Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $333 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 11,000 ETH and Over 283 Million WLD Tokens

Rhea-AI Summary

Eightco Holdings (BMNR) reported total treasury assets of approximately $333 million as of May 5, 2026, including $90M indirect OpenAI exposure, $25M in Beast Industries (including a $7M commitment), 283,452,700 WLD at $0.25, 11,068 ETH, and about $121M in cash and stablecoins.

The company highlighted strategic exposure to AI, digital identity, and the creator economy, and noted data on rising non-human activity online that supports demand for verified-human identity solutions.

Positive

• Total holdings of approximately $333 million
• $90M indirect exposure to OpenAI (~27% of treasury)
• 283,452,700 WLD holdings (~8.53% of circulating supply)
• ~$121M in cash and stablecoins for liquidity
• 11,068 ETH position provides crypto upside exposure

Negative

• High concentration: 27% of treasury tied to OpenAI exposure
• Large token exposure: WLD position represents material price risk
• $7M unfunded commitment to Beast Industries
• Crypto and token holdings increase volatility risk

News Market Reaction – ORBS

+6.00%

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+6.00% Session close to close

+7.2% Peak Tracked

$316.70M Market Cap

72.24K Volume

In the May 6 session, ORBS gained 6.00%, reflecting a notable positive market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +7.2% during that session. Our momentum scanner triggered 2 alerts that day, indicating moderate trading interest and price volatility.

Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.

Market Context

The stock moved +6.0% in the session following this news. A strong positive reaction aligns with Eig...

Analysis

The stock moved +6.0% in the session following this news. A strong positive reaction aligns with Eightco’s focus on concentrated AI and digital-identity exposure, including $90M in OpenAI and over 283M WLD. Historically, crypto/AI-tagged news averaged a -6.34% move, so sustained strength would have contrasted with prior caution. The large disclosed treasury base of about $333M and significant insider purchase of 86,956,513 shares in March 2026 could have reinforced confidence but also raised expectations.

Key Figures

Total holdings: $333 million OpenAI equity: $90 million Beast Industries equity: $25 million +5 more

8 metrics

Total holdings $333 million Treasury value as of May 5, 2026

OpenAI equity $90 million Indirect via SPVs, ~27% of treasury assets

Beast Industries equity $25 million $18M funded plus $7M commitment, ~8% of treasury

Cash and stablecoins $121 million Total cash and stablecoins in treasury

WLD holdings 283,452,700 tokens Worldcoin position, ~8.53% of circulating supply

ETH holdings 11,068 ETH Ethereum position in treasury

Addressable opportunity $6.35 trillion World’s identified revenue opportunity across 13 industries

Creator reach 500 million+ followers Beast Industries’ combined direct-to-consumer footprint

Previous Crypto,AI Reports

3 past events · Latest: Apr 28 (Positive)

Same Type Pattern 3 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	24h Move	Catalyst
Apr 28	Treasury holdings update	Positive	-5.1%	Detailed $333M treasury with OpenAI, Beast, ETH, WLD and cash/stablecoins.
Apr 21	Treasury holdings update	Positive	-7.6%	Reported $336M holdings and emphasized exposure to AI and digital identity.
Nov 03	AI verification partnership	Positive	-6.4%	Announced Coinbase joining INFINITY pilot for AI-resistant human verification.

24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.

Pattern Detected

Crypto/AI-tied announcements have consistently been followed by negative single-day moves around ORBS, despite generally expansionary or partnership-focused content.

Recent Company History

This announcement continues Eightco’s pattern of highlighting AI and digital-asset exposure, particularly OpenAI and Worldcoin. On Apr 21, 2026 and Apr 28, 2026, the company reported treasury snapshots of $336M and $333M respectively, detailing positions in OpenAI, Beast Industries, ETH, WLD, and cash/stablecoins. A prior Nov 3, 2025 release described the INFINITY Authentication pilot with Coinbase, focused on AI-resistant human verification for digital assets.

Key Terms

spvs, special purpose vehicles, stablecoins, sybil attacks, +1 more

5 terms

spvs financial

"Eightco has invested approximately $90 million in special purpose vehicles with exposure"

SPVs (special purpose vehicles) are separate legal entities created to hold specific assets, projects, or liabilities apart from a parent company, like placing an investment in its own locked box. For investors, SPVs matter because they isolate risk and cash flows—helping contain losses or ringfence revenue—but can also obscure financial transparency and affect how returns, liabilities, or bankruptcy exposure are distributed.

special purpose vehicles financial

"invested approximately $90 million in special purpose vehicles with exposure to equity"

Special purpose vehicles are separate companies created to isolate financial risk or manage specific assets and projects. They act like dedicated containers that hold particular investments or loans, helping organizations keep certain activities separate from their main operations. For investors, understanding these entities is important because they can influence how risks and returns are structured within a larger financial system.

