to anchor legal identity directly onchain. No more pseudonymous wallets, no more bot farms gaming DeFi protocols.
Why it matters:
As regulators circle like vultures (looking at you, Gary Gensler), proving 'real human' status might become the ultimate regulatory arbitrage play. The partnership cleverly positions both networks as compliance-friendly—while Wall Street still struggles with KYC forms from 2003.
The move comes as NFT markets show renewed activity, suggesting traders might finally care about authenticity again. Or maybe they just need fresh narratives to pump bags—some things never change in crypto.
Fighting AI-Generated Content Takeover
World noted in an email that experts predict that AI will generate 90% of online content in 2025. This shift makes it exponentially harder for human creators to get credit for their work and maintain ownership over it. Today, their work is often stolen and used without any compensation.
In a world where AI can generate content at scale, Story is building the infrastructure to prove who created what with @worldcoin .
Authorship matters more than ever—and Story is where verified human identity meets programmable IP.
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Story and World claim that they aim to solve this issue and support creators by providing tools to register, license, and monetize their IP onchain.
Meanwhile, World’s says it has 29 million real human participants in 160 countries.
In late June, it announced that World ID had surpassed 100 million uses across third-party applications.
We're working with @worldcoin to unlock a new era of human creativity, accelerated by AI.
➤ World proves you're human.
➤ Story helps you scale your IP with AI.
Together, we're building a world where your IP is provably human, programmable, and built to scale with AI tools. pic.twitter.com/c1Ybp8zWn5
In May, World Network raised $135 million through a private sale of itstoken. It was sold at market prices toand, two of the project’s earliest backers.
Moreover, in March, the team partnered with, a major global lifestyle brand for gamers, revealing ‘Razer ID verified by World ID’. The collaboration aimed to put “human gamers at the center of the AI gaming revolution.”
Also, in February this year, World Network launched in the Philippines, as another step in its global expansion plans.
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