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ORBS) Reports Total Holdings Of Approximately $386 Million, Includes OpenAI, Beast Industries, More Than 16,000 ETH And Over 283 Million WLD Tokens

by admin July 2, 2026

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Eightco treasury composition as of July 1, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $386 million

Worldcoin token (WLD) now listed on Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), expanding access to millions

OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering

World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes

Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries

EASTON, Pa., July 2, 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.

As of July 1, 2026, at 4:00 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, 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) at $0.36 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum (ETH), and approximately $149 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total holdings of approximately $386 million.

Top Headlines Driving the News:

ORBS 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 June 30, it was announced that the U.S. lifted its ban on Anthropic’s powerful Fable 5 AI model. The temporary ban on Anthropic’s most advanced models signals a shift from a hands-off regulatory approach as AI systems become powerful enough to warrant greater government oversight (CNBC).
On July 1, it was announced that Meta plans to build a cloud business to sell AI computing power, with a potential plan to sell access to various AI models that are hosted on Meta’s existing AI infrastructure (Bloomberg).
According to a survey of U.S. adults, an estimated 15 million people in the U.S. were scammed out of money, with 12% of successful scams involving AI or deepfakes (NBC).

“The AI revolution is moving beyond breakthrough models to a larger global ecosystem of infrastructure, compute, applications, and capital formation,” said Thomas “Tom” Lee, Board Member of Eightco. “As AI capabilities expand and as AI industry attracts more capital, critical decisions are being made by human leaders, such as the team at OpenAI. This reflects the central role of human decisions play in our future and the importance of ‘proof of human’ to distinguish between signal and noise from machines versus those from humans.”

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 (23% of ORBS’ treasury holdings), Worldcoin (27%), 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 23% 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) and crossed 900 million weekly active users in February 2026, making it the fastest-scaling consumer technology in history (UBS via Reuters).

Digital Identity — WLD Token

Eightco holds over 283 million WLD, approximately 8.1% of circulating supply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and approximately 27% 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, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera, and GSR, Eightco is building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era.

For more information:

X: @iamhuman_orbs

Website: 8co.holdings

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.

Who owns the most Worldcoin (WLD)?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) holds 283 million WLD, approximately 8.1% 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; the Company’s belief that its treasury portfolio holds some of the most critical components for the future AI and digital financial system; the belief that expanded liquidity of WLD improves the utility of the WLD token; statements regarding the potential for an initial public offering of OpenAI following its submission of a confidential S-1; statements that Proof-of-Human verification provides foundational infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and any system requiring “one person, one account” in the agentic AI era; statements that World offers a solution to the “double human” problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes; statements regarding World’s addressable revenue opportunity of $6.35 trillion across industries spanning banking, e-commerce, gaming, social media, and agentic AI; statements regarding the Company’s position as the largest publicly disclosed institutional holder of WLD globally; statements that distribution and audience trust become increasingly scarce assets as AI commoditizes content production; and statements regarding the Company building the infrastructure layer for human verification in the agentic AI era. 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: the Company’s inability to direct the management or operations of private businesses where the Company 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 the timing or success of any IPO; 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; and shifting public and governmental positions on digital assets or artificial intelligence-related industries. 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 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 such statements to reflect future events or developments, except as required by law.

July 2, 2026 0 comments

Press Release

Valle Capital Token Launches RWA And Agribusiness Ecosystem

by admin July 1, 2026

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands, July 1st, 2026, Chainwire

VCT combines blockchain transparency, agribusiness intelligence, export-finance infrastructure and real-world asset tokenization on BNB Smart Chain.

Valle Capital Token (“VCT”) today announced the development and expansion of its blockchain-powered ecosystem designed to connect global digital capital with Brazilian agribusiness operations and international commodity exports.

Built on BNB Smart Chain, Valle Capital Token combines utility-token functionality with a real-world asset-focused model intended to support greater transparency, operational visibility and digital infrastructure across agricultural production, commodity financing, logistics and export activity.

The project is structured around a British Virgin Islands tokenization entity and aims to create a bridge between traditional agribusiness, international trade and the global Web3 economy. Through EVM smart contracts, digital dashboards, monitoring tools and on-chain records, Valle Capital intends to support a more transparent and connected ecosystem for producers, commercial partners, exporters, international buyers and eligible global participants.

Connecting Global Capital to the Real Economy

Brazilian agribusiness and commodity exports represent one of the country’s most important economic engines. The sector depends on continuous access to capital, operational intelligence, logistics coordination, documentation control and reliable reporting across every phase of the production and export chain.

From advance commodity purchases and crop financing to storage, shipment preparation and international settlement, agricultural and export operations often involve multiple parties, including producers, buyers, warehouses, logistics providers, exporters, financial partners, insurers and international counterparties.

Valle Capital Token is designed to help address this operational complexity by creating a technological layer that organizes information, improves visibility and supports digital integration across the agro-export chain.

The project’s market opportunity is driven by the increasing demand for:

More transparent agribusiness and export operations
Better access to structured working capital
Reliable contract and document monitoring
Digital traceability from field to shipment
Operational intelligence through data and artificial intelligence
Blockchain-based auditability for selected commercial milestones
New technology infrastructure connecting real assets and global digital capital

VCT is positioned at the intersection of agribusiness, commodity trading, export finance and real-world asset tokenization.

A Technology Layer for the Entire Agribusiness Chain

Valle Capital Token is not designed solely as a digital asset. It is being developed as a broader ecosystem of digital tools and operational infrastructure for the agribusiness and export sector.

The platform is expected to include:

Satellite Monitoring and Field Intelligenc: The ecosystem plans to use imagery and field data to monitor agricultural areas and track the evolution of production cycles. These tools are intended to support improved operational visibility across the agricultural chain.
Climate Mapping: Territorial and climate indicators are planned to support decision-making throughout crop cycles, helping participants monitor environmental and operational conditions relevant to agricultural activity.
Logistics Tracking: Valle Capital Token plans to provide visibility into commodity movement, storage, commercial preparation and shipment-related milestones, helping reduce fragmented information among partners in the supply chain.
Irrigation and Field Mapping: The platform is expected to include tools for mapping and visualizing irrigated areas, soil information and field infrastructure, supporting operational analysis and agricultural planning.
Operational Artificial Intelligence: VCT plans to integrate AI-based tools for operational analysis, sector intelligence and data interpretation, strengthening the ability of participants to understand trends, monitor activity and make more informed decisions.
Digital Traceability: Digital traceability tools are intended to support the monitoring of production-chain information, operational milestones and product-origin data. This can create a clearer historical record for selected activities within the agro-export ecosystem.
Information Panels and Operational Alerts: The project plans to provide dashboards for users and partners, combining field data, operational progress, real-time alerts and relevant ecosystem information in a single digital environment.
Smart Contracts and On-Chain Transparency: A central component of Valle Capital Token is its use of EVM-compatible smart contracts to support auditable records of selected capital flows, commercial structures and operational milestones.

