{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"135168","rtpr_id":"nPnbwqXyka","ticker":"BMNR","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["BMNR","ORBS"],"title":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $380 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Nearly 302 Million WLD Tokens","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-03T12:30:01.255Z","article_body":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $380 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Nearly 302 Million WLD Tokens\n\nPR Newswire\n\nEASTON, Pa., Sept. 3, 2026\n\nEightco treasury composition as of September 2, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity\n(indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD\nholdings, and $122M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $380 million\n\nEightco recently repurchased over 25 million shares of common stock in the\nlast month under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase\nprogram\n\nEightco previously participated in World Foundation's $52.5M funding round,\nled by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital,\nSusquehanna Crypto, and additional investors\n\nEightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private\ncompanies including OpenAI and Beast Industries\n\nEASTON, Pa., Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:\nORBS) (\"Eightco\" or the \"Company\") today provided an update on its total\nholdings, highlighting its position across digital assets and strategic\ninvestments in leading private technology companies. Over the past month,\nEightco has repurchased over 25 million shares of its common stock under its\npreviously announced $125 million share repurchase program.\n\nAs of September 2, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. ET, ORBS' holdings include a $90 million\ninvestment (indirectly, through SPVs) in OpenAI, an $18 million funded\ninvestment in Beast Industries, a $1 million investment in Mythical Games,\n301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.37 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum\n(ETH), and approximately $122 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total\nholdings of approximately $380 million.\n\nTop Headlines Driving the News:\n\nEightco's management believes the Company's treasury portfolio holds some of\nthe most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system.\nThis week's top headlines include:\n\n * On September 2, World announced it has open-sourced ProveKit, a zero-knowledge\nidentity proving toolkit. The launch makes ProveKit available to developers\noutside World. ProveKit is built into World ID and powers the\nprivacy-preserving features that make proof of human useful for enterprises,\nconsumer platforms, and developers (\nWorld)\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=3444441654&u=https%3A%2F%2Fworld.org%2Fblog%2Fengineering%2Fprovekit-privacy-for-the-real-world&a=World))\n\n.\n * On September 1, SB Energy, an AI power infrastructure company backed by\nSoftbank, OpenAI and Nvidia, filed for a potential IPO. In its initial filing,\nthe company said it is \"substantially dependent\" on the performance of OpenAI\nas both a tenant and equity investor in SB Energy (\nCNBC\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=395950863&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fsb-energy-ipo-softbank-open-ai-nvidia.html&a=CNBC)\n\n).\n * On September 1, MrBeast released a book with one of the world's bestselling\nauthors James Patterson, called The Most Dangerous Games (\nHarperCollins\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=1396255694&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2Fpages%2Fthemostdangerousgames&a=HarperCollins)\n\n).\n * On August 31, OpenAI announced that its advertising business, ChatGPT Ads,\nreached $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate less than 200 days after\nlaunch. The platform is now used by tens of thousands of advertisers and\ncontinues to expand globally (\nAxios\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=45287612&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2026%2F08%2F31%2Fopenai-chatgpt-ads-1b-revenue-run-rate&a=Axios)\n\n).\n * On August 31, OpenAI announced its support for the California Senate Bill 1119\nto advance youth AI safety. This legislation is intended to establish\nmeaningful safeguards for how young people use AI while preserving their\naccess to tools that can help them learn, create, and prepare for the future (\nOpenAI\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=1594966966&u=https%3A%2F%2Fopenai.com%2Findex%2Fsupporting-california-bill-advance-ai-youth-safety%2F&a=OpenAI)\n\n).\n * On August 21, it was announced that peaqOS and World ID partnered to enable\nProof of Human for robots and machines. A machine can check that the person in\nfront of it is a real human, and the same one who placed the order. It never\nlearns a name, a face, or a number (\npeaq\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=2066663818&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.peaq.xyz%2Fblog%2Fpeaqos-and-world-id-enable-proof-of-human-for-robots-and-machines&a=peaq)\n\n).\n\"AI stocks have been under pressure recently, partly a result of backlash\nagainst data centers. This seems to be an issue resonating with voters,\" said\nTom Lee, Board Member of ORBS. \"But despite this setback, AI progress\ncontinues at a rapid pace as evidenced by the multiple meaningful\nannouncements in the past week.\"\n\n\"Eightco executed additional share buybacks as the Company has judged that\naccretively acquiring shares is a high return use of capital,\" stated Lee.