Eightco Holdings Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $333 Million, Including OpenAI, Beast Industries, and Over 11,000 ETH
Eightco’s cash composition as of 6 May 2026: equity (indirect) in OpenAI worth $90 million, equity in Beast Industries worth $25 million, 11,068 ETH, holdings in WLD worth $283 million, and cash and cash equivalents worth $121 million, totalling approximately $333 million.
World is addressing the ‘double human’ problem in a world filled with deepfakes and agentic agents.
According to new data, bot activity generated by AI and inauthentic activity currently accounts for roughly 15%-75% of activity across eight core internet domains, including 75% of Polymarket trading volume, 53% of web traffic, and 47% of email, underscoring that the internet has a human-caused problem.
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 5 May 2026 at 18:00 ET, ORBS’s holdings include a $90 million investment (indirect, through an SPV) in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries ($18 million fund plus $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 approximately $121 million in cash and stablecoins, with total holdings around $333 million.
Key points from ORBS’s treasury assets over the past week
ORBS management believes that the Company’s treasury portfolio includes some of the most important components for future AI systems and digital financial systems. Among these holdings, some key points from the past week are:
According to media sources (link), the US government is tightening oversight of advanced AI and has signed new agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI to test high-capability AI models.
One important implication indicates that the capabilities of these models are growing larger, thus requiring oversight to ensure user protection. This is similar to how passenger vehicle safety in the US must be tested by the Department of Transportation.
Another important implication is the recognition that AI, AI agents, and bots are playing an increasingly large role in the digital economy, acting as content creators, internet traffic drivers, and even commercial activities.
According to data collected by Fundstrat, “non-human-made” content is increasingly prevalent across various platforms:
75% of Polymarket trading volume
53% of web traffic
47% of sent emails
44% of US stock transactions by buyers
35% of new website creations
30% of online product reviews
It is clear that as the capabilities of AI agents increase (and their costs become cheaper), the portion of “non-human-performed” activities will rise sharply in the near future. “The value and need to identify verified humans and ‘verified delegate agents’ is expected to increase rapidly,” said Thomas “Tom” Lee, Member of Eightco’s Board of Directors.
Based on the announced World business model, various applications pay fees per verification, and end-user verification remains free; credential issuers and World protocols monetise verified human authentication. World identifies a combined revenue opportunity that can be targeted at $6.35 trillion across 13 industries encompassing 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 ten years: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy, with exposure to each trend through indirect investments in OpenAI (27% of ORBS 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 first for downloads in the consumer AI category and surpasses TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook in terms of 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 8.53% of the circulating supply, the largest 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 issues privacy-preserving World ID to ensure users are unique humans, not AI agents.
Creator Economy - Beast Industries
Eightco has invested $18 million in Beast Industries with an additional future commitment of $7 million or a total of $25 million, about 8% of treasury assets.
Beast Industries operates one of the world’s largest Direct-to-Consumer reach networks with a total follower base of over 500 million across platforms, backed by MrBeast as the most-watched person on YouTube worldwide. As AI commoditises content creation, distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets.
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