Eightco ($ORBS) Announces Multi-Month Lock-Up Extension of Board, Management and 100% of PIPE Investors, Signaling Strong Conviction in Long-Term Strategy
Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS) announced a multi-month lock-up extension covering Board, management and 100% of PIPE investors, paired with a Board-approved $125 million share buyback.
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Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS) announced a multi-month lock-up extension covering Board, management and 100% of PIPE investors, paired with a Board-approved $125 million share buyback. The company said these actions signal insider confidence in its long-term growth strategy and execution roadmap. Eightco also noted it holds >10% of the current WLD supply and plans an institutional non-deal roadshow in January to engage investors.
The company highlighted partnerships with Coinbase, Kraken and Mythical Games and said executives will showcase Infinity by ORBS at CES 2026 while preparing additional updates in the coming weeks.
Positive
- $125M Board-approved share buyback program
- Lock-up extension of 100% PIPE plus Board and management shares
- Holds >10% of current WLD supply
- Planned institutional non-deal roadshow in January 2026
Negative
- Concentration exposure from holding >10% of WLD supply
Details
News Market Reaction – ORBS
On Jan 5, the day this news came out, ORBS closed 8.24% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Jan 5 session.
Key Figures
- Share buyback size
- $125 million
- Board-approved buyback program referenced in Dec 29 news and this release
- WLD circulating share
- over 10%
- Portion of current WLD supply in circulation held by Eightco
- WLD holdings
- 277,222,975 WLD
- Treasury position as of Dec 30, 2025 chairman’s message
- ETH holdings
- 11,068 ETH
- Treasury ETH position as of Dec 30, 2025 chairman’s message
- Cash & stablecoins
- $69.2 million
- Cash and stablecoin balance as of Dec 30, 2025
- Exempt offering size
- $270,000,000
- Total offering on Form D Rule 506(c), fully sold
- Investors in Form D
- 74 investors
- Number of investors reported in the $270M exempt offering
- Schedule 13D stake
- 9.99%
- MOZAYYX group ownership of Eightco common stock as of Sept 9, 2025
Historical Context
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Year-end message detailing treasury holdings, strategy and upcoming investor outreach.
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Board authorization of share buyback program for up to $125 million.
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Bitmine reporting large ETH and cash holdings and strong crypto treasury metrics.
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Bitmine detailing sizeable ETH holdings and a strategic stake in Eightco.
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Zeta’s CES AI programming featuring Eightco’s chairman in an AI-focused session.
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Key Terms
pipe investors financial
non-deal roadshow financial
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Eightco holds over
The company recently announced a share buyback program for up to
Chairman Dan Ives and CEO Kevin O'Donnell to attend CES in
The Company is supported by a group of strategic and institutional investors including: Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, Wedbush, Coinfund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Kraken, Pantera, GSR, Brevan Howard and more
"When the Board, management team, and PIPE investors are all locked in, it tells us leadership is fully aligned behind the company's vision and confident in the roadmap ahead," said Dan Ives, Chairman of Eightco ($ORBS). "As we begin 2026, this kind of alignment sends an important signal to the market that insiders are focused on building durable value over time."
"Following the recently announced
Through strategic investments and partnerships, including with Mythical Games, Coinbase and Kraken, in addition to its Worldcoin treasury, Eightco is driving the development of a universal framework for digital identity and authentication. Infinity by ORBS is leading the advancement of AI-resistant enterprise authentication and will continue to develop new approaches to meet the evolving identity and verification challenges that come with scaled AI adoption.
Eightco intends to launch an institutional investor-focused non-deal roadshow in January to actively engage with the investment community and showcase the company's differentiated technology platform.
ABOUT EIGHTCO HOLDINGS INC.
Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is building the authentication and trust layer for the post-AGI world. Its mission centers on strategic pillars including consumer authentication, enterprise authentication, and gaming authentication. Through its pioneering digital asset strategies, including the first-of-its-kind Worldcoin treasury, and partnerships with leading technology innovators, Eightco is establishing a universal foundation for digital identity and Proof of Human verification. Dan Ives serves as Chairman of Eightco, where he leads the company's mission to build the global authentication and trust layer in an AI world.
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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. 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: Eightco's ability to maintain compliance with the Nasdaq's continued listing requirements; unexpected costs, charges or expenses that reduce Eightco's capital resources; Eightco's inability to raise adequate capital to fund its business; Eightco's inability to innovate and attract users for Eightco's products; future legislation and rulemaking negatively impacting digital assets; and shifting public and governmental positions on digital asset mining activity. 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 forward-looking statements, see Eightco's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025. 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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