Author: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / A silent bomb is ticking inside the global gold market, and the West is standing directly over it. The world’s most valuable commodity has become the easiest material for sanctioned regimes to move, disguise, and inject into Western supply chains. Gold can cross borders with forged paperwork. It can be melted until its past disappears. It can be mixed with legitimate supply until it becomes untraceable. The entire sanctions system depends on provenance that the gold industry does not actually have. And the moment regulators decide to crack down at scale, billions in Western gold inventory could be frozen, seized, or written down.

This is not an abstract risk. Sanctioned gold from conflict zones, illicit mines, and embargoed states is flowing through global networks at volumes the public would find staggering. It travels through refineries with inconsistent auditing standards. It enters shipping corridors with loose oversight. It lands in vaults that assume stamps and certificates are reliable. The gold looks real because it looks like gold. What the market cannot see is the contamination hiding inside it. That contamination is a geopolitical liability waiting to detonate.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) built the one system capable of defusing the sanctioned-gold bomb before regulators accidentally trigger it. Its molecular identity technology embeds proof inside the metal itself. No amount of melting, splitting, blending, or relabeling can erase the truth. And now, with SMX powered by a $111.5 million equity purchase agreement, it can scale this verification architecture across the markets that need it most.

The Problem Isn’t Sanctioned Gold; It’s the System That Can’t Detect It

Sanctions fail when enforcement relies on paperwork instead of physical evidence. Gold is the perfect loophole because documentation can be forged, swapped, or manufactured from thin air. Once illicit gold is melted into a new bar, its past is wiped clean. Western markets have no tool capable of separating legal gold from sanctioned supply. That is why sanctioned regimes prefer gold to every other commodity: it hides flawlessly in plain sight.

This invisibility makes sanctioned gold a strategic weapon. It gives embargoed regimes a funding channel that avoids banks. It gives illegal mining networks a way to launder output into legitimate production. It gives hostile actors the ability to influence global markets without detection. At the same time, it exposes Western institutions to enormous compliance risk. Vaults unknowingly store contaminated bullion. Banks unknowingly collateralize it. Exchanges unknowingly clear it. All because the system has no forensic layer.

SMX changes that dynamic instantly. Its molecular markers survive every thermal and mechanical transformation. If the gold came from a sanctioned region, the identity will reveal it. If a refiner tries to bury illicit supply in a blend, the truth will surface. If a vault receives compromised bars, verification will expose them before they enter circulation. SMX gives the West the one enforcement tool it has never possessed.

The Coming Crackdown Will Be Brutal for Unverified Holders

Regulators are watching illicit gold flows with growing alarm. Anti-money-laundering groups, customs agencies, and sanctions watchdogs have issued multiple warnings. The next move will not be a press release. It will be enforcement. Once a major Western government demands molecular-level verification for imported, stored, or collateralized gold, the entire market will split. Verified gold becomes compliant. Unverified gold becomes potentially contaminated inventory.

Banks will be forced to audit their reserves. Vaults will freeze questionable bars. Sovereign funds will restrict acquisitions. Exchanges will upgrade standards. All this pressure will cascade into one outcome: unverified gold will trade at a discount, and verified gold will become the only acceptable standard for high-value transactions. The market will not reward trust. It will reward proof.

This is where SMX’s EPA becomes pivotal. With significant committed capital, it can deploy verification across refineries, logistics networks, and storage hubs quickly enough to support market-wide transition. SMX will not just participate in the crackdown. It will power the system that replaces the old one.

The Era of Unverified Gold Is Ending

Sanctioned gold has been able to infiltrate Western markets because the industry operated on the honor system. That era is ending. The West cannot protect its financial system, enforce its sanctions, or maintain liquidity in its reserves without a verification architecture that survives melting and recasting. The next decade of gold policy will not be based on trust. It will be based on evidence.

SMX is building that evidence layer. It transforms gold from a commodity with no memory into a self-authenticating asset. It gives regulators a weapon against illicit flows. It gives institutions a safeguard against compliance risk. And it gives the gold market a future where integrity is measurable, not assumed.