\n\nEightco: Exposure to key mega-trends\n\nEightco is built around three mega-trends the Company expects to shape the\nnext decade of innovation: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the\ncreator economy, with positions in each trend through indirect investment in\nOpenAI (24% of ORBS' treasury holdings), Worldcoin (29%), and Beast Industries\n(5%).\n\nArtificial Intelligence — OpenAI\n\nEightco has invested approximately $90 million in special purpose vehicles\nwith exposure to equity interests in the parent company of OpenAI,\nrepresenting approximately 24% of treasury assets, one of the highest\ndisclosed concentrations of any listed vehicle.\n\nChatGPT, OpenAI's consumer app, is the #1 consumer AI app worldwide (Sensor\nTower\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=3840674397&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsensortower.com%2Freport%2Fstate-of-mobile-2026&a=Sensor+Tower)\n). On July 31, 2026, OpenAI announced\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=3626195277&u=https%3A%2F%2Fopenai.com%2Findex%2Fbuilding-abundant-intelligence%2F%3Futm_source%3Dchatgpt.com&a=OpenAI+announced)\n that its models now reach more than one billion active users and more than\ntwo million businesses. Six months after signing up, people send roughly 50\npercent more messages each day and use ChatGPT for about twice as many kinds\nof work.\n\nDigital Identity — WLD Token\n\nEightco holds nearly 302 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of circulating\nsupply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and\napproximately 29% of the Eightco treasury's assets.\n\nWorldcoin is the native token of World, a global Proof of Human network built\nby Tools for Humanity (co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania) and stewarded\nby the World Foundation. Its Orb devices issue a privacy-preserving World ID\nthat verifies a user is a unique human, not an AI agent.\n\nUnder World's announced business model\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=197357202&u=https%3A%2F%2Fworld.org%2Fde-de%2Fblog%2Fannouncements%2Fworld-id-fees-the-revenue-potential-from-world-id&a=announced+business+model)\n, applications pay per-verification fees while end-user verification remains\nfree, with both credential issuers and the World protocol monetizing\nverified-human authentication. World identifies a $6.35 trillion combined\naddressable revenue opportunity across 13 industries spanning banking,\ne-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI (per Tools for Humanity).\n\nCreator Economy — Beast Industries\n\nEightco has invested $18 million in Beast Industries equity, approximately 5%\nof treasury assets.\n\nBeast Industries operates one of the largest direct-to-consumer reach\nfootprints in the world, with a combined 500 million-plus follower base across\nplatforms, anchored by MrBeast as the most-watched person on YouTube globally.\nAs AI commoditizes content production, distribution and audience trust become\nincreasingly scarce assets.\n\nAbout Eightco Holdings Inc.\n\nEightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company executing a\nfirst-of-its-kind Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy, providing investors\nsingle-ticker indirect exposure to three of the defining trends of this cycle:\nartificial intelligence through its indirect investment in OpenAI, digital\nidentity through its position as the largest public holder of WLD and the\nProof of Human protocol, and the creator economy through its equity stake in\nMrBeast's Beast Industries. Backed by leading institutional investors\nincluding Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World\nFoundation, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera,\nand GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human verification\nin the agentic AI era.\n\nFor more information:\nX: @iamhuman_orbs\nWebsite: 8co.holdings\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\n\nWhat is ORBS stock?\n\nEightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company on Nasdaq.\nORBS provides indirect exposure to OpenAI and Beast Industries, and holds one\nof the largest publicly disclosed positions in Worldcoin (WLD).\n\nWho owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?\n\nEightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds nearly 302 million WLD, approximately\n8.3% of circulating supply and the largest publicly disclosed institutional\nposition globally.\n\nWhat is Proof of Human?\n\nProof of Human is cryptographic verification that a user is a unique, living\nperson, not a bot or AI agent. It is foundational infrastructure for social\nnetworks, banking, agentic commerce, and any system requiring \"one person, one\naccount\" in the agentic AI era.\n\nHow does Eightco (ORBS) relate to Proof of Human?\n\nEightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) is the largest publicly disclosed\ninstitutional holder of Worldcoin (WLD), the token powering World's Proof of\nHuman network.\n\nWho is the CEO of Eightco Holdings?\n\nKevin O'Donnell is the CEO of Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS). The Company's\nBoard includes Tom Lee (Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat,\nand Chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR)) and, as an\nadvisor to the Board, Brett Winton (Chief Futurist at ARK Invest).