Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $374 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 11,000 ETH and Over 283 Million WLD Tokens

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Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS, BMNR) reported total treasury holdings of approximately $374 million as of May 27, 2026. Assets include $90M indirect OpenAI equity, $18M Beast Industries equity, $1M Mythical Games, 11,068 ETH, 283,452,700 WLD, and about $144M in cash and stablecoins.

Eightco highlights exposure to three mega-trends: artificial intelligence via OpenAI (24% of treasury), digital identity via Worldcoin WLD (26%), and the creator economy via Beast Industries (5%).

Positive

• Total treasury holdings of approximately $374 million as of May 27, 2026
• $90 million indirect OpenAI equity exposure, about 24% of treasury assets
• Holding 283,452,700 WLD, around 8.3% of circulating supply and 26% of treasury
• 11,068 ETH plus roughly $144 million in cash and stablecoins
• $18 million Beast Industries equity, about 5% of treasury assets
• Diversified exposure to AI, digital identity, and creator economy via OpenAI, Worldcoin, Beast Industries

Negative

• None.

News Market Reaction – ORBS

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-3.1% Trough Tracked

$348.34M Market Cap

0.2x Rel. Volume

In the May 28 session, ORBS gained 3.78%, reflecting a moderate positive market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +2.9% during that session. Argus tracked a trough of -3.1% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 14 alerts that day, indicating notable trading interest and price volatility.

Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.

Market Context

This announcement details Eightco’s treasury reaching about $374M, with major positions in OpenAI, W...

Analysis

This announcement details Eightco’s treasury reaching about $374M, with major positions in OpenAI, Worldcoin, ETH, cash, and Beast Industries tied to AI, digital identity, and the creator economy. Recent history shows multiple similar crypto/AI updates with varied short-term reactions. Investors watching this story may focus on changes in asset mix over time, concentration in key positions, and any future regulatory or governance disclosures around these strategic holdings.

Key Figures

Total holdings: $374 million OpenAI equity: $90 million Beast Industries equity: $18 million +5 more

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Total holdings $374 million Eightco treasury as of May 27, 2026

OpenAI equity $90 million Indirect exposure via SPVs; ~24% of treasury assets

Beast Industries equity $18 million Approximately 5% of Eightco treasury assets

Cash & stablecoins $144 million Cash and equivalents within Eightco treasury

Worldcoin holdings 283,452,700 WLD at $0.35 About 8.3% of circulating supply; ~26% of treasury

Ethereum holdings 11,068 ETH Part of Eightco digital asset treasury

ChatGPT users 900 million weekly active users ChatGPT scale as of February 2026

Beast 2026 revenue guide $1.6 billion Guidance vs $899 million revenue in 2025

Previous Crypto,AI Reports

5 past events · Latest: May 21 (Neutral)

Same Type Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	24h Move	Catalyst
May 21	Treasury update	Neutral	+1.1%	Updated total holdings to about $337M across AI, crypto, and cash assets.
May 13	Treasury update	Neutral	-5.6%	Reported roughly $340M treasury aligned with AI, digital identity, creator themes.
May 06	Treasury update	Neutral	+6.0%	Disclosed about $333M assets including OpenAI, Beast, WLD, ETH, and cash.
Apr 28	Treasury update	Neutral	-5.1%	Reiterated ~$333M holdings with defined allocations to OpenAI, WLD, Beast.
Apr 21	Treasury update	Neutral	-7.6%	Announced ~$336M holdings and highlighted exposure to AI and digital identity.

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

Pattern Detected

Recent treasury/crypto-AI updates have produced mixed single-day reactions, with both gains and declines and an average move of about -2.23%, suggesting news alone has not driven sustained upside.

Recent Company History

Over the last several weeks, Eightco has repeatedly updated investors on its AI, digital identity, and creator-economy treasury mix, with total holdings reported between $333M and $340M. Each update detailed large positions in OpenAI, Worldcoin (WLD), Beast Industries, ETH, and cash/stablecoins. Same-tag news produced both positive and negative 24-hour moves, with an average reaction of -2.23%. Today’s update to approximately $374M holdings continues this same disclosure pattern around the crypto/AI theme.

Key Terms

special purpose vehicles, proof of human, circulating supply

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special purpose vehicles financial

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

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.

proof of human technical

"World offers a solution to the 'double human' problem... Worldcoin's Proof of Human network"

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.

circulating supply financial

"Eightco holds over 283 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of circulating supply..."

The circulating supply is the number of a company's shares or a digital token that are actually available for the public to buy, sell, or trade right now, excluding units held back by the company, insiders, or locked for future use. Investors watch it because the amount available affects how easily prices move and how valuable each unit is — like how the price of cookies in a pantry changes if most are kept in a locked box versus spread out on a table.

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Eightco treasury composition as of May 27, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $144M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $374 million

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

Independent data shows OpenAI's coming social network will land in a category already 15–43% non-human, reinforcing demand for Worldcoin's Proof of Human network

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 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) ("Eightco" or the "Company") today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting its leading position across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies.