The project intends to register hashes and references associated with real-world operations, which may include:

Agricultural agreements
Commodity purchase contracts
Export and international trade agreements
Invoices
Packing lists
Bills of Lading
Certificates
Logistics milestones
Delivery confirmations
Settlement status

This structure is designed to improve auditability and transparency without replacing the legal, financial, and commercial processes required for real-world operations.

According to the project’s model, financing flows are expected to be formalized through legal structures and recorded on-chain to create a more transparent operational record.

Agribusiness and Export Finance Strategy

Valle Capital Token’s ecosystem is designed around two primary operational areas.

Valle Capital: Agribusiness Operations

The project plans to support infrastructure connected to:

Agricultural financing for producers
Advance commodity purchases
Working-capital support
Crop financing
Future-contract structuring
Agricultural supply-chain operations

Grupo CGM: Export Operations

The export-finance structure may support:

Pre-shipment financing
Logistics and shipping costs
Operational cost coverage
Commodity-export preparation
International trade activities
Export-volume expansion

The project states that international capital may be transferred to Brazilian operating entities through formalized legal mechanisms, including capital contributions and structured private-loan agreements, subject to applicable law, regulatory requirements and project compliance procedures.

VCT Token and Ecosystem Utility

VCT is positioned as an RWA-focused utility token intended to connect eligible global participants to a growing ecosystem of digital tools, services, programs, benefits and future platform modules.

The current website identifies a total supply of 650,000,000 VCT on BNB Smart Chain. The token allocation is structured across presale, operations and treasury, liquidity and listings, marketing and ecosystem development, team and advisors, and strategic reserve and legal allocation.

Current token allocation includes:

35% — Presale: 227.5 million VCT
25% — Operations and Treasury: 162.5 million VCT
15% — Liquidity and Listings: 97.5 million VCT
10% — Marketing and Ecosystem: 65 million VCT
10% — Team and Advisors: 65 million VCT
5% — Strategic Reserve and Legal: 32.5 million VCT

The presale is structured across 15 rounds of 10 days each. The website states that presale allocations include 10% at token-generation event, with the remaining 90% released over 12 months.

Roadmap Toward Global RWA Expansion

Valle Capital Token has outlined a phased roadmap focused on moving from token infrastructure and presale activity to real operational deployment and broader ecosystem expansion.

Phase 1 — Foundation and Presale includes the BVI tokenization entity, smart-contract development, audit preparation, BNB Smart Chain deployment and the 15-round presale structure.

Phase 2 — Capital Deployment focuses on agribusiness financing through Valle Capital, export-finance activity through Grupo CGM, formalized capital flows and investor dashboards.

Phase 3 — Smart Operations includes satellite and climate monitoring, logistics-tracking modules, AI operational analysis, digital traceability and staking-related ecosystem tools.

Phase 4 — RWA Scale targets on-chain commodity tokenization, card-gateway and fiat on-ramp integration, international partnerships, exchange-listing preparation and the development of a global RWA marketplace.

Why Valle Capital Token Stands Out

Valle Capital Token is designed around a differentiated proposition: combining blockchain technology with real agribusiness and commodity-export operations rather than focusing exclusively on speculative digital-asset use cases.

The project’s main advantages include:

Focus on Brazilian agribusiness and global commodity exports
BVI tokenization structure and BNB Smart Chain deployment
Utility token with an RWA-focused ecosystem model
Smart contract-based transparency and auditability
Satellite, climate and logistics intelligence tools
Digital traceability for the agro-export chain
AI-driven operational analysis
Investor and partner dashboards
Structured capital deployment for agro and export operations
Long-term roadmap toward global RWA marketplace infrastructure

“Valle Capital Token is being developed to connect technology, capital and real operational activity. Our goal is to create a more transparent digital ecosystem where agribusiness, exports, blockchain infrastructure and global participants can operate together,” said Luan Coimbra Correia Responsible Representative, Valle Token.

Important Notice

VCT is a utility token and does not represent equity, ownership participation, a security, guaranteed returns, guaranteed yield or guaranteed token appreciation. Participation in digital assets involves risks, including market volatility, liquidity risk, technology risk, operational risk, regulatory changes and potential loss of capital.

The project states that participation is subject to applicable laws, jurisdictional restrictions, KYC/AML verification and legal review. The VCT presale is not marketed to persons located in, or citizens or residents of, the United States, Brazil or OFAC-sanctioned jurisdictions.

About Valle Capital Token

Valle Capital Token is a blockchain-powered agribusiness, export-finance and real-world asset ecosystem. The project aims to connect global digital capital with Brazilian agricultural operations and international commodity exports through EVM smart contracts, blockchain transparency, digital traceability, operational intelligence and scalable Web3 infrastructure.

Official Links

Website: https://valletoken.com

Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.valletoken.com

Telegram: https://t.me/vallecapitaltoken

X / Twitter: https://x.com/valletoken_

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vallecapitaltoken

Contact

CFO
Luan Coimbra Correia
VALLE CAPITAL TOKEN
support@valletoken.com

July 1, 2026 0 comments

Press Release

Ethereum Institutional Launches As Independent Non-Profit To Bring Institutional Finance Onchain At Scale

by admin July 1, 2026

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Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin fund a new dedicated go-to-market organization built by Ethereum Foundation alumni

NEW YORK, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ethereum Institutional, an independent non-profit organization, today announced its public launch as the dedicated institutional front door for the Ethereum ecosystem. The organization consolidates a year of institutional engagement work led by the Ethereum Foundation’s go-to-market team, housing it in an independent organization with a sharper mission, broader geographic footprint and long-term funding. Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), Sharplink, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBET) and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin are anchoring the funding, along with dozens of individual and institutional contributors.