\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in this\npress release other than statements of historical fact could be deemed\nforward-looking, including, without limitation, statements regarding: the\nCompany's expectations that artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the\ncreator economy will shape the next decade of innovation; management's belief\nthat the Company's treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical\ncomponents for the future AI and digital financial system; management's belief\nthat accretively acquiring shares is a high return use of capital; statements\nthat AI progress continues at a rapid pace; statements regarding World's\naddressable revenue opportunity of $6.35 trillion across industries spanning\nbanking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; statements that\ndistribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI\ncommoditizes content production; statements that the Company is building the\ninfrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era; statements\nthat Proof of Human is foundational infrastructure for social networks,\nbanking, agentic commerce, and systems requiring verified human identity;\nstatements regarding the Company providing indirect exposure to defining\ntrends through its investments in OpenAI, WLD, and Beast Industries; and\nstatements regarding continued share repurchases under the Company's $125\nmillion share repurchase program. Words such as \"plans,\" \"expects,\" \"will,\"\n\"anticipates,\" \"continue,\" \"expand,\" \"advance,\" \"develop,\" \"believes,\"\n\"guidance,\" \"target,\" \"may,\" \"remain,\" \"project,\" \"outlook,\" \"intend,\"\n\"estimate,\" \"could,\" \"should,\" \"positioned,\" \"view,\" and other words and terms\nof similar meaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking\nstatements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms.\nForward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs and\nassumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees\nof future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those\ncontained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors,\nincluding, without limitation: the Company's inability to direct the\nmanagement or operations of private businesses where it is not a controlling\nstockholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; risk of loss or markdown\non the Company's strategic investments, including its indirect position in\nOpenAI equity (held through special purpose vehicles), its position in WLD,\nand its position in Beast Industries equity; the Company's ability to maintain\ncompliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements; unexpected costs,\ncharges, or expenses that reduce the Company's capital resources or otherwise\ndelay capital deployment; inability to raise adequate capital to fund or scale\nits business operations or strategic investments; volatility in digital asset\nprices, including WLD and ETH, which could materially affect the value of the\nCompany's treasury holdings; regulatory changes, future legislation, and\nrulemaking negatively impacting digital assets, artificial intelligence\nadoption, or biometric data collection; risks related to the development,\nadoption, and market acceptance of Proof of Human technology and the World\nnetwork; uncertainty regarding the pace and trajectory of agentic AI\ndeployment in enterprise and consumer applications; uncertainty regarding\nOpenAI's product roadmap, business model developments, and any future\nliquidity events; risks related to Beast Industries' ability to achieve its\ngrowth projections; competition in the digital identity and AI infrastructure\nmarkets; reliance on third-party sources for the valuation of certain\ninvestments; uncertainty regarding MrBeast's continued success and the\nperformance of Beast Industries' creator-driven business model; risks related\nto the Company's concentrated positions in certain digital assets and private\ncompany investments; risks related to the Company's share repurchase program,\nincluding the timing, pricing, and amount of any repurchases; shifting public\nand governmental positions on digital assets or artificial\nintelligence-related industries, including potential backlash against data\ncenters; risks related to the timing, features, and commercial reception of\nOpenAI's model releases; risks related to OpenAI's advertising business and\nits ability to sustain revenue growth; and risks that WLD supply dynamics may\nnot result in anticipated market effects. Given these risks and uncertainties,\nyou are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking\nstatements. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other\nimportant factors, any of which could cause Eightco's actual results to differ\nfrom those contained in the forward-looking statements herein, see Eightco's\nfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\"), including the\nrisk factors and other disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed\nwith the SEC on April 15, 2026, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the\nSEC on May 15, 2026 and other publicly available SEC filings. All information\nin this press release is as of the date of the release, and Eightco undertakes\nno duty to update this information or to publicly announce the results of any\nrevisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect\nactual results or any change in its expectations.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-380-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-nearly-302-million-wld-tokens-302868387.