As of May 27, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. ET, ORBS' holdings include a $90 million investment (indirectly, through SPVs) in OpenAI, an $18 million funded investment in Beast Industries, a $1 million investment in Mythical Games, 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.35 per WLD (per Coinbase), 11,068 Ethereum (ETH), and approximately $144 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total holdings of approximately $374 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 recent weeks are:

• On May 20, OpenAI announced one of its internal general-purpose reasoning models autonomously disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry that Paul Erdős posed in 1946. Solving a 80 year-old mathematical problem is already impressive, but what surprised math researchers is the method of proof. OpenAI's model solved this using algebraic number theory rather than pursuing known vectors of proof (buildfastwithai).
• On May 24, the live taping of Beast Games World Champions Season 3 (WITN TV) took place at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, NC. Jimmy Donaldson grew up in the Greenville area, so this is a homecoming event of sorts. The Beast Games is Amazon Prime Video's most watched unscripted series (IMDB).
• On May 15, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Personal Finance for Pro users in the U.S., which OpenAI describes as allowing users to securely link bank, brokerage, and credit accounts across 12,000+ institutions, and further strengthening OpenAI's relationship with its users (OpenAI).
• On May 12, Beast Industries, led by Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), made its first ever public presentation to advertisers. Beast unveiled a two-sided creator marketplace and introduced Vyro, its own creator distribution engine. Management guided full-year 2026 revenue to $1.6 billion, up from $899 million in 2025 (Digiday; TIME 100 Most Influential Companies 2026). "We are no longer just a YouTube channel. We're building a next-generation media platform in the age of AI — using tech, data and global IP to bring brands and fans together at unprecedented scale," CEO of Beast Industries, Jeff Housenbold, said during the presentation.
• On May 20, several media sources reported that OpenAI is allegedly preparing to file an IPO in coming weeks (WSJ). The OpenAI IPO would be viewed as one of the most anticipated IPOs in 2026.

"The ability of OpenAI's model to solve an 80 year-old math puzzle without any human guidance demonstrates outstanding reasoning abilities," said Thomas "Tom" Lee, Board Member of Eightco. "We believe this strengthens our investment thesis for making OpenAI around 24% of the balance sheet of ORBS."

• Data compiled by Fundstrat shows that "non-humans" now account for the following estimated shares 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

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 (24% of ORBS' treasury holdings), Worldcoin (26%), and Beast Industries (5%).

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 24% of treasury assets, one of the highest disclosed concentrations of any listed vehicle.

ChatGPT, OpenAI's consumer app, is the #1 consumer AI app worldwide (Sensor Tower) and crossed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, making it the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history (UBS via Reuters).

Digital Identity — WLD Token

Eightco holds over 283 million WLD, approximately 8.3% of circulating supply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and approximately 26% 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.

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).

Creator Economy — Beast Industries

Eightco has invested $18 million in Beast Industries equity, approximately 5% 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 8.30% 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: the Company's expectations that artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy will shape the next decade of innovation; expectations regarding the development and adoption of agentic artificial intelligence; media reports regarding OpenAI allegedly preparing to file an IPO and expectations that an OpenAI IPO would be one of the most anticipated IPOs of 2026; Beast Industries' management guidance of full-year 2026 revenue of $1.6 billion; expectations regarding Beast Industries' capabilities as a next-generation media platform; statements about Beast Games being Amazon Prime Video's most watched unscripted series; expectations regarding the adoption of the World ID protocol across enterprise and consumer applications; beliefs that Proof-of-Human verification is becoming essential infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and financial systems in the agentic AI era, and statements about the need for proof of human implementation across more areas of society and the economy; statements regarding non-human and bot activity percentages across internet platforms, including Polymarket, web traffic, email, equity execution, website creation, and online product reviews; statements regarding World's addressable revenue opportunity across industries spanning banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; 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; statements regarding the importance of distribution and audience trust as AI commoditizes content production; statements regarding OpenAI's model autonomously disproving a central conjecture in discrete geometry and the reasoning capabilities of OpenAI's models; statements regarding the launch and capabilities of ChatGPT Personal Finance; and statements by the Company's Board Member regarding the strength of the Company's investment thesis for OpenAI. 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; uncertainty regarding OpenAI's product roadmap and the timing or success of any IPO; risks related to Beast Industries' ability to achieve its revenue guidance or growth projections; risks that third-party data regarding non-human internet activity may be inaccurate or subject to change; 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 are Eightco Holdings (BMNR, NASDAQ: ORBS) total treasury assets as of May 27, 2026?

Eightco reports total treasury assets of approximately $374 million as of May 27, 2026. According to Eightco, this includes OpenAI and Beast Industries equity, Worldcoin WLD tokens, Ethereum holdings, and about $144 million in cash and stablecoins.

How much OpenAI exposure does Eightco Holdings (BMNR) have in its treasury?

Eightco holds about $90 million of indirect OpenAI equity exposure via SPVs. According to Eightco, this represents approximately 24% of its treasury assets, making it one of the highest disclosed OpenAI concentrations among listed investment vehicles.

How large is Eightco Holdings (BMNR) Worldcoin (WLD) position and what share of supply is it?

Eightco holds 283,452,700 WLD, valued at $0.35 per token for treasury reporting. According to Eightco, this is roughly 8.3% of circulating WLD supply and about 26% of the company’s total treasury assets.

What exposure does Eightco Holdings (BMNR) have to Beast Industries and the creator economy?

Eightco has invested $18 million in Beast Industries equity within its treasury. According to Eightco, this equals about 5% of treasury assets, giving shareholders exposure to MrBeast’s large global audience and creator-focused media and commerce platform.

How much cash, stablecoins, and Ethereum does Eightco Holdings (BMNR) currently hold?

Eightco reports approximately $144 million in cash and stablecoins alongside 11,068 ETH. According to Eightco, these liquid digital and fiat assets form a significant portion of its $374 million treasury, complementing its positions in OpenAI, Worldcoin, and Beast Industries.

Which long-term mega-trends does Eightco Holdings (BMNR) target with its current portfolio?

Eightco focuses its holdings on artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy. According to Eightco, exposure comes through OpenAI for AI, Worldcoin WLD for Proof-of-Human digital identity, and Beast Industries for creator-led media and commerce growth.