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Eightco Holdings Inc. (ORBS) Announces 16.9 Million Verified World Humans, Adding 1.9 Million Since Launching Worldcoin Treasury Just 3 Weeks Ago
Unveils 'Power of 8' Initiative: 800M Worldcoin (WLD) Tokens and 8B Verified Humans Dan Ives, renowned technology and AI expert and Wall Street analyst,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Unveils 'Power of 8' Initiative: 800M Worldcoin (WLD) Tokens and 8B Verified Humans\n \n \n Dan Ives, renowned technology and AI expert and Wall Street analyst, serves as Chairman of the Board\n \n \n World is the single sign-on for the AI era\n \n \n \"If we succeed on our mission, World might become the largest network of real people online, fundamentally changing how we interact and transact throughout the Internet,\" says Sam Altman\n \n \n Investors include MOZAYYX, BitMine Immersion (BMNR), World Foundation, Wedbush, Coinfund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Kraken, Pantera, GSR, Brevan Howard and more\n \n \n EASTON, Pa., Sept. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) today unveiled its 'Power of 8' initiative, targeting 800 million Worldcoin (WLD) and 8 billion verified humans. Since launching its Worldcoin treasury strategy on September 8, World has added over 1.9 million verified humans, bringing the total to 16.9 million, with a goal of reaching 100 million within the next 12 months.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \"World is the single sign-on for the AI era, making it possible to trust and transact anonymously online for the first time,\" said Dan Ives, newly appointed Chairman of Eightco Holdings Inc. (ORBS). \"In the AI value chain, LLMs are valued at $3 trillion, hyperscalers $3 trillion, cybersecurity $1-2 trillion and the most important of these, 'Proof of Human,' or human cybersecurity is $10 billion. Over time, 'Proof of Human' verification should easily match the value of a single LLM, or have a value of $200 to $300 billion, implying the Worldcoin value of $20 to $30 per WLD coin.\"\n Ives continues, \"We believe in the 'Power of 8': ORBS reaching 800 million WLD tokens and verifying 8 billion humans. The momentum of the past few weeks is only the beginning.\"\n The issue of trust in the agentic age and the urgent demand for digital verifications systems is more important than ever before, recently voiced by President Trump in his address to the United Nations announcing that he'll be \"meeting with the top leaders of the world by pioneering an AI verification system that everyone can trust.\"\n \"We also talked a lot about the need to include a financial network of some sort. It was clear to us that authentication and proof of humanity was an important component,\" said Sam Altman, Co...