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-380-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-nearly-302-million-wld-tokens-302868387.html)\n\nSOURCE Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS)\n\n\n\nMarcy Simon, Marcy@agentofchange.com, +1 917 833 3392\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1980965/A0EF6A59-5686-4B45-AD75-C6E171BC531F.jpg?id=OA2927632\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1980966/81B26B22-C769-4E0D-9F41-D347E593C341.jpg?id=OA2927633\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS695659/Eightco-Logo.jpg?id=OA2927631\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPnbwqXyka","title":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $380 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Nearly 302 Million WLD Tokens","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"BMNR","created":"2026-09-03T12:30:01.255Z","tickers":["BMNR","ORBS"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $380 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Nearly 302 Million WLD Tokens\n\nPR Newswire\n\nEASTON, Pa., Sept. 3, 2026\n\nEightco treasury composition as of September 2, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity\n(indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD\nholdings, and $122M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $380 million\n\nEightco recently repurchased over 25 million shares of common stock in the\nlast month under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase\nprogram\n\nEightco previously participated in World Foundation's $52.5M funding round,\nled by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital,\nSusquehanna Crypto, and additional investors\n\nEightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private\ncompanies including OpenAI and Beast Industries\n\nEASTON, Pa., Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:\nORBS) (\"Eightco\" or the \"Company\") today provided an update on its total\nholdings, highlighting its position across digital assets and strategic\ninvestments in leading private technology companies. Over the past month,\nEightco has repurchased over 25 million shares of its common stock under its\npreviously announced $125 million share repurchase program.\n\nAs of September 2, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. ET, ORBS' holdings include a $90 million\ninvestment (indirectly, through SPVs) in OpenAI, an $18 million funded\ninvestment in Beast Industries, a $1 million investment in Mythical Games,\n301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.37 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum\n(ETH), and approximately $122 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total\nholdings of approximately $380 million.\n\nTop Headlines Driving the News:\n\nEightco's management believes the Company's treasury portfolio holds some of\nthe most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system.\nThis week's top headlines include:\n\n * On September 2, World announced it has open-sourced ProveKit, a zero-knowledge\nidentity proving toolkit. The launch makes ProveKit available to developers\noutside World. ProveKit is built into World ID and powers the\nprivacy-preserving features that make proof of human useful for enterprises,\nconsumer platforms, and developers (\nWorld)\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=3444441654&u=https%3A%2F%2Fworld.org%2Fblog%2Fengineering%2Fprovekit-privacy-for-the-real-world&a=World))\n\n.\n * On September 1, SB Energy, an AI power infrastructure company backed by\nSoftbank, OpenAI and Nvidia, filed for a potential IPO. In its initial filing,\nthe company said it is \"substantially dependent\" on the performance of OpenAI\nas both a tenant and equity investor in SB Energy (\nCNBC\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=395950863&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2026%2F09%2F01%2Fsb-energy-ipo-softbank-open-ai-nvidia.html&a=CNBC)\n\n).\n * On September 1, MrBeast released a book with one of the world's bestselling\nauthors James Patterson, called The Most Dangerous Games (\nHarperCollins\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=1396255694&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2Fpages%2Fthemostdangerousgames&a=HarperCollins)\n\n).\n * On August 31, OpenAI announced that its advertising business, ChatGPT Ads,\nreached $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate less than 200 days after\nlaunch. The platform is now used by tens of thousands of advertisers and\ncontinues to expand globally (\nAxios\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=45287612&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2026%2F08%2F31%2Fopenai-chatgpt-ads-1b-revenue-run-rate&a=Axios)\n\n).\n * On August 31, OpenAI announced its support for the California Senate Bill 1119\nto advance youth AI safety. This legislation is intended to establish\nmeaningful safeguards for how young people use AI while preserving their\naccess to tools that can help them learn, create, and prepare for the future (\nOpenAI\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=1594966966&u=https%3A%2F%2Fopenai.com%2Findex%2Fsupporting-california-bill-advance-ai-youth-safety%2F&a=OpenAI)\n\n).\n * On August 21, it was announced that peaqOS and World ID partnered to enable\nProof of Human for robots and machines. A machine can check that the person in\nfront of it is a real human, and the same one who placed the order. It never\nlearns a name, a face, or a number (\npeaq\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=2066663818&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.peaq.xyz%2Fblog%2Fpeaqos-and-world-id-enable-proof-of-human-for-robots-and-machines&a=peaq)\n\n).\n\"AI stocks have been under pressure recently, partly a result of backlash\nagainst data centers. This seems to be an issue resonating with voters,\" said\nTom Lee, Board Member of ORBS. \"But despite this setback, AI progress\ncontinues at a rapid pace as evidenced by the multiple meaningful\nannouncements in the past week.\"\n\n\"Eightco executed additional share buybacks as the Company has judged that\naccretively acquiring shares is a high return use of capital,\" stated Lee.