Unpacking Worldcoin's AI Hype ($)
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ETH $3,436 | ↗ 3.5% | ↗ 16.7% |
Worldcoin is in the big leagues now after a massive buying spree fueled by AI investing narratives, pushed the low-float token's fully diluted value (FDV) into the stratosphere.
The project is now sporting a nearly $80 billion FDV, but with just 1.4% of the project's tokens currently in circulation, there's a big asterisk to that figure. The question is whether the project has any chance of maintaining such a high value as investor token unlocks drastically increase the available supply of the token.
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