Kenya Forces Worldcoin to Scrub Biometric Data After Privacy Violations

Worldcoin—the crypto project that somehow convinced people to trade iris scans for digital tokens—just got slapped with a regulatory hammer in Kenya. Authorities ordered an immediate deletion of all collected biometric data, citing ’egregious’ privacy breaches.

Subheader: The biometric gold rush hits a wall

Worldcoin’s aggressive data collection tactics, masked as financial inclusion, finally triggered a government crackdown. Kenyan regulators aren’t buying the ’decentralized utopia’ pitch—especially when it involves hoarding sensitive biological data like some dystopian hedge fund.

Subheader: Crypto’s perpetual tension: innovation vs. oversight

The move exposes the growing rift between Web3’s ’move fast and break things’ ethos and global privacy norms. Meanwhile, Worldcoin’s token (WLD) barely budged on the news—because nothing says ’decentralized’ like ignoring regulatory warnings until forced to comply.

Closing jab: Another day, another crypto project learning that human irises aren’t just another yield-bearing asset class.