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Klarna has expanded its financial services offering in the United States by adding a high-yield savings account to its app.

The new-to-the-U.S. Klarna Savings accounts are FDIC insured, have no minimum deposit and no monthly fees, enable direct deposit, and currently provide interest rates above 3% APY, the company said in a Tuesday (June 9) press release emailed to PYMNTS.

The savings accounts are provided and held by WebBank, member FDIC, according to the release.

Klarna Savings accounts also features built-in tools such as round-ups, scheduled transfers and savings goals, per the release.

“The average American earns less than half a percent on their savings, not because better options don’t exist, but because their bank hasn’t had to compete,” Klarna Co-Founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said in the release. “Klarna is already where millions of Americans manage their everyday spending. Now it’s where they save too.”

Klarna Savings is already available in Europe, where the company has accepted over $12.3 billion in deposits across 11 markets, according to the release.

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PYMNTS reported in May that deposits, debit usage and point-of-sale financing increasingly are a part of Klarna’s growth story.

Siemiatkowski said during a May earnings call that the company’s broader engagement push is feeding its banking and deposit operations. Ninety-one percent of Klarna’s funding base now comes from consumer deposits with an average duration of 270 days, he said.

“Everyday spend feeds the deposits. Deposits fund the originations,” Siemiatkowski said.

Klarna said in March that its Klarna Card reached the milestone of 5 million customers as consumers seek more control over their money. The card draws from customers’ funds for day-to-day spending and gives them the option to spread the cost of specific purchases on things like travel or major appliances, without having to deal with long-term debt obligations.

“[Consumers are] voting with their wallets and looking for the control and flexibility in a single card,” Klarna Chief Marketing Officer David Sandström said at the time in a press release. “Unlike traditional banks, Klarna gives people the choice to pay now, or pay over time: the right tool for each situation.”

4:15pm: Broad market rally Stocks rallied to close higher on Monday, as easing geopolitical tensions and a sharp drop in oil prices lifted investor sentiment across the board.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 631 points, or 1.4%, to 46,208, while the S&P 500 gained 1.2% to finish at 6,581. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.4% to 21,947, and the small-cap Russell 2000 outperformed with a 2.3% jump.

Markets got a boost after Donald Trump said he would postpone planned military strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure following what he described as “very good and productive” talks with Tehran. The comments helped calm fears that had escalated over the weekend, when Trump warned of potential action if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed.

Oil prices tumbled roughly 10% on the prospect of de-escalation and a possible reopening of the critical shipping route, removing a key overhang for equities. Trump later added that the Strait could reopen soon “if this works,” referring to ongoing negotiations.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin rallied about 3% to hover near $71,000, tracking the broader risk-on mood.

There were no major earnings reports after the close, but investors are gearing up for a busy stretch ahead, with results due later this week from GameStop, PDD Holdings, Paychex, Chewy, and Carnival Corporation.

3:45pm: Proactive news headlines Algernon Health (CSE:AGN, OTCQB:AGNPF, FRA:AGW0) plans to open its first US brain-focused PET imaging clinic in Florida as a flagship site for a broader nationwide expansion strategy. Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd (TSX-V:GMG, OTCQX:GMGMF) has launched European sales operations and strengthened its IP portfolio to support regional commercial expansion. Zenith Energy Ltd (LSE:ZEN, TSX-V:ZEE) shares rose after announcing a fully financed 7 MW solar project in southern Italy set to begin construction in July 2026. Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE, OTCQX:EPMLF) highlighted a major milestone at its Pitfield project with a large maiden titanium resource and plans to focus on advancing toward production. Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC (AIM:CMCL, NYSE-A:CMCL, VFEX:CMCL) reported a sharp rise in annual profit driven primarily by higher gold prices despite only modest increases in production. 2:45pm: Market movers Palantir Technologies’ Maven Smart System has been designated a US Department of Defense “program of record,” securing long-term funding and broader military deployment of its AI platform. Nvidia is partnering with Emerald AI and major US energy firms to develop “AI factories” that integrate data center infrastructure with power grids to speed deployment and enhance grid reliability. Insmed shares rose after reporting positive Phase 3b trial results for ARIKAYCE in treating Mycobacterium avium complex lung infection. Synopsys activist investor Elliott has built a multibillion-dollar stake and plans to push for improved monetization of its software and services portfolio. 1:30pm: Oil pullback boosts stocks Consumer, transport and industrial sectors could see a sharp rebound if oil prices retreat, according to Nigel Green, as markets react to signs of easing geopolitical tensions.

The CEO of deVere Group said improving prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough between the U.S. and Iran—signaled by comments from Donald Trump—have already triggered volatility in energy markets. Crude prices, which surged above $110 a barrel amid threats to supply routes, have shown sensitivity to any signs of de-escalation.

“Oil has been the dominant macro driver of the past few weeks," Green commented. "It has pushed inflation expectations higher, weighed on equities, and tightened financial conditions. If that pressure begins to ease, the rebound in certain parts of the market could be swift and powerful.”

He noted that transport, consumer and industrial sectors stand to benefit most from lower energy costs, though warned that geopolitical uncertainty continues to drive sharp market swings.

12:10pm: Sigh of relief "Stock markets breathe a sigh of relief as US President Trump announces a five-day moratorium on planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure", says Axel Rudolph, Chief Technical Analyst at investing and trading platform IG.

"A Truth Social post by US President Trump citing "very good and productive" discussions between the US and Iran - refuted by Iran's foreign minister - and a five-day halt on planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure provoked a volte face in the oil price, yields, the greenback, precious metals and stock indices. An around 10% fall in the oil price led to a drop in yields, a softer US dollar and a sharp recovery in stock markets."

11:00am: Week ahead Wall Street heads into the new week with oil driving the narrative, and everything else is reacting to it.

Crude prices are expected to remain the dominant force, as investors watch developments in the Middle East, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz and the risk of further supply disruptions. With Brent already pushing above $113 a barrel, the stakes for markets are rising quickly.

“The oil price continues to set the tone for financial markets,” said Kathleen Brooks, warning that escalating tensions could make this a “pivotal week” for both geopolitics and asset prices.

Analysts say the implications go well beyond oil. A prolonged supply shock, especially with LNG exports from Qatar already disrupted, could ripple through global growth, inflation, and corporate earnings expectations.

Against this backdrop, Federal Reserve commentary could carry extra weight. Policymakers including Vice Chair Michael Barr and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly are scheduled to speak, with investors listening closely for any shift in tone.

The economic calendar is relatively quiet, but not irrelevant. On the corporate side, earnings from companies like GameStop, PDD Holdings, Paychex, Chewy, and Carnival Corporation could generate stock-specific moves.

10:00am: Nasdaq opens higher, travel and tech names in lead US stocks opened sharply higher, with the Dow Jones up 1.8%, the S&P 500 gaining 1.7% and the Nasdaq rising 2.0% in early trade.

Gains were led by travel and tech names, with Norwegian Cruise Line up 6.4%, Carnival gaining 6.0% and Royal Caribbean rising 5.1%, while Palantir climbed 5.3% and Ciena added 5.4%.

A newswire report suggested Palantir’s Maven system has been designated a “program of record” by the US Department of Defense, marking a shift from earlier pilot programs and short-term contracts to a standardized capability expected to be deployed across the US armed forces.

8.15am: Dow and Nasdaq set to start higher on Trump Iran talks claim Wall Street stocks are expected to start the week sharply higher after President Donald Trump claimed the US and Iran had held productive talks toward ending the conflict in the Middle East, even as Tehran flatly denied any contact had taken place.

Dow Jones futures were up 1.6%, S&P 500 futures gained 1.5% and Nasdaq futures 1.45%, reversing out of the red into the green after Trump's posted on Truth Social that he had instructed the Department of War to "postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions".

Trump said the discussions, which he described as "in depth, detailed, and constructive," would continue throughout the week.

Iran's Fars news agency quoted an unnamed official source saying there had been "no direct or indirect contact" with the US.

The source said Trump “backed down” after hearing Iran would target power plants in “West Asia”.

Reports from Axios suggested diplomatic backchannels were active between the US and Iran, with Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan helping pass messages.

Trump told Fox News that he believed a deal could come “in five days or sooner” following talks held “last night” with senior counterparts, offering tentative signs of potential de-escalation.

WTI crude oil prices fell to under $90 a barrel, having topped $101 early on Monday trading before plunging after Trump's post. 

This prompted scepticism from analysts who revived the TACO acronym – Trump Always Chickens Out – suggesting the president moved to de-escalate after seeing markets in freefall.

"It's incredibly difficult to trade these markets when Trump is swinging between massive escalation and declaring peace/victory," said Neil Wilson at Saxo, "but the market is happy for now that we do not enter a new phase of danger."

Daniela Hathorn at Capital.com said the latest market moves "perfectly capture just how fragile and headline-driven this environment has become".

The swift denial from Iran, she added, "underscores the core issue: markets are trading narrative, not certainty.

"The initial move reflects positioning with investors heavily hedged for escalation quickly pivoted toward relief, triggering a violent unwind. But the fact that the move was partially reversed highlights how little conviction there is in any single outcome. This is not a market that believes a resolution is imminent; it is a market reacting to any sign of an off-ramp, however fragile."

Gold prices pared earlier losses as the dollar weakened against major currencies, after the DXY index rose above 100 before the Trump post. 

Bond markets also whipsawed violently, with the US 10-year Treasury yield having climbed to above 4.42%, the highest since last July, before dropping to 4.358%.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group News Commentary — In mineral exploration, two things rarely show up on the same property: the bulk-tonnage scale of a copper porphyry, and the eye-popping per-tonne grades of a high-grade gold vein. One is a long-life, low-grade engine; the other is a smaller, richer prize. Salazar Resources Limited (TSXV: SRL) (OTCQB: SRLZF) (FSE: CCG) has just reported results suggesting it may have both on a single, wholly owned concession in one of the world's most prolific copper-gold belts.

On June 1, 2026, Salazar reported rock-chip sampling of up to 100 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 1,000 g/t silver from the Yumi vein system at its 100%-owned Tarqui Concession in southeastern Ecuador — high-grade precious-metals results sitting right alongside a large, district-scale copper-molybdenum porphyry that was previously drilled under an earn-in by mining giant BHP. It is the kind of combination that gives a junior two distinct ways to win on one piece of ground.

The high-grade headline: Yumi

The numbers that grab attention come from the Yumi gold-silver epithermal vein system, where Salazar's own recent rock-chip sampling returned exceptional grades. One sample assayed 80.9 g/t gold and 824 g/t silver; a second came back at greater than 100 g/t gold and greater than 1,000 g/t silver, with over-limit analysis still pending — meaning the true values could be even higher once the lab re-runs them at a wider range. Beyond those two standouts, 13 additional samples returned between 1.0 and 17.9 g/t gold across a vein system roughly 100 metres in length.

Two caveats matter and Salazar discloses them plainly. First, these are rock-chip and grab samples taken at surface, which are selective by nature and are not necessarily representative of the grade of any mineralization at depth — they point to potential, not to a resource. Second, the highest result is an over-limit pending value, not a confirmed assay. What the sampling does establish is that a high-grade epithermal system is present and worth drilling. The company notes the mineralization is consistent with low- to intermediate-sulfidation epithermal systems similar to Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte deposit, located about 48 kilometres to the south — a useful geological analogue, not a statement of equivalence.

The bulk-tonnage engine: a BHP-drilled porphyry

Underpinning the gold story is the larger copper-molybdenum porphyry system at Tarqui, defined by a 1.8-kilometre by 1.0-kilometre copper-molybdenum surface anomaly, with rock samples running up to 1.64% copper and soils up to 1.00% copper. The system has the kind of pedigree juniors rarely get to point to: it was drilled under a 2019–2022 earn-in agreement by BHP Billiton, following earlier work by Luminex Resources in 2018. That historical program included thirteen drill holes that confirmed porphyry mineralization.

Two of those historical holes frame the scale. TARQ1D returned 0.33% copper-equivalent over 186 metres, sitting within a much longer 682-metre interval grading 0.22% copper-equivalent. TARQ4D returned 0.34% copper-equivalent over 218 metres, with higher-grade sub-intervals up to 0.54% copper-equivalent. These are early-stage porphyry intercepts rather than a defined resource, but they confirm a real, drill-tested system that Salazar says remains open at depth and along its margins — leaving significant exploration upside. That a super-major spent the money to drill it is itself a form of validation that the target is district-scale.

Why the address matters

Tarqui and the nearby Quimi Concession together cover 7,547 hectares in Ecuador's Morona Santiago Province, roughly 15 kilometres from Gualaquiza, and sit within the Jurassic-aged Zamora Batholith — the same belt that hosts some of the region's marquee deposits. The concessions lie along the same regional structural corridor as the Panantza-San Carlos and Solaris Resources' Warintza porphyry systems, and the project sits about 48 kilometres north of Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte. The two concessions are located roughly 20 and 5 kilometres, respectively, from Mirador Norte, the northern extension of the producing, Chinese-operated Mirador copper mine. In exploration, being on-trend with proven, large-scale systems does not guarantee success, but it materially improves the odds that the right geology is present.

CEO Fredy Salazar framed the opportunity as a rare pairing, pointing to "a large, well-defined copper-molybdenum porphyry system and high-grade gold-silver veins" at Tarqui, complemented by promising soil anomalies at the underexplored Quimi Concession. With the mineralized systems open in multiple directions and at depth, he said Salazar believes Tarqui and Quimi "could evolve into important discoveries" within one of the world's most prospective copper-gold belts. It is an exploration thesis, not a resource — but it is a well-located one with both bulk-tonnage and high-grade levers.

Four Ecuador-focused names investors watch alongside Salazar

Salazar is exploring in a jurisdiction that has gone from frontier to recognized producer in just a few years, drawing major and mid-tier mining capital to the same belt. The peer group below shows the range — from a high-grade producer to porphyry developers — that defines the Ecuadorian copper-gold story Salazar is now a part of.

Lundin Gold Inc. (TSX: LUG) (OTCQX: LUGDF) is the benchmark Salazar's own release points to. Its Fruta del Norte mine — the same epithermal gold-silver system geologically analogous to Salazar's Yumi target, 48 kilometres to the south — is among the highest-grade operating gold mines in the world. Lundin guided to 2026 production of 475,000 to 525,000 ounces of gold at an average head grade around 8.3 g/t, and launched its largest-ever exploration program at roughly US$85 million and 133,000 metres of drilling. Lundin shows what a world-class epithermal system in this belt can become once it is fully developed.

Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) (NYSE: SLSR) is the porphyry analogue, advancing its Warintza copper project in the same Morona Santiago province as Tarqui. Solaris has reported an inferred resource on the order of 887 million tonnes grading about 0.39% copper, and signed an Investment Protection Agreement with the Ecuadorian government carrying tax incentives — a sign of how the country is courting large-scale copper development. Warintza illustrates the bulk-tonnage end of the spectrum that Salazar's own copper-molybdenum porphyry is chasing.

Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX: SVM) (NYSE American: SVM) represents the near-term builder in Ecuador. The company is advancing the El Domo deposit at the Curipamba project toward construction and first production later this decade, and — through its subsidiary Adventus — holds further exposure to the Zamora belt. Silvercorp shows the development-and-production stage of the Ecuadorian pipeline, several steps ahead of where Salazar sits today, and underscores that projects in the country are moving from discovery to construction.

Tincorp Metals Inc. (TSXV: TIN) is arguably the closest peer of all. In early 2026 Tincorp acquired the Santa Barbara gold-copper project — located in the same Zamora Copper-Gold Belt as Tarqui — from Silvercorp and its Adventus subsidiary, which retained a significant shareholding. Santa Barbara carries an updated resource of roughly 29.8 million tonnes grading 0.73 g/t gold and 0.10% copper. As a junior chasing a gold-copper porphyry in the very same belt, Tincorp is the most direct read on how the market values the kind of dual-metal exploration story Salazar is pursuing.

Across the group, the common thread is the one drawing capital to Salazar's ground: Ecuador's Zamora belt has proven it can host world-class copper porphyries and high-grade epithermal gold, and the market is rewarding companies that can credibly position themselves within it. Salazar sits at the early, high-risk exploration end — but on a wholly owned concession that offers exposure to both the bulk-tonnage and the high-grade sides of that story at once.

What to watch from here

For Salazar specifically, the near-term catalysts are clear. The first is the over-limit re-assay of that greater-than-100 g/t gold sample, which will put a firm number on the headline result. Beyond that, investors will watch for any move toward drilling the Yumi vein system — the logical next step to test whether the high-grade surface results carry to depth — as well as follow-up on the soil anomalies at the underexplored Quimi Concession and any further interpretation of the BHP-era porphyry data. Each would help convert surface promise into a drill-defined target.

None of this changes the fundamental reality that Salazar is an exploration-stage company working with surface samples and historical drill data, not a defined resource, and that grab samples are by their nature selective and unproven at depth. But the combination of a BHP-validated, district-scale copper-molybdenum porphyry and a freshly sampled high-grade gold-silver vein system — on one wholly owned property, in a tier-one copper-gold belt that is actively attracting major capital — is the kind of setup that draws exploration investors. The drill results to come will determine whether the promise becomes a discovery.

About Salazar Resources

Salazar Resources Limited (TSXV: SRL) (OTCQB: SRLZF) (FSE: CCG) is a Vancouver-based mineral exploration company focused on Ecuador. Its 100%-owned Tarqui and Quimi concessions cover 7,547 hectares in Morona Santiago Province within the Zamora Copper-Gold Belt, hosting a district-scale copper-molybdenum porphyry system — previously drilled under an earn-in by BHP Billiton — and the high-grade Yumi gold-silver epithermal vein system. Fredy Salazar serves as Chief Executive Officer.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- K92 Mining Inc. (“K92” or the “Company”) (TSX: KNT; OTCQX: KNTNF) is pleased to announce that Michael Carew was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors at the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders held earlier today.