Ethereum Institutional exists so as the world’s largest financial institutions make their foundational, long-lived platform decisions about tokenization, stablecoins and onchain market infrastructure, they engage Ethereum through a credible, neutral counterpart. Ethereum does not force a single rigid configuration, but lets institutions choose the approach that fits each use case, while deriving security from the world’s most robust and reliable digital asset settlement layer.

This launch represents the second major independent steward organization for Ethereum’s ecosystem unveiled in the last week, following the announcement of Ethlabs, a research and development lab also founded by former Ethereum Foundation leaders. Together, Ethlabs and Ethereum Institutional form complementary pillars of Ethereum’s next chapter: one advancing protocol-layer innovation and core infrastructure, the other ensuring institutions have a credible, dedicated counterpart to guide them from evaluation through deployment at scale. Ethereum Institutional brings ecosystem experience and unbiased expertise to the world’s largest financial institutions.

The institutional adoption moment is now. Ethereum currently hosts roughly $180 billion of stablecoins on mainnet, approximately 60% of total stablecoin supply and roughly two-thirds of all tokenized real-world assets. Leading financial institutions across asset management, banking, payments, custody and market infrastructure are actively building on the network. Meanwhile, competing ecosystems have made institutional adoption their explicit commercial priority, each running well-funded business development organizations with dedicated mandates to land institutional deployments.

The platform decisions institutions are making in the next 12-24 months will set the topology of onchain finance for decades. Coordinated, credible representation now unifies the conversation, and supports expanding Ethereum’s robust network, which benefits its existing and future users.

Ethereum Institutional launches with a proven track record and existing momentum: the team has built over 500 institutional relationships covering the global universe of Tier-1 banks, top-tier asset managers, sovereign institutions, custodians and market infrastructure providers. The team has established a thought leader gathering through the Institutional Ethereum Forum, which brought together more than 150 senior executives and Heads of Digital Assets from institutions representing roughly $250 trillion in combined assets under management.

Ethereum Institutional will operate along five focus areas from day one: Institutional Education and Engagement, Institutional Intelligence, ETH and Ecosystem Marketing, Standards and Best Practices and Institutional Events. Geographic coverage will expand from New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore into additional primary financial centers including Zurich, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Abu Dhabi, with dedicated institutional leads embedded in each region operating under a shared credibly neutral mandate.

Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine. “Financial institutions are making infrastructure decisions today that will shape capital markets for decades, and Ethereum is increasingly at the center of those conversations. Ethereum Institutional arrives at exactly the right moment, creating a trusted, independent home where institutions can engage with the ecosystem, develop standards and accelerate adoption. It’s an important step toward making Ethereum the backbone of the next generation of global financial infrastructure.”

Joseph Chalom, Chief Executive Officer of Sharplink. “I spent two decades helping the world’s largest institutions adopt new technology, and I have rarely seen the conditions align the way they have for Ethereum. These institutions are moving from interest to action across tokenization, stablecoins and a new financial market infrastructure. Ethereum Institutional was built to meet them at exactly this moment.”

Joe Lubin, Ethereum co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Consensys. “Ethereum has become the premier infrastructure for decentralized, verifiable, programmable trust. For more than a decade, the researchers, developers and ecosystem have focused on doing the hard work without cutting corners: making the network more scalable, more affordable, more usable, and protecting credible neutrality and censorship resistance via progressive rigorous decentralization. This is why it has been the first and prevailing choice for the majority of stablecoin activity, tokenized assets, DeFi and other onchain financial infrastructure. Traditional finance is already onboarding itself to Ethereum’s decentralized rails. Ethereum Institutional will help accelerate this next major chapter, enabling institutions to engage at scale, promoting the openness and permissionless innovation that make the network uniquely powerful and valuable.”

Concluding, David Walsh, Executive Director of Ethereum Institutional, said, “Ethereum’s credible neutrality is one of its greatest strengths, but neutrality without representation can often be seen as silence. The Ethereum ecosystem needs a credible, independent counterpart institutions can engage with directly; someone financial leaders can call, brief their board with, and trust to come back with honest answers. Ethereum Institutional exists to be this dedicated counterpart. Our job is to translate institutional requirements into deployments that scale, and ultimately to make Ethereum the foundational layer for institutional finance.”

Lee, Chalom and Walsh will serve as the members of the Board of Directors.

About Bitmine

Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR) is a Bitcoin miner with operations in the US. The company is deploying its excess capital to be the leading Ethereum Treasury company in the world, implementing an innovative digital asset strategy for institutional investors and public market participants. Guided by its philosophy of “the alchemy of 5%,” the Company is committed to ETH as its primary treasury reserve asset, leveraging native protocol-level activities including staking and decentralized finance mechanisms. The Company launched MAVAN (Made-in America Validator Network), a dedicated staking infrastructure for Bitmine assets, in 2026.

About Sharplink

Sharplink (NASDAQ: SBET) is a leading institutional-grade Ethereum treasury platform designed to give public market investors smarter, more productive exposure to ETH. Ethereum underpins the majority of global stablecoin, tokenized real-world assets and decentralized finance settlement. Sharplink was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. Learn more at sharplink.com.

About Ethereum Institutional

Ethereum Institutional is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the institutional adoption of Ethereum. The organization functions as the neutral front door for institutions to enter the Ethereum ecosystem, working directly with banks, asset managers, custodians, market infrastructures, fintechs, and sovereign institutions to translate their requirements into on-chain deployments. The organization operates five focus areas: Institutional Education and Engagement, Institutional Intelligence, ETH and Ecosystem Marketing, Industry Discovery and Requirements, and Institutional Events. Learn more at ethereuminstitutional.org.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains statements regarding anticipated institutional interest in Ethereum, research focus and roadmaps, governance arrangements, funding availability, and program scaling. These statements are based on current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including market conditions for digital assets, regulatory changes, protocol-level developments, timing of institutional deployments, funding availability and general economic conditions. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and are not guarantees. Ethereum Institutional and its funders undertake no obligation to update them except as required by law. This press release is for informational purposes only.

July 1, 2026 0 comments

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FxPro Eliminates Spread On Cryptos & Indices

by admin July 1, 2026

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LONDON, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FxPro, the #1 global broker, has announced a massive overhaul of its trading conditions, completely eliminating spreads on major cryptocurrency and index CFDs.

By driving spreads down to absolute zero on Bitcoin, Ethereum and more, FxPro is delivering institutional-grade pricing to the retail market, setting a new benchmark for competitive trading conditions. Crucially, these zero spreads are backed by deep liquidity, meaning traders can access them not just with minimum trade sizes but also when executing high-volume orders.

