Eightco reports $333 million in holdings including OpenAI stake
Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) disclosed total holdings of approximately $333 million as of April 27, 2026, according to a company statement. The holdings include a $90 million indirect investment in OpenAI through special purpose vehicles, representing 27% of treasury assets.
The company holds $25 million in Beast Industries equity, with $18 million funded and a $7 million future commitment. Additional assets include 11,068 Ethereum tokens, 283 million Worldcoin (WLD) tokens valued at $0.25 each, and $121 million in cash and stablecoins.
Eightco reports holding approximately 8.58% of WLD's circulating supply, which the company states is the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally. The WLD holdings represent about 21% of the company's treasury assets.
OpenAI released GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026, achieving 82.7% performance on Terminal-Bench 2.0, a benchmark for autonomous task completion. NVIDIA deployed the model internally to over 10,000 employees within two days of release.
Several companies have integrated World ID verification features, including Tinder for verified-human badges, Zoom for deepfake detection, and Docusign for signature verification. Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa use the technology to verify AI agents operating on the web.
"World is now on the way to being a real human network for the internet," said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and co-founder of Tools for Humanity, in a podcast with Pantera Capital.
Beast Industries operates with a combined 500 million-plus follower base across platforms, anchored by MrBeast as the most-watched person on YouTube. The company was founded by Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, who was named to the 2026 TIME100.
