Streamex Corp. (NASDAQ: STEX) hires Kori Handy to lead product and design

Q: What did Streamex Corp. announce in its latest 8-K filing?

Streamex Corp. announced the appointment of Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design. He will lead product strategy, customer experience, and design for the GLDY tokenized gold product and the broader Streamex platform as the company scales its real-world asset tokenization business.

Q: Who is Kori Handy and what experience does he bring to Streamex (STEX)?

Kori Handy is a product and design leader with 18 years of fintech and SaaS experience. He has worked with firms like Groundfloor, PayPal, DraftKings, Expedia, Agora, and Microsoft, helping scale platforms to more than $2B in assets under management and over 200 million users.

Q: What will Kori Handy oversee in his role at Streamex Corp.?

As Vice President of Product and Design, Kori Handy will oversee product strategy, customer experience, visual and design systems, brand direction, onboarding optimization, and the creation of new investor-facing financial products that support GLDY and future tokenized real-world asset offerings across the Streamex ecosystem.

Q: How does GLDY fit into Streamex Corp.’s growth strategy?

GLDY is Streamex’s gold-backed, yield-bearing tokenized security and a core product in its strategy. As GLDY expands into institutional and broader investor markets, Streamex is focused on building a simple, trustworthy, and globally accessible user experience under Handy’s product and design leadership.

Q: What past results has Kori Handy delivered at other fintech companies?

At Groundfloor , Handy led a full redesign that increased activation rates by 32%, boosted cash deposits by 27%, and supported record monthly AUM growth. At High Circle Banking, his product and design leadership helped the platform reach double-digit millions in assets under management within its first year.

Q: What sectors has Streamex Corp.’s new VP of Product and Design worked in?

Kori Handy has led product and design initiatives across fintech, banking, investing, enterprise software, and consumer technology. His work focuses on transforming complex financial infrastructure into intuitive, high-conviction user experiences that drive growth, conversion, retention, and increased assets under management for digital financial platforms.

Filing Impact

(Moderate)

Filing Sentiment

(Neutral)

Form Type

8-K

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Streamex Corp. filed an 8-K to announce that it has appointed Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design. He brings 18 years of experience building and scaling fintech and SaaS products at companies such as Microsoft, PayPal, DraftKings, Expedia, Groundfloor, and others.

Handy will lead product strategy and design for Streamex’s GLDY gold-backed, yield-bearing tokenized security and the broader Streamex ecosystem, focusing on customer experience, design systems, onboarding, and new investor-facing products as the company moves from infrastructure buildout to platform scale and mass-market expansion.

8-K Event Classification

2 items: 8.01, 9.01

2 items

Item 8.01 Other Events Other

Voluntary disclosure of events the company deems important to shareholders but not covered by other items.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Exhibits

Financial statements, pro forma financial information, and exhibit attachments filed with this report.

Key Figures

Industry experience: 18 years Scaled assets under management: $2B+ AUM User reach: 200 million users +5 more

8 metrics

Industry experience 18 years Product, design, and startup leadership in fintech and SaaS

Scaled assets under management $2B+ AUM Experience scaling fintech platforms beyond this level

User reach 200 million users Fintech and SaaS platforms built or scaled globally

Groundfloor AUM $2.5B+ AUM Real estate investing platform where Handy led redesign

Groundfloor investor base 280,000+ investors Investors on Groundfloor platform mentioned in background

Activation rate improvement 32% increase After Groundfloor platform redesign across web and mobile

Cash deposit increase 27% increase Result of Groundfloor investing platform redesign

App downloads 2 million+ downloads Applications launched via Design First Apps studio

Key Terms

tokenization ecosystem, assets under management, yield-bearing tokenized security, real-world assets, +1 more

5 terms

tokenization ecosystem financial

"a technology company building the tokenization ecosystem for all real-world assets"

assets under management financial

"platforms from zero to $2B+ in assets under management and more than 200 million users"

Assets under management (AUM) is the total value of all the investments that a financial company or fund is responsible for overseeing on behalf of its clients. It’s like a big bucket that shows how much money the firm is managing for people or organizations. A higher AUM often indicates a larger, more trusted company, and it can influence how much money they earn and the services they can offer.

yield-bearing tokenized security financial

"GLDY, Streamex’s gold-backed, yield-bearing tokenized security, continuing to expand"

real-world assets financial

"focused on the tokenization and digitalization of commodity real-world assets"

Real-world assets are physical or financial things of value—like property, commodities, loans, or art—that exist outside digital markets and can be bought, sold, or used as collateral. For investors, they matter because they often provide steady income, reduce reliance on volatile paper markets, and can add diversification much like owning a rental property beside stock holdings. Treat them like tangible building blocks that can stabilize a portfolio and back the value of financial products.

forward-looking statements regulatory

"This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995"

Forward-looking statements are predictions or plans that companies share about what they expect to happen in the future, like estimating sales or profits. They matter because they help investors understand a company's outlook, but since they are based on guesses and assumptions, they can sometimes be wrong.

