World Foundation disclosed Saturday that its token issuance arm, World Assets, completed $65 million in over-the-counter WLD sales to four counterparties over the past week. The first tranche settled on March 20, with the full block moving at an average price of roughly $0.27 per token, implying approximately 239 million WLD changed hands.

Of the total, $25 million worth of tokens carry a six-month lockup, while the rest settled freely. Proceeds are earmarked for core operations, research and development, orb manufacturing, and ecosystem growth, the foundation said. Remaining settlements will flow through a designated World Assets multisig wallet.

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The sale price marks a steep discount to prior fundraising rounds. In May 2025, World raised $135 million through a WLD token sale to backers including Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Crypto at roughly $1.13 per token. The April 2024 announcement of weekly private placements priced tokens near $5.43. Saturday’s OTC deals, at $0.27, represent a 95% decline from that level.

On-chain analytics firm Lookonchain had flagged part of the activity days earlier, spotting a transfer of 117 million WLD worth approximately $39 million to Binance and FalconX on March 21. That transfer appears to represent a portion of the broader block disclosed Saturday.

WLD touched an all-time low of roughly $0.24 on Saturday before recovering to around $0.27, leaving the token down approximately 97% from its March 2024 peak near $11.82. Adding to potential supply overhang, a major community token unlock begins July 23, 2026, covering roughly 52.5% of WLD’s 10 billion total supply. Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings, the largest publicly traded WLD holder with 277 million tokens, now sits on a position worth a fraction of its original cost basis.