Dr. Carew is a geologist with over 25 years of corporate, technical and capital markets experience in the mining industry. He brings both regional and near-mine mineral exploration experience gained through roles with several major and junior mining and exploration companies, including BHP Billiton Limited, Mount Isa Mines Limited and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. He has worked on a variety of uranium, base and precious metal ore deposits across Australia, North America and Asia.

Since August 2020, Dr. Carew has worked as a consultant in a variety of executive and non-executive roles, including serving as Vice President, Corporate Development for Papua New Guinea explorer Great Pacific Gold Corp. from November 2024 to May 2026. He has also advised on the due diligence of exploration projects at various stages of development and held senior corporate development and executive roles with several junior resource companies.

From 2013 to 2020, Dr. Carew was a Mining Research Analyst at Haywood Securities Inc., where he evaluated companies and projects ranging from early and advanced stage exploration, resource and development to production.

Dr. Carew currently serves as a Director and Audit Committee member of Military Metals Corp. (CSE) and CEO of Walhalla Gold Corp (CSE) and will join K92's Audit Committee and Health and Safety Committee.

He holds a BSc (Hons) from Monash University, Melbourne, and a PhD in Economic Geology from James Cook University, Australia.

John Lewins, K92 Chief Executive Officer and Director, stated, “Dr. Carew brings a strong combination of technical, exploration, capital markets and corporate development expertise to the K92 Board. His extensive experience evaluating mining and exploration projects, and working in Papua New Guinea and across the broader mining industry will provide valuable insight as K92 continues to execute on its growth strategy. We are delighted to welcome Mick to the Board and look forward to his contributions.”

About K92

K92 Mining Inc. is engaged in the production of gold, copper and silver at the Kainantu Gold Mine in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, as well as exploration and development of mineral deposits in the immediate vicinity of the mine. The Company declared commercial production from Kainantu in February 2018, is in a strong financial position, and is working to become a Tier 1 mid-tier producer through ongoing expansions. A maiden resource estimate on the Blue Lake copper-gold porphyry project was completed in August 2022. K92 is operated by a team of mining company professionals with extensive international mine-building and operational experience.

On Behalf of the Company,

John Lewins, Chief Executive Officer and Director

For further information, please contact David Medilek, P.Eng., CFA, President and Chief Operating Officer at +1-604-416-4445

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION: This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation: (i) statements regarding the expansion of the mine and development of any of the deposits; (ii) the Kainantu Stage 4 Expansion; and (iii) the potential extended life of the Kainantu Mine.

All statements in this news release that address events or developments that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, although not always, identified by words such as “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “project”, “target”, “potential”, “schedule”, “forecast”, “budget”, “estimate”, “intend” or “believe” and similar expressions or their negative connotations, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could”, “should” or “might” occur. All such forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our ability to control, that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, without limitation, Public Health Crises, including the epidemic or pandemic viruses; changes in the price of gold, silver, copper and other metals in the world markets; fluctuations in the price and availability of infrastructure and energy and other commodities; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; volatility in price of our common shares; inherent risks associated with the mining industry, including problems related to weather and climate in remote areas in which certain of the Company’s operations are located; failure to achieve production, cost and other estimates; risks and uncertainties associated with exploration and development; uncertainties relating to estimates of mineral resources including uncertainty that mineral resources may never be converted into mineral reserves; the Company’s ability to carry on current and future operations, including development and exploration activities at the Arakompa, Kora, Judd and other projects; the timing, extent, duration and economic viability of such operations, including any mineral resources or reserves identified thereby; the accuracy and reliability of estimates, projections, forecasts, studies and assessments; the Company’s ability to meet or achieve estimates, projections and forecasts; the availability and cost of inputs; the availability and costs of achieving the Stage 4 Expansion; the ability of the Company to achieve the inputs the price and market for outputs, including gold, silver and copper; failures of information systems or information security threats; political, economic and other risks associated with the Company’s foreign operations; geopolitical events and other uncertainties, such as the conflicts in Ukraine, Israel and Palestine; compliance with various laws and regulatory requirements to which the Company is subject to, including taxation; the ability to obtain timely financing on reasonable terms when required; the current and future social, economic and political conditions, including relationship with the communities in Papua New Guinea and other jurisdictions it operates; other assumptions and factors generally associated with the mining industry; and the risks, uncertainties and other factors referred to in the Company’s Annual Information Form under the heading “Risk Factors”.

Estimates of mineral resources are also forward-looking statements because they constitute projections, based on certain estimates and assumptions, regarding the amount of minerals that may be encountered in the future and/or the anticipated economics of production. The estimation of mineral resources and mineral reserves is inherently uncertain and involves subjective judgments about many relevant factors. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The accuracy of any such estimates is a function of the quantity and quality of available data, and of the assumptions made and judgments used in engineering and geological interpretation, Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance, and actual results and future events could materially differ from those anticipated in such statements. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actual results to differ materially from those that are anticipated, estimated, or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- K92 Mining Inc. (“K92” or the “Company”) (TSX: KNT; OTCQX: KNTNF) is pleased to announce that it has published its 2025 Sustainability Report. This is K92’s seventh annual sustainability report and provides details of the Company’s ongoing sustainability management and performance.

The 2025 Sustainability Report was prepared in accordance with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”) Metals and Mining Standard for the seventh consecutive year and includes climate-related disclosures in alignment with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) recommendations.

The 2025 Sustainability Report is available on the K92 website at the following link:
https://k92mining.com/responsible-mining

2025 Sustainability Highlights:

918 days without a lost-time injury(1) and a Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (“TRIFR”) of 0.62.~2,150 employees and permanent contractors in Papua New Guinea (PNG) plus temporary contractors and casuals for a total workforce of ~3,100.~91% of the operational workforce, comprising employees and permanent contractors, are PNG Nationals with priority hiring from local communities.$161.8 million in procurement from PNG companies, representing 52% of K92’s total annual procurement spend and an increase of 68% versus 2024.$139.2 million in taxes and royalties paid or accrued in PNG(2), a 122% increase from 2024.$33.1 million invested in local Joint Ventures.Outstanding Community Humanitarian Initiative awarded by the PNG Chamber of Resources and Energy (“CORE”) for K92’s Adult Literacy Program, marking the fourth consecutive year K92 has received the primary, annual community award from the CORE.Release of the Company’s Environmental Policy and Tailings Management Policy, two key board-approved policies outlining the Company’s approach to responsible resource development.Zero reportable environmental incidents at the Kainantu operations, with ongoing enhancements to the Company’s environmental management system.Continued implementation of the K92 CARES framework, which outlines the Company’s core values, including the launch of the inaugural CARES Awards recognizing outstanding employee engagement and commitment.Advanced work related to the Kainantu Endowment, which was established as an independent charitable trust dedicated to advancing education, skills development, and long-term opportunity for people across PNG.Ongoing alignment with the TCFD recommendations, with progress advanced on local hydropower improvements and solar farm engineering work in support of the Company’s energy and greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reduction target.Continued commitment to local skills development, including a total of 68 tertiary scholarships awarded, 34 industrial traineeship placements, 31 graduate placements, and ongoing implementation of multiple Memoranda of Understanding with PNG universities to help develop a robust pipeline of skilled mine workers in the country.Significant progress on the Company’s first Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme (“ITCS”) project, with 35% physical completion of the Konkua-Bilimoia road upgrades.Ongoing due diligence activities to support annual child labour and forced labour mitigation disclosures. John Lewins, K92 Chief Executive Officer and Director, stated, “K92 celebrated many achievements in 2025 in what was a landmark year for the Company as we celebrated our 10th anniversary and successfully completed the commissioning of our new 1.2-million tonnes per annum Stage 3 Expansion processing plant. This coincided with a truly historic milestone for the people of Papua New Guinea, as the nation celebrated the Golden Jubilee of its independence in 1975.

At the end of 2025, K92 was a major employer in Papua New Guinea, with approximately 2,150 employees and permanent contractors, and temporary contractors and casuals bringing our total workforce to approximately 3,100. PNG Nationals represented approximately 91% of our operational workforce, comprising employees and permanent contractors, supported by priority hiring from local communities. In addition, we have become one of the largest corporate taxpayers among mining companies in the country, with $139.2M in taxes and royalties paid or accrued in 2025. We are also currently the largest foreign investor in mineral exploration in Papua New Guinea, with $18M invested in exploration activities in 2025 and a further $31M to $35M planned investment in 2026, well-positioning the Company for continued growth.

I would like to extend my congratulations to the K92 Mining team and the people of Papua New Guinea for all the momentous milestones that were achieved during the year. These achievements are a testament to the dedication and resilience of the innumerable people who have made them possible. As Papua New Guinea looks to its next chapter, we strongly believe that responsible mining will remain an important driver of sustainable development for the country and its remarkable people. At K92, we will continue to work steadfastly in partnership with all our stakeholders to deliver transformational value for many years to come.”

Notes:

(1)   As at December 31, 2025. Rate includes both employees and contractors.
(2)   Includes corporate tax, payroll tax, import duties, production levy and royalties.
(3)   All amounts are in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted.

About K92

K92 Mining Inc. is engaged in the production of gold, copper and silver at the Kainantu Gold Mine in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, as well as exploration and development of mineral deposits in the immediate vicinity of the mine. The Company declared commercial production from Kainantu in February 2018, is in a strong financial position, and is working to become a Tier 1 mid-tier producer through ongoing expansions. A maiden resource estimate on the Blue Lake copper-gold porphyry project was completed in August 2022. K92 is operated by a team of mining company professionals with extensive international mine-building and operational experience.

On Behalf of the Company,

John Lewins, Chief Executive Officer and Director

For further information, please contact David Medilek, P.Eng., CFA, President and Chief Operating Officer at +1-604-416-4445

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION: This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation: (i) the results of the Kainantu Mine Definitive Feasibility Study, including the Stage 3 Expansion, a new standalone 1.2 million tonnes-per-annum process plant and supporting infrastructure; (ii) statements regarding the expansion of the mine and development of any of the deposits; (iii) the Kainantu Stage 4 Expansion, operating two standalone process plants, larger surface infrastructure and mining throughputs; and (iv) the potential extended life of the Kainantu Mine.

All statements in this news release that address events or developments that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, although not always, identified by words such as “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “project”, “target”, “potential”, “schedule”, “forecast”, “budget”, “estimate”, “intend” or “believe” and similar expressions or their negative connotations, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could”, “should” or “might” occur. All such forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our ability to control, that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, without limitation, Public Health Crises, including the epidemic or pandemic viruses; changes in the price of gold, silver, copper and other metals in the world markets; fluctuations in the price and availability of infrastructure and energy and other commodities; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; volatility in price of our common shares; inherent risks associated with the mining industry, including problems related to weather and climate in remote areas in which certain of the Company’s operations are located; failure to achieve production, cost and other estimates; risks and uncertainties associated with exploration and development; uncertainties relating to estimates of mineral resources including uncertainty that mineral resources may never be converted into mineral reserves; the Company’s ability to carry on current and future operations, including development and exploration activities at the Arakompa, Kora, Judd and other projects; the timing, extent, duration and economic viability of such operations, including any mineral resources or reserves identified thereby; the accuracy and reliability of estimates, projections, forecasts, studies and assessments; the Company’s ability to meet or achieve estimates, projections and forecasts; the availability and cost of inputs; the availability and costs of achieving the Stage 3 Expansion or the Stage 4 Expansion; the ability of the Company to achieve the inputs the price and market for outputs, including gold, silver and copper; failures of information systems or information security threats; political, economic and other risks associated with the Company’s foreign operations; geopolitical events and other uncertainties, such as the conflicts in Ukraine, Israel and Palestine; compliance with various laws and regulatory requirements to which the Company is subject to, including taxation; the ability to obtain timely financing on reasonable terms when required; the current and future social, economic and political conditions, including relationships with the communities in Papua New Guinea and other jurisdictions it operates; other assumptions and factors generally associated with the mining industry; and the risks, uncertainties and other factors referred to in the Company’s Annual Information Form under the heading “Risk Factors”.

Estimates of mineral resources are also forward-looking statements because they constitute projections, based on certain estimates and assumptions, regarding the amount of minerals that may be encountered in the future and/or the anticipated economics of production. The estimation of mineral resources and mineral reserves is inherently uncertain and involves subjective judgments about many relevant factors. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The accuracy of any such estimates is a function of the quantity and quality of available data, and of the assumptions made and judgments used in engineering and geological interpretation, Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance, and actual results and future events could materially differ from those anticipated in such statements. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actual results to differ materially from those that are anticipated, estimated, or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Wall Street analysts expect Copa Holdings (CPA - Free Report) to post quarterly earnings of $4.43 per share in its upcoming report, which indicates a year-over-year increase of 3.5%. Revenues are expected to be $1.03 billion, up 15% from the year-ago quarter.

The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has undergone a downward revision of 32.1% in the past 30 days, bringing it to its present level. This represents how the covering analysts, as a whole, have reassessed their initial estimates during this timeframe.

Before a company reveals its earnings, it is vital to take into account any changes in earnings projections. These revisions play a pivotal role in predicting the possible reactions of investors toward the stock. Multiple empirical studies have consistently shown a strong association between trends in earnings estimates and the short-term price movements of a stock.

While investors typically use consensus earnings and revenue estimates as indicators of quarterly business performance, exploring analysts' projections for specific key metrics can offer valuable insights.

Bearing this in mind, let's now explore the average estimates of specific Copa Holdings metrics that are commonly monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts.

According to the collective judgment of analysts, 'Operating Revenues- Passenger revenue' should come in at $987.37 million. The estimate indicates a year-over-year change of +14.9%.

Analysts expect 'Load Factor' to come in at 86.9%. The estimate is in contrast to the year-ago figure of 86.4%.

Based on the collective assessment of analysts, 'PRASM (Passenger revenue per ASM)' should arrive at N/A. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported N/A in the same quarter last year.

Analysts forecast 'Yield' to reach N/A. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported N/A in the same quarter last year.

Analysts' assessment points toward 'ASMs (Available seat miles)' reaching 8.89 billion. The estimate is in contrast to the year-ago figure of 7.80 billion.

The average prediction of analysts places 'CASM Excl. Fuel' at N/A. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of N/A.

Analysts predict that the 'CASM' will reach N/A. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported N/A in the same quarter last year.

The combined assessment of analysts suggests that 'RPMs (Revenue passengers miles)' will likely reach 7.71 billion. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 6.74 billion.

The collective assessment of analysts points to an estimated 'RASM' of N/A. Compared to the current estimate, the company reported N/A in the same quarter of the previous year.

The consensus estimate for 'Fuel Gallons Consumed' stands at 102 millions of gallons. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported 91 millions of gallons in the same quarter last year.

The consensus among analysts is that 'Total Number of Aircraft' will reach 129 . Compared to the current estimate, the company reported 112 in the same quarter of the previous year.

It is projected by analysts that the 'Operating Expense- Fuel' will reach $280.80 million.

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Over the past month, Copa Holdings shares have recorded returns of +3.1% versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11% change. Based on its Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), CPA will likely exhibit a performance that aligns with the overall market in the upcoming period. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> .

PANAMA CITY, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA) today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for April 2026:

Copa Holdings (Consolidated)April
2026April
2025% ChangeASM (mm) (1)       2,971.9       2,546.6          16.7 %
RPM (mm) (2)       2,579.8       2,209.7          16.7 %
Load Factor (3)        86.8 %
        86.8 %
             —p.p. Available seat miles - represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number of miles the seats are flown.Revenue passenger miles - represents the number of miles flown by revenue passengers.Load factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is utilized. For April 2026, Copa Holdings' capacity (ASMs) increased by 16.7%, while system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased by 16.7% compared to 2025. As a result, the system load factor for the month was 86.8%, flat compared to April 2025.

Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides service to countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. For more information, visit ir.copaair.com.

CPA-G

Investor Relations
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Key Takeaways Copa Holdings reported April 2026 RPM growth of 16.7% YoY, driven by strong air travel demand.CPA increased capacity with available seat miles rising 16.7% YoY to match demand.Copa Holdings saw load factor remain flat at 86.8% as traffic growth matched capacity expansion. Copa Holdings, S.A.(CPA - Free Report) , based in Panama City, Panama, is gaining from upbeat passenger volumes. The latest positive update from the Latin American carrier came when it reported robust traffic numbers for April 2026 on the back of upbeat air travel demand. Driven by high passenger volumes, revenue passenger miles (RPM: a measure of air traffic) improved on a year-over-year basis in April.

To match the demand swell, CPA is increasing its capacity. In April, available seat miles (a measure of capacity) increased 16.7% year over year. RPM also improved 16.7% year over year. Since traffic growth has matched capacity expansion, the load factor (the percentage of seats filled by passengers) for April 2026 remained flat at 86.8% on a year-over-year basis.

CPA currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

April 2026 Traffic of Another Airline CompanyApart from Copa Holdings, another airline company that has reported traffic numbers for March 2026 is Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY - Free Report) .

Ryanair HoldingsEuropean carrier, Ryanair reported solid traffic numbers for March 2026, driven by upbeat air-travel demand. The number of passengers transported on Ryanair flights was 19.3 million in April 2026, reflecting a 5% year-over-year increase. Apart from a year-over-year surge, RYAAY’s traffic in April was much more than the March reading of 15.8 million, the February reading of 13.3 million and the January reading of 12.7 million, highlighting continued momentum from the beginning of the year.