\n\nEightco: Exposure to key mega-trends\n\nEightco is built around three mega-trends the Company expects to shape the\nnext decade of innovation: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the\ncreator economy, with positions in each trend through indirect investment in\nOpenAI (24% of ORBS' treasury holdings), Worldcoin (29%), and Beast Industries\n(5%).\n\nArtificial Intelligence — OpenAI\n\nEightco has invested approximately $90 million in special purpose vehicles\nwith exposure to equity interests in the parent company of OpenAI,\nrepresenting approximately 24% of treasury assets, one of the highest\ndisclosed concentrations of any listed vehicle.\n\nChatGPT, OpenAI's consumer app, is the #1 consumer AI app worldwide (Sensor\nTower\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=3840674397&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsensortower.com%2Freport%2Fstate-of-mobile-2026&a=Sensor+Tower)\n). On July 31, 2026, OpenAI announced\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=3626195277&u=https%3A%2F%2Fopenai.com%2Findex%2Fbuilding-abundant-intelligence%2F%3Futm_source%3Dchatgpt.com&a=OpenAI+announced)\n that its models now reach more than one billion active users and more than\ntwo million businesses. Six months after signing up, people send roughly 50\npercent more messages each day and use ChatGPT for about twice as many kinds\nof work.\n\nDigital Identity — WLD Token\n\nEightco holds nearly 302 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of circulating\nsupply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and\napproximately 29% of the Eightco treasury's assets.\n\nWorldcoin is the native token of World, a global Proof of Human network built\nby Tools for Humanity (co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania) and stewarded\nby the World Foundation. Its Orb devices issue a privacy-preserving World ID\nthat verifies a user is a unique human, not an AI agent.\n\nUnder World's announced business model\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4766530-1&h=197357202&u=https%3A%2F%2Fworld.org%2Fde-de%2Fblog%2Fannouncements%2Fworld-id-fees-the-revenue-potential-from-world-id&a=announced+business+model)\n, applications pay per-verification fees while end-user verification remains\nfree, with both credential issuers and the World protocol monetizing\nverified-human authentication. World identifies a $6.35 trillion combined\naddressable revenue opportunity across 13 industries spanning banking,\ne-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI (per Tools for Humanity).\n\nCreator Economy — Beast Industries\n\nEightco has invested $18 million in Beast Industries equity, approximately 5%\nof treasury assets.\n\nBeast Industries operates one of the largest direct-to-consumer reach\nfootprints in the world, with a combined 500 million-plus follower base across\nplatforms, anchored by MrBeast as the most-watched person on YouTube globally.\nAs AI commoditizes content production, distribution and audience trust become\nincreasingly scarce assets.\n\nAbout Eightco Holdings Inc.\n\nEightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company executing a\nfirst-of-its-kind Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy, providing investors\nsingle-ticker indirect exposure to three of the defining trends of this cycle:\nartificial intelligence through its indirect investment in OpenAI, digital\nidentity through its position as the largest public holder of WLD and the\nProof of Human protocol, and the creator economy through its equity stake in\nMrBeast's Beast Industries. Backed by leading institutional investors\nincluding Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World\nFoundation, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera,\nand GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human verification\nin the agentic AI era.\n\nFor more information:\nX: @iamhuman_orbs\nWebsite: 8co.holdings\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\n\nWhat is ORBS stock?\n\nEightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company on Nasdaq.\nORBS provides indirect exposure to OpenAI and Beast Industries, and holds one\nof the largest publicly disclosed positions in Worldcoin (WLD).\n\nWho owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?\n\nEightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds nearly 302 million WLD, approximately\n8.3% of circulating supply and the largest publicly disclosed institutional\nposition globally.\n\nWhat is Proof of Human?\n\nProof of Human is cryptographic verification that a user is a unique, living\nperson, not a bot or AI agent. It is foundational infrastructure for social\nnetworks, banking, agentic commerce, and any system requiring \"one person, one\naccount\" in the agentic AI era.\n\nHow does Eightco (ORBS) relate to Proof of Human?\n\nEightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) is the largest publicly disclosed\ninstitutional holder of Worldcoin (WLD), the token powering World's Proof of\nHuman network.\n\nWho is the CEO of Eightco Holdings?\n\nKevin O'Donnell is the CEO of Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS). The Company's\nBoard includes Tom Lee (Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat,\nand Chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR)) and, as an\nadvisor to the Board, Brett Winton (Chief Futurist at ARK Invest).