The sanctioned gold bomb is real. The only question is whether the West lets it detonate or defuses it with proof. SMX is the system that makes defusal possible.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / The Western world keeps talking about mineral independence, but most of that ambition collapses the moment the materials hit a refinery. The truth is simple. The West is not losing the critical minerals race because it produces less. It is losing because it verifies less. Gold, rare earths, copper, nickel, cobalt, and strategic alloys move through global pipelines that forget where they came from the moment they change form. The weakest link is not geology. It is identity.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) stepped straight into this blind spot with a technology that gives minerals what they have always lacked. They get a molecular-level identity at the source. And that identity survives smelting, blending, recasting, melting, alloying, and recycling. That shift is not cosmetic. It changes the balance of power inside the most strategically important markets on earth.

Critical minerals supply chains have outgrown the paper systems designed decades ago. A shipment of rare earth concentrate might pass through five jurisdictions before processing. Gold might be recast three times before landing in a vault. Copper concentrate can be blended and reblended until the paperwork no longer resembles the material. Regulators want proof of origin and purity. Buyers want certainty. Investors want to avoid hidden risk. No one can deliver any of it when the supply chain has no memory.

SMX rebuilt the system so the memory lives inside the material itself. Molecular markers attach verification at extraction or early processing. A digital identity follows the mineral through every transformation. Refiners no longer lose traceability when ore is smelted. Manufacturers do not lose certainty when rare earths get converted into magnets or alloys. Gold no longer becomes anonymous once it is recast. Verification stops being a stack of certificates and becomes a built-in attribute that moves with the metal.

That is how the West regains leverage without trying to replicate state-controlled refining ecosystems.

Gold and Rare Earths Prove How Fast the System Can Shift

The most immediate impact of SMX’s approach is unfolding in precious metals and rare earths, the sectors where verification failures carry the highest economic and geopolitical cost.

Gold is the clearest example. The market treats gold as absolute certainty, yet it remains one of the easiest materials to counterfeit or mislabel. SMX’s work with Goldstrom and trueGold shows how quickly that weakness disappears once the metal carries an identity that survives every melt and recast. When gold can prove its origin and purity at any stage, trading hubs like the DMCC gain a level of transparency that transforms the entire ecosystem. Verified gold commands premium pricing and moves through borders faster because regulators trust the material, not the paperwork.

Rare earths reveal the same story at an industrial scale. These materials feed defense systems, motors, batteries, sensors, and aerospace technologies. They are processed through complex loops where purity and composition are essential. SMX’s collaboration with advanced groups like CARTIF demonstrated that rare earths can retain molecular-level identity throughout high-heat, high-pressure manufacturing environments. That gives Western manufacturers the ability to validate inputs independently of foreign processing centers, something the West has never truly possessed.

This is how verification becomes a strategic asset instead of an administrative burden.

Why SMX’s $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Deal Is a Turning Point

The West cannot afford slow adoption. It needs a verification architecture that can scale at industrial speed. SMX now has exactly that. Its $111.5 million equity purchase agreement gives it the financial engine to roll out identity systems across gold, rare earths, and high-value minerals with global reach. This agreement transforms SMX from a breakthrough technology company into a backbone supplier for the next decade of minerals policy.

Western industries do not just need more production. They need verifiable production, supply chains they can defend, inputs they can trust, and compliance they can prove. SMX now has the capital runway to deliver that at scale.

The New Divide Is Already Forming

As verification becomes standard, the market will split. On one side will be metals and minerals with embedded proof. On the other will be materials that still depend on legacy documentation. The verified category will command premiums, faster processing, and lower regulatory friction. The unverified category will trade at a discount and carry higher risk.

Critical mineral independence will not be won by owning every mine. It will be won by knowing exactly what enters the system, no matter where it originates. That is the advantage the West has been missing.

SMX did not just build a technology platform. It built the West’s new rulebook for the minerals economy. The companies that adopt it will set the terms. The ones that don’t will keep playing by someone else’s.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / The most dangerous plots never announce themselves. They don’t come wrapped in smoke or sirens. They look boring. A server rack in a rented apartment. A few hundred SIM cards stacked on a kitchen table. A cloned router that looks identical to the one your carrier uses every day. That’s the shape of modern conflict. The weapons look exactly like the hardware we trust until someone flips the switch and turns an invisible network into a nationwide choke point.