stablecoins financial

"and approximately $121 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total holdings"

Stablecoins are a type of digital currency designed to maintain a steady value, often linked to traditional currencies like the dollar or euro. They function like digital cash that offers the convenience of online transactions while avoiding the large price swings common with other cryptocurrencies. This stability makes them useful for investors and users who want a reliable way to store and transfer value without exposure to sudden market changes.

sybil attacks technical

"designed to detect deepfakes, Sybil attacks, and other AI threats while verifying"

A sybil attack happens when one person or group creates many fake identities to pretend they are many different people, then uses those fake accounts to sway votes, reviews, prices, or perceived demand. For investors this matters because it can make a stock, token or corporate decision look more popular or credible than it really is, like a single puppeteer controlling many puppets; that distortion can mislead buyers, trigger wrong market moves, or erode trust and invite scrutiny.

proof of human technical

"Worldcoin is the native token of World, a global Proof of Human network built"

Proof of human is a verification that an online user or participant is a real person rather than an automated program, typically done through simple tests (for example confirming a phone number, solving a brief visual puzzle, or responding to an email). For investors, it matters because it helps prevent fraud, fake trading activity, and data manipulation, protects customer accounts and regulatory compliance, and keeps markets and online services trustworthy—like a doorman checking IDs before letting people into a secured event.

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Eightco treasury composition as of May 6, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $25M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $121M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $333 million

World offers a solution to the 'double human' problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes and agentic agents

New data shows that bot, AI-generated, and inauthentic activity now ranges from 15% to 75% of activity across eight core internet domains, including 75% of Polymarket trading volume, 53% of web traffic, and 47% of email, confirming that the internet has a human problem

Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries

EASTON, Pa., May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) ("Eightco" or the "Company") today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting its expanding position across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies.

As of May 5, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. ET, ORBS' holdings include a $90 million investment (indirectly, through SPVs) in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries ($18 million funded, 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 total cash and stablecoins, for total holdings of approximately $333 million.

Key takeaways from ORBS treasury assets in the past week

ORBS management believes the Company's treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system. Among the holdings, key highlights in the past week are:

• According to media sources (link), the US government is deepening its oversight of cutting-edge AI, signing new agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI to test powerful models.
• A key implication reflects the growing power and capabilities of these models, and thus, the oversight is to ensure protections for users. This is similar to how the safety of US automobile passenger vehicles are subject to testing by the Department of Transportation.
• Another key implication is the recognition that AI, agents and bots are becoming a growing share of activity in the digital economy, acting as content creators, drivers of traffic and even commercial activity.
• Data compiled by Fundstrat shows that "non-humans" now account for the following share of volume on various platforms:
  • 75% of Polymarket trading volume
  • 53% of web traffic
  • 47% of emails sent
  • 44% of US equity buy-side execution
  • 35% of new website creation
  • 30% of online product reviews

"It is evident that as AI-agent capabilities grow (and resulting costs drop), 'non-human' share of activity will steeply increase with time. And the value and necessity to identify verified-humans and 'verified delegated agents' is expected to rise exponentially," stated Thomas "Tom" Lee, Board Member of Eightco.

Under World's announced business model, applications pay per-verification fees while end-user verification remains free, with both credential issuers and the World protocol monetizing verified-human authentication. World identifies a $6.35 trillion combined addressable revenue opportunity across 13 industries spanning banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI (per Tools for Humanity).

Eightco: Exposure to key mega-trends

Eightco is built around three mega-trends the Company expects to shape the next decade of innovation: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy, with positions in each trend through indirect investment 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 with exposure to equity interests in the parent company of OpenAI, representing approximately 27% of treasury assets, one of the highest disclosed concentrations of any listed vehicle.

ChatGPT, OpenAI's consumer app, has officially claimed the #1 spot for application downloads in the consumer AI category, overtaking TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook in monthly worldwide downloads in early 2026 (per Sensor Tower), making it the fastest-scaling consumer app of the year to date.

Digital Identity — WLD Token

Eightco holds over 283 million WLD, approximately 8.53% of circulating supply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and approximately 21% of the Eightco treasury's assets.

Worldcoin is the native token of World, a global Proof of Human network built by Tools for Humanity (co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania) and stewarded by the World Foundation. Its Orb devices issue a privacy-preserving World ID that verifies a user is a unique human, not an AI agent.

Creator Economy — Beast Industries

Eightco has invested $18 million in Beast Industries equity with an additional $7 million future commitment, or $25 million total; in aggregate, approximately 8% of treasury assets.

Beast Industries operates one of the largest direct-to-consumer reach footprints in the world, with a combined 500 million-plus follower base across platforms, anchored by MrBeast as the most-watched person on YouTube globally. As AI commoditizes content production, distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets.

About Eightco Holdings Inc.

