Eightco Holdings Reports Treasury of Approximately $472 Million, Including OpenAI, Beast Industries, Over 16,000 ETH and 283 Million WLD Tokens

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting its strengthened position across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies. As of 17 June 2026 at 7.30 p.m. ET, ORBS’s holdings included a $90 million investment (indirect, via SPV) in OpenAI, an $18 million investment in Beast Industries, a $1 million investment in Mythical Games, 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) at a price of $0.66 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum (ETH), and approximately $149 million in cash and stablecoins, bringing total holdings to roughly $472 million. Management believes the Company’s treasury portfolio contains some of the most critical components for the future of AI and digital financial systems. Among recent key developments: SpaceX announced a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor to bolster its AI software and programming capabilities through its AI division. Cursor is one of the fastest-growing AI-powered programming platforms and a vital enterprise AI product, further strengthening investor interest in AI infrastructure and productivity software. Additionally, MrBeast broke records again this week by reaching 500 million YouTube subscribers, becoming the first creator to achieve this milestone. Thomas Lee, a member of Eightco’s Board of Directors, stated that AI companies going public is a positive development for the entire sector, as investors becoming more familiar with leading AI firms also gain interest in the broader ecosystem, creating greater visibility and opportunities for companies like ORBS. Eightco is built on three major trends expected to shape innovation over the next decade: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy, with exposure through indirect investments in OpenAI (19% of ORBS treasury holdings), Worldcoin (39%), and Beast Industries (4%). The Company has invested approximately $90 million in Special Purpose Vehicles with exposure to equity interests in OpenAI’s parent entity. ChatGPT, OpenAI’s consumer application, is the number one consumer AI app globally and surpassed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, making it the fastest-growing consumer technology in history. Eightco holds over 283 million WLD tokens, approximately 8.3% of the circulating supply, representing the largest publicly disclosed institutional position worldwide. 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 managed by the World Foundation. Its Orb devices issue privacy-preserving World IDs that verify users are unique humans, not AI agents. Under World’s announced business model, applications pay per-verification fees while end-user verification remains free, allowing credential issuers and the World protocol to monetise verified human authentication. World identifies a combined addressable revenue opportunity of $6.35 trillion across 13 industries including banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI. Eightco has also invested $18 million in equity of Beast Industries, representing about 4% of treasury assets. Beast Industries operates one of the largest direct-to-consumer reach networks globally, with a total follower base exceeding 500 million across platforms, anchored by MrBeast as the most-watched individual on YouTube worldwide. As AI commoditises content creation, distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets. Eightco Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded company pioneering a Worldcoin treasury strategy, offering single-ticker indirect exposure to three major trends: artificial intelligence through its OpenAI investment, digital identity through its position as the largest WLD holder among public companies and the Proof of Human protocol, and the creator economy through its equity stake in MrBeast’s Beast Industries.