Worldcoin is suspending its activities in Spain through the end of this year, or until the German organization in charge of overseeing the project's activity under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) completes its audit, according to a statement.

"Tools for Humanity, a Worldcoin contributor, voluntarily offered to extend the pause of Worldcoin orb operations in Spain," the statement also said. 

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman co-created Tools for Humanity, the main proponent of the Worldcoin project which endeavors to establish a system where people can prove their humanity. People who signup to the project receive cryptocurrency in the form of WLD tokens as an incentive to have their eyeballs scanned by a Worldcoin orb in order to create a World ID, which …