Eightco Holdings Discloses $340 Million Portfolio Including OpenAI Stake and 11,000 ETH
Eightco Holdings (ORBS), the Nasdaq-listed company, disclosed a total portfolio of approximately $340 million on May 14, covering an equity stake in OpenAI, a position in Beast Industries, 11,068 Ethereum tokens, and roughly $283 million in Worldcoin tokens, according to a PR Newswire release. The company also holds approximately $129 million in cash and stablecoins.
The disclosure marks one of the largest crypto-and-equity mixed-asset announcements from a small-cap Nasdaq company in 2026.
Portfolio Breakdown
The Ethereum position of 11,068 tokens represents a holding valued at roughly $28 million at current prices near $2,500 per token. The Worldcoin allocation dominates the portfolio at approximately $283 million, a figure tied to the current market price of Worldcoin (WLD) tokens, which the company did not elaborate on in the release.
The cash and stablecoin position of $129 million provides a substantial liquidity buffer relative to the company’s market capitalization. Custody arrangements for the digital asset holdings are through Coinbase, the release said.
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Background
Eightco Holdings has operated as a packaging and consumer goods company since its founding, making the scale and composition of this asset disclosure a significant strategic departure.
The company had not previously announced a major cryptocurrency accumulation strategy before this release. Worldcoin, the digital identity and cryptocurrency project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has drawn scrutiny from regulators in multiple countries over its iris-scanning identity verification system.
The ETH (ETH) and WLD positions together account for the majority of Eightco’s disclosed non-cash assets, a concentration that makes the portfolio sensitive to cryptocurrency price swings. Companies holding large crypto positions on public balance sheets have drawn comparisons to the treasury strategy popularized by MicroStrategy (MSTR) with Bitcoin beginning in August 2020.
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What Comes Next
Investors will watch whether Eightco provides further detail on the cost basis and acquisition timeline for its Worldcoin and Ethereum positions.
The concentration in WLD is a material risk factor given Worldcoin’s relatively thin trading volumes compared to Bitcoin or Ethereum. The OpenAI equity stake adds a private-market component that cannot be marked to market on a daily basis, leaving the $340 million figure subject to revision as valuations change.
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