This is why SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) belongs at the center of the global security conversation. Its technology embeds invisible molecular markers directly into plastics, chips, metals, and telecom and computer hardware. Every component gets a permanent identity that can be verified in seconds. The moment identity becomes non-negotiable, scale without accountability dies. The most powerful advantage hostile actors have is anonymity. SMX makes anonymity impossible.

When investigators uncovered more than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards staged inside New York apartments, they weren’t uncovering a fraud ring. They were looking at a dormant weapon system. One coordinated activation could have jammed cell towers, suffocated emergency response channels, and forced the United States to respond as if the country were under direct attack. The threat isn’t foreign. The threat is local and assembled quietly, room by room, inside ordinary buildings.

History That Cannot Repeat

History keeps showing the cost of surprise. Pearl Harbor shocked the country into a four-year war. 9/11 took less than two hours and reshaped two decades of national policy. The pattern is simple. The first strike is never the climax. The first strike is the trigger. If those SIM cards had activated during a crisis window, hospitals would have scrambled, markets would have frozen, and federal agencies would have been thrown into a posture of immediate escalation. Silent attacks force loud responses. Escalation is always the real enemy.

This is the urgency SMX is built to solve. Supply chains have been treated like procurement paperwork for too long. They are the frontline of national defense. Forensics might eventually uncover the origin of a counterfeit component, but the damage is already baked in. Prevention is the only safety margin that matters. Prevention begins with proof at the component level.

Proof That Stops an Attack Before It Starts

SMX delivers that proof. Its technology embeds unique chemical signatures inside the material itself and links each part to an immutable ledger. Every device can answer three questions instantly. Where did it originate. Who handled it. Is it the same component that passed certification. A counterfeit router gets rejected at the loading dock. A cloned SIM card never activates. A critical sensor without a verified chain of custody never makes it into a national grid. Proof removes anonymity, and removing anonymity removes the ability to weaponize scale.

SMX calls this the doctrine of proof. The next great attack won’t arrive with explosions. It will arrive in silence. Emergency channels drowned. Power grids stalled. Sensors blinded. But if every device enters the system with an auditable identity, the logistics behind these attacks fail before they begin. The opening bell of chaos never rings.

SMX has already demonstrated this model in industries where authenticity is currency. Recycled plastics, advanced materials, metals, and national supply chains run cleaner and stronger when identity becomes part of the material. The same molecular fingerprint that validates recycled polymers can validate telecom chips. The same ledger that authenticates industrial steel can authenticate sensors, switches, and grid-critical hardware. Proof moves between industries. Deterrence moves with it.

A Company Positioned to Take on the Threat

And now SMX is capitalized to scale. The company secured new funding that stabilizes operations and strengthens its ability to deploy these systems across high-risk sectors. This matters. Threats are not waiting for next quarter’s budget cycle. They are already building. SMX’s strengthened balance sheet means the company can move at the speed the threat landscape requires. The country won’t win the next conflict with bigger weapons. It will win it with better verification.

The future of security belongs to whoever controls proof. SMX turns prevention into policy, certainty into a national strategy, and proof into the country’s most valuable defense. The threats are already here. The difference between panic and prevention is whether we embed proof before an attack ever tries to arrive.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / For decades, every industry has been held back by the same flaw. They rely on materials they cannot truly verify. Plastics with unverifiable recycled content, gold with unverifiable origin, metals with unverifiable purity, and packaging with unverifiable compliance. These uncertainties fuel fraud, create regulatory risk, and fracture trust between manufacturers, regulators, and consumers. SMX’s (NASDAQ:SMX) collaborations are solving this problem sector by sector. Instead of improving documentation, the company is redefining the material economy itself.

In plastics, SMX is working with one of the world’s largest polymer and additives producers to embed identity directly into the material. This collaboration is showing how packaging, consumer goods, and industrial polymers can carry a molecular signature that survives extrusion, reshaping, and recycling. In precious metals, SMX is collaborating with one of the most influential trade hubs in the Middle East, Dubai and the DMCC, to demonstrate how identity can follow gold across heat cycles and cross-border movement. This is closing the gap that has plagued the global gold ecosystem for decades.

