World Foundation has sold US$65 million worth of WLD in OTC transactions, with the token trading near an all-time low.
The Block reported that World Assets, the foundation’s token issuance arm, sold the tokens to four counterparties, with the first settlement taking place on 20 March.
The transactions were priced at an average of about US$0.2719 per token, bringing the total sold to around 239 million WLD.
The sale price is far below WLD’s March 2024 peak of about US$11.82.
World Foundation said US$25 million worth of the tokens sold are subject to a six-month lock-up.
The foundation said the proceeds will support operations, product development, orb production and ecosystem growth.
The disclosure came days after on-chain activity flagged by Lookonchain showed 117 million WLD moved to Binance and FalconX on 21 March.
That transfer was valued at about US$39 million at the time and may have been linked to part of the OTC activity disclosed later.
The latest transaction adds to earlier WLD sales by the project.
In April 2024, the then-named Worldcoin Foundation said it planned to sell between 500,000 and 1.5 million WLD a week through private placements to institutional trading firms.
In May 2025, the project also raised US$135 million through a token sale backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Crypto to support its US expansion.
A major community token unlock is also due to begin on 23 July 2026, covering 52.51% of WLD’s total supply, according to DefiLlama.
Eightco Holdings, which launched a WLD treasury in September 2025 alongside a US$250 million private placement, held 277 million WLD as of 20 March and has been identified in market coverage as the largest publicly traded holder.
World has also drawn regulatory scrutiny in Asia, including an operational suspension in Indonesia, a cease order in Hong Kong, investigations in Singapore tied to the sale of Worldcoin accounts and tokens, and a fine in South Korea over biometric data privacy breaches.
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