Zero Spreads on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dow & Nasdaq100

Traders can now execute positions with no markup whatsoever, backed by a highly transparent, low-commission structure.

These changes establish FxPro as the most compelling broker for active traders seeking institutional-style pricing, powerful execution and high, flexible leverage.

“By bringing spreads down to zero on our flagship Raw+ account, we are directly responding to the trading community’s demand for ultra-low-cost market access,” said Jakub Soltys, Head of Execution at FxPro. “We are removing friction so traders can focus purely on market opportunity with institutional-style pricing.”

Clients can access these newly optimised 0 spread conditions across multiple award-winning platforms, including MT4, MT5, and the 5-star rated FxPro App with the Raw+ account type, depending on their jurisdiction.

Huge Spread Reductions on Standard Accounts

Major spread reductions of nearly 80% have also been applied to FxPro Standard accounts, ensuring significantly improved pricing is accessible across all account tiers and jurisdictions.

About FxPro

FxPro is the world’s #1 broker with over 145 awards and is trusted by millions of clients worldwide. For over two decades, the company has provided access to over 2,100 trading instruments across FX, stocks, futures, indices, metals, energy and more via its powerful platforms. Regulated across multiple jurisdictions, FxPro delivers ultra-fast execution, deep liquidity and a client-centric trading experience.

Media Contact:

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July 1, 2026 0 comments

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Utorg Obtains MiCA License As July 1 Deadline Forces Much Of The Industry Out Of Europe

by admin July 1, 2026

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Dubai, UAE, July 1st, 2026, Chainwire

Utorg, a crypto wallet and card platform built on institutional-grade infrastructure, today announced it has received full authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, effective July 1, 2026 – the date on which the industry’s transitional period ends and unauthorized providers can no longer legally serve European users.

The company, which also provides regulated crypto rails, wallets and stablecoin infrastructure to businesses across 130+ countries, is among a small number of platforms to have completed the full authorization process and is now cleared to operate across all 29 EEA member states, a combined market of over 450 million people.

What MiCA means for users

MiCA is the EU’s first unified regulatory framework for crypto-assets, establishing binding standards on consumer protection, transparency, and financial integrity across all member states.

For users, MiCA authorization means concrete protective measures that previously did not exist in crypto: funds must be held separately from company assets, fees must be disclosed upfront, and users have a legal right to file complaints with a national regulator. If a MiCA-authorized platform fails, user assets are protected under EU law (not subject to the discretion of an offshore jurisdiction).

For Utorg, the authorization is the result of a full regulatory review of its products, operations, and compliance infrastructure. It also means ongoing oversight: Utorg is now subject to regular reporting obligations and supervisory review under EU financial law.

Industry background

July 1, 2026 marks the end of MiCA’s transitional period – the point at which crypto-asset service providers without full authorization can no longer legally serve users in the EEA.

In the months leading up to the deadline, a significant portion of the market has withdrawn from or restricted European operations. Utorg is among the few platforms to have completed the full authorization process and is operational from day one of the new regulatory regime.

Eugene Petrakov, Co-founder of Utorg, said: “Most of the industry spent the last two years hoping MiCA would get delayed or softened. We spent it building toward it. For European users, July 1 means fewer options, stricter standards, and a much shorter list of platforms they can actually trust. We intend to be at the top of that list, not just because we’re authorized, but because we built a product that is safe by design. The license confirms what was already true.”

Utorg’s products available to EEA residents

From July 1, EEA users can continue to access Utorg’s full product suite through the Utorg App, including:

A crypto wallet supporting buy, send, receive, store, and swap across 170+ cryptocurrencies and 14 blockchains, including BTC, ETH, and SOL. Thanks to its non-custodial nature, Utorg has no access to users’ funds at any point.
A crypto card accepted at 80 million+ merchants worldwide, with Google Pay and Apple Pay support and allowing users to spend their crypto as they wish. It’s worth mentioning that there are no fees for issuance, maintenance, or top-ups.

This crypto card operates under strict AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance requirements, as mandated by MiCA, ensuring users benefit from the full protections afforded by EU law.

For card payments specifically, Utorg holds a PCI DSS Level 2 certificate under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. This is the same security framework used across the traditional payments industry, and it governs how card numbers, transaction records, and personal details are stored, processed, and transmitted. Compliance is verified through regular audits by an independent assessor.

About Utorg

Founded in 2019, Utorg is a crypto infrastructure and consumer application fintech company operating across 130+ countries. It provides regulated on/off-ramp rails, wallet infrastructure, and stablecoin solutions to fintechs, exchanges, digital asset platforms and other businesses globally. Its consumer app, trusted by more than 2 million users, offers a self-custodial multi-chain wallet and a free Visa crypto card, available on iOS (in July) and Android. Utorg is MiCA-authorized and holds PCI DSS Level 2 certification.

Contact

CMO
Andrey
Utorg
pr@utorg.com

July 1, 2026 0 comments

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A Decentralized Coordination Layer For Web, Blockchain, & AI

by admin June 30, 2026

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Sheridan, USA / Wyoming, June 30th, 2026, Chainwire

Five years in the making, Autheo is launching its decentralized operating system on Mainnet — after public testnet adoption surpassed 1.8 million wallets, nearly 1 million smart contracts, and 8.8 million transactions.

Autheo today formally introduced its decentralized operating system to the public: a coordination layer designed to let the traditional Web, blockchain networks, and AI agents interoperate natively as a single system. The company is now launching its Mainnet — the production environment for the network — after more than a year of public testnet activity.

THE COORDINATION LAYER THE INTERNET NEVER HAD

The networking wars of the 1980s and early 1990s settled a principle that has shaped the Internet ever since: interoperability comes from pragmatic, openly deployed protocols, not top-down frameworks. The standards that won — TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS — succeeded by being practical and deployable, and the modern Internet still rests on them. The blockchain era took a different path: each network optimized for its own internal consistency — its own security model, consensus mechanism, APIs, SDKs, and developer tooling — and the result has been a fragmented landscape of largely siloed chains. The rapid rise of AI agents now amplifies that fragmentation, as a growing population of autonomous actors needs to transact across Web, blockchain, and AI systems that were never designed to coordinate with one another.

