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Dan Ives to Join Firm Focused on Acquiring Altman-Backed Worldcoin

Dan Ives to Join Firm Focused on Acquiring Altman-Backed Worldcoin

KEY TAKEAWAYS Dan Ives, the high-profile tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, is joining Eightco, which is planning to accumulate Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Eightco said it is raising around $250 million from a private placement “to implement the first-of-its-kind Worldcoin treasury strategy.”  Eightco has also raised funds from BitMine, the ether accumulator helmed by Fundstrat’s Tom …

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Dan Ives to become chair of company that will buy Sam Altman-backed Worldcoin for its treasury

Dan Ives to become chair of company that will buy Sam Altman-backed Worldcoin for its treasury

Daniel Ives, Wedbush Securities Scott Mlyn | CNBC Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives is joining a new company focused on accumulating Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the blockchain used in Open AI creator Sam Altman’s biometric identity verification startup, World. Eightco Holdings, a tiny company that currently trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker “OCTO,” announced Monday that Ives, Wedbush’s …

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