ORBS makes strategic investments in category-defining companies, including OpenAI and Beast Industries

Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR), joins board of directors to support ORBS’ long-term investment strategy

ARK Invest joins ORBS as a partner, providing strategic advisory and private market intelligence; commits $25 million to ORBS

Brett Winton, Chief Futurist at ARK Invest, will join as an advisor to ORBS’ Board

Payward, the parent company of global crypto platform Kraken, commits $25 million to ORBS

The Company is supported by a group of strategic and institutional investors including: Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), MOZAYYX, ARK Invest, Payward, World Foundation, Coinfund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Pantera, GSR, and more

EASTON, Pa., March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“ORBS” or the “Company”) today announced $125 million in new funding commitments led by $75 million from Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR) with a commitment of at least $25 million from ARK Invest. Payward, the parent company of global crypto platform Kraken, has also committed $25 million to ORBS. The capital supports ORBS’ expansion into investing in technology shaping the next generation of artificial intelligence, blockchain infrastructure, and global digital consumer platforms.

ORBS also announced closing its initial strategic investments of $50 million in OpenAI and $25 million in MrBeast and Beast Industries. These investments position ORBS as a hub at the center of key frontier AI technologies and content creation, expanding its portfolio to include ownership stakes in world-leading innovators. The company continues to hold Worldcoin, co-founded by Sam Altman, and Ethereum as a long-term believer in the ERC-20 protocol.

The company has appointed Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, to join ORBS’ Board of Directors. Brett Winton, Chief Futurist at ARK Invest, will serve as an advisor to the Board of ORBS. Dan Ives will step down as Chairman of ORBS.

“Bitmine invested in ORBS as we believe this company sits at the center of some of the most important future needs and developments for AI,” said Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine and newly appointed independent director of ORBS. “To me, there is tremendous synergy between Proof of Human (Worldcoin), the OpenAI foundational models, and connectivity to the greatest content creator in the world, MrBeast. And the ARK investment team, known for their pioneering work on identifying exponential opportunities, is further fueling synergy and innovation in this company.”

World was built to address the critical issue of distinguishing between real humans and bots in the AI era. On the creation of World, Sam Altman has noted, “We needed some sort of way for identifying, authenticating humans in the age of AGI. We needed a way that we could know what content was made by a human, by an AI. We wanted a way to make sure that humans stayed special and central in a world where the internet was going to have lots of AI-driven content. We wanted a way to think about how we were going to distribute access to these systems.”

“ORBS is taking on a unique initiative at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and creator driven platforms,” said Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO and CIO of ARK Invest. “At ARK Invest, we focus on technologies that have the potential to transform the global economy. We are excited to be partnering with ORBS to support their strategy as these technologies scale over the coming decade.”

“Technological revolutions tend to follow power-law dynamics: a small number of platforms capture a disproportionate share of value. ORBS is positioning itself at the intersection of three such compounding networks, AI, cryptographic infrastructure, and global digital distribution,” said Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of Kraken and Payward. “Capital deployed at that convergence has the potential to scale non-linearly, and we’re excited to support a strategy designed to capture that asymmetry.”

ABOUT EIGHTCO HOLDINGS INC.
Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) is expanding its mission to own stakes in leading AI model, OpenAI and leading content creator, MrBeast and Beast Industries. Through strategic investments and partnerships, ORBS sits at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and next-generation consumer platforms. The Company is focused on building long-term shareholder value by aligning capital with the transformative technologies shaping the future of humanity.

For additional details, follow on X:
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ABOUT BITMINE
Bitmine (NYSE AMERICAN: 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 will launch MAVAN (Made-in America VAlidator Network), a dedicated staking infrastructure for Bitmine assets, in Q1 of 2026.

For additional details, follow on X:
https://x.com/bitmnr
https://x.com/fundstrat

ABOUT BEAST INDUSTRIES
Beast Industries is a multifaceted entertainment, consumer products, and CPG company founded and led by YouTube creator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast. A global entertainment powerhouse, MrBeast is the most-subscribed YouTube channel in the world with over 450 million subscribers and over 5 billion monthly views across all channels. Recognized as the #1 creator on Forbes’ Top Creators List (2023) and featured on the TIME 100 and inaugural TIME100 Climate lists, Donaldson has built Beast Industries into a platform spanning groundbreaking content, record-breaking competition formats, and some of the fastest-growing CPG launches in history, including the snack brand Feastables. The company also drives large-scale social impact through initiatives like #TeamTrees, #TeamSeas, #TeamWater, and Beast Philanthropy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has provided over 20 million free meals and funded critical infrastructure projects worldwide. At its core, Beast Industries blends entertainment, innovation, and purpose to create culturally resonant IP, market-leading products, and lasting change.

ABOUT PAYWARD
Payward, Inc. is a unified financial infrastructure platform that powers a family of products advancing an open, global financial system. Built on a single shared architecture, Payward enables customers to hold, trade, earn, pay, and invest across asset classes without friction or fragmentation.

