Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) said it participated in World Foundation’s $52.5 million funding round and provided an updated breakdown of its treasury holdings, which the company said totaled approximately $391 million as of July 26, 2026.

The Easton, Pennsylvania-based company said its treasury composition as of July 26 included a $90 million indirect investment in OpenAI equity through special purpose vehicles, an $18 million funded investment in Beast Industries equity, a $1 million investment in Mythical Games, 301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD), 16,278 Ethereum (ETH), and approximately $142 million in total cash and stablecoins. Eightco valued its WLD position at $0.36 per token, citing Coinbase, and said the figures were measured as of 7:30 p.m. ET on July 26. The breakdown is central to Eightco’s positioning because the company is presenting ORBS as a public-market vehicle tied to a mix of private technology exposure, digital assets, and cash-equivalent holdings rather than a traditional operating-company profile.

Eightco also said OpenAI recently announced that it had submitted a confidential S-1, positioning the company for a potential future initial public offering. Eightco said its structure provides indirect exposure to private technology companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries.

World Foundation announced on July 24, 2026, that it had raised $52.5 million in a funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors. World Foundation also marked the third anniversary of World Network’s production launch, saying more than 39 million people had joined the network, more than 18 million humans had been verified by an Orb, and more than 475 million World ID proofs had been used since launch. The referenced World Network statement was linked by PRNewswire as said.

"Clearly, the world is getting close to very powerful AI," Sam Altman said recently. "We care more about humans than we care about AI. And we are so hardwired to care about people that I'm not afraid for the future as long as we can tell. World ID is our effort at that, and it's been amazing to see the progress over the last year as people have adopted this and figured out how to integrate this into a new world."

Tom Lee, a board member of Eightco, said the reduction in WLD token issuance began on July 24. "The reduction in the WLD token issuance, which started on July 24, cuts incremental supply by half. This should substantially improve the net supply/demand balance for WLD and thus, supports the argument for improved risk/reward in prices," Lee said.

Company Cites Recent Developments Across AI, Worldcoin and Blockchain

Eightco management said it believes the company’s treasury portfolio contains components it views as important to the future AI and digital financial system. The company cited several recent developments it said were relevant to its strategy.

On July 21, asset manager Grayscale filed with the SEC to launch the first U.S. exchange-traded fund tied to Worldcoin, according to Decrypt.

Also on July 21, OpenAI announced the launch of a ChatGPT for small businesses program, which it described as an initiative designed to help small businesses become more productive and scale their operations using ChatGPT, according to OpenAI.

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets published a July 21 white paper by Sandy Kaul titled "Agentic AI—The Killer Use Case for Blockchain and Crypto." The company said the paper suggested that blockchains will facilitate machine-to-machine transactions and will be important to the deployment of widespread agentic AI services. Eightco said this was consistent with its view that WorldID sits at the center of the interaction between AI and blockchain. The cited white paper was linked through a Franklin Templeton Digital Assets post.

On July 22, OpenAI was reported to be planning a data center in Georgia with 3.2 gigawatts of power, to be delivered in phases from 2028 to 2032, according to Axios.

On July 24, 2026, World’s token issuance schedule reached a milestone described in the original World white paper. The network’s largest three-year token unlock period concluded, reducing the number of WLD entering circulation each day by approximately 43%, from about 5.1 million tokens to about 2.9 million. Eightco said it currently holds 301,971,219 WLD, representing approximately 8% of the circulating supply and the largest publicly disclosed WLD position in the world. WLD will continue to enter circulation, but at roughly half the previous daily rate, slowing overall supply growth, according to World.

Eightco’s Stated Focus Areas

Eightco said it is organized around three trends it expects to shape the next decade of innovation: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy. The company said it has exposure to those areas through an indirect investment in OpenAI, which represented 23% of ORBS treasury holdings; Worldcoin, which represented 28%; and Beast Industries, which represented 5%. The company’s update therefore ties its balance sheet to both private-company valuations and digital-asset marks, areas that can be less transparent or more volatile than cash holdings.

Artificial Intelligence: OpenAI

Eightco said it has invested approximately $90 million in special purpose vehicles with exposure to equity interests in OpenAI’s parent company. The company said the investment represented approximately 23% of treasury assets and described it as one of the highest disclosed concentrations in OpenAI exposure among listed vehicles.

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s consumer app, is the No. 1 consumer AI app worldwide, according to Sensor Tower. Eightco also cited UBS via Reuters in saying ChatGPT crossed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, making it the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history.

Digital Identity: WLD Token

Eightco said it holds nearly 302 million WLD, equal to approximately 8% of circulating supply. The company described the position as the largest publicly disclosed institutional holding globally and said it accounted for approximately 28% of Eightco’s treasury assets.

Worldcoin is the native token of World, a global Proof of Human network built by Tools for Humanity, which was co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania, and stewarded by World Foundation. World’s Orb devices issue a privacy-preserving World ID designed to verify that a user is a unique human rather than an AI agent.