Ryanair’s load factor (percentage of seats filled by passengers) remained flat year over year as well as sequentially at 93% in April 2026, reflecting stable and consistent demand for the carrier’s services. However, it improved from the load factor of 92% reported in February 2026 and 91% reported in January 2026.

RYAAY operated more than 1,08,000 flights in April 2026. This marks an improvement from 88,000 flights operated in March 2026, 75,000 flights operated in February 2026 and 73,000 flights operated in January2026, reflecting expanded capacity to meet strong passenger demand.

We would like to remind investors that Ryanair carried 200.2 million passengers (traffic up 9% year over year) in its fiscal year ending March 2025, positioning itself as the first European airline to reach 200 million passengers in a single year. As a result, RYAAY is now the world’s leading low-fare airline in terms of passenger traffic, with low fares and reduced costs acting as the main catalyst. During the first nine months of fiscal 2026, RYAAY’s traffic grew 4% year over year to 166.5 million passengers.

Given the aforesaid encouraging backdrops, Ryanair has unveiled its raised traffic outlook for fiscal 2026 (concurrent with its third-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings release on Jan. 26, 2026). Ryanair now expects its fiscal 2026 traffic to grow 4% to 208 million passengers (prior view: 207 million), owing to earlier than expected Boeing (BA - Free Report) deliveries and solid demand during the first nine months of fiscal 2026.

Copa Holdings (CPA - Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $5.16 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.43 per share. This compares to earnings of $4.28 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +16.57%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this holding company for Panama's national airline would post earnings of $4.44 per share when it actually produced earnings of $4.18, delivering a surprise of -5.86%.

Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.

Copa Holdings, which belongs to the Zacks Transportation - Airline industry, posted revenues of $1.05 billion for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.80%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $899.18 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters.

The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.

Copa Holdings shares have lost about 3.9% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.1%.

What's Next for Copa Holdings?While Copa Holdings has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?

There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.

Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.

Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Copa Holdings was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $1.65 on $986.97 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $14.21 on $4.2 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.

Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Transportation - Airline is currently in the bottom 14% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.

Another stock from the broader Zacks Transportation sector, Nordic American Tankers (NAT - Free Report) , has yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2026.

This tanker company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.16 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +700%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 50% higher over the last 30 days to the current level.

Nordic American Tankers' revenues are expected to be $80.64 million, up 112.6% from the year-ago quarter.

Key Takeaways LATAM Airlines' April 2026 RPK rose 7% year over year, signaling growth across all segments.LATAM Airlines' April 2026 load factor came in at 82.3%, with consolidated capacity of 8.3%. In April 2026, LATAM Airlines transported 6.9 million passengers, an increase of 2.8% year over year. LATAM Airlines Group (LTM - Free Report) reported a year-over-year increase in revenue passenger-kilometers (RPK: a measure of air traffic) for April 2026.

LATAM Airlines reported an 8.3% year-over-year increase in consolidated capacity, measured in available seat-kilometers (ASK). The uptick was driven by an 11.6% increase in international operations, a 6% increase in domestic operations of LATAM Airlines’ affiliates in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, along with a 4% increase in capacity offered by LATAM Airlines Brazil.

LTM’s consolidated traffic, measured in revenue passenger-kilometers (RPK), grew 7% year over year, owing to growth across all segments. International traffic rose 10.8%, followed by domestic markets of LATAM Airlines’ affiliates in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru with 3.3% growth, and LATAM Airlines Brazil domestic traffic reporting year-over-year growth of 2%.

Although traffic improved on a year-over-year basis, it failed to outpace capacity expansion. As a result, the load factor fell 1.1 percentage points to 82.3% in April 2026.

In April 2026, LATAM Airlines transported 6.9 million passengers, an increase of 2.8% year over year. So far this year, LATAM Airlines has transported 29.79 million passengers across its network, reflecting an increase of 7.6% year over year.

LTM’s Zacks Rank & Price PerformanceLATAM Airlines currentlycarries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Shares of LTM have gained 31% in the past year, outperforming the 11.7% increase of the Zacks Airline industry.

LTM Stock’s One-Year Price Comparison Image Source: Zacks Investment Research

April 2026 Traffic of Other Airline CompaniesApart from LATAM Airlines, other airline companies that have reported traffic numbers for April 2026 are Copa Holdings, S.A. (CPA - Free Report) and Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY - Free Report) .

Copa HoldingsCopa Holdings reported robust traffic numbers for April 2026 on the back of upbeat air travel demand. Driven by high passenger volumes, revenue passenger miles (RPM: a measure of air traffic) improved on a year-over-year basis in April.

To match the demand swell, CPA is increasing its capacity. In April, available seat miles (a measure of capacity) increased 16.7% year over year. RPM also improved 16.7% year over year. Since traffic growth has matched capacity expansion, the load factor (the percentage of seats filled by passengers) for April 2026 remained flat at 86.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Ryanair HoldingsEuropean carrier, Ryanair reported solid traffic numbers for April 2026, driven by upbeat air-travel demand. The number of passengers transported on Ryanair flights was 19.3 million in April 2026, reflecting a 5% year-over-year increase. Apart from a year-over-year surge, RYAAY’s traffic in April was much more than the March reading of 15.8 million, the February reading of 13.3 million and the January reading of 12.7 million, highlighting continued momentum from the beginning of the year.

Ryanair’s load factor (percentage of seats filled by passengers) remained flat year over year as well as sequentially at 93% in April 2026, reflecting stable and consistent demand for the carrier’s services. However, it improved from the load factor of 92% reported in February 2026 and 91% reported in January 2026.

RYAAY operated more than 1,08,000 flights in April 2026. This marks an improvement from 88,000 flights operated in March 2026, 75,000 flights operated in February 2026 and 73,000 flights operated in January2026, reflecting expanded capacity to meet strong passenger demand.

We would like to remind investors that Ryanair carried 200.2 million passengers (traffic up 9% year over year) in its fiscal year ending March 2025, positioning itself as the first European airline to reach 200 million passengers in a single year. As a result, RYAAY is now the world’s leading low-fare airline in terms of passenger traffic, with low fares and reduced costs acting as the main catalyst. During the first nine months of fiscal 2026, RYAAY’s traffic grew 4% year over year to 166.5 million passengers.

Given the aforesaid encouraging backdrops, Ryanair has unveiled its raised traffic outlook for fiscal 2026 (concurrent with its third-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings release on Jan. 26, 2026). Ryanair now expects its fiscal 2026 traffic to grow 4% to 208 million passengers (prior view: 207 million), owing to earlier than expected Boeing (BA - Free Report) deliveries and solid demand during the first nine months of fiscal 2026.

Copa Holdings, S.A. (CPA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

On May 13, 2026, Marathon Capital Management disclosed in an SEC filing that it sold 23,765 shares of Copa Holdings (CPA +0.32%), an estimated $3.12 million trade based on quarterly average pricing.

Sold 23,765 shares of Copa Holdings; estimated trade size was $3.12 million based on quarterly average pricingQuarter-end position value decreased by $3.06 million, reflecting both share sales and stock price movementsTransaction represented a 0.7% change in 13F reportable AUMPost-trade stake: 27,788 shares valued at $3.16 millionPosition now accounts for 0.71% of fund AUM, which places it outside the fund's top five holdingsWhat happenedAccording to a SEC filing dated May 13, 2026, Marathon Capital Management reduced its holding in Copa Holdings by 23,765 shares during the first quarter of 2026. The estimated transaction value was $3.12 million, based on the average unadjusted closing price for the quarter. The quarter-end value of the position decreased by $3.06 million, reflecting both trading activity and market price changes. The firm now holds 27,788 shares, worth $3.16 million at quarter end.

What else to knowMarathon Capital Management continued to reduce its position in Copa Holdings, which now represents 0.71% of 13F reportable AUMTop holdings after the filing:NASDAQ:TROW: $57.56 million (12.9% of AUM)NYSEMKT:BIL: $17.91 million (4.0% of AUM)NYSE:GLW: $14.30 million (3.2% of AUM)NASDAQ:GOOGL: $14.19 million (3.2% of AUM)NYSE:AZN: $12.85 million (2.9% of AUM)As of May 21, 2026, shares of Copa Holdings were priced at $137.07, up 34.37% over the past year, underperforming the S&P 500 by 6.9 percentage pointsCompany overviewMetricValueRevenue (TTM)$3.62 billionNet income (TTM)$671.65 millionDividend yield4.77%Price (as of market close May 21, 2026)$137.07Company snapshotCPA provides scheduled airline passenger and cargo services across 69 destinations in the Americas and the Caribbean, operating a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft.Copa generates revenue primarily from ticket sales, ancillary services, and cargo transport, leveraging its hub-and-spoke model based in Panama City.The company serves business and leisure travelers, as well as commercial cargo clients, with a focus on connectivity throughout North, Central, and South America.Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American airline group, operating over 200 daily flights from its strategic hub in Panama City.

What this transaction means for investorsMarathon trimmed Copa Holdings during the first quarter, and with the stock up nearly 19% over the past year, the trade reads more like portfolio housekeeping than a change in view. Copa is worth understanding on its own terms. The airline operates out of Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, which functions as the busiest connecting hub in Latin America — a geographic position that no single-country carrier in the Americas can easily replicate. The business model is simple and disciplined: one fleet type, a focused route network, and a cost structure that has historically supported margins well above the regional airline average. That combination of hub scarcity, operational focus, and lean costs is a durable setup, not one that ages quickly. The risks are real. Copa's passenger base spans markets that can turn fast on currency moves or political instability, and fuel costs come in dollars while revenue is partly denominated in weaker regional currencies. The metrics worth watching are load factor and unit costs — when those move together, the earnings story tends to follow. Copa isn't priced like a premium business despite operating like one, which is partly the EM risk discount that follows any Latin American asset. For investors comfortable with that trade-off, the setup is more interesting than a routine institutional trim might suggest.

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The ongoing tensions between the United States and Iran have resulted in a sharp rise in oil prices, a key input cost for airlines. The ongoing uncertainty over talks between them has repeatedly put the fragile ceasefire under strain. Stocks in the Zacks Transportation - Airline industry have been badly hit by this uncertain scenario that has resulted in multiple flight cancellations and disruptions to connectivity. Crude prices have moved sharply on headlines tied to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route

Oil prices have remained elevated, currently fluctuating between $90 and $95 per barrel. High labor costs are also hurting bottom-line growth. Despite these headwinds, the industry has shown resilience, particularly among companies focusing on growth strategies and operational efficiency. The upbeat air-travel demand witnessed during the Memorial Day weekend is also a positive for airline stocks. Notable players expected to withstand these challenges include American Airlines (AAL - Free Report) , Copa Holdings (CPA - Free Report) . and Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT - Free Report) .

About the Industry The Zacks Airline industry players are engaged in transporting passengers and cargo to various destinations globally. Most operators maintain a fleet of multiple mainline jets in addition to several regional planes. Their operations are aided by the regional airline subsidiaries and third-party regional carriers. Additionally, industry players utilize their respective cargo divisions to offer a wide range of freight and mail services. The players invest substantially to upgrade technology. The industry, apart from comprising legacy carriers, includes low-cost players. The well-being of companies in this group is linked to the health of the overall economy. For example, the aviation space was one of the worst pandemic-hit corners, with passenger revenues taking a beating. However, air travel demand has improved from the pandemic lows, despite the current high oil price scenario.

Factors Relevant to the Industry's Fortunes Surge in Fuel Costs – A Bane: The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has resulted in a sharp jump in oil prices. This northward movement in oil prices is naturally hurting the bottom line of airlines. This is because fuel expenses represent a key input cost for airlines. With most U.S. carriers having abandoned fuel hedging strategies, such an oil supply disruption has left them fully exposed to price spikes. This development may hurt the second-quarter earnings of airlines, particularly in the event of the conflict persisting.

Uptick in Labor Costs: The increase in expenses on the labor front represents another challenge for airlines. For example, at American Airlines, salaries and related costs have increased 10.7% year over year in the first quarter of 2026. With U.S. airlines grappling with labor shortages, the bargaining power of various labor groups has naturally increased. As a result, we have seen pay-hike deals being inked in the space. This is resulting in a spike in labor costs, limiting bottom-line growth in turn.

Upbeat Summer Travel – A Positive: Despite headwinds like high inflation, elevated fuel and labor costs, air-travel demand, particularly on the leisure front, remains healthy as exemplified by the upbeat Memorial Day weekend air travel scenario.  In fact, passenger volumes, despite high air fares, are expected to remain strong during the entire summer season. For example, American Airlines expects record travel during the summer season (May 21-Sept. 8). During the period, the airline expects to fly 75 million passengers across 750,000 flights, smashing its previous record established in 2019. 

Strong Financial Returns for Shareholders: With economic activities gaining pace from the pandemic lows, more and more companies are allocating their increasing cash pile by way of dividends and buybacks to pacify long-suffering shareholders. This underlines their financial strength and business confidence.

Among airlines, CPA’s board of directors approved a dividend hike of 6.2%, thereby raising its quarterly cash dividend to $1.71 per share ($6.84 annualized) from $1.61 ($6.44 annualized). The move reflects CPA’s intention to utilize free cash to enhance its shareholders’ returns.  

Zacks Industry Rank Signals Dull Prospects The Zacks Airline industry is a 23-stock group within the broader Zacks Transportation sector. The industry currently carries a Zacks Industry Rank #233, which places it in the bottom 9% of 245 Zacks industries.

The group’s Zacks Industry Rank, basically the average of the Zacks Rank of all the member stocks, indicates murky near-term prospects. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.

The industry’s positioning in the bottom 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries is a result of a negative earnings outlook for the constituent companies in aggregate.

Looking at the aggregate earnings estimate revisions, it appears that analysts are gradually losing confidence in this group’s earnings growth potential. The industry's earnings estimate for 2026 has decreased 36.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Before we present a few stocks from the industry that you may want to hold on to, let’s take a look at the industry’s recent stock market performance and the valuation picture.

Industry Surpasses Sector but Lags S&P 500 Over the past year, the Zacks Transportation - Airline industry has gained 23.2% compared with the S&P 500 composite’s rise of 31.2%. The broader sector has gained 22.1% in the said time frame.

One-Year Price Performance

Valuation Picture The price/sales (P/S) ratio is often used to value airline stocks. The industry currently has a forward 12-month P/S of 0.57X compared with the S&P 500’s 5.27X. It is also below the sector’s forward-12-month P/S of 1.4X.

Over the past five years, the industry has traded as high as 0.88X, as low as 0.29X and at the median of 0.45X.

Forward 12-Month Price-to-Sales Ratio (Past Five Years) 3 Airline Stocks to Monitor Now American Airlines is based in Fort Worth, TX. Strong air travel demand, particularly on the leisure front, despite high fuel costs, is aiding AAL. Efforts to broaden its network are also praiseworthy.

The company’s high debt levels are worrisome. The carrier’s earnings have surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the past four quarters (missing the mark in the other quarter). The average beat is 2.6%. American Airlines currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

  You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here 

 Price and Consensus: AAL

Copa Holdings, based in Panama City, Panama, currently carries a Zacks Rank #3. The company is benefiting from strong domestic air travel demand owing to factors like regional economic expansion, its ability to adapt to market trends, and focus on innovative strategies.

Despite the tough conditions, the airline demonstrated resilience. Copa Holdings’ earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the past four quarters (missing the mark on the other occasion). The average beat is 6.5%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current and next-year earnings has been revised 0.7% and 4.7% upward over the past 60 days, respectively.

Price and Consensus: CPA

Allegiant Travel's unique business model, coupled with its low-cost nature, offers diversified revenue streams from leisure travel flights as well as multiple travel services and product offerings. Efforts to upgrade its fleet are praiseworthy as well. ALGT aims to end the second quarter of 2026 with a fleet size of 125.

ALGT’s earnings surpassed estimates in three of the last four quarters and missed the mark once. The average beat was 21.9%. Allegiant currently carries a Zacks Rank #3. 

 Price and Consensus: ALGT

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WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - Fuel costs for U.S. airlines jumped 78% in April to nearly $6.5 billion ​compared with the year before, as the Middle East conflict drives ‌up jet fuel prices, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.

Airlines' fuel costs were up 26% over March and carriers used 2.6% less fuel in April over March, USDOT said ​in a monthly report.

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The cost per gallon of fuel in April ​was $4.11, up $1.81 over April 2025, USDOT added, a trend that has ⁠already had an impact on the sector. Spirit Airlines, an ultra low-cost ​U.S. carrier, ceased operations in May, saying rising fuel prices left it no ​choice.

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The International Air Transport Association, which represents more than 370 airlines accounting for about ​85% of global air traffic, said in its annual report Sunday that ​it expects the industry to post a combined net profit of $23 billion in 2026, well ‌below ⁠a previous projection of about $41 billion and down from $45 billion in 2025.

Average fares for flights with a U.S. origin have risen this year by as much as 31% for domestic trips and 22% for international ones, when compared to ​the same weeks in ​2025, according to ⁠KAYAK search data.

The Middle East conflict, triggered by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, has also forced airlines to reroute flights ​around closed or restricted airspace, increasing fuel burn and straining ​already ⁠tight capacity.

Oil prices have surged on fears of supply disruption, pushing jet fuel prices sharply higher and widening refinery margins, leaving airlines facing a steep jump in ⁠their largest ​cost.

IATA expects airlines' fuel bill to surge ​to about $350 billion this year from roughly $252 billion in 2025, with fuel accounting for nearly a third ​of operating costs.

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Bitcoin's highest-conviction holders have joined the sell-off in the cryptocurrency, which could signal the beginning of the end of the ongoing crypto slump, according to Compass Point.