Protocols such as IBC, LayerZero, CCIP, Wormhole, and Axelar have made meaningful progress on chain-to-chain messaging and asset transfer — but those efforts operate at the bridging layer. Autheo addresses the problem from a different angle: a shared substrate where Web services, blockchain networks, and AI agents coordinate natively on a common identity, communications, execution, and infrastructure layer, rather than relying on bridges that pass messages between otherwise disconnected systems.

At the same time, approximately three-quarters of business applications today are delivered as SaaS, and identity, storage, compute, payments, and messaging already run as distributed services across the Web. The Internet, in other words, has quietly taken on many of the functions of an operating system. What it has lacked is the layer that lets those services — together with blockchain networks and AI agents — interoperate by default, rather than through one-off, brittle integrations built per partner, per protocol, and per chain.

Autheo’s purpose is to provide that coordination and execution layer. The Autheo OS exposes the standard functions one would expect of an operating system—identity, scheduling, messaging, state, compute, storage, and execution—as open, programmable services that any application, protocol, or agent can call. The objective is an integration substrate on which Web2 systems, Web3 protocols, and AI agents can transact and collaborate without needing to know which environment the counterparty is in. For autonomous AI agents specifically, Autheo is built around an on-chain, quantum-resistant trust and identity layer — designed so agents can hold credentials, sign transactions, and invoke services without depending on external systems or exposing private keys. The two design imperatives behind the project are simple: integration and interoperability.

“We didn’t set out to build just another network,” said Scott Bayless, Managing Director and co-founder of Autheo. “We set out to find the right relation between the ones we already have. A body has many parts. A city is many trades. The Internet today is many systems — each doing its work, none of them moving as one. With Mainnet now live, Autheo is the layer where the web, the chain, and the agent can finally work together.”

FOUNDED BY LONG-TIME COLLABORATORS

Autheo was founded in July 2021 by Todd Mortenson and Scott Bayless, long-time collaborators who have built and operated multiple ventures together over the past two decades.

The founders shared a simple thesis: the next phase of the Internet will be defined less by any single technology — and more by the coordination layer that enables the traditional Web, blockchain networks, and AI to operate as a single system. Much of what ultimately matters in technology tends to begin far from the loudest places — quietly, slowly, by those who would not have been the obvious choices.

Guided by that vision, the founders and engineering leadership spent the project’s first several years researching networks, ecosystems, protocol design, digital identity, post-quantum security, and decentralized coordination before building Autheo from the ground up around four distinct architectural foundations: TheoID — Autheo’s W3C-compliant Decentralized Identifier (DID) implementation — as the native identity primitive for users, services, and AI agents; PQCNet, Autheo’s post-quantum communications and identity framework, built upon NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography, including ML-KEM (FIPS 203), ML-DSA (FIPS 204), and SLH-DSA (FIPS 205); a sovereign Cosmos SDK Layer 0 with native IBC interoperability; and an integrated EVM-compatible Layer 1 execution environment, operating as a Proof-of-Stake network with delegated staking and licensed validator eligibility, secured by CometBFT block finality (“Proof of Autheo”).

Solidity smart contracts can be deployed natively on Autheo or migrated from existing EVM-compatible chains, providing developers with a familiar development environment while benefiting from native IBC interoperability across the broader blockchain ecosystem.

The research and development underlying the platform has also resulted in an expanding portfolio of patent families covering core architectural innovations, reflecting the team’s long-term intellectual property strategy surrounding decentralized operating systems, digital identity, interoperability, post-quantum security, and related technologies.

Network engineering and Autheo’s post-quantum security architecture are led by Chief Engineering Officer Kenneth Harper, who has overseen the design, architecture, and implementation of the platform through public testnet and into Mainnet launch. Supporting those efforts is a multidisciplinary organization spanning engineering, product, project management, quality assurance, infrastructure, operations, ecosystem development, developer support, business development, partnerships, marketing, global channels, finance, legal, compliance, and intellectual property. Autheo’s broader contributor base spans approximately 100 people across 25 countries — blockchain pioneers, Fortune 500 operators, and researchers from institutions including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Caltech. Independent security audits have been completed by Halborn (testnet) and CertiK (Mainnet).

Autheo collaborates with leading infrastructure, security, and ecosystem partners — including Zeeve, InfStones, Hydrex, Halborn, CertiK, TrustSwap, Team.Finance, Utila, Ape Bond, Antier, EVU, among others — across validator and node operations, security audits, custody, token services, and ecosystem development.

TESTNET ADOPTION HAS COMPOUNDED

Autheo’s public testnet went live in 2025 and, over its first twelve months, attracted approximately 350,000 wallets and 60,000 smart contracts as developers stress-tested the network. Following the May 12, 2026, announcement of Mainnet Phase 1, adoption accelerated. In the roughly 45 days since, cumulative wallet addresses have grown more than 5x and smart contracts have grown more than 15x. As of today, cumulative testnet totals stand at:

1,812,088 wallet addresses
968,502 smart contracts

(Figures per Autheo network data, June 24, 2026. Independently verifiable on the public testnet explorer: testnet-explorer.autheo.com · verified contracts.)

Daily activity over the past month has averaged approximately 30,000 new wallet addresses and 20,000 new smart contracts. The Autheo testnet is now onboarding more wallets and deploying more contracts in a single day than it did across full months of its first year. Contract density at this stage is unusual for a Layer-1 testnet and reflects the breadth of developer use cases the team has supported across the build-out.

“Mainnet is live,” said Todd Mortenson, Managing Director and co-founder of Autheo. “The industry will be racing to retrofit post-quantum security ahead of NIST’s timeline — our developers won’t have to. We built PQC in from the ground up. One interface for Web services, on-chain protocols, and AI agents. One million human developers on-chain within three years. And the AI agents building alongside them? Orders of magnitude more. The coordination layer for that future is live today.”

WHAT’S NEXT

With the testnet validating the architecture and the Mainnet now launching, Autheo’s near-term focus is on expanding partnerships across the Web2, Web3, and AI communities and supporting builders deploying applications, agents, and protocols on the platform.

Developer Access (Mainnet, Live Today):

Testnet explorer (with verified-contract source): testnet-explorer.autheo.com

For developers seeking an early path into the Mainnet ecosystem, the Core Node and Prime Node tiers remain available at commerce.autheo.com (settlement via ETH on Arbitrum). These programs provide eligibility for long-term THEO token emissions, enabling developers to begin accumulating THEO for building, deploying, and participating in the network as the ecosystem expands. The Sovereign Validator Node program (399 nodes total) has its first 275 slots fully subscribed; the remaining 124 are reserved for enterprise partners and ecosystem customers. A dedicated builder portal at autheolabs.com is anticipated to launch, providing additional THEO token and validator allocations for projects deploying on the network.

