Sam Altman’s OpenAI ouster sees rollercoaster Worldcoin price

Worldcoin (WLD), the token of Sam Altmans retina-scanning job of the exact same name, saw significant volatility over the previous few days as he was ousted from OpenAI, reported to be in talks to make a return before finally being replaced. WLD saw a Nov. 16 high of $2.48 before starting a slide that accelerated after Altman was outed by OpenAI late on Nov. 17 in the United States which saw it drop to a low of almost $1.84, according to CoinGecko data.It got better, surging 12% over the previous 24 hours to reach an intraday high of $2.54 throughout Monday early morning Asian trading then once again dropped to $2.30 after Altman was replaced as CEO by Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear.Seven-day WLD rate. Source: CoinGeckoAltman co-founded Worldcoin which released in July. While the project is different from OpenAI, WLDs preliminary rebound came after reported efforts by a group of OpenAI executives and investors to renew Altman as CEO of the expert system firm.Worldcoin is a digital identity platform with ambitions to develop a World-ID and monetary system using retina scanning technology to verify human beings in the middle of a rise in AI technology.Related: A timeline of Sam Altmans getaway from OpenAIWorldcoins launch polarized the crypto neighborhood who raised concerns about its centralization, privacy, and security.AI-related crypto properties have been outshining over the past 24 hours, with the market capitalization of AI-related tokens notching a 7.2% rise to $6.5 billion with tokens such as Fetch.ai (FET), SingularityNET (AGIX), and Akash Network (AKT) notching up double-digit gains according to CoinGecko.Magazine: AI Eye– Real uses for AI in crypto, Googles GPT-4 competitor, AI edge for bad workers