Long-term holders — defined as those who have held onto their coins for at least 155 days, or about five months — were largely inactive from February to April but have turned into sellers in recent weeks, Compass Point analyst Ed Engel said in a note Tuesday.

In the past two days they've sold about $2.4 billion in bitcoin, "which has large implications on BTC's supply/demand balances," Engel said.

He also highlighted that 26% of bitcoin sold in the past 30 days came from investors who bought it above $90,000.

"This cohort of top-buyers had been resilient throughout the bear market; however, they're finally capitulating as BTC approaches new cycle lows," he added. "Top-buyer capitulation is a very common theme in late cycle bear markets. This makes us more confident that BTC's bear market is in late stages."

Bitcoin has been struggling to climb back toward its October record of more than $126,000 as uncertainty around the Iran war has kept the price under pressure. Meanwhile, the stock market has risen to new records. The divergence has investors questioning both of bitcoin's dominant narratives: that it is "digital gold" that should benefit from geopolitical uncertainty, and that it trades like a high beta tech stock.

On Tuesday, bitcoin ETFs registered their 12th day in a row — and longest streak ever — of net outflows, according to SoSoValue. Net assets across bitcoin ETFs fell to $85 billion from $107.8 billion on May 14.

Bitcoin is down 12% week-to-date after some fear-based unloading on Monday — following Strategy's minor sale of 32 coins — triggered a cascade of long liquidations that accelerated the downward pressure.

Still, analysts say Strategy's sale is not a significant factor driving bitcoin's price.

"ETF flows are the primary driver of BTC price appreciation, explaining approximately 45% of weekly return variation, and the best vehicle for tracking investor adoption/appetite," Citi analyst Alex Saunders said in a note. "Recent flows have been negative, and the chances for the passage of a U.S. market structure bill (a potential catalyst for renewed investor interest in our view) are diminishing.

"We expect sentiment to remain lackluster, especially as the divergence with equity performance remains stark, absent positive news on the regulatory front or 'de-basement trade' fears around fiscal position," he added.

— CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed reporting

Eightco treasury composition as of June 3, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $142M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $437 million

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

, /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) ("Eightco" or the "Company") today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting its growing position across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies.

ORBS Holdings & Key Metrics

The ORBS Portfolio Thesis

As of June 3, 2026, at 6:00 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 $0.55 per WLD (per Coinbase), 16,278 Ethereum (ETH), and approximately $142 million in total cash and stablecoins, for total holdings of approximately $437 million.

Top AI 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. Among the holdings, key highlights in recent weeks are:

On June 1, Anthropic, recently valued at nearly $1 trillion, confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, setting up what could become one of the most significant technology offerings in history (Reuters). The Anthropic news comes out amidst news that OpenAI is preparing to file to go public in the coming weeks (The New York Times). On June 1, Alphabet, parent company of Google, announced plans to raise up to $80 billion to fund AI-related investments and computing infrastructure to meet unprecedented demand (CNBC). "The market is witnessing one of the largest technology investment cycles in history as AI reshapes industries, business models, and the global economy," said Thomas "Tom" Lee, Board Member of Eightco. "Anthropic's filing highlights the expectation of enormous investor appetite for AI companies. With OpenAI's filing reported to be upcoming, we believe OpenAI sits at the center of this transformation, and ORBS' exposure to the company provides shareholders with participation in what we view as one of the most significant value creation opportunities of the coming decade."

Data compiled by Fundstrat shows that "non-humans" now account for the following estimated shares of volume on various platforms:
- 75% of Polymarket trading volume
- 53% of web traffic
- 47% of emails sent
- 44% of US equity buy-side execution
- 35% of new website creation
- 30% of online product reviews 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 (21% of ORBS' treasury holdings), Worldcoin (36%), and Beast Industries (4%).

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 21% 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 8.4% of circulating supply, the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally and approximately 36% 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 4% 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:

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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 8.4% 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; expectations regarding the development and adoption of agentic artificial intelligence; media reports regarding OpenAI allegedly preparing to file for an IPO in the coming weeks and expectations that any OpenAI IPO would be among the most significant technology offerings; statements by the Company's Board Member regarding the current technology investment cycle being one of the largest in history, the expectation of enormous investor appetite for AI companies, the belief that OpenAI sits at the center of the AI transformation, and the belief that ORBS' exposure to OpenAI represents one of the most significant value creation opportunities of the coming decade; statements regarding Alphabet's announced plans to raise up to $80 billion for AI-related investments; statements regarding non-human and bot activity percentages across internet platforms, including Polymarket trading volume, web traffic, email, equity execution, website creation, and online product reviews; expectations regarding the adoption of the World ID protocol and the World network across enterprise and consumer applications; beliefs that Proof-of-Human verification is becoming essential infrastructure for social networks, banking, agentic commerce, and financial systems in the agentic AI era; 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 importance of distribution and audience trust as AI commoditizes content production; and the Company's belief that its treasury portfolio holds critical components for the future AI and digital financial system. 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 and the timing or success of any IPO; risks that third-party data regarding non-human internet activity may be inaccurate or subject to change; risks related to Beast Industries' ability to achieve its growth projections; 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.

SOURCE Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS)

-  Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) informa de que sus activos totales ascienden a aproximadamente 437 millones de dólares, incluyendo OpenAI, Beast Industries, más de 16.000 ETH y más de 283 millones de tokens WLD

Composición de la tesorería de Eightco al 3 de junio de 2026: 90 millones de dólares en acciones de OpenAI (indirectas), 18 millones de dólares en acciones de Beast Industries, 16.278 ETH, 283 millones de tenencias de WLD y 142 millones de dólares en efectivo y equivalentes, lo que suma aproximadamente 437 millones de dólares.

World ofrece una solución al problema del "doble humano" en un mundo plagado de deepfakes.

Eightco ofrece exposición indirecta a algunas de las empresas privadas más innovadoras, incluidas OpenAI y Beast Industries.

, /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) ("Eightco" o la "Compañía") proporcionó hoy una actualización sobre sus participaciones totales, destacando su creciente posición en activos digitales e inversiones estratégicas en empresas tecnológicas privadas líderes.

ORBS Holdings & Key Metrics

The ORBS Portfolio Thesis

A fecha de 3 de junio de 2026 a las 18:00 (hora del este), las tenencias de ORBS incluyen una inversión de 90 millones de dólares (indirectamente, a través de SPV) en OpenAI, una inversión financiada de 18 millones de dólares en Beast Industries, una inversión de 1 millón de dólares en Mythical Games, 283.452.700 Worldcoin (WLD) a 0,55 dólares por WLD (según Coinbase), 16.278 Ethereum (ETH) y aproximadamente 142 millones de dólares en efectivo y stablecoins, para un total de tenencias de aproximadamente 437 millones de dólares.

Principales titulares sobre IA que marcan la pauta informativa:

La dirección de ORBS considera que la cartera de tesorería de la compañía contiene algunos de los componentes más importantes para el futuro sistema financiero digital y basado en la IA. Entre las participaciones, destacan las siguientes:

El 1 de junio, Anthropic, valorada recientemente en casi 1 billón de dólares, presentó de manera confidencial una oferta pública inicial de venta en Estados Unidos, estableciendo lo que podría convertirse en una de las ofertas tecnológicas más importantes de la historia (Reuters). La noticia de Anthropic surge en medio de noticias que OpenAI se está preparando para presentar su salida a bolsa en las próximas semanas (The New York Times). El 1 de junio, Alphabet, empresa matriz de Google, anunció planes para recaudar hasta 80 mil millones de dólares para financiar inversiones relacionadas con la IA e infraestructura informática para satisfacer una demanda sin precedentes (CNBC). "El mercado está presenciando uno de los mayores ciclos de inversión tecnológica de la historia, a medida que la IA transforma las industrias, los modelos de negocio y la economía global", declaró Thomas "Tom" Lee, miembro del Consejo de Administración de Eightco. "La presentación de Anthropic pone de manifiesto el enorme interés que los inversores esperan por las empresas de IA. Dado que se prevé que OpenAI presente su solicitud próximamente, creemos que OpenAI se sitúa en el centro de esta transformación, y la exposición de ORBS a la compañía ofrece a los accionistas la oportunidad de participar en lo que consideramos una de las mayores oportunidades de creación de valor de la próxima década".

Los datos recopilados por Fundstrat muestran que los "no humanos" representan ahora las siguientes cuotas estimadas de volumen en varias plataformas:
- 75 % del volumen de negociación de Polymarket
- 53 % del tráfico web
- 47 % de los correos electrónicos enviados
- 44 % de la ejecución de operaciones de compra de acciones en EE. UU.
- 35 % de la creación de nuevos sitios web
- 30 % de las reseñas de productos en línea Eightco: Exposición a las principales megatendencias

Eightco se estructura en torno a tres megatendencias que la compañía prevé que darán forma a la próxima década de innovación: la inteligencia artificial, la identidad digital y la economía de los creadores, con posiciones en cada tendencia a través de inversiones indirectas en OpenAI (21 % de las tenencias de tesorería de ORBS), Worldcoin (36 %) y Beast Industries (4 %).

Inteligencia artificial — OpenAI

Eightco ha invertido aproximadamente 90 millones de dólares en vehículos de propósito especial con exposición a participaciones accionariales en la empresa matriz de OpenAI, lo que representa aproximadamente el 21 % de los activos propios, una de las concentraciones más altas divulgadas de cualquier vehículo cotizado.

ChatGPT, la aplicación para consumidores de OpenAI, es la aplicación de IA para consumidores número 1 en todo el mundo (Sensor Tower) y superó los 900 millones de usuarios activos semanales en febrero de 2026, lo que la convierte en la tecnología de consumo de más rápido crecimiento de la historia (UBS via Reuters).

Identidad digital — WLD Token

Eightco posee más de 283 millones de WLD, aproximadamente el 8,4 % de la oferta circulante, la mayor posición institucional divulgada públicamente a nivel mundial y aproximadamente el 36 % de los activos de la tesorería de Eightco.

Worldcoin es el token nativo de World, una red global de Prueba de Humanidad creada por Tools for Humanity (cofundada por Sam Altman y Alex Blania) y administrada por la Fundación World. Sus dispositivos Orb emiten una identificación World ID que preserva la privacidad y verifica que un usuario es un ser humano único, no un agente de IA.

Según el modelo de negocio anunciado por World, las aplicaciones pagan una tarifa por cada verificación, mientras que la verificación del usuario final sigue siendo gratuita. Tanto los emisores de credenciales como el protocolo World monetizan la autenticación humana verificada. World identifica una oportunidad de ingresos potenciales combinados de 6,35 billones de dólares en 13 sectores, que abarcan la banca, el comercio electrónico, los videojuegos, las redes sociales y la IA con agentes (según Tools for Humanity).

Creator Economy — Beast Industries

Eightco ha invertido 18 millones de dólares en acciones de Beast Industries, lo que representa aproximadamente el 4 % de sus activos propios.

Beast Industries cuenta con una de las mayores redes de venta directa al consumidor del mundo, con una base de seguidores combinada de más de 500 millones en diversas plataformas, liderada por MrBeast, la persona más vista en YouTube a nivel global. A medida que la IA convierte la producción de contenido en un bien de consumo, la distribución y la confianza de la audiencia se convierten en activos cada vez más escasos.

Acerca de Eightco Holdings Inc.

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) es una empresa que cotiza en bolsa y que está implementando una estrategia de tesorería de Worldcoin (WLD) pionera en su tipo, brindando a los inversores una exposición indirecta, a través de un solo símbolo, a tres de las tendencias que definen este ciclo: la inteligencia artificial mediante su inversión indirecta en OpenAI, la identidad digital a través de su posición como el mayor poseedor público de WLD y del protocolo Proof of Human, y la economía de los creadores a través de su participación accionaria en Beast Industries de MrBeast. Respaldada por inversores institucionales líderes como Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera y GSR, Eightco está construyendo la capa de infraestructura para la verificación humana en la era de la IA con agentes.

Para más información:

X: @iamhuman_orbs

Sitio web: 8co.holdings

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Qué son las acciones de ORBS?

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) es una empresa que cotiza en bolsa en Nasdaq. ORBS ofrece exposición indirecta a: OpenAI y Beast Industries.

¿Quién posee la mayor cantidad de Worldcoin (WLD)?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) posee 283 millones de WLD, aproximadamente el 8,4 % de la oferta circulante y la mayor posición institucional divulgada públicamente a nivel mundial.

¿Qué es Proof of Human?

Proof of Human es una verificación criptográfica que garantiza que un usuario es una persona real y única, no un bot ni un agente de IA. Constituye la infraestructura fundamental para las redes sociales, la banca, el comercio basado en agentes y cualquier sistema que requiera el principio de "una persona, una cuenta" en la era de la IA.

¿Qué relación tiene Eightco (ORBS) con Proof of Human?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) es el mayor poseedor institucional de Worldcoin (WLD), el token que impulsa la red World's Proof of Human, del que se tiene constancia pública.

¿Quién es el consejero delegado de Eightco Holdings?

Kevin O'Donnell es el consejero delegado de Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS). El consejo de administración de la compañía incluye a Tom Lee (socio gerente y jefe de investigación de Fundstrat, y presidente de Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR)) y, como asesor del consejo, a Brett Winton (futurista jefe de ARK Invest).

Declaraciones prospectivas

Este comunicado de prensa contiene declaraciones prospectivas en el sentido de la Ley de Reforma de Litigios sobre Valores Privados de 1995. Todas las declaraciones en este comunicado de prensa que no sean declaraciones de hechos históricos podrían considerarse prospectivas, incluidas, sin limitación, declaraciones sobre: las expectativas de la Compañía de que la inteligencia artificial, la identidad digital y la economía de los creadores darán forma a la próxima década de innovación; expectativas sobre el desarrollo y la adopción de inteligencia artificial con agentes; informes de los medios de comunicación sobre OpenAI supuestamente preparándose para presentar una OPI en las próximas semanas y expectativas de que cualquier OPI de OpenAI estaría entre las ofertas tecnológicas más importantes; declaraciones del miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Compañía sobre que el ciclo actual de inversión en tecnología es uno de los más grandes de la historia, la expectativa de un enorme apetito de los inversores por las empresas de IA, la creencia de que OpenAI se encuentra en el centro de la transformación de la IA y la creencia de que la exposición de ORBS a OpenAI representa una de las oportunidades de creación de valor más importantes de la próxima década; declaraciones sobre los planes anunciados por Alphabet para recaudar hasta 80 mil millones de dólares para inversiones relacionadas con la IA; declaraciones sobre los porcentajes de actividad no humana y de bots en las plataformas de Internet, incluido el volumen de operaciones de Polymarket, el tráfico web, el correo electrónico, la ejecución de acciones, la creación de sitios web y las reseñas de productos en línea; expectativas sobre la adopción del protocolo World ID y la red World en aplicaciones empresariales y de consumo; creencias de que la verificación de prueba de humanidad se está convirtiendo en una infraestructura esencial para las redes sociales, la banca, el comercio con agentes y los sistemas financieros en la era de la IA con agentes; declaraciones sobre la oportunidad de ingresos potenciales de World de 6,35 billones de dólares en industrias que abarcan la banca, el comercio electrónico, los juegos, las redes sociales y la IA con agentes; declaraciones sobre la importancia de la distribución y la confianza de la audiencia a medida que la IA convierte la producción de contenido en mercancía; y la creencia de la Compañía de que su cartera de tesorería contiene componentes críticos para la IA futura y el sistema financiero digital. Palabras como "planea", "espera", "hará", "anticipa", "continúa", "expande", "avanza", "desarrolla", "cree", "orientación", "objetivo", "puede", "permanece", "proyecta", "perspectiva", "pretende", "estima", "podría", "debería" y otras palabras y términos de significado y expresión similares tienen como objetivo identificar declaraciones prospectivas, aunque no todas las declaraciones prospectivas contienen tales términos. Las declaraciones prospectivas se basan en las creencias y suposiciones actuales de la gerencia, las cuales están sujetas a riesgos e incertidumbres y no son garantías de desempeño futuro. Los resultados reales podrían diferir materialmente de los contenidos en cualquier declaración prospectiva como resultado de varios factores, incluidos, sin limitación: la incapacidad de la Compañía para dirigir la gestión u operaciones de negocios privados en los que la Compañía no es un accionista controlador, incluidos OpenAI y Beast Industries; riesgo de pérdida o depreciación en las inversiones estratégicas de la Compañía, incluida su posición indirecta en acciones de OpenAI (mantenidas a través de vehículos de propósito especial), su posición en WLD y su posición en acciones de Beast Industries; la capacidad de la Compañía para mantener el cumplimiento de los requisitos de cotización continua de Nasdaq; costos, cargos o gastos inesperados que reduzcan los recursos de capital de la Compañía o de otro modo retrasen el despliegue de capital; incapacidad para obtener capital suficiente para financiar o escalar sus operaciones comerciales o inversiones estratégicas; volatilidad en los precios de los activos digitales, incluidos WLD y ETH, que podría afectar materialmente el valor de las tenencias de tesorería de la Compañía; cambios regulatorios, legislación futura y reglamentación que impacten negativamente en los activos digitales, la adopción de inteligencia artificial o la recopilación de datos biométricos; riesgos relacionados con el desarrollo, la adopción y la aceptación en el mercado de la tecnología Proof-of-Human y la red World; Incertidumbre con respecto al ritmo y la trayectoria del despliegue de IA con agentes en aplicaciones empresariales y de consumo; incertidumbre con respecto a la hoja de ruta de productos de OpenAI y el momento o el éxito de cualquier salida a bolsa; riesgos de que los datos de terceros sobre la actividad en Internet no humana puedan ser inexactos o estar sujetos a cambios; riesgos relacionados con la capacidad de Beast Industries para lograr sus proyecciones de crecimiento; y cambios en las posturas públicas y gubernamentales sobre los activos digitales o las industrias relacionadas con la inteligencia artificial. Dados estos riesgos e incertidumbres, se advierte que no se debe depositar una confianza indebida en dichas declaraciones prospectivas. Para un análisis de otros riesgos e incertidumbres, y otros factores importantes, cualquiera de los cuales podría causar que los resultados reales de Eightco difieran de los contenidos en las declaraciones prospectivas aquí presentadas, consulte los documentos presentados por Eightco ante la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores (la "SEC"), incluidos los factores de riesgo y otras divulgaciones en su Informe Anual en el Formulario 10-K presentado ante la SEC el 15 de abril de 2026 y otros documentos presentados ante la SEC que están disponibles públicamente. Toda la información en este comunicado de prensa es válida a la fecha de su publicación, y Eightco no asume ninguna obligación de actualizar esta información ni de anunciar públicamente los resultados de cualquier revisión de dichas declaraciones para reflejar eventos o desarrollos futuros, excepto cuando lo exija la ley.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) ("BMNR", "Bitmine" of het "bedrijf") heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat het, onder voorbehoud van marktomstandigheden en andere voorwaarden, voornemens is om in een openbare aanbieding (de "aanbieding") geregistreerd op grond van de Securities Act van 1933, zoals gewijzigd (de "Securities Act"), 3.000.000 aandelen van BMNR's 9,50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (de "Series A Preferred Stock") aan te bieden.