THEO is anticipated to become available on Hydrex.fi in early July 2026, with additional exchange access expected to follow.

Additional documentation ecosystem, security, infrastructure, and listing announcements are expected over the coming weeks.

ABOUT AUTHEO

Autheo is building the Internet operating system — a decentralized coordination and execution layer that enables the traditional Web, blockchain networks, and AI agents to interoperate as a single system. The platform utilizes W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) as its native identity framework and is anchored by PQCNet, Autheo’s quantum-resistant communications and identity infrastructure built upon NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography, including ML-KEM (FIPS 203), ML-DSA (FIPS 204), and SLH-DSA (FIPS 205). Operating alongside Autheo’s sovereign Cosmos-based Layer 0 and EVM-compatible Layer 1, PQCNet is designed to provide next-generation security for digital identity, communications, authentication, encryption, and trusted interactions across Web, blockchain, and AI ecosystems.

Autheo integrates a sovereign Cosmos SDK Layer 0 with native IBC interoperability and an EVM-compatible Layer 1 execution environment, allowing developers to deploy Solidity smart contracts natively or migrate existing applications from other EVM-compatible networks. Founded in July 2021 by Scott Bayless and Todd Mortenson, Autheo opened its public Testnet in 2025 and launched Mainnet in 2026.

For more information, visit autheo.com and follow Autheo on X at @Autheo_Network. Find the Media Kit at mediakit.autheo.com

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Autheo LLC
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608-713-1028

June 30, 2026 0 comments

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MEXC Lists Ondo’s Tokenized Strategy Preferred Stock On Spot Market

by admin June 30, 2026

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Victoria, Seychelles, June 30th, 2026, Chainwire

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today announced the listing of Ondo’s tokenized Strategy’s preferred stock on its spot market, further expanding its tokenized U.S. stock offerings.

STRCON tracks Strategy Pref (STRC), Strategy’s preferred stock. The company formerly known as MicroStrategy, Inc., is the world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin, with holdings of 847,363 BTC as of June 21, 2026, according to company filings. The STRCON/USDT spot trading pair will be listed at 14:00 (UTC) on June 30, 2026. Deposits opened earlier the same day at 08:00 (UTC). Full listing details are available in MEXC’s official announcement.

Ondo Global Markets is a tokenization platform focused on bringing real-world assets on-chain. It provides non-U.S. investors with instant access to tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and other securities. Ondo Global Markets surpassed $1 billion in total value locked in May 2026 and accounts for more than 70% of the tokenized equity issuer market, according to RWA.xyz data. MEXC’s ongoing collaboration with Ondo continues to expand access to the U.S. stock market for users through tokenized assets.

As a one-stop trading platform, MEXC is committed to providing users with diverse access to global markets. Beyond Ondo’s tokenized U.S. equities, MEXC also offers “RealStocks,” a product that allows users to hold real share ownership and dividends within the crypto trading environment they already use.

About MEXC

MEXC is the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchange, trusted by more than 40 million users across 170+ markets. Built on a user-first philosophy, MEXC offers industry-leading 0-fee trading and access to over 3,000 digital assets. As the Gateway to Infinite Opportunities, MEXC provides a single platform where users can easily trade cryptocurrencies alongside tokenized assets, including stocks, ETFs, commodities, and precious metals.

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Risk Disclaimer:

This content does not constitute investment advice. Given the highly volatile nature of the cryptocurrency market, investors are encouraged to carefully assess market fluctuations, project fundamentals, and potential financial risks before making any trading decisions.

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 5.70 Million Tokens, And Total Crypto And Total Cash Holdings Of $9.8 Billion

by admin June 29, 2026

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Bitmine owns 4.7% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million

Bitmine is 94% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months

Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026

Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP

Bitmine has 4,879,157 staked ETH, representing $7.7 billion at $1,569 per ETH. MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors

Bitmine owns $74 million of Eightco, now one of the only publicly listed equities in the world to provide investors indirect exposure to OpenAI

Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings & Marketable Securities + “Moonshots” total $9.8 billion, including 5.70 million ETH tokens, total cash & marketable securities of $555 million, and other crypto holdings

Bitmine remains supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital and personal investor Thomas “Tom” Lee to support Bitmine’s goal of acquiring 5% of ETH

NORWALK, Conn., June 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE: BMNR) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Company”) a Bitcoin and Ethereum Network company with a focus on the accumulation of crypto for long term investment, today announced Bitmine crypto + total cash & marketable securities + “moonshots” holdings totaling $9.8 billion.

As of June 28, 2026 at 3:00pm ET, the Company’s crypto holdings are comprised of 5,700,040 ETH at $1,569 per ETH, 206 Bitcoin (BTC), $180 million stake in Beast Industries, $74 million stake in Eightco Holdings (“moonshots”) and total cash & marketable securities of $555 million. Bitmine’s ETH holdings are 4.7% of the ETH supply (of 120.7 million ETH).

“The future roadmap for crypto remains positive as the dual drivers of Wall Street modernizing its legacy infrastructure on crypto rails and the future of agentic-AI payment systems on crypto rails remain intact. Bitmine remains focused on the longer-term horizon and continues to manage the company to be positively positioned for these exponential drivers,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.

“This past week was a challenging one for crypto investors as ETH fell by 8%, even as Ethereum witnessed notable positive developments such as the creation of Ethlabs, and even the Bank of England softened its stance around stablecoins. We are nearing quarter-end for June, and it is not surprising to see ‘window dressing’ leading to investors reducing their holdings in assets which have fallen in the past 3 months,” stated Lee.

On June 26, Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap Index, in conjunction with the annual reconstitution of this index. The Investment Company Institute, or ICI, estimates that passive investment funds and ETFs typically represent 18-20% of the shares of a company.

“Being added to the Russell 1000 is expected to add hundreds and possibly thousands of additional institutional investors as equity owners of Bitmine,” continued Lee.

On June 10, Bitmine closed its offering (the “offering”) registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 3,500,000 shares of 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), at a public offering price of $80.00 per share.
The Company received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $273.8 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the Company’s estimated offering expenses. The Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP. The dividends for BMNP are scheduled to be paid weekly, subject to the terms of the applicable Certificate of Designations.