At its core, Payward provides the infrastructure layer behind Kraken and a growing set of purpose-built products, including NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, and CF Benchmarks.

Payward separates infrastructure from product expression. Each product surface is designed for a specific customer segment, regulatory regime, and use case, while operating on the same global foundation:

• One global liquidity pool
• One unified risk and margin engine
• One collateral and settlement system
• One compliance and licensing framework

This shared architecture allows Payward to scale efficiently, launch new products at low marginal cost, and serve diverse global markets while maintaining consistent risk management, regulatory integrity, and operational resilience.

For more information about Payward, please visit www.payward.com.

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The operations-first OT security partner presents a unified framework that takes channel partners and their customers from discovery through active protection – with new capabilities on the horizon.

IRVING, Texas, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TXOne Networks, the operations-first OT security partner, used S4x26 in Miami (February 23-26, 2026) to present TXOne Complete to the global channel community, demonstrating how partners can deliver a full, structured OT security program from initial discovery through sustained protection under a single manufacturer relationship.

In manufacturing, energy, and other critical infrastructure sectors, OT security programs have matured in their ability to monitor assets and network traffic. But visibility alone has not translated into protection. Industrial operators continue to face operational disruption, unplanned downtime, and growing compliance pressures. The challenge is not seeing the risk; it is knowing what to address first and how to act without interrupting production.

For channel partners, this gap creates a persistent problem. Assessment engagements using visibility-only tools generate extensive reports. Partners then face the time-consuming task of manually interpreting findings, defining next steps, and building a remediation path on a per-site basis. Repeatability suffers. Time to value slows. And the customer relationship stalls between assessment and action.

TXOne Complete was built to close that gap. By unifying network security, endpoint protection, asset inspection, and enterprise orchestration under a single framework, TXOne Complete gives partners a structured, scalable engagement model that moves customers through the full security journey. The framework reflects TXOne’s core methodology: Discover. Assess. Protect. Each phase builds on the last, turning operational risk intelligence into prioritized, production-safe protection that industrial environments can actually absorb.

For partners, this means owning the full customer relationship from initial entry through enterprise scale, without multi-vendor coordination, fragmented accountability, or dependence on detection-only platforms that leave customers exposed. While competitors offer products that document threats, TXOne Complete partners deliver integrated prevention outcomes across the entire OT environment and lifecycle, including legacy systems that other vendors cannot or will not support.

TXOne also previewed SenninRecon as an addition to the TXOne Complete portfolio, further strengthening the assessment-to-action pipeline for partners and their customers. Details will be announced as these capabilities reach general availability.

Nasser Zayour, Vice President of Global Alliances and Channels at TXOne Networks, shared: “Our partners are telling us that their customers are past the point of needing more visibility. They need a path to protection. TXOne Complete gives partners the framework to deliver exactly that. This consistent, scalable methodology takes customers from understanding their risk to actively reducing it, without disrupting the operations that keep the business running.”

TXOne Complete is the foundation of TXOne Networks’ partner program and the clearest expression of its operations-first commitment: comprehensive OT security protection, delivered without disruption, across environments that cannot afford to stop. Keep the Operation Running.

About TXOne Networks

TXOne Networks is the operations-first OT security partner. Since its founding, TXOne has focused exclusively on operational technology, helping organizations protect critical infrastructure while keeping production running. Purpose-built for industrial environments, TXOne enables organizations to discover their assets, assess risks in context, and protect operations without compromising productivity or safety.

www.txone.com 

SINGAPORE, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — YY Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: YYGH) (“YY Group” or the “Company”), a global leader in on-demand workforce solutions and integrated facilities management (IFM), today announced revenue guidance in the range of US$103 million to US$110 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. This outlook represents growth of approximately 75% to 90% over the midpoint of the Company’s FY2025 revenue estimate of US$57 million to US$58 million and marks its first formal revenue guidance as a Nasdaq-listed company.

This outlook is supported by several key growth assumptions, including:

• Strong demand and revenue pipeline visibility in overseas markets for the manpower outsourcing segment.
• Full-year revenue contribution from businesses acquired in 2025.
• Expansion of contracted IFM client base and service offerings, including bundled facility management solutions.
• Sustained client retention rates and contract renewals across both manpower and IFM segments.
• Focused capital deployment toward the Company’s core operations, including investments in technology platform development, geographic expansion, and on-demand workforce capacity.

“We enter 2026 with a significantly larger, more diverse platform and the operational foundation to convert our recent investments into accelerating revenue growth,” said Mike Fu, CEO of YY Group. “Our FY2026 guidance is underpinned by an expanded geographic footprint, a maturing portfolio of 2025 acquisitions contributing at full run-rate, and deepening client relationships and strong demand visibility across key markets. Our capital and resources are deployed where they generate the highest returns: in our people, our platform, and our client partnerships. As we scale toward our revenue goals, we expect our model’s inherent operating leverage to become increasingly evident, driving meaningful margin improvement and progress on our path to profitability. The strength of YY Group’s contracted revenue base – anchored by our established Singapore operations – combined with a robust pipeline of new business across our manpower subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand and other global markets, gives us a clear line of sight to delivering on this outlook.”