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company executing a first-of-its-kind Worldcoin (WLD) treasury strategy, providing investors single-ticker indirect exposure to three of the defining trends of this cycle: 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. Backed by leading institutional investors including Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera, and GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era.

For more information:

X: @iamhuman_orbs

Website: 8co.holdings

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ORBS stock?

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is a publicly traded company on Nasdaq. ORBS provides indirect exposure to: OpenAI and Beast Industries.

Who owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds 283 million WLD, approximately 8.53% of circulating supply and the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally.

What is Proof of Human?

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

How does Eightco (ORBS) relate to Proof of Human?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) is the largest publicly disclosed institutional holder of Worldcoin (WLD), the token powering World's Proof of Human network.

Who is the CEO of Eightco Holdings?

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)) and, as an advisor to the Board, 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. All statements in this press release other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including, without limitation, statements regarding: expectations regarding the development and adoption of agentic artificial intelligence, including OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and successor models; expectations regarding the adoption of the World ID protocol across enterprise and consumer applications; the Company's expectations that artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy will shape the next decade of innovation; expectations regarding the growth of non-human, AI-generated, and inauthentic activity across internet domains and the resulting increase in value and necessity of verified-human and verified-delegated-agent authentication; beliefs that Proof-of-Human verification is becoming essential infrastructure; statements regarding potential market opportunities for verified-human authentication, including the value of such opportunity; expectations regarding OpenAI consumer application performance, including its position as the fastest-scaling consumer app; expectations regarding trends in content production, distribution and audience trust; the Company's treasury strategy and anticipated benefits of its indirect positions in OpenAI (through special purpose vehicles) and its positions in WLD and Beast Industries; the Company's belief that its treasury portfolio holds critical components for the future AI and digital financial system; and statements regarding the Company's future capital commitments and investment plans, including its $7 million future commitment to Beast Industries. Words such as "plans," "expects," "will," "anticipates," "continue," "expand," "advance," "develop," "believes," "guidance," "target," "may," "remain," "project," "outlook," "intend," "estimate," "could," "should," and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors, including, without limitation: the Company's inability to direct the management or operations of private businesses where the Company is not a controlling stockholder, including OpenAI and Beast Industries; risk of loss or markdown on the Company's strategic investments, including its indirect position in OpenAI equity (held through special purpose vehicles), its position in WLD, and its position in Beast Industries equity; the Company's ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements; unexpected costs, charges or expenses that reduce the Company's capital resources or otherwise delay capital deployment; inability to raise adequate capital to fund or scale its business operations or strategic investments; volatility in digital asset prices, including WLD and ETH, which could materially affect the value of the Company's treasury holdings; regulatory changes, future legislation and rulemaking negatively impacting digital assets, artificial intelligence adoption, or biometric data collection; risks related to the development, adoption, and market acceptance of Proof-of-Human technology and the World network; uncertainty regarding the pace and trajectory of agentic AI deployment in enterprise and consumer applications; risks that the growth of non-human and AI-generated activity may not occur as anticipated or may not result in increased demand for human verification solutions; risks that ChatGPT's consumer application performance may not continue at current levels; risks that content distribution and audience trust may not become scarce assets as AI commoditizes content production; and shifting public and governmental positions on digital assets or artificial intelligence-related industries. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such 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 the forward-looking statements herein, see Eightco's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the 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. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and Eightco undertakes no duty to update this information or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to reflect future events or developments, except as required by law.

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FAQ

What total assets did Eightco Holdings (BMNR) report on May 6, 2026?

Eightco reported approximately $333 million in total holdings. According to the company, that includes $90M indirect OpenAI exposure, $25M in Beast Industries (with $7M committed), 283,452,700 WLD at $0.25, 11,068 ETH, and about $121M cash and stablecoins.

How much exposure does BMNR have to OpenAI and what share of treasury is it?

BMNR holds approximately $90 million of indirect OpenAI exposure, about 27% of treasury. According to the company, this position is held via special purpose vehicles and represents one of the largest disclosed concentrations within the portfolio.

How large is Eightco's Worldcoin (WLD) position and what supply share does it represent?

Eightco holds 283,452,700 WLD, approximately 8.53% of circulating supply. According to the company, this is the largest publicly disclosed institutional WLD position and represents about 21% of Eightco's treasury assets by value at $0.25 per token.

What liquidity and crypto exposure does BMNR report in its treasury?

BMNR reports roughly $121 million in cash and stablecoins and holds 11,068 ETH. According to the company, those cash and crypto positions provide liquidity and upside exposure but also add volatility to the treasury composition.

What is the status of Eightco's investment in Beast Industries (BMNR)?

Eightco has invested $18 million funded with an additional $7 million commitment, totaling $25 million. According to the company, this position represents about 8% of treasury assets and aims to capture creator-economy exposure anchored by Beast Industries' large audience reach.