{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"67784","rtpr_id":"nPn2mGcgqa","ticker":"ORBS","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["ORBS"],"title":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $472 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Over 283 Million WLD Tokens","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-06-18T13:15:00.691Z","article_body":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $472 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Over 283 Million WLD Tokens\n\nPR Newswire\n\nEASTON, Pa., June 18, 2026\n\nEightco treasury composition as of June 18, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity\n(indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD\nholdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $472 million\n\nOpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself\nup for an initial public offering\n\nWorld offers a solution to the 'double human' problem in a world proliferating\nwith deepfakes\n\nEightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private\ncompanies including OpenAI and Beast Industries\n\nEASTON, Pa., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:\nORBS) (\"Eightco\" or the \"Company\") today provided an update on its total\nholdings, highlighting its growing position across digital assets and\nstrategic investments in leading private technology companies.\n\nAs of June 17, 2026, at 7:30 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,\n283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.66 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum\n(ETH), and approximately $149 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total\nholdings of approximately $472 million.\n\nTop Headlines Driving the News:\n\nORBS management believes the Company's treasury portfolio holds some of the\nmost critical components for the future AI and digital financial system. Among\nthe holdings, key highlights in recent weeks are:\n\n * Recently, SpaceX announced a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor to strengthen\nits AI software and coding capabilities through its AI division. Cursor is one\nof the fastest-growing AI coding platforms and has become a major enterprise\nAI product. This acquisition continues to reinforce investor appetite for AI\ninfrastructure and productivity software (\nReuters\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4714858-1&h=1090793133&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Flegal%2Ftransactional%2Fspacex-buy-anysphere-60-billion-2026-06-16%2F&a=Reuters)\n\n).\n * This week, MrBeast broke another record by reaching 500 million subscribers on\nYoutube, becoming the first creator to achieve this milestone (\nTheWrap\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4714858-1&h=3339773959&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2Fmedia-platforms%2Ftv%2Fmrbeast-500-million-youtube-subscribers%2F&a=TheWrap)\n\n).\n\"AI companies going public is a positive development for the entire sector. As\ninvestors gain more exposure to AI leaders, interest often expands across the\necosystem, creating greater visibility and opportunity for companies like\nORBS,\" said Thomas \"Tom\" Lee, Board Member of Eightco.\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 (19% of ORBS' treasury holdings), Worldcoin (39%), and Beast Industries\n(4%).\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 19% 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=4714858-1&h=2354177329&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsensortower.com%2Freport%2Fstate-of-mobile-2026&a=Sensor+Tower)\n) and crossed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, making it the\nfastest-scaling consumer technology in history (UBS via Reuters\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4714858-1&h=1554034114&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Ftechnology%2Fchatgpt-sets-record-fastest-growing-user-base-analyst-note-2023-02-01%2F&a=UBS+via+Reuters)\n).\n\nDigital Identity — WLD Token\n\nEightco holds over 283 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of circulating supply,\nthe largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and\napproximately 39% 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=4714858-1&h=1669235198&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 4%\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, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken,\nPantera, and GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human\nverification in 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.\n\nWho owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?\n\nEightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds 283 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of\ncirculating supply and the largest publicly disclosed institutional position\nglobally.\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; the Company's belief\nthat its treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the\nfuture AI and digital financial system; statements regarding the potential for\na direct listing or initial public offering of OpenAI following its submission\nof a confidential S-1; Tom Lee's statement that AI companies going public is a\npositive development for the entire sector and that as investors gain more\nexposure to AI leaders, interest often expands across the ecosystem, creating\ngreater visibility and opportunity for companies like ORBS; statements\nregarding ChatGPT being the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history;\nbeliefs that Proof-of-Human verification is becoming essential infrastructure\nfor social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and financial systems in the\nagentic AI era; statements that World offers a solution to the \"double human\"\nproblem in a world proliferating with deepfakes; statements regarding World's\naddressable revenue opportunity of $6.35 trillion across industries spanning\nbanking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; statements\nregarding the Company's position as the largest publicly disclosed\ninstitutional holder of WLD globally; statements that distribution and\naudience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI commoditizes content\nproduction; and statements regarding the Company building the infrastructure\nlayer for human verification in the agentic AI era. Words such as \"plans,\"\n\"expects,\" \"will,\" \"anticipates,\" \"continue,\" \"expand,\" \"advance,\" \"develop,\"\n\"believes,\" \"guidance,\" \"target,\" \"may,\" \"remain,\" \"project,\" \"outlook,\"\n\"intend,\" \"estimate,\" \"could,\" \"should,\" and