Meanwhile, SMX is working together with a major gold-processing partner, Goldstrom, to validate how persistent identity can survive melting and recasting, turning precious metals into a self-authenticating asset class. In Europe, a leading advanced-materials research center is testing SMX’s markers inside metals subjected to high temperature and intense processing. Their work is proving that industrial materials can retain identity even when they undergo transformations that historically erased all traceability. And in Asia, SMX is collaborating with packaging manufacturers, recyclers, and logistics companies to strengthen national circularity frameworks built on verifiable materials.

Every Collaboration Is a Proof Point

Industries built on paperwork were never designed to manage globalized supply chains. Certificates get forged. Labels fall off. QR codes don’t survive recycling. Declarations depend on trust. Audits catch problems only after damage occurs. That system worked when materials stayed local and transformations were simple. It collapses under modern complexity.

SMX’s partners are demonstrating that the old model is no longer viable. Plastics can now prove the recycled content claims written on their packaging. Gold can now preserve its history even after entering a furnace. Metals can carry identity across alloying, machining, and reshaping. And packaging can confirm compliance through embedded identity instead of voluntary reporting.

This is how the verification economy forms. Industries do not shift because regulations demand it. They shift because proof becomes the only way to stay competitive.

Value, Trust, and Pricing Are About to Be Rewritten Across Global Materials

When materials carry identity, markets change. Verified plastics command higher premiums and move faster through recycling channels. Verified gold attracts more liquidity and reduces compliance risk for sovereign buyers. Verified metals eliminate production failures caused by inconsistent purity. Verified packaging simplifies compliance for entire industries.

These advantages reshape pricing power. Companies using verified inputs gain trust from regulators and customers. Those relying on unverifiable materials face uncertainty and increased risk. The verification economy rewards clarity and punishes opacity.

SMX’s collaborations are not chasing ESG trends or regulatory cycles. They are rewriting how industries define trust and value. The world is learning that materials that can speak for themselves outcompete materials that rely on claims.

And SMX is the one giving those materials a voice.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / A new front in global sanctions enforcement is opening, and it is not happening through banks, shipping logs, or border checkpoints. It is happening inside the gold supply itself. Gold has become the preferred currency of sanctioned regimes, shadow networks, and illicit finance because it moves easily, hides origins flawlessly, and loses its history the moment it touches a furnace. Unlike oil, grains, rare earths, or semiconductors, gold can vanish on contact with heat. As a result, billions in prohibited gold slip through global markets every year, and regulators have no way to tell the difference.

That loophole is now a geopolitical liability. Western governments cannot enforce sanctions effectively when the world’s oldest store of value still moves through documentation systems designed for the 1950s. Certificates are forged. Serial numbers are tampered with. Bars are recast without a record. Once a bar is melted, even the most experienced refiner cannot tell where it came from. This blind spot is why sanctioned gold keeps reaching global vaults, and why enforcement agencies often discover violations years after the damage is done.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) stepped into this world with a technology that finally closes the gap between policy and enforcement. Gold with molecular identity cannot hide. It cannot launder itself through melting pots. It cannot erase its past. And with SMX’s new $111.5 million equity purchase agreement (“EPA”), the company now has access to the capital needed to scale this verification architecture across the markets where sanctions matter most.

Sanctioned Gold Moves Because It Is Invisible; SMX Exposes It

The mechanics of sanctions evasion in gold are painfully simple. Take gold from a restricted region. Melt it with untainted material. Cast new bars with new stamps. Attach fresh documentation. And export through a permissive jurisdiction. The moment the metal changes form, the paper trail becomes fiction. This is not rare. It is the unspoken backbone of black-market gold flows. The system allows it because, before SMX stepped in, there was no forensic tool to stop it.

That invisibility gives hostile actors a funding channel that rivals oil and crypto. It gives sanctioned regimes an off-the-books export economy. It gives illicit miners a global laundering pipeline. And it leaves Western regulators chasing ghosts instead of catching criminals. The gold market was never designed for modern sanctions. It cannot police itself because the metal’s identity disappears every time it’s melted and cast.

