EASTON, Pa., April 28, 2026 — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) provided an update on its treasury composition as of April 27, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET, reporting total holdings of approximately $333 million and outlining exposure across digital assets and strategic private company investments.
Treasury snapshot
– $90 million indirect investment in OpenAI (held via special purpose vehicles)
– $25 million committed to Beast Industries ($18 million funded, $7 million committed)
– $1 million investment in Mythical Games
– 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) valued at $0.25 per WLD (per Coinbase)
– 11,068 Ethereum (ETH)
– $121 million in cash and stablecoins
Total: ~ $333 million
Recent highlights
– OpenAI released GPT‑5.5 on April 23, 2026, a re‑architected model for agentic execution. GPT‑5.5 achieved 82.7% on Terminal‑Bench 2.0 (per OpenAI). NVIDIA deployed GPT‑5.5‑Codex internally on GB200 NVL72 systems, reporting a 35x reduction in cost per million tokens and a 50x improvement in throughput per megawatt versus prior generations (per NVIDIA).
– MrBeast (Beast Industries) was named to the 2026 TIME100.
– Worldcoin founder and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on a Pantera podcast that “World is now on the way to being a real human network for the internet… Our goal is to make World ID be this new proof of human for the internet,” highlighting World ID’s role as a privacy‑preserving Proof of Human.
Worldcoin adoption and use cases
Since the April 17 World Lift Off event, World ID has been integrated into consumer and enterprise products. Reported integrations and uses include:
– Tinder: verified‑human badge rollout
– Zoom: flagging deepfakes on video calls
– Docusign: confirming a real person is signing
– Vercel, Browserbase, Exa: verifying AI agents operating on the open web
Tools for Humanity’s announced business model charges applications per verification while keeping end‑user verification free. The World protocol and credential issuers aim to monetize verified‑human authentication; Tools for Humanity estimates a $6.35 trillion combined addressable revenue opportunity across 13 industries.
Strategic positioning and mega‑trends
Eightco positions itself around three megatrends: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy. Current treasury exposures by theme:
– Artificial Intelligence — OpenAI: ~$90 million via SPVs (~27% of treasury)
OpenAI’s ChatGPT ranked #1 in consumer AI app downloads worldwide in early 2026 (per Sensor Tower).
– Digital Identity — Worldcoin (WLD): 283,452,700 WLD (~8.58% of circulating supply), representing ~21% of the treasury.
Worldcoin (Tools for Humanity / World Foundation) issues privacy‑preserving World IDs via Orb devices to verify unique humans.
– Creator Economy — Beast Industries: $18 million invested with a $7 million future commitment ($25 million total; ~8% of treasury).
Beast Industries reaches a combined 500M+ followers globally, anchored by MrBeast as the most‑watched person on YouTube.
Company overview
Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded holding company executing a Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy to provide single‑ticker indirect exposure to OpenAI, Worldcoin, and creator economy assets. Institutional backers include Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera, and GSR. Kevin O’Donnell serves as CEO. The Board includes Tom Lee (Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat; Chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies) with Brett Winton (Chief Futurist at ARK Invest) as a board advisor.
Frequently asked items
– What is ORBS stock? ORBS is Eightco Holdings Inc., a Nasdaq‑listed holding company offering indirect exposure to OpenAI and Beast Industries.
– Who holds the most Worldcoin (WLD)? Eightco holds ~283 million WLD (~8.58% of circulating supply), the largest publicly disclosed institutional position.
– What is Proof of Human? Cryptographic verification that a user is a unique, living person (not a bot or AI agent), enabling “one person, one account” systems across social networks, banking, gaming, and agentic AI.
– How does Eightco relate to Proof of Human? Eightco is the largest publicly disclosed institutional holder of WLD, the token supporting World’s Proof of Human network.
– Who is CEO? Kevin O’Donnell.
Forward‑looking statements
This release includes forward‑looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding future developments, adoption of agentic AI, World ID adoption, the Company’s treasury strategy and investments, market opportunities for verified‑human authentication, and future capital commitments are forward‑looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially due to factors including: inability to direct private companies where Eightco is not controlling, markdowns on strategic investments, compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements, volatility in digital asset prices (including WLD and ETH), regulatory changes affecting digital assets, AI adoption, or biometric data collection, risks to Proof‑of‑Human technology adoption, and other risks detailed in Eightco’s SEC filings, including its Form 10‑K filed April 15, 2026. All information is as of the release date; Eightco undertakes no duty to update except as required by law.
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