Jason Phua, Chief Financial Officer of YY Group, added, “Our FY2026 revenue targets are supported by a strong contracted revenue base, a clear pipeline of new business, and the full-year contribution of acquisitions completed in 2025. Our capital allocation priorities remain centered on scaling our core manpower and IFM operations and investing in the people, technology, and operational infrastructure that drive our revenue growth. We are focused on translating top-line momentum into improved operating leverage and long-term shareholder value.”

The above forecast is based on the current market conditions and reflects the Company’s current preliminary views and expectations on market and operational conditions and the regulatory and operating environment, as well as customers’ and institutional partners’ demands, all of which are subject to change. US Dollar ranges are based on a USD/SGD exchange rate of 1.28 as of March 10, 2026.

About YY Group Holding Limited
YY Group Holding Limited (Nasdaq: YYGH) is a Singapore-headquartered, technology-enabled platform providing flexible, scalable workforce solutions and integrated facility management (IFM) services across Asia and beyond. The Group operates through two core verticals: on-demand staffing and IFM, delivering agile, reliable support to industries such as hospitality, logistics, retail, and healthcare.

Leveraging proprietary digital platforms and IoT-driven systems, YY Group enables clients to meet fluctuating labor demands and maintain high-performance environments. In addition to its core operations in Singapore and Malaysia, the Group maintains a growing presence in Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Middle East.

Listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, YY Group is committed to service excellence, operational innovation, and long-term value creation for clients and shareholders.

For more information on the Company, please visit https://yygroupholding.com/.

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Investor Contact
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YY Group
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• Achieved “Leadership A” grade, awarded to top 3% of 22,100 global companies evaluated.
• Selected for “Carbon Management Sector Honors” for seventh consecutive year. 
• Achieved 60% company-wide renewable electricity transition rate across domestic and overseas sites, making excellent progress toward “2040 Carbon Neutrality” goal.

SEOUL, South Korea, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On March 12, LG Innotek (CEO Moon Hyuksoo) announced that it earned a grade of “Leadership A” in the Climate Change Response Assessment of the 2025 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), marking the third consecutive year the company has received this top rating.

The CDP is a global initiative commissioned by major financial investment institutions to collect and assess environment-related information of major companies worldwide and provide relevant information to stakeholders through a public platform.

The CDP assessments cover companies based in approximately 130 countries worldwide. It is widely recognized as one of the most authoritative and reliable global sustainability disclosure systems.

The climate change response category of this year’s assessment included 22,100 companies worldwide. Only 766 companies, 3% of the total, received the Leadership A grade, among which were 35 Korean enterprises.

LG Innotek earned high marks for its dedicated carbon neutrality organization, which has swiftly advanced the company’s initiative toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2040 (2040 Carbon Neutrality).

Furthermore, LG Innotek received the “Carbon Management Sector Honors” award, which is presented to the top two companies in the IT sector, at the ‘2026 CDP Korea Conference’ held on March 10 at the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. LG Innotek has been recognized as an outstanding company in the CDP climate change response category for seven consecutive years, from 2019 to 2025.

LG Innotek recognizes climate change as a serious issue requiring urgent action and prioritizes climate response as its top ESG management task. In 2022, LG Innotek declared its “2040 Carbon Neutrality” goal and has actively pursued eco-friendly management initiatives to achieve it.

The company is making multilateral efforts, including transitioning to renewable energy, increasing energy efficiency, and improving manufacturing processes. It is particularly focused on securing renewable energy to satisfy its electricity consumption, accounting for a high proportion of its greenhouse gas emissions, with renewable energy.

LG Innotek has expanded its renewable energy supply through a massive power grid and increased usage via Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).

Additionally, the company has installed rooftop solar PV facilities at domestic and overseas sites and participated in the Green Premium to build a stable renewable energy supply grid.

As a result, LG Innotek has switched 650GWh of its electricity consumption, accounting for more than 60% of the electricity used by its domestic and overseas business operations in the past year alone, to renewable sources. This is enough to power 135,000 households for an entire year, based on a family of four (average monthly electricity consumption of about 400kWh).

CEO Moon Hyuksoo stated, “LG Innotek is committed to genuine ESG management by accelerating the renewable energy transition, ensuring that the surging power demand from the physical AI evolution does not worsen climate change. Moving forward, we will deliver differentiated customer value through global ESG leadership.”

[Glossary]

• Global initiative: a set of principles and guidelines, or a council that establishes them, aimed at inducing companies to act responsibly in terms of ESG management and pursue sustainable development.
• Carbon neutrality: effective reduction of carbon emissions to “zero” by a company through the adoption of countermeasures to remove as much carbon dioxide as it emits.
• Power purchase agreement (PPA): an agreement entered into by an electricity user to directly purchase power from a renewable energy supplier, with the agreement classified as an “on-site PPA” or “off-site PPA” depending on whether the power generation facility is located inside or outside the location where the electricity is used.