Crypto community puzzled over Worldcoin’s mixed circulating supply data
Crypto aggregators and on-chain suppliers appear to offer contradictory data regarding the WLD token provide, prompting considerations relating to the accuracy of the info.
In an X post on Mar. 20, Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik identified a big distinction between Worldcoin‘s reported circulating provide of the WLD token and the info displayed on Optimism, the place tokens have been migrated from Ethereum in 2023. Svanevik in contrast knowledge from crypto aggregator CoinGecko and the Optimism bridge protocol, uncovering a discrepancy of practically 10 million WLD tokens within the circulating provide.
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Younger Ju added that one other crypto market aggregator, CoinMarketCap, additionally presents a contrasting view in comparison with on-chain knowledge. Ju advised that the token circulating data on centralized aggregators seems to be self-reported by the Worldcoin group, labeling it as “clearly flawed.”
Nonetheless, in response, Remco Bloemen, Worldcoin’s head of blockchain, advised that the distinction in numbers might stem from the truth that over 50 million treasury tokens are held on Optimism, clarifying that “these [tokens] are bridged however not circulating.”
As of press time, Worldcoin has not issued any public statements addressing the distinction between the self-reported figures and people displayed on-chain. Crypto.information reached out to Worldcoin for remark however had not acquired a response on the time of publication.