BMNR is van plan de netto-opbrengst van de emissie te gebruiken voor algemene bedrijfsdoeleinden, waaronder mogelijk de aankoop van extra ETH en andere digitale activa; de uitbreiding van de staking- en validatorinfrastructuur van de onderneming, onder meer via MAVAN; werkkapitaal; strategische investeringen die aansluiten bij het Ethereum-ecosysteem en de bredere acceptatie van digitale activa; en/of de inkoop van gewone aandelen van de onderneming in het kader van haar aandeleninkoopprogramma.

De preferente aandelen van serie A zullen cumulatieve dividenden laten accumuleren tegen een vast percentage van 9,50% per jaar op het vermelde bedrag, zijnde $100 per preferent aandeel van serie A, ongeacht of de dividenden al dan niet zijn gedeclareerd of dat er wettelijk beschikbare middelen zijn voor de betaling ervan (het "vermeld bedrag"). Regelmatige dividenden over de preferente aandelen van serie A zullen worden uitbetaald wanneer, zoals en indien gedeclareerd door de raad van bestuur van BMNR, uit de wettelijk beschikbare middelen voor hun betaling, wekelijks achterstallig; op voorwaarde dat de vennootschap in de toekomst naar eigen goeddunken kan kiezen om regelmatige dividenden vaker te betalen. Gedeclareerde regelmatige dividenden op de preferente aandelen van serie A zullen uitsluitend in contanten worden uitgekeerd. In het geval dat een opgebouwd (geaccumuleerd) regelmatig dividend op de preferente aandelen van serie A niet wordt betaald op de toepasselijke reguliere dividendbetalingsdatum, zullen er aanvullende regelmatige dividenden (hierna "samengestelde dividenden" genoemd) worden opgebouwd over het bedrag van dat onbetaalde regelmatige dividend, wekelijks samengesteld tegen het samengestelde dividendpercentage. De Vennootschap behoudt de flexibiliteit om ervoor te kiezen de uitbetalingsfrequentie van reguliere dividenden te verhogen tot vaker dan wekelijks; indien de Vennootschap hiervoor kiest, zal de extra dividendverhoging per reguliere dividendperiode evenredig worden verlaagd om rekening te houden met deze kortere reguliere dividendperiode, zodat de maximale totale extra dividendverhoging per jaar 260 basispunten bedraagt.

Het samengestelde dividendpercentage dat van toepassing is op elk onbetaald regelmatig dividend dat op een regelmatige dividendbetalingsdatum verschuldigd was, zal in eerste instantie een percentage per jaar bedragen dat gelijk is aan 9,50% plus 5 basispunten (op basis van een wekelijkse regelmatige dividendperiode); op voorwaarde dat dit samengestelde dividendpercentage voor elke volgende regelmatige dividendperiode met 5 basispunten per jaar (op basis van een wekelijkse regelmatige dividendperiode) zal stijgen, totdat het regelmatige dividend, samen met de daarop samengestelde dividenden, volledig is uitbetaald, tot een maximaal dividendpercentage van 15% per jaar.

De vennootschap heeft naar eigen keuze het recht om de preferente aandelen van serie A, geheel of gedeeltelijk, te allen tijde of van tijd tot tijd, voor contant geld terug te kopen als volgt: i) vanaf de oorspronkelijke uitgifte tot achttien (18) maanden na de oorspronkelijke uitgifte, tegen een terugkoopprijs gelijk aan 110% van het aangegeven bedrag per aandeel; ii) van achttien (18) maanden tot drie (3) jaar na de oorspronkelijke uitgifte, tegen een terugkoopprijs gelijk aan 105% van het aangegeven bedrag per aandeel; en iii) na drie (3) jaar na de oorspronkelijke uitgifte, tegen een terugkoopprijs die gelijk is aan 100% van het aangegeven bedrag per aandeel; in elk geval vermeerderd met geaccumuleerde en onbetaalde dividenden daarover tot, maar exclusief, de terugkoopdatum.

Bovendien heeft de vennootschap het recht om alle, maar niet minder dan alle, preferente aandelen van serie A terug te kopen als het totale aantal aandelen van alle preferente aandelen van serie A dat op dat moment uitstaat minder is dan 25% van het totale aantal preferente aandelen van serie A dat oorspronkelijk werd uitgegeven in het aanbod en in elk toekomstig aanbod samen. De vennootschap zal ook het recht hebben om alle, maar niet minder dan alle, preferente aandelen van serie A terug te kopen als bepaalde fiscale gebeurtenissen zich voordoen. De terugkoopprijs voor preferente aandelen van serie A die in verband met een clean-up call (opruimingscall) of belastinggebeurtenis moeten worden teruggekocht, is een contant bedrag gelijk aan de liquidatiepreferentie van de preferente aandelen van serie A die moeten worden teruggekocht per de werkdag voorafgaand aan de datum waarop de vennootschap de desbetreffende terugkoopkennisgeving verzendt, vermeerderd met geaccumuleerde en onbetaalde reguliere dividenden tot, maar exclusief, de terugkoopdatum.

Indien zich een gebeurtenis voordoet die een „fundamentele wijziging" vormt volgens de certificaten van aanwijzing die van toepassing zijn op de preferente aandelen van serie A, hebben houders van deze preferente aandelen het recht om van BMNR te verlangen dat het bedrijf hun preferente aandelen van serie A geheel of gedeeltelijk terugkoopt tegen een contante terugkoopprijs die gelijk is aan de nominale waarde van de terug te kopen preferente aandelen van serie A, vermeerderd met eventuele opgebouwde en nog niet uitgekeerde reguliere dividenden, tot, maar exclusief, de terugkoopdatum wegens de fundamentele wijziging.

De liquidatiepreferentie voor de preferente aandelen van serie A bedraagt in eerste instantie $100 per aandeel. Vanaf onmiddellijk na sluiting van de handel op elke werkdag na de oorspronkelijke uitgiftedatum (en, indien van toepassing, gedurende een werkdag waarop een verkooptransactie die wordt afgewikkeld door uitgifte van preferente aandelen van serie A wordt uitgevoerd, vanaf het exacte tijdstip van de eerste dergelijke verkooptransactie op die werkdag tot aan de sluiting van de handel van die werkdag), wordt de liquidatiepreferentie per preferent aandeel van serie A aangepast naar het hoogste van: (i) het vermelde bedrag per aandeel; (ii) in het geval van een werkdag waarop de vennootschap op die werkdag of op een werkdag binnen de periode van tien (10) handelsdagen voorafgaand aan die werkdag een verkooptransactie heeft uitgevoerd die wordt afgewikkeld door uitgifte van preferente aandelen van serie A, een bedrag gelijk aan de laatst gerapporteerde slotkoers per aandeel op de handelsdag onmiddellijk voorafgaand aan die werkdag; en (iii) het rekenkundig gemiddelde van de laatst gerapporteerde slotkoersen per aandeel voor elke handelsdag van de tien (10) opeenvolgende handelsdagen onmiddellijk voorafgaand aan die werkdag; met dien verstande dat, indien van toepassing, de verwijzing in (iii) naar tien (10) wordt vervangen door het kleinere aantal handelsdagen dat is verstreken in de periode van (met ingang van) de oorspronkelijke uitgiftedatum tot (maar exclusief) die werkdag. De liquidatiepreferentie wordt echter niet aangepast tot een bedrag van minder dan 100 USD per aandeel.

BMNR heeft een aanvraag ingediend om de Series A Preferred Stock op de New York Stock Exchange te noteren onder het symbool "BMNP". Indien de notering wordt goedgekeurd, verwacht BMNR dat de handel binnen 30 dagen na de datum van eerste uitgifte van de preferente aandelen van serie A zal beginnen.

Moelis & Company en Cantor fungeren als gezamenlijke lead bookrunners voor het aanbod.

Het aanbod wordt gedaan op grond van een effectieve registratieverklaring op formulier S-3 (dossiernummer 333-288579), ingediend bij de Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) op 9 juli 2025 (de "registratieverklaring"). Het aanbod wordt uitsluitend gedaan door middel van een aanvulling op het prospectus en een bijgevoegd prospectus die in de registratieverklaring zijn opgenomen. Een elektronische kopie van de aanvulling op het voorlopige prospectus, samen met het bijbehorende prospectus, is beschikbaar op de website van de SEC op www.sec.gov. Een exemplaar van de aanvulling op het voorlopige prospectus, samen met het bijbehorende prospectus, kan ook worden verkregen door contact op te nemen met: Moelis & Company LLC, 399 Park Avenue 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022, telefonisch: 1-800-539-9413, of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attentie: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022, telefonisch: 1-212-938-5000, of per e-mail: [email protected].

Dit persbericht vormt geen aanbod tot verkoop, noch een uitnodiging tot het doen van een aanbod tot aankoop van de effecten waarnaar in dit persbericht wordt verwezen, en er zal geen verkoop van dergelijke effecten plaatsvinden in enige staat of ander rechtsgebied waar een dergelijk aanbod, een dergelijke verkoop of een dergelijke uitnodiging onwettig zou zijn voordat registratie of goedkeuring heeft plaatsgevonden overeenkomstig de effectenwetgeving van die staat of dat rechtsgebied.

Over Bitmine Immersion Technologies

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) is een Bitcoin-miner met activiteiten in de Verenigde Staten. Het bedrijf zet zijn overtollige kapitaal in om het toonaangevende Ethereum-treasurybedrijf ter wereld te worden, waarbij het een innovatieve strategie voor digitale activa implementeert voor institutionele beleggers en deelnemers aan de openbare kapitaalmarkten. Geleid door zijn filosofie van de 'Alchemy of 5%' is het bedrijf toegewijd aan ETH als primair reserveactief binnen de treasurystrategie, waarbij het gebruikmaakt van activiteiten op protocolniveau, waaronder staking en de mechanismen van decentrale financiering. Het bedrijf heeft MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network), een speciale stakinginfrastructuur voor Bitmine-activa, gelanceerd in 2026.

Toekomstgerichte verklaringen

Dit persbericht bevat verklaringen die als 'toekomstgerichte verklaringen' worden aangemerkt. De verklaringen in dit persbericht die niet puur historisch van aard zijn, zijn toekomstgerichte verklaringen die risico's en onzekerheden met zich meebrengen. Verklaringen in dit persbericht over toekomstige verwachtingen, plannen en vooruitzichten, evenals andere verklaringen over zaken die geen historische feiten zijn, kunnen "toekomstgerichte verklaringen" vormen in de zin van de Private Securities Litigation Reform Act van 1995. De woorden "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "could", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "potential", "predict", "project", "should", "target", "will", "would" en soortgelijke uitdrukkingen zijn bedoeld om toekomstgerichte verklaringen te identificeren, hoewel niet alle toekomstgerichte verklaringen deze identificerende woorden bevatten. Deze verklaringen omvatten, maar zijn niet beperkt tot, verklaringen met betrekking tot de omvang en het tijdstip van het aanbod, het verwachte gebruik van de opbrengst van het aanbod, de voorwaarden van de aangeboden effecten, de betaling van dividenden en de verwachte notering van de preferente aandelen van serie A op de NYSE. Bij het evalueren van deze toekomstgerichte verklaringen dient u rekening te houden met verschillende factoren, waaronder: het vermogen van Bitmine om gelijke tred te houden met nieuwe technologieën en veranderende marktbehoeften; het vermogen van Bitmine om zijn huidige activiteiten, Ethereum-treasuryactiviteiten en voorgestelde toekomstige activiteiten te financieren; de concurrentieomgeving waarin Bitmine actief is; marktomstandigheden die van invloed zijn op de handelsprijs van de gewone aandelen van het bedrijf; regelgevende ontwikkelingen met betrekking tot digitale activa, waaronder de uiteindelijke goedkeuring en implementatie van hangende wetgeving en SEC-initiatieven; de volatiliteit en onvoorspelbaarheid van prijzen van digitale activa; en de toekomstige waarde van Bitcoin en Ethereum. De werkelijke resultaten en toekomstige prestaties kunnen wezenlijk afwijken van die welke in toekomstgerichte verklaringen worden vermeld. Toekomstgerichte verklaringen zijn onderhevig aan talrijke factoren, waarvan vele buiten de macht van Bitmine liggen, waaronder deze die zijn uiteengezet in het deel Risicofactoren van het 10-K-formulier van Bitmine dat op 21 november 2025 is ingediend bij de SEC, evenals alle andere SEC-indieningen, zoals van tijd tot tijd gewijzigd of bijgewerkt. Kopieën van de SEC-indieningen van Bitmine zijn beschikbaar op de website van de SEC op www.sec.gov. Alle toekomstgerichte verklaringen in dit persbericht hebben uitsluitend betrekking op de datum van dit persbericht, en BMNR wijst uitdrukkelijk elke verplichting af om dergelijke toekomstgerichte verklaringen bij te werken, hetzij als gevolg van nieuwe informatie, toekomstige gebeurtenissen of anderszins, tenzij dit wettelijk vereist is.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies Announces Pricing of Upsized Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering Bitmine Immersion Technologies Announces Pricing of Upsized Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering PR Newswire

NORWALK, Conn., June 5, 2026

, /PRNewswire/ -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) (the "Company") today announced the pricing of its upsized offering (the "offering") registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on June 4, 2026 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. This reflects an upsizing of the previously announced offering of 3,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The issuance and sale of the Series A Preferred Stock are scheduled to settle on June 10, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds it will receive from the offering will be approximately $273.8 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the Company's estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition of additional ETH and other digital assets, the expansion of the Company's staking and validator infrastructure, including through MAVAN; working capital; strategic investments aligned with the Ethereum ecosystem and broader digital asset adoption; and/or repurchases of the Company's common stock under its share repurchase program.

The Series A Preferred Stock will accumulate cumulative dividends at a fixed rate of 9.50% per annum on the stated amount, which is $100 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, regardless of whether or not declared or funds are legally available for their payment (the "stated amount"). Regular dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will be payable when, as and if declared by the Company's board of directors, out of funds legally available for their payment, weekly in arrears; provided that the Company may in the future elect, in its sole discretion, to pay regular dividends more frequently. Declared regular dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will be payable solely in cash. In the event that any accumulated regular dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock is not paid on the applicable regular dividend payment date, then additional regular dividends ("compounded dividends") will accumulate on the amount of such unpaid regular dividend, compounded weekly at the compounded dividend rate. The Company will have the flexibility to elect to increase the payment frequency of regular dividends to be more often than weekly and, in the event that the Company so elects, the additional dividend rate increase per regular dividend period will be proportionately reduced to reflect such shorter regular dividend period such that the maximum aggregate additional dividend rate increase per annum is 260 basis points.

The compounded dividend rate applicable to any unpaid regular dividend that was due on a regular dividend payment date will initially be a rate per annum equal to 9.50% plus 5 basis points (based on a weekly regular dividend period); provided, however, that, until such regular dividend, together with compounded dividends thereon, is paid in full, such compounded dividend rate will increase by 5 basis points per annum (based on a weekly regular dividend period) for each subsequent regular dividend period, up to a maximum dividend rate of 15% per annum.

The Company will have the right, at its election, to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, for cash as follows: (i) from the original issue date until eighteen (18) months after the original issue date, at a redemption price equal to 110% of the stated amount per share; (ii) from eighteen (18) months to three (3) years after the original issue date, at a redemption price equal to 105% of the stated amount per share; and (iii) after three (3) years following the original issue date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the stated amount per share; plus, in each case, accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

In addition, the Company will have the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Series A Preferred Stock if the total number of shares of all Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding is less than 25% of the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock originally issued in the offering and in any future offering taken together. The Company will also have the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Series A Preferred Stock if certain tax events occur. The redemption price for any Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in connection with a clean-up call or tax event will be a cash amount equal to the liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed as of the business day before the date on which the Company sends the related redemption notice, plus accumulated and unpaid regular dividends to, but excluding, the redemption date.

