World, a project backed by Sam Altman, has started a global rollout of biometric verification badges for Zoom's enterprise customers. The badges carry the label "proof of human" and are meant to show that the person on a video call is real. Cointelegraph reported the rollout on October 19, 2026.
The stated goal is to fight fraud and impersonation carried out with AI deepfakes. The badges rely on World's biometric identity technology. Enterprise users on Zoom will see the badge next to people who have been verified.
The report leaves several questions open. It does not explain how a user gets verified, whether the badge will reach people outside enterprise accounts, or how many companies use it now. It also does not say whether any token or payment is involved.
For anyone already holding a perpetual position, nothing changes directly. The report names no exchange and no token, and it says nothing about funding rates, trading fees or liquidity on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX. This is news about identity checks on video calls, not about what it costs to hold a perp.
Source: cointelegraph — Zoom adds ‘proof of human’ badges to show you’re not a deepfake