other words and terms of similar\nmeaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking statements,\nalthough 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 the Company is not a\ncontrolling stockholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; risk of loss\nor markdown on the Company's strategic investments, including its indirect\nposition in OpenAI equity (held through special purpose vehicles), its\nposition in WLD, and its position in Beast Industries equity; the Company's\nability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements;\nunexpected costs, charges or expenses that reduce the Company's capital\nresources or otherwise delay capital deployment; inability to raise adequate\ncapital to fund or scale its business operations or strategic investments;\nvolatility in digital asset prices, including WLD and ETH, which could\nmaterially affect the value of the Company's treasury holdings; regulatory\nchanges, future legislation and rulemaking negatively impacting digital\nassets, artificial intelligence adoption, or biometric data collection; risks\nrelated to the development, adoption, and market acceptance of Proof-of-Human\ntechnology and the World network; uncertainty regarding the pace and\ntrajectory of agentic AI deployment in enterprise and consumer applications;\nuncertainty regarding OpenAI's product roadmap and the timing or success of\nany IPO or direct listing; risks related to Beast Industries' ability to\nachieve its growth projections; competition in the digital identity and AI\ninfrastructure markets; reliance on third-party sources for the valuation of\ncertain investments; 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; and shifting public and governmental positions on digital\nassets or artificial intelligence-related industries. Given these risks and\nuncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such\nforward-looking statements. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties,\nand other important factors, any of which could cause Eightco's actual results\nto differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements herein, see\nEightco's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\"),\nincluding the risk factors and other disclosures in its Annual Report on Form\n10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2026 and other publicly available SEC\nfilings. All information in this press release is as of the date of the\nrelease, and Eightco undertakes no duty to update this information or to\npublicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to\nreflect future events or developments, except as required by law.\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-472-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-over-283-million-wld-tokens-302804391.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-472-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-over-283-million-wld-tokens-302804391.html)\n\nSOURCE Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS)\n\n\n\nMEDIA CONTACT: Marcy Simon, Marcy@agentofchange.com, +1 917 833 3392\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS695659/Eightco_Logo.jpg?id=OA2724877\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn2mGcgqa","title":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $472 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Over 283 Million WLD Tokens","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"ORBS","created":"2026-06-18T13:15:00.691Z","tickers":["ORBS"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $472 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Over 283 Million WLD Tokens\n\nPR Newswire\n\nEASTON, Pa., June 18, 2026\n\nEightco treasury composition as of June 18, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity\n(indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD\nholdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $472 million\n\nOpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself\nup for an initial public offering\n\nWorld offers a solution to the 'double human' problem in a world proliferating\nwith deepfakes\n\nEightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private\ncompanies including OpenAI and Beast Industries\n\nEASTON, Pa., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:\nORBS) (\"Eightco\" or the \"Company\") today provided an update on its total\nholdings, highlighting its growing position across digital assets and\nstrategic investments in leading private technology companies.\n\nAs of June 17, 2026, at 7:30 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,\n283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.66 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum\n(ETH), and approximately $149 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total\nholdings of approximately $472 million.\n\nTop Headlines Driving the News:\n\nORBS management believes the Company's treasury portfolio holds some of the\nmost critical components for the future AI and digital financial system. Among\nthe holdings, key highlights in recent weeks are:\n\n * Recently, SpaceX announced a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor to strengthen\nits AI software and coding capabilities through its AI division. Cursor is one\nof the fastest-growing AI coding platforms and has become a major enterprise\nAI product. This acquisition continues to reinforce investor appetite for AI\ninfrastructure and productivity software (\nReuters\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4714858-1&h=1090793133&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Flegal%2Ftransactional%2Fspacex-buy-anysphere-60-billion-2026-06-16%2F&a=Reuters)\n\n).\n * This week, MrBeast broke another record by reaching 500 million subscribers on\nYoutube, becoming the first creator to achieve this milestone (\nTheWrap\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4714858-1&h=3339773959&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2Fmedia-platforms%2Ftv%2Fmrbeast-500-million-youtube-subscribers%2F&a=TheWrap)\n\n).\n\"AI companies going public is a positive development for the entire sector. As\ninvestors gain more exposure to AI leaders, interest often expands across the\necosystem, creating greater visibility and opportunity for companies like\nORBS,\" said Thomas \"Tom\" Lee, Board Member of Eightco.\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 (19% of ORBS' treasury holdings), Worldcoin (39%), and Beast Industries\n(4%).