{"id":24905,"date":"2026-04-02T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/eightco-becomes-biggest-public-worldcoin-holder-with-326m-bet\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:31:55","slug":"eightco-becomes-biggest-public-worldcoin-holder-with-326m-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/eightco-becomes-biggest-public-worldcoin-holder-with-326m-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"Eightco becomes biggest public Worldcoin holder with $326M bet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings has disclosed a $326 million position in 277 million Worldcoin tokens, plus ETH, cash, and an indirect OpenAI stake, effectively transforming the stock into a high-beta proxy on Sam Altman\u2019s identity project and AI ecosystem.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_9db7e379a1ac42291f8610d52f403794\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eightco Holdings now holds 277 million WLD tokens worth about $326 million, making it the largest public company holder of Worldcoin.<\/li>\n<li>The Nasdaq-listed firm\u2019s portfolio also includes a $90 million indirect stake in OpenAI, $25 million in Beast Industries, and over $100 million in cash and stablecoins.<\/li>\n<li>Eightco is positioning itself as a leveraged play on Sam Altman\u2019s Worldcoin identity project and broader AI infrastructure, holding nearly 10% of WLD\u2019s circulating supply.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings has disclosed a $326 million asset position centered on 277,222,975 Worldcoin tokens, making it the largest publicly traded holder of WLD globally, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/mx\/comunicados-de-prensa\/eightco-nasdaq-orbs-informa-unas-tenencias-totales-de-326-millones-de-dolares-que-incluyen-casi-280-millones-de-worldcoin-y-mas-de-11-000-eth-302731699.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">press release<\/a> on PR Newswire. At an indicative price of roughly $0.28 per WLD taken from Coinbase at the disclosure time, the position represents nearly 10% of Worldcoin\u2019s (WLD) circulating supply and effectively turns Eightco into a listed proxy for the controversial identity token.<\/p>\n<p>In the same disclosure, Eightco reported additional digital-asset and cash holdings that round out its balance sheet. The company highlighted an indirect $90 million investment in OpenAI via private vehicles, a $25 million stake in Beast Industries, and roughly $109 million in cash and stablecoins, underscoring that the Worldcoin bet sits alongside broader exposure to AI and infrastructure plays.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"treasury-strategy-centered-on-wld\">Treasury strategy centered on WLD<\/h1>\n<p>Eightco said its treasury includes 11,068 ETH alongside the WLD position and cash, and described itself as \u201cthe largest public market participant in the Worldcoin ecosystem.\u201d As of early March, the firm\u2019s filings indicated that WLD accounts for the bulk of its marked-to-market assets, with cash and stablecoins providing a liquidity buffer against token price volatility.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Dan Ives framed the strategy as a deliberate attempt to sit at the center of the AI and digital-identity boom tied to Sam Altman\u2019s projects. \u201cWe believe the global AI revolution is still in its early innings, and Eightco is strategically positioning itself at the center of this transformation,\u201d Ives said, describing the company\u2019s focus as building \u201cauthentication and trust infrastructure\u201d spanning consumer, enterprise and gaming use cases.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"worldcoin-exposure-in-market-context\">Worldcoin exposure in market context<\/h1>\n<p>The disclosure comes as Worldcoin trades in the sub-$1 range after a sharp retracement from prior highs, with recent data showing WLD changing hands around $0.27 to $0.32 and a market capitalization under $1 billion. That pricing implies Eightco\u2019s 277 million-token stake is a highly concentrated, high-beta exposure to both Worldcoin\u2019s identity experiment and market sentiment on AI-linked crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>Eightco has previously raised hundreds of millions of dollars in private placements to fund its Worldcoin treasury strategy and related investments, signaling institutional backers are willing to finance a balance sheet tied heavily to a single experimental protocol. For equity investors, the updated holdings turn ORBS into a leveraged derivative on WLD\u2019s future \u2014 with upside tied to adoption of proof-of-humanity systems, and downside if the token\u2019s economics or regulatory headwinds overwhelm the AI narrative.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings has disclosed a $326 million position in 277 million Worldcoin tokens, plus ETH, cash, and an indirect OpenAI stake, effectively transforming the stock into a high-beta proxy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24906,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24905\/revisions\/24906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}