On June 11, 2026, Bitmine was named to the Fortune 100 Crypto List (link here). Fortune published this definitive ranking of the most influential companies in blockchain and draws on rigorous data analysis by Inca Digital and a survey of leading crypto experts, according Fortune Magazine.

On May 11, 2026, Bitmine released the latest Chairman’s Message (link here) for May 2026.

“Over the past week, we acquired 27,084 ETH. We continue to maintain a steady pace of accumulation throughout 2026. We believe we are in the early stages of crypto spring. Bitmine is expected to reach the ‘alchemy of 5%’ sometime in 2026,” stated Lee.

Bitmine recently launched MAVAN (the Made in American VAlidator Network), the institutional grade staking platform. While MAVAN was originally developed to support Bitmine’s own Ethereum treasury, MAVAN intends to expand to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure. A portion of Bitmine’s ETH is already staked on the MAVAN platform.

As of June 28, 2026, Bitmine total staked ETH stands at 4,879,157 ($7.7 billion at $1,569 per ETH). “Bitmine has staked more ETH than other entities in the world. At scale (when Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners), the projected ETH staking reward is $246 million on an annualized basis (using 2.75% 7-day BMNR yield),” stated Lee.

“Annualized staking revenues are now projected at $211 million. And this 4.9 million ETH is over 85% of the 5.7 million ETH held by Bitmine. Bitmine’s own staking operations generated a 7-day yield of 2.75% (annualized),” continued Lee.

Bitmine’s crypto holdings reign as the #1 Ethereum treasury and #2 global treasury, behind Strategy Inc., which reportedly owns 847,363 BTC valued at $50 billion. Bitmine remains the largest ETH treasury in the world.

Bitmine is one of the most widely traded stocks in the US. According to data from Fundstrat, the stock has traded average daily dollar volume of $643 million (5-day average, as of June 26, 2026), ranking #240 in the US, behind Monster Beverages (rank #239) and ahead of Oklo (rank #241) among 5,704 US-listed stocks (statista.com and Fundstrat research).

Bitmine management believes the GENIUS Act and Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) Project Crypto are as transformational to financial services in 2025 as US action on August 15, 1971 ending Bretton Woods and the USD on the gold standard 54 years ago. This 1971 event was the catalyst for the modernization of Wall Street, creating the iconic Wall Street titans and financial and payment rails of today. These proved to be better investments than gold.

The Chairman’s message can be found here:
https://www.Bitminetech.io/chairmans-message

The Fiscal Full Year 2025 Earnings presentation and corporate presentation can be found here: https://Bitminetech.io/investor-relations/

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About Bitmine
Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR) is a Bitcoin miner with operations in the US. The company is deploying its excess capital to be the leading Ethereum Treasury company in the world, implementing an innovative digital asset strategy for institutional investors and public market participants. Guided by its philosophy of “the alchemy of 5%,” the Company is committed to ETH as its primary treasury reserve asset, leveraging native protocol-level activities including staking and decentralized finance mechanisms. The Company launched MAVAN (Made-in America VAlidator Network), a dedicated staking infrastructure for Bitmine assets, in 2026.

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Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “projected,” “intends,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the expectation that Bitmine will reach this goal sometime in 2026; (ii) the Company’s beliefs and expectations regarding the cryptocurrency market, including the view that the future roadmap for crypto remains positive as the dual drivers of Wall Street modernizing its legacy infrastructure on crypto rails and the future of agentic-AI payment systems on crypto rails remain intact; (iii) the Company’s belief that it is in the early stages of “crypto spring”; (iv) the expectation that being added to the Russell 1000 will add hundreds and possibly thousands of additional institutional investors as equity owners of Bitmine; (v) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $246 million (when Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners) and current projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $211 million; (vi) MAVAN’s intended expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure; (vii) management’s belief that the GENIUS Act and SEC Project Crypto are as transformational to financial services as US action on August 15, 1971 ending Bretton Woods and the USD gold standard; and (viii) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: Bitmine’s ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; Bitmine’s ability to finance its current business, Ethereum treasury operations, and proposed future business; the competitive environment of Bitmine’s business; market conditions affecting the trading price of the Company’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock; regulatory developments affecting digital assets, including the ultimate enactment and implementation of pending legislation and SEC initiatives; the volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices; the performance, reliability, and security of the Company’s staking operations; risks related to AI systems and their impact on cryptocurrency markets; and the future value of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Actual future performance outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond Bitmine’s control, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of Bitmine’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on November 21, 2025, as well as all other SEC filings, as amended or updated from time to time. Copies of Bitmine’s filings with the SEC are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Bitmine undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.

STAKING: BMNR now staking over 4.8 million ETH

ALCHEMY of 5%: BMNR ranked #240 by 5D avg daily $ volume

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR)

June 29, 2026 0 comments

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Toss Brings 30 Million Users Into The AI Data Economy In Partnership With Poseidon

by admin June 26, 2026

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Palo Alto, United States, June 26th, 2026, Chainwire

Toss users can now contribute real-world data to train AI and get paid for it, in a first-of-its-kind model launching in Korea ahead of global expansion.

Poseidon, the data infrastructure built to source and license real-world data for AI, today announced a partnership with Toss, the mobile financial platform operated by Viva Republica, to let everyday users contribute to AI training and be paid for what they provide. It is Toss’s first move into AI data, and it opens that market to its roughly 30 million users.

Frontier AI has run out of internet to scrape. The next generation of models depends on real-world data, the kind that captures how people actually speak, move, and react, which does not exist on the open web and has never had a clean way to be sourced, licensed, or paid for. Poseidon is building the infrastructure to change that, and Toss brings the reach to do it at scale.

Through the partnership, Poseidon’s contributor app, Numo, launches inside the Toss app. Toss users can help build Korean-language training data across voice, image, and video, and receive payment tied directly to what they contribute. Poseidon provides the infrastructure that tracks each contribution and its value, while Toss provides the user base and the financial experience that turns participation into payment. Together they offer a working answer to a question the AI industry has struggled with, which is how to compensate the people whose data makes models better.

Every contribution made through Numo is registered on DATA, the AI data network that Poseidon refines data for. DATA gives each record a verifiable provenance trail through Trace, its public audit layer, so a buyer can see where a piece of training data came from and a contributor can see that their work was counted and paid. DATA Foundation, which launched this week from the rebrand of Story, is building this layer alongside integration partners including the human data marketplace Kled, and Poseidon is one of the largest sources of refined data flowing into it.

