Worldcoin will reduce the daily unlock rate for WLD by roughly 43%, effective July 24, 2026, lowering aggregate daily emissions from about 5.1 million WLD to roughly 2.9 million WLD. The move halves community emissions and trims team and investor unlocks, a change Worldcoin says will help ease selling pressure as more supply becomes liquid.
According to the project, on‑chain contracts will automatically adjust token flows to the community, team and early investors; the adjustment follows the protocol’s existing linear unlock rules rather than a discretionary decision by the foundation. Worldcoin emphasizes it uses continuous linear unlocking with no one‑time large cliffs.
Supply snapshot: 4.9 billion WLD — 49% of the 10 billion maximum — has been unlocked so far, and about 3.3 billion WLD are currently in circulation. Under the new schedule, community unlocks (tokens distributed to users and operators) fall 50%, from 3.2 million WLD per day to 1.6 million. Team and investor unlocks drop by about 32%, from 1.9 million to 1.3 million per day. Together, daily unlocks decline from roughly 5.1 million to roughly 2.9 million WLD.
Worldcoin frames the adjustment as a tokenomics milestone: a predictable, linearly slowing unlock schedule is preferable to sustained high emissions or lumpy cliff events that can destabilize markets. For holders and traders the short‑term effect is mixed. The 43% cut reduces the daily flow of new tokens that could reach secondary markets, but almost half the total supply is already unlocked and a large base (≈3.3 billion WLD) is circulating today. That means slower future emissions must be considered alongside the existing unlocked supply.
Market impact will hinge on demand growth for WLD — whether from governance use, staking, ecosystem incentives, or speculative interest. If adoption of the Worldcoin protocol and World ID accelerates, the lower emission rate could help absorb selling and support price discovery. If adoption stalls, reduced unlocks alone may not prevent further dilution pressure for current holders.