SMX destroys the invisibility problem. Its molecular markers survive melting and refining, meaning the identity of gold survives every transformation. Regulators no longer have to trust certificates. They can authenticate the metal itself. Vaults no longer have to fear tainted inventory. They can verify bars with a scan. Enforcement agencies no longer lag years behind violations. They can intercept illicit gold before it enters the global system.

A Two-Tier Market: Compliant Gold and Everything Else

Once molecular identity enters the market, gold separates into two categories. Verified gold that meets sanctions requirements with forensic precision. And unverified gold that cannot prove anything. This split is not hypothetical. It is unavoidable. And here’s why companies and miners may want to choose the verified side: Governments will favor the gold they can audit. Banks will prefer the gold they can insure. Exchanges will list the gold that carries no geopolitical risk. Everything else becomes a liability.

It’s never been a secret that markets reward certainty and punish opacity. In this case, verified gold can command higher premiums, move faster, and clear compliance screens at levels legacy bullion never could. Unverified gold becomes a discount asset with regulatory baggage. The shift mirrors what happened in diamonds, scrap metals, and conflict minerals. Verification changes economic behavior because it eliminates doubt.

SMX is positioned to own the compliant tier. And it wants to share. Through its work with Goldstrom, DMCC, and sovereign-facing ecosystems, it is already aligning with markets where sanctions pressure is highest. The company’s EPA gives it the strength to scale these systems across continents, making regulatory-grade verification accessible to refiners, vaults, and central banks.

Sanctions Will Be Enforced by Proof, Not Paper

Don’t believe otherwise. The next decade of sanctions enforcement will not rely on diplomatic pressure or inspection programs. It will rely on forensic verification embedded inside the materials themselves. Gold is a battleground where this shift begins. Countries that trade verified gold will shape global standards. Countries that cling to legacy documentation will fall behind.

SMX built the tool that makes sanctions enforceable. It turns the world’s most powerful asset into a transparent one. The governments that understand this first will control the flow of compliant gold. The refiners that adopt it early will win the highest-value markets. And the vaults that demand it will become the safest liquidity pools on earth. Not a bad trifecta. And certainly a massive opportunity for SMX.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / Gold has always been sold as the ultimate certainty. The safe haven. The universal standard. The asset that never lies. Yet beneath the surface, the global gold market runs on an uncomfortable truth. Most bars circulating through vaults, exchanges, and refineries carry no persistent identity. Once melted, recast, or relabeled, a bar’s history evaporates completely. The market pretends purity and provenance are guaranteed, but the verification tools behind those assumptions haven’t changed in decades.

That fragility is finally catching up. As the world confronts counterfeit bars, shadow channels, sanctioned supply, and mislabeled origin stories, investors are waking up to a harsh reality. Not all gold is equal. Not all gold is trusted. And not all gold deserves the same price. The gold market is preparing to split into two: premium verified gold and discount legacy gold. The divide will be wide.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is the catalyst behind that split. Its molecular identity technology gives gold a permanent fingerprint that survives melting, refining, alloying, and recasting. It turns a bar from an object of assumption into an object of proof. And now, with SMX’s $111.5 million EPA, the company has the capital to deploy this verification infrastructure across the biggest precious-metal hubs on earth.

Where Legacy Bullion Fails, Premium Bullion Begins
Legacy gold relies on certificates, stamps, serial numbers, and trust networks that collapse the moment the metal hits a furnace. You can counterfeit a stamp. You can forge a certificate. You can relabel origin. And once a bar becomes grain or scrap, it becomes anonymous. Traders know this. Refiners know this. Vault operators know this. They simply haven’t had an alternative.

But the cost of anonymity is rising fast. Regulators are tightening import rules. Banks are re-auditing vault stockpiles. Exchanges are encountering purity discrepancies. Even reputable refiners are discovering that paperwork is no longer enough to protect them. Markets built on trust eventually break under the weight of unverifiable supply. Gold is approaching that breaking point now.

Premium bullion changes the entire equation. When gold carries a molecular identity that cannot be erased, duplicated, or faked, the market stops pricing assumptions and starts pricing truth. That difference is not theoretical. It is economic. Verified gold becomes a superior asset because its risk profile is measurably lower.

