Worldcoin price forecast: WLD posts gains despite Arthur Hayes exit, HTX row

On Saturday, Hayes posted on X that he had sold his entire WLD position, writing "this chart is going in the wrong direction" alongside a chart of the SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures contract, which had dropped sharply. "Dumped WLD. I'm out," he added.

The exit caught many off guard, particularly because Hayes had said just days earlier that he planned to hold WLD through the SpaceX Nasdaq IPO, which is expected this coming Friday. The timing drew public criticism, including from on-chain analyst ZachXBT. 8% over the past seven days.

8 million, which is a substantial figure reflecting active participation despite the negative headlines. Notably, this isn't the first time Hayes has done something like this. In March, Hayes publicly predicted that Hyperliquid (HYPE) would reach $150 by August.

On June 1, he doubled down, saying HYPE would outperform every other top-ten crypto through year-end. Three days later, he sold everything. He also sold his Zcash (ZEC) holdings on June 5 after a critical vulnerability was discovered in its privacy protocol, having previously said ZEC would reach 10% of Bitcoin's price.

What makes the HYPE situation even more interesting is that a wallet linked to Hayes bought back roughly 33,978 HYPE, worth around $2 million, shortly after selling, following a 26% price drop. HTX pulls USD1, complicating the WLD picture Adding to the developments around Worldcoin is a separate but related development involving crypto exchange HTX. In an official announcement , the HTX exchange has delisted the USD1 stablecoin, the stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the DeFi project tied to the Trump family, after WLFI froze several HTX-linked blockchain wallet addresses.

, an entity associated with the HTX brand, over alleged facilitation of financial services benefiting the Russian government. HTX rejected this explanation, arguing the freeze came without legal grounding, advance warning, or any opportunity to respond. In response, HTX suspended USD1 deposits and conversions and removed trading pairs including USD1/USDT, BTC/USD1, ETH/USD1, and WLFI/USDT.

Users holding USD1 on the platform will have their balances automatically converted to Tether (USDT) at a 1:1 ratio. The conflict between HTX and WLFI also has a backstory. HTX adviser Justin Sun had previously filed legal proceedings against WLFI , claiming his tokens were frozen without justification.

WLFI countered with a defamation lawsuit against Sun, alleging false statements and breach of the WLFI token sale terms. The delisting of USD1 is the latest escalation in what has become an increasingly bitter dispute. What the charts say Despite the negative news flow, WLD's technical setup remains constructive.

According to analysts, out of 23 indicators, 14 are currently bullish, none are bearish, and 9 are neutral. Moving averages alone show 12 buy signals against zero sell signals. On the daily chart, WLD is trading above all five key exponential moving averages, the 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200-day EMAs, with each one now sitting below price as dynamic support.

Worldcoin price analysis Trading above the 200-day EMA is generally seen as a sign that the broader trend structure remains intact. 70, which puts it in neutral territory. It hasn't pushed into overbought territory above 70, suggesting the recent rally hasn't been excessively stretched.

5418. WLD needs to close above that level on the daily chart to confirm a continuation of the uptrend. 60 high reached after Maelstrom's bullish note was published.

3732. A daily close below that level could open the door to further losses. 2303 on May 18, 2026, just 21 days ago, and has since gained more than 105% from that bottom.

74, which was set in March 2024. 5418 and revisit the highs from earlier this week will likely depend on broader market conditions and whether the SpaceX IPO narrative, which Maelstrom used to frame its bullish thesis, continues to drive interest in AI-adjacent crypto assets. The post Worldcoin price forecast: WLD posts gains despite Arthur Hayes exit, HTX row appeared first on Invezz