Worldcoin Rallies 13% as AI Tokens Rebound – Can WLD Hold Above $0.45?

Worldcoin [$WLD] has rallied by more than 13% over the past 24 hours, doubling its weekly gains to over 26%. The altcoin has been broadly bullish over the past 30 days as well, with gains exceeding 50% as of press time.

The surge comes amid renewed interest in AI-focused tokens, despite a significant token unlock. Below are the bullish signals that have so far outweighed the unlock's selling pressure.

Why is Worldcoin rallying?

Renewed interest in AI has not been limited to Worldcoin. Near Protocol [NEAR], Bittensor [TAO], Injective [INJ], and Internet Computer [ICP] also recorded double-digit gains over a comparable timeframe.

Worldcoin, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Alex Blania under Tools for Humanity, ties into the AI narrative through its World ID proof-of-personhood system, which verifies users via iris-scanning Orb devices — a project positioned around distinguishing humans from AI agents as synthetic content grows. That framing has often moved WLD alongside AI-sector tokens during periods of heightened AI attention.

Buying activity is visible in the Spot Taker CVD reading for the past three months, which flipped green in the final two days of August — a sign of buyer dominance.

Long/Short Ratios on Binance and OKX were also all above 1.70. The Top Trader Long/Short ratios for accounts and positions stand at 1.93 and 2.11, respectively, indicating that large players are invested.

This buying volume triggered a spike in liquidations of leveraged shorts, wiping out more than $1.20 million within 12 hours — activity that accelerated the rally. By comparison, only $490K in long orders was liquidated.

$WLD price breaks out — Is a market structure shift unfolding?

Beyond leveraged buying and short liquidations pushing $WLD higher, the token's technical outlook has also turned supportive.

The altcoin broke above the $0.41–$0.45 zone, which marked the most recent lower high and the neckline of an inverted head-and-shoulders pattern. The breakout points to a potentially shifting market structure.

On that basis, $WLD's bullish target areas would be $0.55 and, beyond that, the true close at $0.67. However, that scenario depends on bulls keeping the altcoin above the supply zone, which ends at $0.45.

One cautionary signal remains: RSI divergence is still flashing bearish even though the reading of 67 sits above the neutral level, indicating that selling pressure has yet to be exhausted.

Why could this rally be a dead cat bounce?

Selling pressure persists following the scheduled unlock of 69 million $WLD tokens on September 7th, valued at $28 million. That amount is only a fraction of the 87 million tokens set to unlock over September.

The September unlocks are part of Worldcoin's recurring monthly vesting schedule, under which large allocations to team members, insiders, and early backers are released on a gradual timeline — a structural supply overhang that has repeatedly weighed on WLD since its 2023 launch.

This ongoing selling pressure puts the rally at risk.

Moreover, the market structure shift has yet to be confirmed, with the price still ranging around $0.45.

Final Summary

Worldcoin has surged by more than 13% amid a broader awakening of AI coins, strong buying activity, and short liquidations. $WLD's bulls are attempting to push past $0.45, a move that would confirm a bullish market structure shift on the daily chart.