If an event that constitutes a "fundamental change" under the certificate of designations governing the Series A Preferred Stock occurs, then holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have the right to require the Company to repurchase some or all of their shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a cash repurchase price equal to the stated amount of the Series A Preferred Stock to be repurchased, plus accumulated and unpaid regular dividends, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be $100 per share. Effective immediately after the close of business on each business day after the initial issue date (and, if applicable, during the course of a business day on which any sale transaction to be settled by the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock is executed, from the exact time of the first such sale transaction during such business day until the close of business of such business day), the liquidation preference per share of Series A Preferred Stock will be adjusted to be the greatest of (i) the stated amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) in the case of any business day with respect to which the Company has, on such business day or any business day during the ten (10) trading day period preceding such business day, executed any sale transaction to be settled by the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the last reported sale price per share of Series A Preferred Stock on the trading day immediately before such business day; and (iii) the arithmetic average of the last reported sale prices per share of Series A Preferred Stock for each trading day of the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding such business day; provided, however, that, if applicable, the reference in (iii) to ten (10) will be replaced by such lesser number of trading days as have elapsed during the period from, and including, the initial issue date to, but excluding, such business day. However, the liquidation preference will not be adjusted to an amount that is less than $100 per share.

The Company has applied to list the Series A Preferred Stock on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "BMNP." If the listing is approved, the Company expects trading to commence within 30 days after the date the Series A Preferred Stock is first issued.

Moelis & Company and Cantor are acting as joint lead bookrunners for the offering.

The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-288579), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 9, 2025 (the "Registration Statement"). The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus included in the Registration Statement. An electronic copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement, together with the accompanying prospectus, is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, together with the accompanying prospectus, can be obtained by contacting: Moelis & Company LLC, 399 Park Avenue 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone: 1-800-539-9413, or Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022, by phone: 1-212-938-5000, or by email: [email protected].
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities referred to in this press release, nor will there be any sale of any such securities, in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

About Bitmine Immersion Technologies

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (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 the Company assets, in 2026.

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Zusammensetzung der Finanzmittel von Eightco zum 3. Juni 2026: 90 Mio. USD an OpenAI-Anteilen (indirekt), 18 Mio. USD an Beast Industries-Anteilen, 16.278 ETH, 283 Millionen WLD-Bestände sowie 142 Mio. USD an Barmitteln und Barmitteläquivalenten, insgesamt rund 437 Millionen USD

World bietet eine Lösung für das Problem des „doppelten Menschen" in einer Welt, in der Deepfakes immer weiter um sich greifen

Eightco bietet eine indirekte Beteiligung an einigen der innovativsten Privatunternehmen, darunter OpenAI und Beast Industries

, /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) („Eightco" oder das „Unternehmen") hat heute einen aktuellen Überblick über seine Gesamtbeteiligungen gegeben und dabei seine wachsende Präsenz im Bereich digitaler Vermögenswerte sowie strategische Investitionen in führende private Technologieunternehmen hervorgehoben.

ORBS Holdings & Key Metrics

The ORBS Portfolio Thesis

Zum 3. Juni 2026, 18:00 Uhr ET, umfassen die Bestände von ORBS eine Investition in Höhe von 90 Millionen US-Dollar (indirekt über Zweckgesellschaften) in OpenAI, eine Investition in Höhe von 18 Millionen US-Dollar in Beast Industries, eine Investition in Höhe von 1 Million US-Dollar in Mythical Games, 283.452.700 Worldcoin (WLD) zu einem Preis von 0,55 US-Dollar pro WLD (laut Coinbase), 16.278 Ethereum (ETH) sowie insgesamt rund 142 Millionen US-Dollar an Barmitteln und Stablecoins, was einem Gesamtportfolio von rund 437 Millionen US-Dollar entspricht.

Die wichtigsten KI-Schlagzeilen in den Nachrichten:

Das Management von ORBS ist der Ansicht, dass das Treasury-Portfolio des Unternehmens einige der wichtigsten Komponenten für das künftige KI- und digitale Finanzsystem enthält. Zu den wichtigsten Beteiligungen der letzten Wochen gehören:

Am 1. Juni reichte Anthropic, dessen Unternehmenswert kürzlich auf fast 1 Billion US-Dollar geschätzt wurde, vertraulich einen Antrag auf einen Börsengang in den USA ein und legte damit den Grundstein für einen der möglicherweise bedeutendsten Technologie-Börsengänge der Geschichte (Reuters). Die Nachricht von Anthropic kommt inmitten der Nachricht, dass OpenAI sich darauf vorbereitet, in den kommenden Wochen an die Börse zu gehen (The New York Times). Am 1. Juni gab Alphabet, die Muttergesellschaft von Google, Pläne bekannt, bis zu 80 Milliarden US-Dollar aufzubringen, um Investitionen im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz sowie die Recheninfrastruktur zu finanzieren und so der beispiellosen Nachfrage gerecht zu werden (CNBC). „Der Markt erlebt derzeit einen der größten Technologie-Investitionszyklen der Geschichte, da die künstliche Intelligenz ganze Branchen, Geschäftsmodelle und die Weltwirtschaft neu gestaltet", sagte Thomas „Tom" Lee, Vorstandsmitglied von Eightco. „Der Börsengang von Anthropic unterstreicht die Erwartung, dass das Interesse der Anleger an KI-Unternehmen enorm sein wird. Angesichts des Berichts, dass der Börsengang von OpenAI kurz bevorsteht, sind wir der Ansicht, dass OpenAI im Zentrum dieses Wandels steht, und die Beteiligung von ORBS an diesem Unternehmen bietet den Aktionären die Möglichkeit, an einer Entwicklung teilzuhaben, die wir als eine der bedeutendsten Chancen zur Wertschöpfung des kommenden Jahrzehnts ansehen."

Aus den von Fundstrat zusammengestellten Daten geht hervor, dass „Nicht-Menschen" mittlerweile die folgenden geschätzten Anteile am Handelsvolumen auf verschiedenen Plattformen ausmachen:
- 75 % des Polymarket-Handelsvolumens
- 53 % des Internetverkehrs
- 47 % der versendeten E-Mails
- 44 % der US-Aktienkäufe
- 35 % der Erstellung neuer Websites
- 30 % der Online-Produktbewertungen Eightco: Zugang zu wichtigen Megatrends

Eightco ist auf drei Megatrends ausgerichtet, die nach Einschätzung des Unternehmens das nächste Jahrzehnt der Innovation prägen werden: Künstliche Intelligenz, digitale Identität und die Creator-Economy, wobei das Unternehmen in jedem dieser Bereiche über indirekte Beteiligungen an OpenAI (21 % der ORBS-Bestände), Worldcoin (36 %) und Beast Industries (4 %) engagiert ist.

Künstliche Intelligenz – OpenAI

Eightco hat rund 90 Millionen US-Dollar in Zweckgesellschaften investiert, die Beteiligungen an der Muttergesellschaft von OpenAI halten; dies entspricht etwa 21 % des Eigenkapitals und stellt eine der höchsten offengelegten Konzentrationen unter allen börsennotierten Vehikeln dar.

ChatGPT, die Verbraucher-App von OpenAI, ist weltweit die Nummer 1 unter den KI-Apps für Verbraucher (Sensor Tower) und hat im Februar 2026 die Marke von 900 Millionen wöchentlich aktiven Nutzern überschritten, was sie zur am schnellsten wachsenden Verbrauchertechnologie der Geschichte macht (UBS via Reuters).

Digitale Identität – WLD-Token

Eightco hält über 283 Millionen WLD, was etwa 8,4 % des im Umlauf befindlichen Bestands entspricht. Dies ist die weltweit größte öffentlich bekannt gegebene institutionelle Position und macht etwa 36 % des Vermögens der Eightco-Kasse aus.

Worldcoin ist der native Token von World, einem globalen Proof-of-Human-Netzwerk, das von Tools for Humanity, mitbegründet von Sam Altman und Alex Blania, aufgebaut wurde und von der World Foundation betreut wird. Die Orb-Geräte stellen eine datenschutzwahrende World ID aus, mit der verifiziert wird, dass ein Nutzer ein einzigartiger Mensch und kein KI-Agent ist.

Nach dem von World angekündigten Geschäftsmodell zahlen Anwendungen Gebühren pro Verifizierung, während die Verifizierung für Endnutzer kostenlos bleibt. Sowohl Aussteller von Berechtigungsnachweisen als auch das World-Protokoll monetarisieren dabei die Authentifizierung verifizierter echter Menschen. World sieht in 13 Branchen, darunter Bankwesen, E-Commerce, Gaming, soziale Medien und agentische KI, eine adressierbare Umsatzchance von insgesamt 6,35 Billionen US-Dollar (laut Tools for Humanity).

Creator-Ökonomie – Beast Industries

Eightco hat 18 Millionen Dollar in Aktien von Beast Industries investiert, was etwa 4 % des Eigenkapitals entspricht.

Beast Industries verfügt über eine der weltweit größten direkten Reichweiten bei Verbrauchern und erreicht plattformübergreifend insgesamt mehr als 500 Millionen Follower, gestützt auf MrBeast als die weltweit meistgesehene Person auf YouTube. Da KI die Produktion von Inhalten zunehmend austauschbar macht, werden Verbreitung und Vertrauen des Publikums zu zunehmend knappen Vermögenswerten.

Informationen zu Eightco Holdings Inc.

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) ist ein börsennotiertes Unternehmen, das eine in ihrer Art einzigartige Worldcoin (WLD)-Treasury-Strategie verfolgt und Anlegern über einen einzigen Ticker ein indirektes Engagement in drei der prägenden Trends dieses Zyklus bietet: künstliche Intelligenz durch die indirekte Investition in OpenAI, digitale Identität durch die Position als größter börsennotierter Inhaber von WLD und des Proof-of-Human-Protokolls sowie die Creator-Ökonomie durch die Eigenkapitalbeteiligung an MrBeasts Beast Industries. Unterstützt von führenden institutionellen Investoren, darunter Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, CoinFund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Payward/Kraken, Pantera und GSR, baut Eightco die Infrastrukturebene für Proof-of-Human-Verifizierung im Zeitalter agentischer KI auf.

Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie hier:

X: @iamhuman_orbs

Website: 8co.holdings

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist die ORBS-Aktie?

Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) ist ein börsennotiertes Unternehmen an der Nasdaq. ORBS bietet indirekten Zugang zu: OpenAI und Beast Industries.

Wer besitzt die meisten Worldcoin (WLD)?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) hält 283 Millionen WLD, was etwa 8,4 % des Umlaufbestands entspricht und weltweit die größte öffentlich bekannt gegebene institutionelle Position darstellt.

Was ist Proof of Human?

Proof of Human ist eine kryptografische Verifizierung, die bestätigt, dass ein Nutzer ein einzigartiger, lebender Mensch und kein Bot oder KI-Agent ist. Sie bildet eine grundlegende Infrastruktur für soziale Netzwerke, Bankwesen, agentischen Handel und jedes System, das im Zeitalter agentischer KI das Prinzip „eine Person, ein Konto" erfordert.

Wie hängt Eightco (ORBS) mit Proof of Human zusammen?

Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) ist der größte öffentlich offengelegte institutionelle Inhaber von Worldcoin (WLD), dem Token, der das Proof-of-Human-Netzwerk von World antreibt.

Wer ist Geschäftsführer von Eightco Holdings?

Kevin O'Donnell ist CEO von Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS). Dem Verwaltungsrat des Unternehmens gehören Tom Lee, geschäftsführender Partner und Leiter der Research-Abteilung bei Fundstrat sowie Vorsitzender von Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), sowie Brett Winton, Chef-Futurist bei ARK Invest, als Berater des Verwaltungsrats an.

Zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen

Diese Pressemitteilung enthält zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen im Sinne des Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Alle Aussagen in dieser Pressemitteilung, bei denen es sich nicht um historische Tatsachen handelt, können als zukunftsgerichtet angesehen werden. Dazu gehören unter anderem Aussagen über die Erwartungen des Unternehmens, dass künstliche Intelligenz, digitale Identität und die Creator-Economy das nächste Jahrzehnt der Innovation prägen werden; Erwartungen hinsichtlich der Entwicklung und Einführung von agentischer künstlicher Intelligenz; Medienberichte, wonach OpenAI angeblich einen Börsengang in den kommenden Wochen vorbereite, sowie die Erwartung, dass ein etwaiger Börsengang von OpenAI zu den bedeutendsten Technologie-Börsengängen zählen würde; Aussagen eines Vorstandsmitglieds des Unternehmens, wonach der aktuelle Technologie-Investitionszyklus einer der größten in der Geschichte sei, die Erwartung eines enormen Interesses der Anleger an KI-Unternehmen, die Überzeugung, dass OpenAI im Zentrum der KI-Transformation stehe, sowie die Überzeugung, dass das Engagement von ORBS bei OpenAI eine der bedeutendsten Wertschöpfungsmöglichkeiten des kommenden Jahrzehnts darstelle; Aussagen zu den von Alphabet angekündigten Plänen, bis zu 80 Milliarden US-Dollar für KI-bezogene Investitionen aufzubringen; Aussagen zu den Anteilen nicht-menschlicher und bot-basierter Aktivitäten auf Internetplattformen, einschließlich des Handelsvolumens auf Polymarket, des Web-Traffics, von E-Mails, Aktienausführungen, der Erstellung von Websites und Online-Produktbewertungen; Erwartungen hinsichtlich der Einführung des World-ID-Protokolls und des World-Netzwerks in Unternehmens- und Verbraucheranwendungen; die Überzeugung, dass die „Proof-of-Human"-Verifizierung im Zeitalter der agentischen KI zu einer unverzichtbaren Infrastruktur für soziale Netzwerke, das Bankwesen, den agentischen Handel und Finanzsysteme wird; Aussagen bezüglich des adressierbaren Umsatzpotenzials von World in Höhe von 6,35 Billionen US-Dollar in Branchen wie dem Bankwesen, E-Commerce, Gaming, sozialen Medien und agentischer KI; Aussagen zur Bedeutung von Vertrieb und Vertrauen der Zielgruppe angesichts der zunehmenden Kommerzialisierung der Inhaltsproduktion durch KI; sowie die Überzeugung des Unternehmens, dass sein Treasury-Portfolio entscheidende Komponenten für das zukünftige KI- und digitale Finanzsystem enthält. Wörter wie „plant", „erwartet", „wird", „rechnet mit", „fortsetzen", „erweitern", „voranbringen", „entwickeln", „glaubt", „Prognose", „Ziel", „kann", „bleiben", „prognostizieren", „Ausblick", „beabsichtigen", „schätzen", „könnte", „sollte" sowie andere Wörter und Begriffe mit ähnlicher Bedeutung und Aussage sollen zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen kennzeichnen, auch wenn nicht alle zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen solche Begriffe enthalten. Zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen beruhen auf den aktuellen Einschätzungen und Annahmen des Managements, die Risiken und Unsicherheiten unterliegen und keine Garantie für die künftige Leistung darstellen. Die tatsächlichen Ergebnisse können aufgrund verschiedener Faktoren erheblich von den in zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen enthaltenen Ergebnissen abweichen. Dazu gehören unter anderem: die Unfähigkeit des Unternehmens, die Geschäftsführung oder den Betrieb privater Unternehmen zu lenken, an denen das Unternehmen nicht als Mehrheitsaktionär beteiligt ist, einschließlich OpenAI und Beast Industries; das Risiko von Verlusten oder Wertminderungen bei den strategischen Investitionen des Unternehmens, einschließlich seiner indirekten Beteiligung am Eigenkapital von OpenAI (gehalten über Zweckgesellschaften), seiner Beteiligung an WLD und seiner Beteiligung am Eigenkapital von Beast Industries; die Fähigkeit des Unternehmens, die Anforderungen der Nasdaq für die fortgesetzte Notierung weiterhin zu erfüllen; unerwartete Kosten, Aufwendungen oder Ausgaben, die die Kapitalressourcen des Unternehmens verringern oder anderweitig den Kapitaleinsatz verzögern; die Unfähigkeit, ausreichendes Kapital zur Finanzierung oder Skalierung seiner Geschäftstätigkeit oder strategischer Investitionen zu beschaffen; Volatilität der Preise digitaler Vermögenswerte, einschließlich WLD und ETH, die den Wert der eigenen Bestände des Unternehmens erheblich beeinträchtigen könnte; regulatorische Änderungen, künftige Gesetzgebung und Regelsetzungen, die sich negativ auf digitale Vermögenswerte, die Einführung künstlicher Intelligenz oder die Erhebung biometrischer Daten auswirken; Risiken im Zusammenhang mit der Entwicklung, Einführung und Marktakzeptanz der Proof-of-Human-Technologie und des World-Netzwerks; Unsicherheit hinsichtlich des Tempos und der Entwicklung des Einsatzes agentischer KI in Unternehmens- und Verbraucheranwendungen; Unsicherheit hinsichtlich der Produkt-Roadmap von OpenAI sowie des Zeitpunkts oder des Erfolgs eines möglichen Börsengangs; Risiken, dass Daten von Dritten bezüglich nicht-menschlicher Internetaktivitäten ungenau sein oder sich ändern könnten; Risiken im Zusammenhang mit der Fähigkeit von Beast Industries, seine Wachstumsprognosen zu erreichen; sowie sich wandelnde Positionen der Öffentlichkeit und der Regierungen zu digitalen Vermögenswerten oder Branchen im Zusammenhang mit künstlicher Intelligenz. Angesichts dieser Risiken und Unsicherheiten wird davor gewarnt, sich unangemessen stark auf solche zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen zu verlassen. Eine Erörterung weiterer Risiken und Unsicherheiten sowie anderer wichtiger Faktoren, die jeweils dazu führen könnten, dass die tatsächlichen Ergebnisse von Eightco von den hierin enthaltenen zukunftsgerichteten Aussagen abweichen, findet sich in den Einreichungen von Eightco bei der Securities and Exchange Commission („SEC"), einschließlich der Risikofaktoren und anderer Offenlegungen im Jahresbericht auf Formular 10-K, der am 15. April 2026 bei der SEC eingereicht wurde, sowie in anderen öffentlich verfügbaren SEC-Einreichungen. Alle Informationen in dieser Pressemitteilung beziehen sich auf das Datum der Veröffentlichung. Eightco übernimmt keine Verpflichtung, diese Informationen zu aktualisieren oder die Ergebnisse von Überarbeitungen dieser Aussagen öffentlich bekannt zu geben, um künftige Ereignisse oder Entwicklungen widerzuspiegeln, sofern dies nicht gesetzlich vorgeschrieben ist.