Understanding 8-K Material Events →

05/27/2026 - 06:05 AM

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

May 26, 2026

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

STREAMEX CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38659	26-4333375
(State	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification Number)

2431 Aloma Avenue, Suite 243

Winter Park, Florida 32792

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(203) 409-5444

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		STEX		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 26, 2026, Streamex Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the appointment of Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design of the Company.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated May 26, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 27, 2026	By:	/s/ Karl Henry McPhie
	Name:	Karl Henry McPhie
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 99.1

Streamex Corp. Appoints Former Microsoft and PayPal Lead Product Designer Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design

WINTER PARK, Fla., May 26, 2026 — Streamex Corp. (“Streamex” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: STEX), a technology company building the tokenization ecosystem for all real-world assets beginning with commodities, today announced the appointment of Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design. Kori brings 18 years of experience scaling fintech and SaaS platforms from zero to $2B+ in assets under management and more than 200 million users, and joins Streamex at a pivotal moment in the Company’s growth trajectory.

Highlights

	●	Kori brings nearly two decades of product, design, and startup leadership experience building fintech and SaaS platforms used by more than 200 million people globally and helping scale businesses beyond $2B+ in assets under management. His work sits at the intersection of product vision, behavioral psychology, growth, and world-class design execution.
	●	Known for turning highly complex financial systems into intuitive, high-conviction user experiences, Kori has led transformative product redesigns and growth initiatives across some of the most recognized companies in fintech and technology, including Groundfloor, PayPal, DraftKings, Expedia, Agora, and Microsoft.
	●	Kori’s work has consistently translated into measurable business outcomes. At Groundfloor ($2.5B+ AUM), he led a complete redesign of the investing platform across web and mobile that drove a 32% increase in activation rates, a 27% increase in cash deposits, and record monthly AUM growth. At High Circle Banking, his product and design leadership helped drive double-digit millions in AUM within the first 12 months. Earlier in his career, he helped scale products reaching more than 1 million downloads and millions in ARR through design-led product strategy and execution.
	●	As Vice President of Product and Design, Kori will lead the evolution of the GLDY user experience and the broader Streamex ecosystem, overseeing product strategy, customer experience, visual systems, and the launch of next-generation financial products designed to redefine how investors interact with tokenized real-world assets.

Kori joins Streamex with a reputation for building ambitious, design-first financial products that blend simplicity, trust, and performance at scale. Over the course of his career, he has led product and design initiatives across fintech, banking, investing, enterprise software, and consumer technology, helping companies accelerate growth, improve conversion, increase assets under management, and create category-defining user experiences. He is joining Streamex at a pivotal moment as the Company transitions from infrastructure buildout into platform scale and mass-market product expansion. With GLDY, Streamex’s gold-backed, yield-bearing tokenized security, continuing to expand into institutional and broader investor markets, the Company is now focused on building an experience that makes sophisticated financial infrastructure feel effortless, intuitive, and globally accessible.

At Streamex, Kori will lead a comprehensive product transformation across the GLDY ecosystem and future product suite. His responsibilities will include product strategy, customer experience, design systems, brand direction, onboarding optimization, and the development of new investor-facing financial products.

Henry McPhie, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Streamex, said:

“Kori brings a rare combination of product vision, startup intensity, and elite design execution. He understands how to take highly complex financial infrastructure and turn it into experiences that feel simple, premium, and deeply intuitive. His work has consistently driven measurable business growth, from activation and retention to AUM expansion and customer trust. As we scale GLDY and introduce the next generation of tokenized financial products, Kori will play a major role in shaping how the world experiences modern digital assets.”

Kori Handy, Vice President of Product and Design, said:

“Streamex is building one of the most exciting financial products I’ve seen in years, a regulated, yield-bearing commodity product backed by real infrastructure, real liquidity, and real utility. What excites me most is the opportunity to humanize that complexity and create an experience that feels world-class, trustworthy, and incredibly easy to use.

