SMX Advances U.S. Cotton Traceability with TruCotton to Enable Verifiable Origin and Full-Chain Transparency

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[{"type":"text","content":""Giving Materials Memory" to establish scientific proof of U.S. cotton origin, authenticity, and integrity at scale","length":125,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / January 26, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX; SMXWW) ("SMX"), a global leader in material-embedded molecular identity and digital traceability, today announced a new initiative with TruCotton®, a U.S. cotton traceability and branding program, focused on advancing full-chain verification of U.S.-grown cotton.","length":365,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The initiative is designed to establish a scientific, material-level method to authenticate U.S. cotton origin-transforming how origin, quality, and authenticity are verified as cotton moves through complex domestic and global supply chains.","length":241,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"From Documentation to Scientific Proof","length":38,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"U.S. cotton represents one of the world's largest and most strategically important natural-fiber markets, with approximately 15 million bales produced annually¹. Yet once cotton leaves the farm and enters aggregation, processing, and manufacturing, origin claims are typically supported by documentation rather than persistent physical evidence.² ³","length":352,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"SMX's technology can address this structural gap by embedding secure molecular markers directly into the cotton, enabling the material itself to carry verifiable proof of origin that can be authenticated at any point in the value chain.","length":240,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"This approach replaces assumption-based reporting with tamper-resistant, machine-readable evidence.","length":99,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Lawson Gary, CEO of Wildwood Cotton Technologies, commented:","length":60,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""U.S. cotton has long been valued for its quality and reliability, but once cotton moves beyond the farm gate, proving origin and integrity at scale becomes increasingly difficult. Advancing a solution that allows the material itself to carry verifiable proof of U.S. origin has the potential to strengthen trust across the supply chain - from growers and processors to brands and consumers.","length...

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