QUELLE: Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS)

, /PRNewswire/ -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE : BMNR) (la « Société ») a annoncé aujourd'hui le prix de son offre élargie (l'« offre ») enregistrée, le 4 juin 2026, en vertu du Securities Act de 1933, tel que modifié (le « Securities Act »), de 3 500 000 actions privilégiées perpétuelles de série A à 9,50 % (les « actions privilégiées de série A »), au prix d'offre au public de 80,00 $ par action. Ce chiffre reflète une augmentation de l'offre précédemment annoncée de 3 000 000 d'actions privilégiées de série A. L'émission et la vente des actions privilégiées de série A devraient être finalisées le 10 juin 2026, sous réserve des conditions de clôture habituelles.

La société estime que le produit net qu'elle percevra de l'offre s'élèvera à environ 273,8 millions $, après déduction des remises et commissions de souscription et des frais estimés par la Société liés à l'opération. La Société a l'intention d'affecter le produit net de l'offre à ses besoins généraux de financement, dont l'acquisition d'ETH supplémentaires et d'autres actifs numériques, l'expansion de l'infrastructure de staking et de validation de la Société, y compris par le biais de MAVAN, le fonds de roulement, les investissements stratégiques alignés sur l'écosystème Ethereum et l'adoption plus large d'actifs numériques, et/ou le rachat d'actions ordinaires de la société dans le cadre de son programme de rachat d'actions.

Les actions privilégiées de série A accumuleront des dividendes cumulatifs au taux fixe de 9,50 % par an sur le montant déclaré, qui est de 100 $ par action d'action privilégiée de série A, qu'ils soient ou non déclarés ou que des fonds soient légalement disponibles pour leur paiement (le « montant déclaré »). Les dividendes réguliers sur les actions privilégiées de série A seront payables quand et si le conseil d'administration de la Société les déclare, sur les fonds légalement disponibles pour leur paiement, chaque semaine à terme échu, à condition que l'entreprise puisse à l'avenir choisir, à sa seule discrétion, de verser les dividendes réguliers plus fréquemment. Les dividendes réguliers déclarés sur les actions privilégiées de série A seront payables uniquement en espèces. Si un dividende régulier accumulé sur les actions privilégiées de série A n'est pas versé à la date de paiement des dividendes réguliers applicable, des dividendes réguliers supplémentaires (les « dividendes composés ») s'accumuleront sur le montant de ce dividende régulier non versé, composés hebdomadairement au taux de dividende composé. L'entreprise pourra choisir d'augmenter la fréquence de paiement des dividendes réguliers pour qu'ils soient plus fréquents qu'une fois par semaine et, dans le cas où l'entreprise choisit cette option, l'augmentation du taux de dividende supplémentaire par période de dividende régulier sera proportionnellement réduite pour refléter cette période de dividende régulier plus courte, de sorte que l'augmentation totale maximale du taux de dividende supplémentaire par an soit de 260 points de base.

Le taux de dividende composé applicable à tout dividende régulier non payé qui était dû à une date de paiement du dividende régulier sera initialement un taux annuel égal à 9,50 % plus 5 points de base (sur la base d'une période de dividende régulier hebdomadaire) ; toutefois, jusqu'à ce que ce dividende régulier, ainsi que les dividendes composés y afférents, soient intégralement payés, ce taux de dividende composé augmentera de 5 points de base par an (sur la base d'une période de dividende régulier hebdomadaire) pour chaque période de dividende régulier suivante, jusqu'à un taux de dividende maximum de 15 % par an.

L'entreprise aura le droit, à son gré, de racheter les actions privilégiées de série A, en tout ou en partie, à tout moment ou de temps à autre, en contrepartie d'espèces, comme suit : i) de la date d'émission initiale jusqu'à dix-huit (18) mois après la date d'émission initiale, à un prix de rachat égal à 110 % du montant déclaré par action ; ii) de dix-huit (18) mois à trois (3) ans après la date d'émission initiale, à un prix de rachat égal à 105 % du montant déclaré par action ; et iii) après trois (3) ans à compter de la date d'émission initiale, à un prix de rachat égal à 100 % du montant déclaré par action ; plus, dans chacun des cas, les dividendes cumulés et non payés jusqu'à la date de rachat, mais à l'exclusion de celle-ci.

En outre, l'entreprise aura le droit de racheter la totalité, mais pas moins que la totalité, des actions privilégiées de série A si le nombre total d'actions de toutes les actions privilégiées de série A alors en circulation est inférieur à 25 % du nombre total d'actions privilégiées de série A émises à l'origine dans le cadre de l'offre et de toute autre offre future, prises ensemble. L'entreprise aura également le droit de racheter la totalité, mais pas moins que la totalité, des actions privilégiées de série A si certains événements fiscaux se produisent. Le prix de rachat de toute action privilégiée de série A devant être rachetée dans le cadre d'une option de retrait anticipé ou d'un événement fiscal sera un montant en espèces égal à la préférence de liquidation de l'action privilégiée de série A devant être rachetée le jour ouvrable précédant la date à laquelle l'entreprise envoie l'avis de rachat correspondant, plus les dividendes réguliers accumulés et non versés jusqu'à la date de rachat, mais à l'exclusion de celle-ci.

Si un événement constituant un « changement fondamental » en vertu du certificat de désignation régissant les actions privilégiées de série A se produit, les détenteurs d'actions privilégiées de série A auront le droit d'exiger que la Société rachète une partie ou la totalité de leurs actions privilégiées de série A à un prix de rachat en espèces égal au montant déclaré des actions privilégiées de série A à racheter, plus les dividendes réguliers accumulés et non versés, le cas échéant, jusqu'à la date de rachat du changement fondamental, mais à l'exclusion de cette date.

La préférence de liquidation de l'action privilégiée de série A est initialement de 100 $ par action. À compter de la fermeture des bureaux chaque jour ouvrable suivant la date d'émission initiale (et, le cas échéant, au cours d'un jour ouvrable où une opération de vente devant être réglée par l'émission d'actions privilégiées de série A est exécutée, à partir de l'heure exacte de la première de ces opérations de vente au cours de ce jour ouvrable jusqu'à la fermeture des bureaux de ce jour ouvrable), la préférence de liquidation par action privilégiée de série A sera rajusté pour correspondre au plus élevé des montants suivants : i) le montant stipulé par action privilégiée de série A ; ii) dans le cas de tout jour ouvrable à l'égard duquel l'entreprise a, ce jour ouvrable ou tout jour ouvrable au cours de la période de dix (10) jours de bourse précédant ce jour ouvrable, exécuté une opération de vente devant être réglée par l'émission d'actions privilégiées de série A, un montant égal au dernier prix de vente par action des actions privilégiées de série A publié le jour de bourse précédant immédiatement ce jour ouvrable ; et iii) la moyenne arithmétique des derniers prix de vente déclarés par action privilégiée de série A pour chaque jour de bourse des dix (10) jours de bourse consécutifs précédant immédiatement ce jour ouvrable ; à condition, toutefois, que, le cas échéant, la référence à dix (10) au point iii) soit remplacée par le nombre inférieur de jours de bourse qui se sont écoulés au cours de la période allant de la date d'émission initiale, incluse, à ce jour ouvrable, exclu. Toutefois, la préférence de liquidation ne sera pas ajustée à un montant inférieur à 100 $ par action.

La Société a demandé l'inscription des actions privilégiées de série A à la Bourse de New York sous le symbole « BMNP ». Si la cotation est approuvée, la Société s'attend à ce que les transactions commencent dans les 30 jours suivant la date d'émission initiale des actions privilégiées de série A.

Moelis & Company et Cantor font office de chefs de file conjoints pour l'offre.

L'offre est réalisée dans le cadre d'une déclaration d'enregistrement sur le formulaire S-3 (dossier n° 333-288579), déposée auprès de la Securities and Exchange Commission (la « SEC ») le 9 juillet 2025 (la « déclaration d'enregistrement »). L'offre sera faite uniquement au moyen d'un supplément au prospectus et d'un prospectus d'accompagnement inclus dans la déclaration d'enregistrement. Une copie électronique du supplément au prospectus préliminaire, ainsi que du prospectus d'accompagnement, est disponible sur le site web de la SEC à l'adresse www.sec.gov. Des copies du supplément au prospectus préliminaire, ainsi que du prospectus d'accompagnement, peuvent également être obtenues en contactant : Moelis & Company LLC, 399 Park Avenue 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022, par téléphone : 1-800-539-9413, ou Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. à l'attention de : Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022, par téléphone : 1-212-938-5000, ou par courriel : [email protected].
Le présent communiqué de presse ne constitue pas une offre de vente, ni la sollicitation d'une offre d'achat des titres qui y sont mentionnés, et il n'y aura pas de vente de ces titres dans un État ou un autre territoire où une telle offre, vente ou sollicitation serait illégale avant l'enregistrement ou la qualification en vertu des lois sur les valeurs mobilières de l'État ou du territoire en question.

À propos de Bitmine Immersion Technologies

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE : BMNR) est une société de minage de Bitcoins active aux États-Unis. L'entreprise déploie son capital excédentaire pour devenir la première société de trésorerie Ethereum au monde, mettant en œuvre une stratégie d'actifs numériques innovante pour les investisseurs institutionnels et les acteurs du marché public. Guidée par sa philosophie de « l'Alchimie des 5 % », l'entreprise s'est engagée à faire de l'ETH son principal actif de réserve de trésorerie, s'appuyant sur des activités natives au niveau du protocole, y compris le staking et des mécanismes de financement décentralisés. L'entreprise a lancé MAVAN (Made-in America VAlidator Network), une infrastructure de staking dédiée aux actifs de la Société, en 2026.

Déclarations prospectives

Ce communiqué de presse contient des déclarations qui constituent des « déclarations prospectives ». Les déclarations contenues dans le présent communiqué de presse qui ne sont pas purement historiques sont des déclarations prospectives qui impliquent des risques et des incertitudes. Les déclarations contenues dans le présent communiqué de presse concernant les attentes, plans et perspectives futurs, ainsi que toute autre déclaration concernant des questions qui ne sont pas des faits historiques, peuvent constituer des « déclarations prospectives » au sens du Private Securities Litigation Reform Act de 1995. Les mots « anticiper », « penser », « continuer », « estimer », « s'attendre à », « avoir l'intention », « planifier », « potentiel », « prédire », « projeter », « cibler », les conjugaisons au conditionnel et au futur, et autres expressions similaires ont pour but d'identifier les déclarations prospectives, bien que toutes les déclarations prospectives ne contiennent pas ces mots d'identification. Ces déclarations comprennent, sans s'y limiter, des déclarations relatives à la taille et au calendrier de l'offre, à l'utilisation prévue de tout produit de l'offre, aux conditions des titres offerts, au paiement des dividendes et à la cotation prévue des actions privilégiées de série A à la Bourse de New York (NYSE). Pour évaluer ces déclarations prospectives, vous devez tenir compte de divers facteurs, notamment :  la capacité de la Société à suivre le rythme des nouvelles technologies et des besoins changeants du marché ; la capacité de la Société à financer ses activités actuelles, les opérations de trésorerie Ethereum, et les activités futures proposées ; l'environnement concurrentiel des activités de la Société ; les conditions du marché affectant le cours des actions ordinaires de l'entreprise ; les développements réglementaires affectant les actifs numériques, y compris la promulgation finale et la mise en œuvre de la législation en cours et les initiatives de la SEC ; la volatilité et l'imprévisibilité des prix des actifs numériques ; et la valeur future du Bitcoin et de l'Ethereum. Les résultats réels et les performances et résultats futurs peuvent différer sensiblement de ceux exprimés dans les déclarations prospectives. Les déclarations prospectives sont soumises à de nombreuses conditions, dont beaucoup sont hors du contrôle de la Société, y compris celles énoncées dans la section « Risk Factors » du formulaire 10-K déposé par la Société auprès de la SEC le 21 novembre 2025, ainsi que dans tous les autres documents déposés auprès de la SEC, tels que modifiés ou mis à jour de temps à autre. Des copies des documents déposés par la Société auprès de la SEC sont disponibles sur le site web de la SEC à l'adresse suivante : www.sec.gov. Toute déclaration prospective contenue dans le présent communiqué de presse n'est valable qu'à la date de celui-ci, et la société décline spécifiquement toute obligation de mettre à jour les déclarations prospectives, que ce soit à la suite de nouvelles informations, d'événements futurs ou autres, sauf obligation légale contraire.

, /PRNewswire/ -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) (het 'bedrijf') heeft vandaag de prijsstelling bekendgemaakt van zijn verhoogde aanbieding (de 'aanbieding') van 3.500.000 aandelen 9,50% eeuwigdurende preferente aandelen uit Serie A (de 'preferente aandelen uit Serie A'), die het op 4 juni 2026 heeft geregistreerd onder de gewijzigde Securities Act van 1933 (de 'Securities Act'). Dit betreft een verhoging van de eerder aangekondigde aanbieding van 3.000.000 preferente aandelen uit Serie A. De uitgifte en verkoop van de preferente aandelen uit Serie A zullen naar verwachting op 10 juni 2026 worden afgerond, onder voorbehoud van de gebruikelijke afsluitingsvoorwaarden.

Het bedrijf schat dat de netto-opbrengst van de aanbieding ongeveer 273,8 miljoen dollar zal bedragen, na aftrek van de plaatsingsprovisies en commissies en de door het bedrijf geraamde kosten van de aanbieding. Het bedrijf is van plan de netto-opbrengst van de aanbieding te gebruiken voor algemene bedrijfsdoeleinden, waaronder mogelijk de aankoop van extra ETH en andere digitale activa, de uitbreiding van de staking- en validatorinfrastructuur van het bedrijf, onder meer via MAVAN, werkkapitaal, strategische investeringen die aansluiten bij het Ethereum-ecosysteem en de bredere adoptie van digitale activa, en/of de inkoop van eigen gewone aandelen in het kader van het aandeleninkoopprogramma van het bedrijf.

Op de preferente aandelen uit Serie A worden cumulatieve dividenden opgebouwd tegen een vast jaarlijks percentage van 9,50% van het vermelde bedrag van 100 dollar per aandeel (het 'vermelde bedrag'), ongeacht of deze dividenden al dan niet zijn vastgesteld of er wettelijk beschikbare middelen voor uitkering aanwezig zijn. Reguliere dividenden op de preferente aandelen uit Serie A worden, mits vastgesteld door de raad van bestuur van het bedrijf en voor zover daarvoor wettelijk beschikbare middelen beschikbaar zijn, wekelijks achteraf uitgekeerd. Het bedrijf kan er echter in de toekomst naar eigen inzicht voor kiezen deze dividenden vaker uit te keren. Vastgestelde reguliere dividenden op de preferente aandelen uit Serie A worden uitsluitend in contanten uitgekeerd. Indien een opgebouwd regulier dividend op de preferente aandelen uit Serie A niet wordt betaald op de toepasselijke reguliere dividendbetalingsdatum, zullen er aanvullende reguliere dividenden (hierna 'samengestelde dividenden' genoemd) worden opgebouwd over het bedrag van dat onbetaalde reguliere dividend, wekelijks samengesteld tegen het samengestelde dividendpercentage. Het bedrijf behoudt de flexibiliteit om ervoor te kiezen de uitbetalingsfrequentie van reguliere dividenden te verhogen tot vaker dan wekelijks; indien het bedrijf hiervoor kiest, zal de extra dividendverhoging per reguliere dividendperiode evenredig worden verlaagd om rekening te houden met deze kortere reguliere dividendperiode, zodat de maximale totale extra dividendverhoging per jaar 260 basispunten bedraagt.

Het samengestelde dividendpercentage dat van toepassing is op elk onbetaald regelmatig dividend dat op een reguliere dividendbetalingsdatum verschuldigd was, zal in eerste instantie een percentage per jaar bedragen dat gelijk is aan 9,50% plus 5 basispunten (op basis van een wekelijkse reguliere dividendperiode); op voorwaarde dat dit samengestelde dividendpercentage voor elke volgende reguliere dividendperiode met 5 basispunten per jaar (op basis van een wekelijkse reguliere dividendperiode) zal stijgen, totdat het reguliere dividend, samen met de daarop samengestelde dividenden, volledig is uitbetaald, tot een maximaal dividendpercentage van 15% per jaar.

Het bedrijf heeft naar eigen keuze het recht om de preferente aandelen uit serie A, geheel of gedeeltelijk, te allen tijde of van tijd tot tijd, tegen contante betaling af te lossen als volgt: (i) vanaf de oorspronkelijke uitgifte tot achttien (18) maanden na de oorspronkelijke uitgifte, tegen een terugkoopprijs gelijk aan 110% van het vermelde bedrag per aandeel; (ii) van achttien (18) maanden tot drie (3) jaar na de oorspronkelijke uitgifte, tegen een terugkoopprijs gelijk aan 105% van het vermelde bedrag per aandeel; en (iii) na drie (3) jaar na de oorspronkelijke uitgifte, tegen een terugkoopprijs die gelijk is aan 100% van het vermelde bedrag per aandeel; in elk geval vermeerderd met geaccumuleerde en onbetaalde dividenden daarover tot, maar exclusief, de terugkoopdatum.

