Eightco repurchased 14 million shares of common stock over the past two weeks under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program.

As of August 19, 2026, Eightco treasury composition included $90 million in indirect OpenAI equity, $18 million in Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $132 million in cash and equivalents, for total holdings of approximately $389 million.

Eightco recently participated in World Foundation’s $52.5 million funding round, which was led by Pantera and included participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors. The company said it provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies, including OpenAI and Beast Industries.

EASTON, Pa., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting positions across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies. Eightco also announced that it has repurchased approximately 14 million shares of its common stock under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program.

As of August 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. ET, ORBS’ holdings included a $90 million investment, indirectly through SPVs, in OpenAI; an $18 million funded investment in Beast Industries; a $1 million investment in Mythical Games; 301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD) valued at $0.37 per WLD, according to Coinbase; 16,278 Ethereum (ETH); and approximately $132 million in total cash and stablecoins. The company said these holdings totaled approximately $389 million.

Top headlines driving the news

Eightco said management believes the company’s treasury portfolio contains some of the most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system, a framing that reflects how the company ties its capital allocation to broader shifts in software, identity and online commerce. The company highlighted several recent developments:

• OpenAI completed a secondary share sale totaling roughly $7 billion ahead of its anticipated IPO, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at the company’s $852 billion valuation, according to CNBC.
• On Aug. 4, Cloudflare announced Cloudflare Wallets, a programmable wallet for the agentic internet that gives AI agents a wallet and the ability to transact, according to Cloudflare.
• On Aug. 10, OpenAI said it was expanding its Daybreak Cyber Partner Program to make its most capable cybersecurity models available through trusted cybersecurity companies and service providers. Through Daybreak, partners including Accenture, IBM, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Cloudflare and others can integrate OpenAI’s models into existing security products and services, according to OpenAI.
• On Aug. 18, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Teens, designed to help teens learn, think critically, deepen understanding and use AI with confidence. The product is intended to provide stronger built-in safety protections for teens, including features that promote healthy use and additional controls for parents, according to OpenAI.

“We continue to believe ORBS’ common shares are undervalued to not only intrinsic value, but also the synergistic value of assets held,” said Kevin O’Donnell, Chairman and CEO of Eightco (ORBS). “Our decision to repurchase 14 million shares in the past two weeks reflects the confidence we have in Eightco’s strategy, assets and future. We believe these share repurchases are an efficient and effective use of capital and increase shareholder value.”

Eightco and its three mega-trends

Eightco said it is built around three mega-trends the company expects to shape the next decade of innovation: artificial intelligence, digital identity and the creator economy. It said it has positions in each trend through indirect investment in OpenAI, Worldcoin and Beast Industries, giving the company a treasury profile that is intentionally concentrated in themes it believes are becoming more interconnected.

Artificial intelligence — OpenAI

Eightco said it has invested approximately $90 million in special purpose vehicles with exposure to equity interests in the parent company of OpenAI, representing approximately 23% of treasury assets. The company described this as one of the highest disclosed concentrations of any listed vehicle.

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s consumer app, is the No. 1 consumer AI app worldwide, according to Sensor Tower. On July 31, 2026, OpenAI said its models now reach more than one billion active users and more than two million businesses. OpenAI also said that six months after signing up, people send roughly 50% more messages each day and use ChatGPT for about twice as many kinds of work.

Digital identity — WLD token

Eightco said it holds nearly 302 million WLD, equal to approximately 8.4% of circulating supply, and described the position as the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally. The company said the holdings represent approximately 29% 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. The network’s 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, according to the company. World identifies a $6.35 trillion combined addressable revenue opportunity across 13 industries spanning banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media and agentic AI, according to Tools for Humanity.

Creator economy — Beast Industries

Eightco said it has invested $18 million in Beast Industries equity, representing approximately 5% of treasury assets.

Beast Industries operates one of the world’s largest direct-to-consumer reach footprints, with a combined follower base of more than 500 million across platforms, anchored by MrBeast as the most-watched person on YouTube globally. Eightco said that 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 what it describes as a first-of-its-kind Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy, providing investors single-ticker indirect exposure to three themes it says are defining 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.

The company said it is backed by institutional investors including Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera and GSR. Eightco said it is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era.

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Frequently asked questions

What is ORBS stock?

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company on Nasdaq. ORBS provides indirect exposure to OpenAI and Beast Industries, and holds one of the largest publicly disclosed positions in Worldcoin (WLD).

Who owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) said it holds nearly 302 million WLD, approximately 8.4% of circulating supply and the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally.

What is Proof of Human?

Proof of Human is cryptographic verification that a user is a unique, living person, not a bot or AI agent. Eightco said it is foundational infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce and any system requiring “one person, one account” in the agentic AI era.

How does Eightco (ORBS) relate to Proof of Human?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) said it is the largest publicly disclosed institutional holder of Worldcoin (WLD), the token powering World’s Proof of Human network.

Who is the CEO of Eightco Holdings?

Kevin O’Donnell is the CEO of Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS). The company’s board includes Tom Lee, Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat and Chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), and Brett Winton, Chief Futurist at ARK Invest, who serves as an advisor to the board.

Forward-looking statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in this press release other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including statements regarding the company’s expectations that artificial intelligence, digital identity and the creator economy will shape the next decade of innovation; management’s belief that the company’s treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system; management’s belief that ORBS’ common shares are undervalued relative to intrinsic and synergistic value; management’s belief that the company’s share repurchases are an efficient and effective use of capital that increase shareholder value; statements regarding World’s addressable revenue opportunity of $6.35 trillion across industries spanning banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media and agentic AI; statements that distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI commoditizes content production; statements that the company is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era; statements that Proof of Human is foundational infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce and systems requiring verified human identity; and statements regarding the company providing indirect exposure to defining trends through its investments in OpenAI, WLD and Beast Industries.

Words such as “plans,” “expects,” “will,” “anticipates,” “continue,” “expand,” “advance,” “develop,” “believes,” “guidance,” “target,” “may,” “remain,” “project,” “outlook,” “intend,” “estimate,” “could,” “should,” “positioned,” “view” and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms.

Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs and assumptions and 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 it 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, business model developments and any future liquidity events; risks related to Beast Industries’ ability to achieve its growth projections; competition in the digital identity and AI infrastructure markets; reliance on third-party sources for the valuation of certain investments; uncertainty regarding MrBeast’s continued success and the performance of Beast Industries’ creator-driven business model; risks related to the company’s concentrated positions in certain digital assets and private company investments; risks related to the company’s share repurchase program, including the timing, pricing and amount of any repurchases; shifting public and governmental positions on digital assets or artificial intelligence-related industries; risks related to the timing, features and commercial reception of OpenAI’s model releases; and risks that WLD supply dynamics may not result in anticipated market effects.

Given these risks and uncertainties, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause Eightco’s actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see Eightco’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors and other disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 15, 2026, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 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 revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or any change in expectations.