Group 1 - Dan Ives has taken on the role of chairman at Eightco Holdings Inc., which has adopted World (WLD) as its primary reserve asset [1][2] - Ives expressed enthusiasm for the intersection of AI and crypto, particularly in decentralized identity verification [2][3] - The project is seen as an infrastructure play, with iris scanning technology expected to become a standard for human identification [3] Group 2 - Ives compared the current state of World to Nvidia and Palantir, suggesting a similar growth trajectory [4] - EightCo raised $250 million through a private placement to support the adoption of WLD as its treasury reserve asset [5] - The World project, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has faced privacy concerns and is currently banned in several countries [5]