\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 19% 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=4714858-1&h=2354177329&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsensortower.com%2Freport%2Fstate-of-mobile-2026&a=Sensor+Tower)\n) and crossed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, making it the\nfastest-scaling consumer technology in history (UBS via Reuters\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4714858-1&h=1554034114&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Ftechnology%2Fchatgpt-sets-record-fastest-growing-user-base-analyst-note-2023-02-01%2F&a=UBS+via+Reuters)\n).\n\nDigital Identity — WLD Token\n\nEightco holds over 283 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of circulating supply,\nthe largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and\napproximately 39% 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=4714858-1&h=1669235198&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 4%\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, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken,\nPantera, and GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human\nverification in 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.\n\nWho owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?\n\nEightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds 283 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of\ncirculating supply and the largest publicly disclosed institutional position\nglobally.\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; the Company's belief\nthat its treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the\nfuture AI and digital financial system; statements regarding the potential for\na direct listing or initial public offering of OpenAI following its submission\nof a confidential S-1; Tom Lee's statement that AI companies going public is a\npositive development for the entire sector and that as investors gain more\nexposure to AI leaders, interest often expands across the ecosystem, creating\ngreater visibility and opportunity for companies like ORBS; statements\nregarding ChatGPT being the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history;\nbeliefs that Proof-of-Human verification is becoming essential infrastructure\nfor social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and financial systems in the\nagentic AI era; statements that World offers a solution to the \"double human\"\nproblem in a world proliferating with deepfakes; statements regarding World's\naddressable revenue opportunity of $6.35 trillion across industries spanning\nbanking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; statements\nregarding the Company's position as the largest publicly disclosed\ninstitutional holder of WLD globally; statements that distribution and\naudience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI commoditizes content\nproduction; and statements regarding the Company building the infrastructure\nlayer for human verification in the agentic AI era. Words such as \"plans,\"\n\"expects,\" \"will,\" \"anticipates,\" \"continue,\" \"expand,\" \"advance,\" \"develop,\"\n\"believes,\" \"guidance,\" \"target,\" \"may,\" \"remain,\" \"project,\" \"outlook,\"\n\"intend,\" \"estimate,\" \"could,\" \"should,\" and other words and terms of similar\nmeaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking statements,\nalthough 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 the Company is not a\ncontrolling stockholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; risk of loss\nor markdown on the Company's strategic investments, including its indirect\nposition in OpenAI equity (held through special purpose vehicles), its\nposition in WLD, and its position in Beast Industries equity; the Company's\nability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements;\nunexpected costs, charges or expenses that reduce the Company's capital\nresources or otherwise delay capital deployment; inability to raise adequate\ncapital to fund or scale its business operations or strategic investments;\nvolatility in digital asset prices, including WLD and ETH, which could\nmaterially affect the value of the Company's treasury holdings; regulatory\nchanges, future legislation and rulemaking negatively impacting digital\nassets, artificial intelligence adoption, or biometric data collection; risks\nrelated to the development, adoption, and market acceptance of Proof-of-Human\ntechnology and the World network; uncertainty regarding the pace and\ntrajectory of agentic AI deployment in enterprise and consumer applications;\nuncertainty regarding OpenAI's product roadmap and the timing or success of\nany IPO or direct listing; risks related to Beast Industries' ability to\nachieve its growth projections; competition in the digital identity and AI\ninfrastructure markets; reliance on third-party sources for the valuation of\ncertain investments; 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; and shifting public and governmental positions on digital\nassets or artificial intelligence-related industries. Given these risks and\nuncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such\nforward-looking statements. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties,\nand other important factors, any of which could cause Eightco's actual results\nto differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements herein, see\nEightco's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\"),\nincluding the risk factors and other disclosures in its Annual Report on Form\n10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2026 and other publicly available SEC\nfilings. All information in this press release is as of the date of the\nrelease, and Eightco undertakes no duty to update this information or to\npublicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to\nreflect future events or developments, except as required by law.\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-472-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-over-283-million-wld-tokens-302804391.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eightco-holdings-nasdaq-orbs-reports-total-holdings-of-approximately-472-million-includes-openai-beast-industries-more-than-16-000-eth-and-over-283-million-wld-tokens-302804391.html)\n\nSOURCE Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS)\n\n\n\nMEDIA CONTACT: Marcy Simon, Marcy@agentofchange.com, +1 917 833 3392\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS695659/Eightco_Logo.jpg?id=OA2724877\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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