Eightco discloses $380M AI and Worldcoin treasury
Eightco details a $380 million AI- and crypto-focused treasury, led by large OpenAI, Worldcoin and Beast Industries positions plus significant share repurchases.
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) reported total treasury holdings of approximately $380 million as of September 16, 2026, spanning digital assets and private technology investments. The portfolio includes $90 million of indirect OpenAI equity via SPVs, $18 million in Beast Industries equity, a $1 million investment in Mythical Games, 301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD) tokens at $0.37 per WLD, 16,278 Ethereum (ETH), and about $120 million in cash and stablecoins.
During the current quarter, Eightco repurchased over 26 million shares of common stock under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program. Management frames the strategy around three themes it expects to shape innovation over the next decade: artificial intelligence through OpenAI exposure, digital identity through WLD and the World network’s Proof of Human protocol, and the creator economy through Beast Industries. Eightco also highlights that WLD represents roughly 8.4% of circulating supply and about 29% of its treasury assets, while OpenAI exposure is about 24% and Beast Industries about 5%, and discloses extensive risks around concentrated positions, digital asset volatility, and regulatory developments.
Positive
- Approximately $380 million in diversified digital assets and private tech investments provides substantial balance sheet resources.
- Large, strategic stakes in OpenAI ($90 million), Worldcoin (301.97 million WLD), and Beast Industries ($18 million) give exposure to key AI, digital identity, and creator-economy trends.
- Repurchase of over 26 million shares under a $125 million buyback program reduces share count and signals capital return to shareholders.
Negative
- Treasury is highly concentrated, with 24% in OpenAI, 29% in WLD and 5% in Beast Industries, increasing exposure to a few assets.
- Risk factors highlight volatility in digital asset prices, regulatory and legislative risks around AI, digital identity and biometric data, and potential loss or markdown on strategic investments.
- The company notes risk regarding its ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements and to raise adequate capital for operations and investments.
8-K Event Classification
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Key Terms
Proof of Human technical
special purpose vehicles financial
Worldcoin (WLD) financial
agentic AI technical
circulating supply financial
continued listing requirements regulatory
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 17, 2026, Eightco Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) providing an update on the Company’s operations. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 17, 2026 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: September 17, 2026
| EIGHTCO HOLDINGS INC. | |
| /s/ Kevin O’Donnell | |
| Kevin O’Donnell | |
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Exhibit 99.1
Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) Reports Total Holdings of Approximately $380 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH and Nearly 302 Million WLD Tokens
Eightco treasury composition as of September 16, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $120M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $380 million
Eightco has recently repurchased over 26 million shares of common stock this quarter under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program
Eightco previously participated in World Foundation’s $52.5M funding round, led by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors
Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries
EASTON, Pa., September 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting its position across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies. During this quarter, Eightco has repurchased over 26 million shares of its common stock under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program.
As of September 16, 2026, at 4:30 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, 301,971,219 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.37 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum (ETH), and approximately $120 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total holdings of approximately $380 million.
Top Headlines Driving the News:
Eightco’s management believes the Company’s treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system. This week’s top headlines include:
| ● | On September 14, it was announced that OpenAI bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging, a startup that uses AI to improve smartphone camera quality, in a deal valued at over $300 million (The Wall Street Journal). | |
| ● | It was announced on September 15 that OpenAI supports a bipartisan House plan for third-party safety assessments that would require top AI companies to work with independent safety assessors. It is the first time OpenAI has backed a specific federal mandate requiring third-party safety assessors to review the work of the top companies developing advanced AI (Politico). | |
| ● | On September 16, World announced World One, a three-month residency in San Francisco for solo builders to build in public and ship frontier products powered by World ID technology. The first cohort will accept up to five builders, with office space and financial support provided (World). | |
| ● | Old Navy recently partnered with MrBeast on a back-to-school campaign, which resulted in an over 22% jump in traffic to Old Navy kids’ assortment online in the days immediately following its launch, according to data shared by Old Navy. To date, the MrBeast videos have generated over 100 million global views and 1.4 billion impressions on YouTube while boosting Old Navy’s viewership and engagement on other platforms, including TikTok, demonstrating the strength and impact of partnership with the creator economy to help drive engagement for legacy retail brands (RetailDive). |
“To me, the frontier labs inviting a form of self-regulation (SRO) is a critical and important step forward. The AI industry, by acknowledging safety risks and the need to take proactive steps, is bridging the chasm with those community leaders and citizens opposed to unabated AI progress. I believe this significantly improves the chances that existing opposition can ease. And at the same time, we think the industry will face few trade-offs with growth, and arguably, could allow growth to move at a faster pace,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Board Member of ORBS.
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 (29%), 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). On July 31, 2026, OpenAI announced that its models now reach more than one billion active users and more than two million businesses. Six months after signing up, people send roughly 50 percent more messages each day and use ChatGPT for about twice as many kinds of work.
Digital Identity — WLD Token
Eightco holds nearly 302 million WLD, approximately 8.4% of circulating supply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and approximately 29% 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, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera, and GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era.
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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, and holds one of the largest publicly disclosed positions in Worldcoin (WLD).
Who owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?
Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds nearly 302 million WLD, approximately 8.4% 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; management’s belief that the Company’s treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system; statements that frontier labs inviting a form of self-regulation is a critical step forward that improves the chances that existing opposition to AI progress can ease; statements that the industry will face few trade-offs with growth, and arguably could allow growth to move at a faster pace; statements regarding World’s addressable revenue opportunity across industries; statements that distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI commoditizes content production; statements that the Company is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era; statements that Proof of Human is foundational infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and systems requiring verified human identity; statements regarding the Company providing indirect exposure to defining trends through its investments in OpenAI, WLD, and Beast Industries; and statements regarding continued share repurchases under the Company’s $125 million share repurchase program. Words such as “plans,” “expects,” “will,” “anticipates,” “continue,” “expand,” “advance,” “develop,” “believes,” “guidance,” “target,” “may,” “remain,” “project,” “outlook,” “intend,” “estimate,” “could,” “should,” “positioned,” “view,” 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 it 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, business model developments, and any future liquidity events; risks related to Beast Industries’ ability to achieve its growth projections; competition in the digital identity and AI infrastructure markets; reliance on third-party sources for the valuation of certain investments; uncertainty regarding MrBeast’s continued success and the performance of Beast Industries’ creator-driven business model; risks related to the Company’s concentrated positions in certain digital assets and private company investments; risks related to the Company’s share repurchase program, including the timing, pricing, and amount of any repurchases; shifting public and governmental positions on digital assets or artificial intelligence-related industries, including potential backlash against data centers; risks related to the timing, features, and commercial reception of OpenAI’s model releases; risks related to OpenAI’s advertising business and its ability to sustain revenue growth; risks that WLD supply dynamics may not result in anticipated market effects; uncertainty regarding the pace and direction of AI industry self-regulation and its impact on the Company’s investments; and risks that partnerships in the creator economy, including the Old Navy and MrBeast partnership, may not result in sustained engagement or brand value. 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, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 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 the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect actual results or any change in its expectations.
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