I’ve always believed the future belongs to companies that can take powerful technology and make it feel simple, emotional, and accessible to everyday people. That’s what we’re building here. We’re not just designing another fintech product, we’re designing the future experience of owning and interacting with real-world assets on-chain.”

Background

Kori most recently served as Product Design Leader at Groundfloor, the award-winning real estate investing platform with more than $2.5B in AUM and over 280,000 investors. There, he led a full redesign across web and mobile platforms, modernizing the customer experience and driving significant gains in onboarding, deposits, retention, and overall investor engagement.

Prior to Groundfloor, he served as Head of Product Design at High Circle Banking, where he helped conceptualize and launch a premium banking and investing platform tailored to high-net-worth individuals. The platform scaled to double-digit millions in AUM within its first year.

Kori is also a repeat founder and operator. He founded Kepler Savings, a retirement fintech platform focused on helping hourly and contract workers build long-term wealth through payroll-linked investing experiences. The company gained early traction with enterprise brands including Taco Bell, KFC, and Wendy’s, scaled rapidly in ARR growth, and attracted backing from investors and executives associated with Salesforce, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

Earlier in his career, Kori founded Design First Apps, a product studio later acquired by a private equity firm after launching multiple globally featured applications that generated more than 2 million downloads and received over 40 Apple editorial features.

Throughout his career, Kori has become known for combining deep systems thinking with high-end product craftsmanship, helping companies bridge the gap between sophisticated financial infrastructure and human-centered user experiences.

About Streamex Corp.

Streamex Corp. (NASDAQ: STEX) is a technology company focused on the tokenization and digitalization of commodity real-world assets. Streamex delivers institutional-grade solutions that bridge traditional finance and blockchain-enabled markets through secure, regulated, and yield-bearing financial instruments.

For more information, visit www.streamex.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Streamex’s product development strategy, platform capabilities, growth initiatives, and GLDY’s expected performance and adoption. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Streamex’s control, and actual results may differ materially. Factors that could cause such differences include, among others, market conditions, regulatory developments, and macroeconomic factors affecting digital asset markets. A discussion of these and other factors is set forth in Streamex’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as may be supplemented or updated by Streamex’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Streamex undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.

Contacts

Streamex Press & Investor Relations

Adele Carey – Alliance Advisors Investor Relations

IR@streamex.com | acarey@allianceadvisors.com

Henry McPhie

Chief Executive Officer, Streamex Corp.

www.streamex.com | X.com/streamex

Source: View Original Filing on SEC EDGAR

FAQ

What did Streamex Corp. announce in its latest 8-K filing?

Streamex Corp. announced the appointment of Kori Handy as Vice President of Product and Design. He will lead product strategy, customer experience, and design for the GLDY tokenized gold product and the broader Streamex platform as the company scales its real-world asset tokenization business.

Who is Kori Handy and what experience does he bring to Streamex (STEX)?

Kori Handy is a product and design leader with 18 years of fintech and SaaS experience. He has worked with firms like Groundfloor, PayPal, DraftKings, Expedia, Agora, and Microsoft, helping scale platforms to more than $2B in assets under management and over 200 million users.

What will Kori Handy oversee in his role at Streamex Corp.?

As Vice President of Product and Design, Kori Handy will oversee product strategy, customer experience, visual and design systems, brand direction, onboarding optimization, and the creation of new investor-facing financial products that support GLDY and future tokenized real-world asset offerings across the Streamex ecosystem.

How does GLDY fit into Streamex Corp.’s growth strategy?

GLDY is Streamex’s gold-backed, yield-bearing tokenized security and a core product in its strategy. As GLDY expands into institutional and broader investor markets, Streamex is focused on building a simple, trustworthy, and globally accessible user experience under Handy’s product and design leadership.

What past results has Kori Handy delivered at other fintech companies?

At Groundfloor, Handy led a full redesign that increased activation rates by 32%, boosted cash deposits by 27%, and supported record monthly AUM growth. At High Circle Banking, his product and design leadership helped the platform reach double-digit millions in assets under management within its first year.

What sectors has Streamex Corp.’s new VP of Product and Design worked in?

Kori Handy has led product and design initiatives across fintech, banking, investing, enterprise software, and consumer technology. His work focuses on transforming complex financial infrastructure into intuitive, high-conviction user experiences that drive growth, conversion, retention, and increased assets under management for digital financial platforms.

Filing Exhibits & Attachments

4 documents

Press Releases

EX-99.1 EX-99.1 23.2 KB