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 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, 16,278 Ethereum (ETH), 301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD), and approximately $142 million in total cash and stablecoins. Eightco said WLD was valued at $0.36 per token, citing Coinbase, as of July 26, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. ET. The disclosure gives a point-in-time view of a treasury that combines cash and digital assets with indirect stakes in private companies, categories that can differ in liquidity, valuation inputs, and disclosure availability.

World Foundation announced the $52.5 million round on July 24, 2026. The financing was led by Pantera Capital and included Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors. The announcement coincided with the three-year anniversary of World Network’s production launch. According to the company, more than 39 million people have joined World Network, more than 18 million humans have been verified by an Orb, and the network has used more than 475 million World ID proofs since launch.

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

"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 (ORBS), said the change to WLD 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.

Eightco said management believes the company’s treasury portfolio includes components tied to the future artificial intelligence and digital financial system. The company cited several developments from the week, including a July 21 report that asset manager Grayscale filed with the SEC to launch the first U.S. ETF tied to Worldcoin (Decrypt).

Also on July 21, OpenAI announced the ChatGPT for small businesses program, an initiative intended to help small businesses improve productivity and scale their operations using ChatGPT (OpenAI). The same day, Franklin Templeton Digital Assets published a white paper by Sandy Kaul titled "Agentic AI—The Killer Use Case for Blockchain and Crypto," which suggested that blockchains will facilitate machine-to-machine transactions and be critical to the deployment of widespread agentic AI services (white paper). Eightco said that view is consistent with its conviction that WorldID sits at the center of the interaction.

On July 22, it was reported that OpenAI plans to build a data center in Georgia with 3.2 gigawatts of power to be delivered in phases from 2028 to 2032 (Axios).

World’s token issuance schedule reached a milestone on July 24, 2026. As described in the original World white paper, the network’s largest three-year token unlock period ended, reducing the number of WLD entering circulation each day by about 43%, from approximately 5.1 million tokens to about 2.9 million. Eightco said it currently holds 301,971,219 WLD, equal to roughly 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 (World).

Eightco’s stated exposure to three trends

Eightco said its strategy is organized around three trends the company expects to shape the next decade of innovation: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy. It said those positions are represented by its indirect investment in OpenAI, which accounts for 23% of ORBS’ treasury holdings; Worldcoin, which accounts for 28%; and Beast Industries, which accounts for 5%.

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 that amount represents about 23% of its treasury assets and is among 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 (Sensor Tower). The app crossed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, which Eightco described as making it the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history, citing UBS via Reuters (UBS via Reuters).

Digital identity: WLD token

Eightco said it holds nearly 302 million WLD, or approximately 8% of circulating supply. The company described the position as the largest publicly disclosed institutional WLD holding globally and 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 the World Foundation. World’s Orb devices issue a privacy-preserving World ID that verifies 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. Credential issuers and the World protocol monetize verified-human authentication under that model (announced business model). 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, equal to 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. The company is anchored by MrBeast, described in the release as the most-watched person on YouTube globally. Eightco said that as AI commoditizes content production, distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets.

Company information

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 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 the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era.

For more information, Eightco listed its X account as @iamhuman_orbs and its website as 8co.holdings.

Frequently asked questions included by Eightco

Eightco said ORBS is the Nasdaq-listed stock of Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS), which provides indirect exposure to OpenAI and Beast Industries.

The company said Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) owns nearly 302 million WLD, approximately 8% of circulating supply, and the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally.

Eightco defined Proof of Human as cryptographic verification that a user is a unique, living person and not a bot or AI agent. It described the technology as foundational infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and systems requiring "one person, one account" in the agentic AI era.

Eightco said its relationship to Proof of Human comes through its status as the largest publicly disclosed institutional holder of Worldcoin (WLD), the token powering World’s Proof of Human network.

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). 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. It said all statements other than historical facts could be considered forward-looking, including statements about expectations that artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy will shape the next decade of innovation; the belief that its treasury portfolio holds critical components for the future AI and digital financial system; anticipated improvement in WLD net supply and demand balance and risk/reward in prices after the reduction in token issuance; statements that blockchains will facilitate machine-to-machine transactions and be critical to widespread agentic AI services; the company’s conviction that WorldID sits at the center of the interaction between AI and blockchain; World’s $6.35 trillion addressable revenue opportunity; expected reductions in WLD issuance after July 24, 2026; and claims that the company holds the largest publicly disclosed WLD position globally.

The company also identified as forward-looking its statements that distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI commoditizes content production; that Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era; that it provides indirect exposure to defining trends through investments in OpenAI, WLD, and Beast Industries; that OpenAI submitted a confidential S-1 for a potential future initial public offering; and that OpenAI’s Georgia data center project will be delivered in phases from 2028 to 2032.

Eightco said forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. The company said actual results could differ materially because of factors including its inability to direct management or operations of private businesses where it is not a controlling stockholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; risks of loss or markdown on strategic investments, including its indirect OpenAI equity position held through SPVs, WLD position, and Beast Industries equity position; its ability to comply with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements; unexpected costs or expenses; inability to raise adequate capital; volatility in digital asset prices, including WLD and ETH; regulatory changes affecting digital assets, artificial intelligence adoption, or biometric data collection; risks related to Proof-of-Human technology and World Network; uncertainty over agentic AI deployment; uncertainty regarding OpenAI’s product roadmap, business model, and IPO timing or success; Beast Industries’ ability to meet growth projections; competition in digital identity and AI infrastructure; reliance on third-party valuation sources; uncertainty regarding MrBeast’s continued success and Beast Industries’ creator-driven business model; concentration risks; changes 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 scaling; and risks tied to the timing and completion of OpenAI’s planned data center projects.

The company referred readers to Eightco’s SEC filings, including 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. Eightco said all information in the release was 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.