Bovendien heeft het bedrijf het recht om alle, maar niet minder dan alle, preferente aandelen uit Serie A terug te kopen als het totale aantal aandelen van alle preferente aandelen uit Serie A dat op dat moment uitstaat minder is dan 25% van het totale aantal preferente aandelen uit Serie A dat oorspronkelijk werd uitgegeven in de aanbieding en in elke toekomstige aanbieding samen. Het bedrijf zal ook het recht hebben om alle, maar niet minder dan alle, preferente aandelen uit Serie A terug te kopen als bepaalde fiscale gebeurtenissen zich voordoen. De terugkoopprijs voor preferente aandelen uit Serie A die in verband met een clean-up call of fiscale gebeurtenis moeten worden teruggekocht, is een contant bedrag gelijk aan de liquidatiepreferentie van de preferente aandelen uit Serie A die moeten worden teruggekocht per de werkdag voorafgaand aan de datum waarop het bedrijf de desbetreffende terugkoopkennisgeving verzendt, vermeerderd met geaccumuleerde en onbetaalde reguliere dividenden tot, maar exclusief, de terugkoopdatum.

Indien zich een gebeurtenis voordoet die volgens het aanwijzingscertificaat voor de preferente aandelen uit Serie A een 'fundamentele wijziging' vormt, hebben houders van deze preferente aandelen het recht om van het bedrijf te verlangen dat het een deel of al hun preferente aandelen uit Serie A terugkoopt tegen een contante terugkoopprijs die gelijk is aan het vermelde bedrag van de terug te kopen preferente aandelen uit Serie A, vermeerderd met eventueel opgebouwde en nog niet uitbetaalde reguliere dividenden tot, maar exclusief, de terugkoopdatum in verband met de fundamentele wijziging.

De liquidatiepreferentie voor de preferente aandelen uit Serie A bedraagt in eerste instantie 100 dollar per aandeel. Vanaf onmiddellijk na sluiting van de handel op elke werkdag na de oorspronkelijke uitgiftedatum (en, indien van toepassing, gedurende een werkdag waarop een verkooptransactie die wordt afgewikkeld door uitgifte van preferente aandelen uit Serie A wordt uitgevoerd, vanaf het exacte tijdstip van de eerste dergelijke verkooptransactie op die werkdag tot aan de sluiting van de handel van die werkdag), wordt de liquidatiepreferentie per preferent aandeel uit Serie A aangepast naar het hoogste van: (i) het vermelde bedrag per aandeel; (ii) in het geval van een werkdag waarop het bedrijf op die werkdag of op een werkdag binnen de periode van tien (10) handelsdagen voorafgaand aan die werkdag een verkooptransactie heeft uitgevoerd die wordt afgewikkeld door uitgifte van preferente aandelen uit Serie A, een bedrag gelijk aan de laatst gerapporteerde verkoopprijs per aandeel op de handelsdag onmiddellijk voorafgaand aan die werkdag; en (iii) het rekenkundig gemiddelde van de laatst gerapporteerde verkoopprijzen per aandeel voor elke handelsdag van de tien (10) opeenvolgende handelsdagen onmiddellijk voorafgaand aan die werkdag; met dien verstande dat, indien van toepassing, de verwijzing in (iii) naar tien (10) wordt vervangen door het kleinere aantal handelsdagen dat is verstreken in de periode van (met ingang van) de oorspronkelijke uitgiftedatum tot (maar exclusief) die werkdag. De liquidatiepreferentie wordt echter niet aangepast tot een bedrag van minder dan 100 dollar per aandeel.

Het bedrijf heeft een aanvraag ingediend om de preferente aandelen uit serie A te laten noteren aan de New York Stock Exchange onder het tickersymbool 'BMNP'. Indien de notering wordt goedgekeurd, verwacht het bedrijf dat de handel binnen 30 dagen na de datum van eerste uitgifte van de preferente aandelen uit Serie A zal beginnen.

Moelis & Company en Cantor fungeren als gezamenlijke lead bookrunners voor de aanbieding.

De aanbieding wordt gedaan op grond van een effectieve doorlopende registratieverklaring op formulier S-3 (dossiernummer 333-288579), ingediend bij de Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) op 9 juli 2025 (de 'registratieverklaring'). De aanbieding wordt uitsluitend gedaan door middel van een aanvulling op het prospectus en een bijgevoegd prospectus die in de registratieverklaring zijn opgenomen. Een elektronische kopie van de voorlopige prospectusaanvulling, samen met het bijbehorende prospectus, is beschikbaar op de website van de SEC op www.sec.gov. Een exemplaar van de aanvulling op het voorlopige prospectus, samen met het bijbehorende prospectus, kan ook worden verkregen door contact op te nemen met: Moelis & Company LLC, 399 Park Avenue 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022, telefonisch: 1-800-539-9413, of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attentie: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022, telefonisch: 1-212-938-5000, of per e-mail: [email protected].
Dit persbericht vormt geen aanbieding tot verkoop, noch een uitnodiging tot het doen van een aanbieding tot aankoop van de effecten waarnaar in dit persbericht wordt verwezen, en er zal geen verkoop van dergelijke effecten plaatsvinden in enige staat of ander rechtsgebied waar een dergelijke aanbieding, een dergelijke verkoop of een dergelijke uitnodiging onwettig zou zijn voordat registratie of goedkeuring heeft plaatsgevonden overeenkomstig de effectenwetgeving van die staat of dat rechtsgebied.

Over Bitmine Immersion Technologies

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) is een Bitcoin-miner met activiteiten in de Verenigde Staten. Het bedrijf zet zijn overtollige kapitaal in om het toonaangevende bedrijf op het gebied van Ethereum-treasurybeheer ter wereld te worden, waarbij het een innovatieve strategie voor digitale activa implementeert voor institutionele beleggers en deelnemers aan de openbare kapitaalmarkten. Gedreven door zijn filosofie van de 'Alchemy of 5%' beschouwt het bedrijf ETH als zijn primaire treasuryreserveactief, waarbij het gebruikmaakt van activiteiten op protocolniveau, waaronder staking en de mechanismen van decentrale financiering. Het bedrijf heeft MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network), een speciale stakinginfrastructuur voor Bitmine-activa, gelanceerd in 2026.

Toekomstgerichte verklaringen

Dit persbericht bevat verklaringen die als 'toekomstgerichte verklaringen' worden aangemerkt. De verklaringen in dit persbericht die niet puur historisch van aard zijn, zijn toekomstgerichte verklaringen die risico's en onzekerheden met zich meebrengen. Verklaringen in dit persbericht over toekomstige verwachtingen, plannen en vooruitzichten, evenals andere verklaringen over zaken die geen historische feiten zijn, kunnen 'toekomstgerichte verklaringen' vormen in de zin van de Private Securities Litigation Reform Act van 1995. De woorden 'anticiperen op', 'geloven', 'voortzetten', 'kunnen', 'schatten', 'verwachten', 'voornemens zijn', 'mogen', 'plannen', 'potentieel', 'voorspellen', 'projecteren', 'zouden moeten', 'doelstelling', 'zullen', 'zouden', en soortgelijke uitdrukkingen zijn bedoeld om toekomstgerichte verklaringen aan te duiden, hoewel niet alle toekomstgerichte verklaringen deze identificerende woorden bevatten. Deze verklaringen omvatten, maar zijn niet beperkt tot, verklaringen met betrekking tot de omvang en het tijdstip van de aanbieding, het verwachte gebruik van de opbrengst van de aanbieding, de voorwaarden van de aangeboden effecten, de betaling van dividenden en de verwachte notering van de preferente aandelen uit Serie A op de NYSE. Bij de beoordeling van deze toekomstgerichte verklaringen dient u rekening te houden met diverse factoren, waaronder: het vermogen van het bedrijf om gelijke tred te houden met nieuwe technologieën en veranderende marktbehoeften; het vermogen van het bedrijf om zijn huidige activiteiten, zijn Ethereum-treasuryactiviteiten en de voorgestelde toekomstige activiteiten te financieren; de concurrentieomgeving waarin het bedrijf actief is; marktomstandigheden die van invloed zijn op de handelskoers van de gewone aandelen van het bedrijf; regelgevende ontwikkelingen met betrekking tot digitale activa, waaronder de uiteindelijke aanneming en implementatie van hangende wetgeving en initiatieven van de SEC; de volatiliteit en onvoorspelbaarheid van de prijzen van digitale activa; en de toekomstige waarde van Bitcoin en Ethereum. De werkelijke resultaten en toekomstige prestaties kunnen wezenlijk afwijken van die welke in toekomstgerichte verklaringen worden vermeld. Toekomstgerichte verklaringen zijn onderhevig aan talrijke omstandigheden, waarvan vele buiten de controle van het bedrijf liggen, waaronder de factoren die worden beschreven in het onderdeel Risicofactoren van het Formulier 10-K van het bedrijf, dat op 21 november 2025 is ingediend bij de SEC, evenals in alle andere SEC-documenten, zoals deze van tijd tot tijd worden gewijzigd of bijgewerkt. Kopieën van de door het bedrijf bij de SEC ingediende documenten zijn beschikbaar op de website van de SEC op www.sec.gov. Alle toekomstgerichte verklaringen in dit persbericht gelden uitsluitend op de datum van dit persbericht, en het bedrijf wijst uitdrukkelijk elke verplichting af om dergelijke toekomstgerichte verklaringen bij te werken, ongeacht of dit gebeurt naar aanleiding van nieuwe informatie, toekomstige gebeurtenissen of andere omstandigheden, behalve voor zover dit wettelijk vereist is.

As chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR +0.38%), the world's largest Ethereum (ETH 0.08%) treasury company, Tom Lee is no stranger to super-bullish crypto price predictions. His latest price target, though, might have you scratching your head.

Lee predicts that Ethereum will soar from $2,000 to $62,000. If he's right, that would be a 3,000% return! Even investors in AI, quantum computing, or space exploration will likely find it impossible to achieve the same type of results over the next few years.

What's behind the $62,000 price target? There are a number of key factors that go into the $62,000 price target. The first involves Ethereum's historical dominance within the field of decentralized finance (DeFi). Over the past decade, Ethereum has become the go-to blockchain for Wall Street.

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As Lee sees it, Ethereum will continue this DeFi dominance into the foreseeable future. As the worlds of traditional finance and blockchain finance continue to merge, Ethereum will likely become the most important blockchain for both tokenized assets and stablecoins.

Those are both massive future market opportunities. According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, stablecoins could be a $3 trillion market opportunity by 2030. And, according to top consulting firms, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization could become a multitrillion-dollar market opportunity within a few years.

Is Ethereum really as unstoppable as it appears? But things get a bit murky after that. For one, Ethereum is down more than 35% in 2026, and currently trades at a hefty 62% discount to its all-time high of $4,954 in August. So it will quickly need to turn things around and regain momentum.

Lee thinks this is possible later this year because the latest "crypto winter" is already over, and some cryptocurrencies are showing signs of life. As he sees it, "crypto spring" is here.

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The other problem, quite simply, is that the $62,000 price target for Ethereum is based on an equally outlandish price target for Bitcoin (BTC +1.13%). Lee thinks that Bitcoin will soon be worth $250,000, and, as a rough estimate, he thinks Ethereum should be worth 25% of whatever Bitcoin is worth. That's how he lands on the $62,000 price target.

Admittedly, Ethereum is now worth roughly one-sixth of what Bitcoin is worth, so a 25% scaling factor is not out of the question. Moreover, Ethereum has historically been very highly correlated with Bitcoin. Over the past 12 months, the correlation between Bitcoin and Ethereum has been a very robust 0.86. So if Bitcoin is about to surge higher, then there's a high likelihood that Ethereum will as well.

How realistic is a price of $62,000? At the end of the day, it's important for investors to keep their expectations about Ethereum in check. After all, there's no immutable rule of the universe that says that Bitcoin must drag the entire crypto market higher. And there's no reason to accept Lee's prediction without thought. 

Yes, Ethereum is capable of soaring much higher. And, yes, it might reclaim the $5,000 price level this year. But, from my point of view, $62,000 is a price target that even an "unstoppable" cryptocurrency would have trouble hitting.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies has been crushed with the Ethereum price collapse and sector-wide crypto panic. BMNR's treasury model leverages Ethereum for staking revenues and business growth, insulating operations from crypto price volatility compared to peers. The company projects annualized staking revenues at $258 million with ETH above $2,000, but recent price drops materially impact near-term revenue potential.

March 11, 2026 08:00 ET  | Source: Strive, Inc.

DALLAS, March 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST; SATA) (“Strive” or the “Company”) today announced the following updates:

SATA dividend rate increased by 25 bps to 12.75%. Dividend declared of $1.0625 per share of SATA Stock to stockholders of record the close of business on April 1, 2026, payable on April 15, 2026Targeted SATA price range narrowed to $99-$101 from $95-$105Updated guidance to not issue SATA via ATM or follow-on offerings below $100.00Purchased 179 additional Bitcoin since last filing and now holds approximately 13,311 BTCPurchased $50 million (500,000 shares) of Strategy Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: STRC)SATA dividend reserve increased to 18 months (12 months cash and cash equivalents + 6 months STRC based on current STRC trading prices, which are subject to market conditions) from previously reported 12-month cash reserveAggregate Bitcoin, STRC, and cash reserves cover over 19 years of SATA interest payments as of March 9thAs of March 9, 2026, Strive held $143.4 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which $50 million was subsequently utilized to purchase shares of STRC, and approximately 13,311 Bitcoin. Strive had 56,897,668 shares of Class A common stock, 9,880,117 shares of Class B common stock, and 4,275,118 shares of SATA Stock outstanding as of March 9, 2026 “We believe Digital Credit could be a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity, and every single update today aims to improve the credit quality and lower the expected volatility profile of our Digital Credit product, SATA,” said Matthew Cole, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Strive, Inc. "We’re focused on building a track record of success for SATA by maintaining a stable trading range and keeping a strong balance sheet, which we believe will generate attractive long-term returns to our common equity shareholders vs our Bitcoin hurdle rate.”

“The addition of STRC to our balance sheet reflects our view that it is a high-quality credit instrument with a compelling risk-return profile that offers clear advantages over traditional fixed income assets,” said Jeff Walton, Chief Risk Officer of Strive. “Its combination of higher yield and greater liquidity allows us to optimize our capital structure and rethink how we allocate short and moderate duration capital. This positions Strive to strengthen our long-term financial profile and credit quality, and to maintain a disciplined, forward-looking approach to digital capital.”

“This latest purchase strengthens our balance sheet and reflects our disciplined approach to continued Bitcoin accumulation,” said Ben Werkman, Chief Investment Officer of Strive. “We believe both STRC and SATA offer a compelling investment opportunity for corporate balance sheets given the volatility profile, liquidity, and yield they offer to investors.”

About Strive

Strive is a structured finance company and institutional asset manager focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation. With Bitcoin as our hurdle rate for capital deployment, Strive is focused on increasing Bitcoin per share to outperform Bitcoin over the long run. Strive holds approximately 13,311 Bitcoin as of March 9, 2026.

Strive Asset Management, LLC, a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Strive and an SEC-registered investment adviser, manages over $2.5 billion in assets. Learn more at strive.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements herein may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 175 promulgated thereunder, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Rule 3b-6 promulgated thereunder, which statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, express or implied statements regarding the outlook and expectations of Strive, the strategic benefits and financial benefits of the merger transaction with Semler Scientific, Inc. (the "merger transaction"), including the expected impact of the merger transaction on the combined company’s future financial performance and the ability to successfully integrate the combined businesses, and the Company’s intentions with respect to adjusting the SATA Stock monthly regular dividend rate per annum. Such statements are often characterized by the use of qualified words (and their derivatives) such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “potential,” “assume,” “forecast,” “target,” “budget,” “outlook,” “trend,” “guidance,” “objective,” “goal,” “strategy,” “opportunity,” and “intend,” as well as words of similar meaning or other statements concerning opinions or judgments of Strive and its respective management team about future events. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as of the time they are made and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence, which could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Other risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among others, the following:

the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Strive or its subsidiaries;the possibility that the anticipated benefits of the merger transaction are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of changes in, or problems arising from, implementation of Bitcoin treasury strategies and risks associated with Bitcoin and other digital assets, general economic and market conditions, interest and exchange rates, monetary policy, and laws and regulations and their enforcement;the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities;dilution caused by Strive’s issuance of additional shares of its Class A common stock or SATA Stock;potential adverse reactions of Strive’s clients and customers or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the completion of the merger transaction;other factors that may affect future results of Strive.These factors are not necessarily all of the factors that could cause the combined company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by any of the forward-looking statements. Other factors, including unknown or unpredictable factors, also could harm the combined company’s results. Although Strive believes that its expectations with respect to forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its existing knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance that the actual results of Strive will not differ materially from any projected future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in Strive’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Strive’s Form S-4 filed on August 6, 2025 and October 10, 2025, under the “Supplementary Risk Factors” filed as an exhibit to Strive’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 24, 2025, Semler Scientific’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents subsequently filed by Strive and Semler Scientific, Inc. with the SEC.

The actual results anticipated may not be realized or, even if substantially realized, they may not have the expected consequences to or effects on Strive or its businesses or operations. Investors are cautioned not to rely too heavily on any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date hereof, and Strive undertakes no obligation to update or clarify these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.

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Source: Strive, Inc.