Under World’s announced business model, applications pay per-verification fees while verification remains free for end users. Both credential issuers and the World protocol monetize verified-human authentication. World identifies a $6.35 trillion combined addressable revenue opportunity across 13 industries, including 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 what Eightco described as one of the world’s largest direct-to-consumer reach footprints, with a combined follower base of more than 500 million across platforms. The business is anchored by MrBeast, whom Eightco described as the most-watched person on YouTube globally. The company said that as AI commoditizes content production, distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets.

Company Information and Frequently Asked Questions

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company pursuing a Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy. The company said it provides single-ticker indirect exposure to artificial intelligence through its indirect investment in OpenAI, digital identity through its position as the largest public holder of WLD and exposure to the Proof of Human protocol, and the creator economy through its equity stake in MrBeast’s Beast Industries.

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

For more information, the company listed X: @iamhuman_orbs and Website: 8co.holdings.

Eightco said ORBS is the company’s Nasdaq-listed stock ticker. The company said ORBS provides indirect exposure to OpenAI and Beast Industries.

In response to a frequently asked question about who owns the most Worldcoin (WLD), Eightco said it holds nearly 302 million WLD, representing approximately 8% of circulating supply and the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally.

The company described Proof of Human as cryptographic verification that a user is a unique, living person rather than a bot or AI agent. It said the technology is foundational infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and systems requiring "one person, one account" in the agentic AI era.

Eightco said it relates to Proof of Human through its position as the largest publicly disclosed institutional holder of WLD, the token powering World’s Proof of Human network.

Kevin O’Donnell is the chief executive officer of Eightco Holdings. The company said its board includes Tom Lee, managing partner and head of research at Fundstrat and chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR). Brett Winton, chief futurist at ARK Invest, serves as an adviser to the board.

Forward-Looking Statements

Eightco said the press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company said all statements other than historical facts could be considered forward-looking, including statements about its expectation that artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy will shape the next decade of innovation; its belief that its treasury portfolio includes components important to the future AI and digital financial system; anticipated improvements in WLD net supply and demand balance and risk-reward in prices following reduced token issuance; the view that blockchains will facilitate machine-to-machine transactions and be critical to widespread agentic AI services; and the company’s conviction that WorldID sits at the center of the interaction between AI and blockchain.

The company also identified as forward-looking statements regarding World’s $6.35 trillion addressable revenue opportunity across banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; the expected reduction in WLD token issuance after July 24, 2026, from approximately 5.1 million tokens to approximately 2.9 million tokens daily; statements that Eightco holds the largest publicly disclosed WLD position globally; statements that distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce as AI commoditizes content production; statements about Eightco building infrastructure for human verification in the agentic AI era; statements about the company providing indirect exposure to trends through OpenAI, WLD, and Beast Industries; statements that OpenAI submitted a confidential S-1 for a potential future IPO; and statements about future phases of OpenAI’s Georgia data center project from 2028 to 2032.

Eightco said terms such as "plans," "expects," "will," "anticipates," "continue," "expand," "advance," "develop," "believes," "guidance," "target," "may," "remain," "project," "outlook," "intend," "estimate," "could," "should," "positioned," "view," and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, though not every forward-looking statement contains those terms. The company said forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions, are subject to risks and uncertainties, and are not guarantees of future performance.

Eightco said actual results could differ materially because of factors including its 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 strategic investments, including its indirect OpenAI equity position held through special purpose vehicles, WLD, and Beast Industries equity; its ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq continued listing requirements; unexpected costs, charges, or expenses that reduce capital resources or delay deployment; inability to raise adequate capital to fund or scale operations or strategic investments; and volatility in digital asset prices, including WLD and ETH, that could materially affect treasury values.

The company also cited regulatory changes, future legislation, and rulemaking that could negatively affect digital assets, artificial intelligence adoption, or biometric data collection; risks tied to the development, adoption, and market acceptance of Proof-of-Human technology and the World network; uncertainty over the pace and trajectory of agentic AI deployment in enterprise and consumer applications; uncertainty around OpenAI’s product roadmap, business model developments, and the timing or success of any IPO; risks related to Beast Industries’ ability to achieve growth projections; competition in digital identity and AI infrastructure markets; reliance on third-party sources for certain investment valuations; uncertainty around MrBeast’s continued success and Beast Industries’ creator-driven business model; risks from concentrated positions in certain digital assets and private company investments; shifts in public and governmental positions on digital assets or AI-related industries; risks that WLD supply dynamics may not produce anticipated market effects; risks related to World Foundation’s funding, development, and ability to scale its network and business model; and risks associated with the timing and completion of OpenAI’s planned data center projects.

Eightco said readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. It directed readers to its SEC filings, 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. The company said all information in the release was current as of the release date and that it undertakes no duty to update the information or publicly announce revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in expectations.