Eightco Holdings (Nasdaq: ORBS) announced total positions of approximately US$380 million, including

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) announced total positions of approximately US$380 million, including shares in OpenAI, Beast Industries, more than 16,000 ETH and nearly 302 million WLD tokens

Eightco's treasury composition as of September 2, 2026: indirectly holds an equity value of US$90 million in OpenAI, an equity value of US$18 million in Beast Industries, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD positions, and US$122 million in cash and equivalents, with a total position of approximately US$380 million.

Eightco has repurchased more than 25 million shares of common stock in the past month under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program.

Eightco participated in a US$52.5 million funding round led by Pantera and participated by Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto and other investors.

Eightco provides investors with indirect access to some of the most innovative private companies, including OpenAI and Beast Industries.

Easton, Pennsylvania, September 3, 2026-- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS)(hereinafter referred to as "Eightco" or "the Company") today updated its total holdings, focusing on its layout in digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies. In the past month, Eightco has repurchased more than 25 million shares of common stock within the framework of its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program.

As of 8:00 pm EST on September 2, 2026, ORBS's positions include: OpenAI investment worth US$90 million indirectly held through special purpose vehicles (SPVs); Beast Industries worth US$18 million; Mythical Games worth US$1 million;301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD) units, with a unit price of US$0.37 based on Coinbase data;16,278 Ethereum (ETH) units; and approximately US$122 million in total assets in cash and stablecoin. The total position value is approximately US$380 million.

The main headlines driving the news

Eightco management believes the company's treasury portfolio contains some of the most critical components of the future artificial intelligence and digital financial systems. Major news headlines this week include:

• September 2: World announces open source ProveKit, a zero-knowledge authentication toolkit. This release makes ProveKit available to developers outside of the World. ProveKit is built into World ID and powers privacy protection features that make it useful in "human proof" apps for businesses, consumer platforms and developers.
• September 1: SB Energy, an AI power infrastructure company backed by SoftBank, OpenAI and Nvidia, submitted a potential IPO application. In its preliminary filing, the company said as a tenant and equity investor, it is "highly dependent" on OpenAI for SB Energy's performance.
• September 1:MrBeast collaborated with James Patterson, one of the world's best-selling authors, to publish a book called "The Most Dangerous Games"(HarperCollins).
• August 31: OpenAI announced that its advertising business ChatGPT Ads achieved an annualized revenue running rate of US$1 billion in less than 200 days of launch. The platform is currently used by tens of thousands of advertisers and continues to expand globally.
• August 31: OpenAI announced its support for California Senate Bill 1119 to advance AI safety for teenagers. The legislation aims to establish meaningful safeguards for how young people can use AI, while retaining their access to tools that can help learn, create and prepare for the future.
• August 21: announced that peaqOS has partnered with World ID to enable "human proof" for robots and machines. Machines can check whether the person in front of them is a real human and whether the same person placed the order. It will never learn names, faces or numbers.

"AI stocks have come under pressure recently, in part due to the rebound against data centers. This seems to be an issue that resonates with voters,"said Tom Lee, a member of the ORBS board. "But despite setbacks, AI progress continues at a rapid pace, as evidenced by multiple major announcements over the past week."

Lee added: "In view of the company's determination that the shareholding increase was a high-return use of funds, Eightco executed additional share buybacks."

Eightco: Exposure of key macro trends

Eightco is built around three macro trends that the company expects to shape innovation over the next decade: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy. The company has deployed through indirect investments in each trend, with OpenAI accounting for 24% of ORBS's treasury holdings, Worldcoin 29% and Beast Industries 5%.

Artificial Intelligence- OpenAI

Eightco has invested approximately US$90 million to establish a special purpose vehicle to gain equity exposure to OpenAI's parent company, which accounts for approximately 24% of treasury assets and has one of the highest concentration of disclosures of any listed vehicle.

ChatGPT is a consumer application of OpenAI and the number one consumer AI application in the world (Sensor Tower data). On July 31, 2026, OpenAI announced that its model now reaches more than 1 billion active users and more than 2 million companies. After six months of signing up, people sent about 50% more messages per day and used ChatGPT for about twice as many work scenarios.

Digital Identity- WLD Tokens

Eightco holds nearly 302 million WLDs, accounting for approximately 8.3% of the circulating supply, which is the world's largest publicly disclosed institutional position and accounting for approximately 29% of Eightco's treasury assets.

Worldcoin is a native token for World, a global "human proof" network created by Tools for Humanity (co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania) and managed by the World Foundation. Its Orb device issues a privacy-protecting World ID that verifies that users are unique humans rather than AI agents.

According to World's announced business model, applications pay for the number of verifications, while end-user verifications remain free, and both credential issuers and World protocols benefit from verified human identity. World identified US$6.35 trillion in comprehensive addressable revenue opportunities across 13 industries including banking, e-commerce, games, social media and proxy AI.

