Eightco Holdings Announces Participation in World Foundation's $52.5M Funding Round
On July 27, 2026, Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) announced its participation in a $52.5 million funding round for the World Foundation led by Pantera Capital and other major investors such as Bain Capital Crypto and Susquehanna Crypto. The company also provided an update on its treasury holdings, which include significant investments in OpenAI ($90M), Beast Industries ($18M), 301.97 million WLD tokens (representing ~8% of the circulating supply), $142 million cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $391 million. World Foundation marked its three-year anniversary with over 39 million users on its network and more than 18 million verified humans using World ID. The funding round is expected to support a shift from building infrastructure to scaling utility within the platform. Additionally, OpenAI submitted an S-1 filing for potential future IPO, while Grayscale announced plans for a U.S.-listed ETF tied to WLD.
Topics: Beast Industries Eightco Holdings Ethereum (ETH) OpenAI Worldcoin (WLD)