Eightco reveals $380M assets

Eightco Holdings has put a precise number on the portfolio it has been using to pitch itself to public-market investors: about $380 million as of September 2, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Nasdaq-listed company said the holdings include indirect OpenAI exposure, an equity stake in Beast Industries, 16,278 ether, nearly 302 million Worldcoin tokens and about $122 million in cash and stablecoins. (prnewswire.com) The disclosure appeared in a company release issued September 3 and was echoed in distribution copies published September 8. (markets.ft.com) The filing matters because it shows exactly how Eightco wants to be understood: not as a single-asset crypto vehicle, but as a hybrid treasury of venture-style AI exposure, creator-economy equity and liquid digital assets. The company’s own materials present those pieces side by side rather than separating them into operating and investment buckets. (prnewswire.com) ### How is the $380 million broken down? Eightco said its September 2 holdings included a $90 million investment in OpenAI held indirectly through special purpose vehicles, an $18 million funded investment in Beast Industries and a $1 million investment in Mythical Games. It also listed 301,971,219 WLD tokens, 16,278 ETH, and about $122 million in total cash and stablecoins. (prnewswire.com) The company valued the WLD position using a Coinbase reference price of $0.37 per token, according to the release text carried by financial distribution sites. That implies the Worldcoin stake accounted for roughly $112 million of the total, putting it alongside cash as one of the portfolio’s largest components. ### What does “indirect OpenAI exposure” mean here? Eightco described the OpenAI position as an investment held “indirectly, through SPVs,” or special purpose vehicles. (prnewswire.com) That means Eightco does not appear to hold OpenAI shares directly on its own cap table line, but through intermediary investment entities. The $90 million figure has been a recurring constant in Eightco’s treasury updates through 2026 even as the total portfolio value moved with cash balances and token prices. SEC exhibit materials tied to earlier company releases show the same OpenAI mark in July and August updates. (markets.ft.com) ### Why are WLD and ETH so central to this disclosure? Worldcoin, now branded simply as World in some company materials, is the biggest token position Eightco disclosed by unit count. The September 2 update put the holding at 301,971,219 WLD, while the ether balance stood at 16,278 ETH. (markets.ft.com) Earlier Eightco releases show how much the headline total can swing without major changes in the core portfolio. The company reported about $472 million of holdings on June 18, about $406 million on July 15, about $389 million on August 19 and about $380 million on September 2, with the OpenAI and ETH figures largely unchanged and cash levels lower over time. (markets.ft.com) ### Where does Beast Industries fit in? (sec.gov) Beast Industries was listed at $18 million in the latest update. Eightco has paired that stake with OpenAI in multiple releases as evidence of exposure to high-profile private companies outside public markets. The company’s earlier filings show that Beast Industries had previously been marked higher, at $25 million in late April, before later updates used the $18 million figure. (markets.ft.com) Eightco did not explain that change in the summary text surfaced in the release excerpts. ### What should investors watch next? Eightco said in the same September-period materials that it had repurchased more than 25 million common shares under a $125 million share repurchase program over the prior month. (prnewswire.com) Future company updates and SEC exhibits will show whether that buyback continues and whether the cash balance, WLD mark and private-company valuations change again. (kucoin.com) (prnewswire.com) (markets.ft.com)