Maelstrom Predicts Worldcoin Token Could Hit $5 by August, Up 900% From Current $0.50

According to Maelstrom researcher Lukas Ruppert on X, Worldcoin's WLD token could reach $5 by August, roughly 900% above its current price of $0.50. Ruppert called WLD the most underpriced crypto proxy for the upcoming wave of artificial intelligence IPOs. WLD has already surged 60% over the past week, making it the best-performing asset among the top 100 tokens by market capitalization.

OpenAI filed its IPO prospectus with the SEC on May 22, targeting a September 2026 debut with a potential valuation of up to $1 trillion. Anthropic followed with its own draft prospectus on May 28, after announcing a fresh $65 billion funding round valued at $965 billion. Worldcoin's daily token unlock schedule is set to drop by 43% on July 24, removing a structural selling pressure as AI IPO excitement peaks.