What Numo collects is first-person data, recorded by real people in real environments, which is among the hardest and most valuable categories to obtain. It is the raw material for physical intelligence, the AI that has to operate in the physical world across robotics, autonomous vehicles, and other applications. Demand from global AI labs for this kind of data is climbing, and Korea is positioned to supply it, with its dense real-life data and Toss’s user base. Poseidon and Toss intend to prove the model in Korea, then expand to global markets.

Changhoon Seo, Executive Director of New Business at Toss, said: “As the AI industry grows, demand for high-quality data is rising just as fast. Toss plans to build an environment where users can take part in the data economy more easily and naturally, and to expand a structure in which the value they contribute is rewarded transparently.”

SY Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Chairman of Poseidon, said: “Korea is one of the few markets where the strategic importance of AI data, a mature financial system, and world-class mobile experience all exist at once. Toss is the right partner to turn user-contributed AI data from an early idea into a standard the rest of the world can adopt.” Lee previously founded the web-novel platform Radish and sold it to Kakao Entertainment, co-founded Story, the IP infrastructure that recently rebranded as DATA Foundation, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum this year.

About Poseidon

Poseidon is the data infrastructure for AI, built to source, refine, and license the real-world data that frontier models need and the open internet cannot supply. Incubated by the team behind The DATA Network, Poseidon bridges the gap between data supply and AI demand by enabling access to high-quality, IP-safe, and composable training datasets. Poseidon raised a $15 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Poseidon’s contributor app, Numo, has recorded more than 711,000 data registrations worldwide and is available and is now available on the Toss app.

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The DATA Foundation Launches To Tackle AI’s Multi-Billion Dollar Training Data Bottleneck

by admin June 25, 2026

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Palo Alto, United States, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire

Story rebrands as The DATA Foundation, launches DATA Network with flagship Kled AI integration, registering 1.5 billion user-contributed records on the platform

The Foundation also introduces Trace, the first public audit layer for consent, licensing, and data provenance at scale

Today, Story announces a strategic transition to become The DATA Foundation (“DATA”) and launches Trace, an onchain registry for AI training data provenance and licensing. The launch includes a flagship integration with Kled, the world’s largest opt-in human data marketplace, registering 1.5 billion user-contributed records on the Network. Andrea Muttoni becomes CEO of The DATA Foundation, and Kled’s founder, Avi Patel, joins in an advisor position as the Chief Data Officer.

AI’s Training Data Has Hit a Bottleneck

The shift to DATA reflects where the market is pulling hardest. AI training data has emerged as the most valuable and least solved category of IP. Frontier AI labs have hit a multi-billion-dollar data bottleneck, where the internet has been effectively exhausted for scraping. The remaining supply is either expensive and bespoke or legally undocumented, leaving labs without a way to source data at scale, prove its provenance, or guarantee its quality.

The legal stakes are rising, as frontier labs stake out market-defining products on data sourced through opaque networks, often without clear records of consent or jurisdiction. Scraped and undocumented data is no longer an option for enterprise-grade AI.

“The challenge in AI has shifted from compute and architecture to sourcing and provenance. As the scrapable web fractures, the question for labs now is who is keeping the receipts,” said Andrea Muttoni, CEO of The DATA Foundation. “With Kled, we combine full data transparency and auditability with the largest pool of AI training data on the planet.”

Building the Infrastructure for Trusted AI Data

DATA builds on the original mission to deliver a data and intellectual property (IP) layer for the internet, recognizing that the form of data and IP that is most critical in this era is AI training data. DATA Network brings essential infrastructure for training AI, anchored by a flagship integration with Kled. Starting today, Kled’s licensing rails and contributor receipts run on DATA Network with added support for stable coin payouts, which involves registering a staggering 1.5 billion user-contributed records with programmatic legal safeguards.

“Frontier labs have exhausted the supply of high-quality, human-generated public text available on the open web. Suppliers showing data-sourcing provenance will win the next decade of deals, and that’s our bet,” said Avi Patel, CEO and founder of Kled and part-time advisory CDO of The DATA Foundation. “Instead of sourcing data blindly, Kled’s data marketplace and DATA’s auditable chain of custody converge on what labs actually need to license data with confidence and transparency.”

Trace Launches as the Public Audit Layer for AI Training Data

Trace, The DATA Foundation’s public audit and search platform, also launches today alongside the Kled integration. Trace generates immutable, confidential receipts for every contribution, allowing labs to verify the legitimacy of datasets in seconds. For every single record uploaded by users worldwide, a receipt on DATA will be generated, enabling upstream compensation for contributors’ data and intellectual property. This addresses an urgent need for a verifiable and compliant AI training data market, which has become a legal and operational minefield.

A Wider Contributor Network

DATA’s thesis was validated by Poseidon, the AI data processing project incubated by Story, which cleans, normalizes, and scores raw human data for authenticity and quality, ensuring every record that reaches a buyer is model-ready. Poseidon’s early traction with frontier labs proved the AI training data opportunity. Backed by a16z and now running entirely on DATA, its contributor app Numo is live today, bringing thousands of contributors into the AI economy in exchange for real-time payouts.

“We started Story to build an IP layer for the internet, and the most important IP of this era is the data you can’t scrape: how a surgeon’s hands move, how a robot grips, how people speak, drive, and work in the real world,” said SY Lee, CEO of PIP Labs and strategic adviser to The DATA Foundation. “DATA is where that conviction goes next: an end-to-end network that proves real-world data’s origin, licenses it, and pays the people who made it. “

Token Migration and Ecosystem Continuity

The $IP token migrates to $DATA one-to-one with no action required from existing holders. Migration guidance, exchange timing, and an FAQ are available here.

About The DATA Foundation

Data is the biggest bottleneck in frontier AI. The data models need most either sits siloed with people and companies, or doesn’t exist yet, and won’t, until incentives are aligned to create it. DATA Network is the world’s AI audit rails built to answer the three questions every lab asks: can you source data at scale, prove where it came from, and guarantee its quality? Contributor apps including Numo and Kled supply opt-in human data; Trace gives every record a public, tamper-proof receipt; Poseidon turns it into model-ready datasets, so frontier AI can keep advancing on a foundation it can trust. $IP is now $DATA. More information available at datafdn.org.

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