Eightco Holdings Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $333 Million, Including OpenAI, Beast Industries, and Over 11,000 ETH

Eightco’s cash composition as of 27 April 2026: equity (indirect) in OpenAI valued at $90 million, equity in Beast Industries valued at $25 million, 11,068 ETH, holdings in WLD valued at $283 million, and cash and cash equivalents of $121 million. World is addressing the ‘double human’ problem in a world filled with deepfakes and agentic agents. Tinder, Zoom, Docusign, Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa will integrate Proof of Human verification features. Eightco offers indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies, including OpenAI and Beast Industries. Easton, Pa., (ANTARA/PRNewswire) - Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or “the Company”) today provided the latest information regarding its total holdings, highlighting its increasingly broad position across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies. As of 27 April 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET, ORBS’s holdings include a $90 million investment (indirectly, through an SPV) in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries ($18 million fund plus a $7 million commitment), a $1 million investment in Mythical Games, 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.25 per WLD (per Coinbase), 11,068 Ethereum (ETH), and $121 million in cash and stablecoins, for a total holding of approximately $333 million. Key points from ORBS’s treasury assets in the past week. ORBS management is confident that the Company’s treasury portfolio includes some of the most important components for future AI systems and digital financial systems. Among those holdings, some key points from the past week are: - OpenAI released GPT-5.5 and expanded its lead on independent benchmarks. - MrBeast, founder of Beast Industries, was included in the TIME100 2026 list. - Regarding the Worldcoin (WLD) token, OpenAI founder Sam Altman recently stated in a podcast with Pantera Capital, “World is evolving into a network of real humans on the internet… Our goal is to make World ID the new ‘proof of human’ on the internet.” Key Highlights: OpenAI Releases GPT 5.5. On 23 April 2026, OpenAI released GPT-5.5, a redesigned model specifically built for agent-based AI execution. GPT-5.5 achieved advanced performance on Terminal-Bench 2.0 at 82.7%. This is a major benchmark for autonomous task completion across complex command-line workflows (according to OpenAI). Within two days of launch, NVIDIA deployed GPT-5.5-Codex internally to over 10,000 employees on GB200 NVL72 systems and reported a 35-fold cost saving per million tokens and a 50-fold increase in throughput per megawatt compared to the previous generation (according to NVIDIA). Key Highlights: Worldcoin to Become ‘Proof of Human’ for the Internet. Since the World Lift Off event on 17 April, World ID has been rapidly activated on various major consumer and enterprise platforms. Tinder launched a global verified human badge. Zoom uses it to flag deepfakes on video calls. Docusign uses it to confirm that signatories are genuinely human. Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa use it to verify AI agents operating on the open web. “World will become a network of real humans on the internet… We see it right now through what you and others are building, that people will really need this and do it in a way that preserves privacy. World ID is our effort to make it happen. It’s incredible to see its development over the past year as people start using it and finding ways to integrate it into the new AI world. Our goal is to make World ID the new Proof of Human for the internet,” said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and co-founder of Tools for Humanity, in a podcast with Cosmo Jiang from Pantera Capital. Based on the announced World business model, various applications pay a fee per verification, and end-user verifications remain free; credential issuers and the World protocol monetise verified human authentication. World identifies a combined revenue opportunity that can be targeted at $6.35 trillion across 13 industries including banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and AI agents (according to Tools for Humanity). EIGHTCO: Exposure to Various Major Mega Trends. Eightco is built on three major trends that the Company expects will shape innovation over the next decade: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy, with exposure to each trend through indirect investments in OpenAI (27% of ORBS’s treasury holdings), Worldcoin (21%), and Beast Industries (8%). Artificial Intelligence - OpenAI. Eightco has invested approximately $90 million in Special Purpose Vehicles that have exposure to equity interests in OpenAI’s parent company, representing about 27% of treasury assets and one of the highest concentrations disclosed among publicly listed companies. ChatGPT, OpenAI’s consumer application, officially ranks No. 1 for downloads in the consumer AI category and surpasses TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook in monthly downloads worldwide in early 2026 (according to Sensor Tower), making it the fastest-growing consumer app this year to date. Digital Identity - WLD Token. Eightco holds over 283 million WLD, approximately 8.58% of the circulating supply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position worldwide and representing about 21% of Eightco’s treasury assets. Worldcoin is the native token of World, a global Proof of Human network created by Tools for Humanity (founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania) and governed by the World Foundation. Its Orb device manages