\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in this\npress release other than statements of historical fact could be deemed\nforward-looking, including, without limitation, statements regarding: the\nCompany's expectations that artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the\ncreator economy will shape the next decade of innovation; management's belief\nthat the Company's treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical\ncomponents for the future AI and digital financial system; management's belief\nthat accretively acquiring shares is a high return use of capital; statements\nthat AI progress continues at a rapid pace; statements regarding World's\naddressable revenue opportunity of $6.35 trillion across industries spanning\nbanking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; statements that\ndistribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI\ncommoditizes content production; statements that the Company is building the\ninfrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era; statements\nthat Proof of Human is foundational infrastructure for social networks,\nbanking, agentic commerce, and systems requiring verified human identity;\nstatements regarding the Company providing indirect exposure to defining\ntrends through its investments in OpenAI, WLD, and Beast Industries; and\nstatements regarding continued share repurchases under the Company's $125\nmillion share repurchase program. Words such as \"plans,\" \"expects,\" \"will,\"\n\"anticipates,\" \"continue,\" \"expand,\" \"advance,\" \"develop,\" \"believes,\"\n\"guidance,\" \"target,\" \"may,\" \"remain,\" \"project,\" \"outlook,\" \"intend,\"\n\"estimate,\" \"could,\" \"should,\" \"positioned,\" \"view,\" and other words and terms\nof similar meaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking\nstatements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms.\nForward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs and\nassumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees\nof future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those\ncontained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors,\nincluding, without limitation: the Company's inability to direct the\nmanagement or operations of private businesses where it is not a controlling\nstockholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; risk of loss or markdown\non the Company's strategic investments, including its indirect position in\nOpenAI equity (held through special purpose vehicles), its position in WLD,\nand its position in Beast Industries equity; the Company's ability to maintain\ncompliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements; unexpected costs,\ncharges, or expenses that reduce the Company's capital resources or otherwise\ndelay capital deployment; inability to raise adequate capital to fund or scale\nits business operations or strategic investments; volatility in digital asset\nprices, including WLD and ETH, which could materially affect the value of the\nCompany's treasury holdings; regulatory changes, future legislation, and\nrulemaking negatively impacting digital assets, artificial intelligence\nadoption, or biometric data collection; risks related to the development,\nadoption, and market acceptance of Proof of Human technology and the World\nnetwork; uncertainty regarding the pace and trajectory of agentic AI\ndeployment in enterprise and consumer applications; uncertainty regarding\nOpenAI's product roadmap, business model developments, and any future\nliquidity events; risks related to Beast Industries' ability to achieve its\ngrowth projections; competition in the digital identity and AI infrastructure\nmarkets; reliance on third-party sources for the valuation of certain\ninvestments; uncertainty regarding MrBeast's continued success and the\nperformance of Beast Industries' creator-driven business model; risks related\nto the Company's concentrated positions in certain digital assets and private\ncompany investments; risks related to the Company's share repurchase program,\nincluding the timing, pricing, and amount of any repurchases; shifting public\nand governmental positions on digital assets or artificial\nintelligence-related industries, including potential backlash against data\ncenters; risks related to the timing, features, and commercial reception of\nOpenAI's model releases; risks related to OpenAI's advertising business and\nits ability to sustain revenue growth; and risks that WLD supply dynamics may\nnot result in anticipated market effects. Given these risks and uncertainties,\nyou are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking\nstatements. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other\nimportant factors, any of which could cause Eightco's actual results to differ\nfrom those contained in the forward-looking statements herein, see Eightco's\nfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\"), including the\nrisk factors and other disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed\nwith the SEC on April 15, 2026, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the\nSEC on May 15, 2026 and other publicly available SEC filings. All information\nin this press release is as of the date of the release, and Eightco undertakes\nno duty to update this information or to publicly announce the results of any\nrevisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect\nactual results or any change in its expectations.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-380-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-nearly-302-million-wld-tokens-302868387.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-380-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-nearly-302-million-wld-tokens-302868387.html)\n\nSOURCE Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS)\n\n\n\nMarcy Simon, Marcy@agentofchange.com, +1 917 833 3392\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1980965/A0EF6A59-5686-4B45-AD75-C6E171BC531F.jpg?id=OA2927632\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1980966/81B26B22-C769-4E0D-9F41-D347E593C341.jpg?id=OA2927633\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS695659/Eightco-Logo.jpg?id=OA2927631\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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