Creator Economy- Beast Industries

Eightco invested US$18 million in the equity of Beast Industries, accounting for approximately 5% of treasury assets.

Beast Industries has one of the largest direct-to-consumer coverage in the world, with a total of more than 500 million fans on various platforms, with MrBeast, the world's most watched YouTube at its core. As AI commercializes content production, distribution channels and audience trust are becoming increasingly scarce assets.

About Eightco Holdings Inc.

Eightco Holdings Inc.（NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company that is implementing a first-of-its-kind Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy that provides investors with a single code indirect exposure to three defining trends this cycle: access to artificial intelligence through indirect investments in OpenAI, access to digital identity through participation in WLD and the "Human Proof" protocol held by the largest public, and access to the creator economy through holding equity in MrBeast's Beast Industries.

Eightco received grants from Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. Supported by major institutional investors including (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYX, World Foundation, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera and GSR, we are committed to building a human verification infrastructure layer in the era of proxy AI.

FAQs

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

Who holds the most Worldcoin (WLD)?
Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds nearly 302 million WLDs, accounting for approximately 8.3% of circulating supply, and is the world's largest publicly disclosed institutional position.

What is the "Proof of Human"?
"Human Proof" is a cryptographic verification technology that confirms that users are unique living humans, not robots or AI agents. It is the underlying infrastructure of Social networks, banks, proxy commerce and systems that require "one person, one account" in the era of proxy AI.

What does Eightco (ORBS) have to do with "human proof"?
Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) is the largest publicly disclosed institutional holder of the World Currency (WLD), the token that drives the World's "Human Proof" network.

Who is the CEO of Eightco Holdings?
Kevin O'Donnell is CEO of Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS). The company's board of directors includes Tom Lee (Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat and Chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR)) and Board Advisor Brett Winton (Chief Futurist at ARK Invest).

Forward-looking statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Except for statements of historical fact, all statements in this press release can be considered forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the following statements: the company expects artificial intelligence, digital identity, and creator economy to shape innovation over the next decade; management believes that the company's treasury portfolio contains some of the most critical components of the future AI and digital financial system; management believes that increasing shares is a high-return use of funds; statements demonstrate that AI progress is continuing rapidly; A statement about World's $6.35 trillion in addressable revenue opportunities across industries such as banking, e-commerce, games, social media, and proxy AI; a statement showing that as AI commoditizes content production, distribution and audience trust are becoming increasingly scarce assets; a statement showing that the company is building a human verification infrastructure layer in the era of proxy AI; Statements stating that "human proof" is the infrastructure of Social networks, banks, proxy commerce, and systems that require verification of human identity; statements that the company provides indirect exposure to defined trends through investments in OpenAI, WLD, and Beast Industries; and statements that continue to repurchase shares under the company's $125 million share repurchase program.

Such words and terms as "plan","expect","will","predict","continue","expand","advance","develop","believe","guide","goal","may","maintain","forecast","plan","estimate","can","should","positioning","view" and other words and terms with similar meanings and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, Although not all forward-looking statements include such terms. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and do not guarantee future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to: the Company's inability to control the management or operations of private companies of which it is not a controlling shareholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; the Company's strategic investments (including OpenAI equity indirect positions held through special purpose vehicles, WLD positions and Beast Industries equity positions) risk of loss or depreciation; the company's ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq's continuing listing requirements; unforeseen costs, fees or expenses reduce the company's capital resources or delay capital deployment; inability to raise sufficient funds to fund or expand its business operations or strategic investments; prices of digital assets (including WLD and ETH), which may have a significant impact on the value of a company's treasury holdings; regulatory changes, future legislation and rule-making that have a negative impact on digital assets, artificial intelligence adoption or biometric data collection; risks associated with the development, adoption and market acceptance of "human-proof" technologies and the World Network; uncertainties about the speed and trajectory of proxy AI deployment in enterprise and consumer applications; Uncertainty about the OpenAI product roadmap, business model development and any future liquidity events; risks associated with Beast Industries 'ability to achieve its growth forecasts; competition in digital identity and AI infrastructure markets; reliance on third-party sources to value certain investments; uncertainties about MrBeast's continued success and the performance of Beast Industries' creator-driven business model; risks associated with the company's concentrated positions in certain digital assets and private company investments; Risks associated with the company's share repurchase program, including the timing, price and amount of any repurchase; shifts in public and government stance on digital asset or AI-related industries, including possible rebound in data centers; risks associated with the timing, functionality and commercial repercussions of the OpenAI model's release; risks associated with the OpenAI advertising business and its ability to maintain revenue growth; and the risk that WLD supply dynamics may not lead to expected market effects.

In view of these risks and uncertainties, you are reminded not to place undue reliance on these 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 this forward-looking statement, please refer to Eightco's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including 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 documents. All information in this press release is as of the release date, and Eightco is under no obligation to update this information or publicly release the results of any revisions to this forward-looking statement to reflect actual results or any changes expected thereto.