Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $472 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Over 283 Million WLD Tokens
Rhea-AI Summary
Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: BMNR) reports total treasury holdings of approximately $472 million as of June 17, 2026. The portfolio includes $90M indirect OpenAI equity, $18M Beast Industries, $1M Mythical Games, 283,452,700 WLD tokens, 16,278 ETH, and about $149M in cash and stablecoins.
Holdings are aligned with three mega-trends: artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy. OpenAI represents ~19% of treasury assets, Worldcoin ~39%, and Beast Industries ~4%.
Positive
- Total treasury holdings reported at approximately $472 million as of June 17, 2026
- $90 million indirect OpenAI exposure, about 19% of treasury assets
- Holding 283,452,700 WLD, around 39% of treasury and 8.3% of circulating supply
- Cash and stablecoins of approximately $149 million plus 16,278 ETH
- $18 million Beast Industries and $1 million Mythical Games equity across creator and gaming sectors
Negative
- Treasury concentrated, with WLD at ~39% and OpenAI at ~19% of assets
- Significant exposure to digital assets, including 283M+ WLD tokens and 16,278 ETH
Key Figures
Previous Crypto,AI Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11 | Treasury update | Neutral | +0.0% | Updated disclosure of $406M AI, crypto, and cash treasury holdings mix. |
| Jun 04 | Treasury update | Neutral | +3.6% | Reported $437M treasury with large WLD, ETH and OpenAI exposure. |
| May 28 | Treasury update | Neutral | +3.8% | Detail on $374M holdings including WLD, ETH and private AI stakes. |
| May 21 | Treasury update | Neutral | +1.1% | Disclosure of $337M AI, digital identity and creator-economy portfolio. |
| May 13 | Treasury update | Neutral | -5.6% | Earlier $340M treasury report with significant WLD and ETH positions. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Treasury/crypto-AI updates have usually led to modest positive moves, with one notable negative reaction in the past month.
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Eightco treasury composition as of June 18, 2026:
OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering
World offers a solution to the 'double human' problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes
Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries
As of June 17, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. ET, ORBS' holdings include a
Top Headlines Driving the News:
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:
- Recently, SpaceX announced a
acquisition of Cursor to strengthen its AI software and coding capabilities through its AI division. Cursor is one of the fastest-growing AI coding platforms and has become a major enterprise AI product. This acquisition continues to reinforce investor appetite for AI infrastructure and productivity software (Reuters).$60 billion - This week, MrBeast broke another record by reaching 500 million subscribers on Youtube, becoming the first creator to achieve this milestone (TheWrap).
"AI companies going public is a positive development for the entire sector. As investors gain more exposure to AI leaders, interest often expands across the ecosystem, creating greater visibility and opportunity for companies like ORBS," said Thomas "Tom" Lee, Board Member of Eightco.
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 (
Artificial Intelligence — OpenAI
Eightco has invested approximately
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
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
Creator Economy — Beast Industries
Eightco has invested
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
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; the Company's belief that its treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system; statements regarding the potential for a direct listing or initial public offering of OpenAI following its submission of a confidential S-1; Tom Lee's statement that AI companies going public is a positive development for the entire sector and that as investors gain more exposure to AI leaders, interest often expands across the ecosystem, creating greater visibility and opportunity for companies like ORBS; statements regarding ChatGPT being the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history; beliefs that Proof-of-Human verification is becoming essential infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and financial systems in the agentic AI era; statements that World offers a solution to the "double human" problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes; statements regarding World's addressable revenue opportunity of
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