Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports $374M Holdings Across OpenAI, WLD, ETH and Strategic Investments

Among the holdings, key highlights in recent weeks are: On May 20, OpenAI announced one of its internal general-purpose reasoning models autonomously disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry that Paul Erdős posed in 1946. Solving a 80 year-old mathematical problem is already impressive, but what surprised math researchers is the method of proof.

OpenAI's model solved this using algebraic number theory rather than pursuing known vectors of proof ( buildfastwithai ). On May 24, the live taping of Beast Games World Champions Season 3 ( WITN TV ) took place at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, NC. Jimmy Donaldson grew up in the Greenville area, so this is a homecoming event of sorts.

The Beast Games is Amazon Prime Video's most watched unscripted series ( IMDB ). , which OpenAI describes as allowing users to securely link bank, brokerage, and credit accounts across 12,000+ institutions, and further strengthening OpenAI's relationship with its users ( OpenAI ). On May 12, Beast Industries, led by Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), made its first ever public presentation to advertisers.

Beast unveiled a two-sided creator marketplace and introduced Vyro, its own creator distribution engine. 6 billion, up from $899 million in 2025 ( Digiday ; TIME 100 Most Influential Companies 2026 ). "We are no longer just a YouTube channel.

We're building a next-generation media platform in the age of AI — using tech, data and global IP to bring brands and fans together at unprecedented scale," CEO of Beast Industries, Jeff Housenbold, said during the presentation. On May 20, several media sources reported that OpenAI is allegedly preparing to file an IPO in coming weeks ( WSJ ). The OpenAI IPO would be viewed as one of the most anticipated IPOs in 2026.

"The ability of OpenAI's model to solve an 80 year-old math puzzle without any human guidance demonstrates outstanding reasoning abilities," said Thomas "Tom" Lee, Board Member of Eightco. " Data compiled by Fundstrat shows that "non-humans" now account for the following estimated shares of volume on various platforms: 75% of Polymarket trading volume 53% of web traffic 47% of emails sent 44% of US equity buy-side execution 35% of new website creation 30% of online product reviews Eightco: Exposure to key mega-trends Eightco is built around three mega-trends the Company expects to shape the next decade of innovation: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy, with positions in each trend through indirect investment in OpenAI (24% of ORBS' treasury holdings), Worldcoin (26%), and Beast Industries (5%).

Artificial Intelligence — OpenAI Eightco has invested approximately $90 million in special purpose vehicles with exposure to equity interests in the parent company of OpenAI, representing approximately 24% of treasury assets, one of the highest disclosed concentrations of any listed vehicle. ChatGPT, OpenAI's consumer app, is the #1 consumer AI app worldwide ( Sensor Tower ) and crossed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, making it the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history ( UBS via Reuters ).

3% of circulating supply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and approximately 26% of the Eightco treasury's assets. Worldcoin is the native token of World, a global Proof of Human network built by Tools for Humanity (co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania) and stewarded by the World Foundation. Its Orb devices issue a privacy-preserving World ID that verifies a user is a unique human, not an AI agent.

Under World's announced business model , applications pay per-verification fees while end-user verification remains free, with both credential issuers and the World protocol monetizing verified-human authentication. 35 trillion combined addressable revenue opportunity across 13 industries spanning banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI (per Tools for Humanity).

Creator Economy — Beast Industries Eightco has invested $18 million in Beast Industries equity, approximately 5% of treasury assets. Beast Industries operates one of the largest direct-to-consumer reach footprints in the world, with a combined 500 million-plus follower base across platforms, anchored by MrBeast as the most-watched person on YouTube globally.

As AI commoditizes content production, distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets. About Eightco Holdings Inc. Eightco Holdings Inc.

(NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company executing a first-of-its-kind Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy, providing investors single-ticker indirect exposure to three of the defining trends of this cycle: artificial intelligence through its indirect investment in OpenAI, digital identity through its position as the largest public holder of WLD and the Proof of Human protocol, and the creator economy through its equity stake in MrBeast's Beast Industries.

Backed by leading institutional investors including Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera, and GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era. holdings Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

6 billion; expectations regarding Beast Industries' capabilities as a next-generation media platform; statements about Beast Games being Amazon Prime Video's most watched unscripted series; expectations regarding the adoption of the World ID protocol across enterprise and consumer applications; beliefs that Proof-of-Human verification is becoming essential infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and financial systems in the agentic AI era, and statements about the need for proof of human implementation across more areas of society and the economy; statements regarding non-human and bot activity percentages across internet platforms, including Polymarket, web traffic, email, equity execution, website creation, and online product reviews; statements regarding World's addressable revenue opportunity across industries spanning banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; the Company's treasury strategy and anticipated benefits of its indirect positions in OpenAI (through special purpose vehicles) and its positions in WLD and Beast Industries; the Company's belief that its treasury portfolio holds critical components for the future AI and digital financial system; statements regarding the importance of distribution and audience trust as AI commoditizes content production; statements regarding OpenAI's model autonomously disproving a central conjecture in discrete geometry and the reasoning capabilities of OpenAI's models; statements regarding the launch and capabilities of ChatGPT Personal Finance; and statements by the Company's Board Member regarding the strength of the Company's investment thesis for OpenAI.

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Forward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors, including, without limitation: the Company's inability to direct the management or operations of private businesses where the Company is not a controlling stockholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; risk of loss or markdown on the Company's strategic investments, including its indirect position in OpenAI equity (held through special purpose vehicles), its position in WLD, and its position in Beast Industries equity; the Company's ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements; unexpected costs, charges or expenses that reduce the Company's capital resources or otherwise delay capital deployment; inability to raise adequate capital to fund or scale its business operations or strategic investments; volatility in digital asset prices, including WLD and ETH, which could materially affect the value of the Company's treasury holdings; regulatory changes, future legislation and rulemaking negatively impacting digital assets, artificial intelligence adoption, or biometric data collection; risks related to the development, adoption, and market acceptance of Proof-of-Human technology and the World network; uncertainty regarding the pace and trajectory of agentic AI deployment in enterprise and consumer applications; uncertainty regarding OpenAI's product roadmap and the timing or success of any IPO; risks related to Beast Industries' ability to achieve its revenue guidance or growth projections; risks that third-party data regarding non-human internet activity may be inaccurate or subject to change; and shifting public and governmental positions on digital assets or artificial intelligence-related industries.

Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause Eightco's actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements herein, see Eightco's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the risk factors and other disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2026 and other publicly available SEC filings.

All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and Eightco undertakes no duty to update this information or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to reflect future events or developments, except as required by law. SOURCE Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Disclaimer: This is a sponsored press release and is for informational purposes only.

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