Where SMX Creates Value, the Market Creates a New Price Tier
When a refiner, sovereign buyer, or bank can instantly authenticate a bar, confidence changes. Border checks accelerate. Insurance premiums drop. Compliance becomes streamlined instead of burdensome. Transactions settle faster because every participant knows exactly what they are receiving. Trust is no longer a handshake. It is a scan.

This is the birth of the premium tier. Verified gold will not trade at the same price as gold that cannot prove historical purity or origin. Markets always pay more for assets with lower risk. Just as certified diamonds command more than uncertified stones, verified gold will command more than bullion validated only by paper. The shift is inevitable because the financial incentive is undeniable.

SMX is positioned at the center of this transformation. The company is already activating verification systems with Goldstrom and trueGold, and working within ecosystems like the DMCC, where premium markets are taking shape. SMX’s new $111.5 million equity purchase deal ensures SMX can scale fast enough to match global demand. A new gold standard is forming, and SMX owns the proof layer.

The Two-Tier Gold Market Will Define the Next Decade
In the coming years, gold will not be divided by geography or refinery. It will be divided by identity. On one side will be verified molecular-proof bullion. On the other will be legacy bars with unverifiable pasts. Investors will choose the tier with clarity. Regulators will demand the tier with traceability. Insurers will prefer the tier with a provable history.

Legacy gold will trade, but likely at a discount. A potentially steep one. The market always punishes opacity. What it rewards is certainty. And certainty is exactly what SMX built into the metal itself. Premium bullion will become the global benchmark because it eliminates hidden risk and elevates trust from narrative to evidence.

The new era of gold is not about supply. It is about proof. SMX is building the infrastructure, the standard, and the premium tier that the market has been missing. And once verified gold becomes the safe-haven of choice, the rest of the industry will be forced to follow.

About SMX
As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements
The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / The first shots of the new gold war were never fired. They were forged. Recast. Relabeled. Smuggled. Hidden under layers of paperwork that no longer reflect the reality of modern bullion markets. The world still treats gold as the purest expression of financial certainty, yet the truth is far darker. Gold is now one of the easiest materials on earth to counterfeit, misdeclare, or launder across borders. And the global financial system is sleepwalking straight into a trust crisis because it keeps pretending the problem does not exist.

The gold war isn’t about price. It is about provenance. It is a silent conflict between nations that can prove the gold they trade, and nations still relying on outdated documentation that collapses the moment a bar is melted. The winners will be the markets that adopt verifiable bullion, not the ones that cling to trust.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) walked directly into this fractured ecosystem with a technology that shifts the balance of power. It gives gold something the industry has never possessed at scale. It gives the metal a molecular identity that survives every transformation. Melt it. Recast it. Split it. Ship it. Vault it. The identity stays. The truth stays. In short, the market finally knows what it’s buying.

And with SMX’s new $111.5 million equity purchase agreement (EPA), that identity system now has the runway to deploy across the global precious metals landscape at industrial speed.

The Gold Market’s Blind Spot Has Become a Strategic Liability

Most investors do not know how vulnerable the gold market has become. Legacy verification depends on stamping, serial numbers, and certificates that can be forged, swapped, or duplicated. Bars move through refiners, logistics hubs, free zones, and vaults with almost no persistent identity. Once a bar loses its physical mark or enters a melting pot, its origin is lost forever. In a market where billions move on trust, that blind spot is not a weakness. It is an opening.

Criminal networks exploit that opening. Sanctioned gold exploits it. Illicit mining operations exploit it. Even reputable refiners struggle to validate the authenticity of incoming supply. Banks and exchanges assume purity because they have no choice. But assumptions are not infrastructure, and eventually the system fails.

It doesn’t need to. SMX can turn those vulnerabilities into forensic checkpoints. Its molecular markers are embedded within the metal itself, creating an identity that cannot be washed off, filed away, duplicated, or counterfeited at scale. This is how the gold war shifts. Proof becomes the primary weapon.

DMCC, Goldstrom, and the Rise of Verified Gold Power Centers

Dubai’s DMCC has already started building the world’s first verification-first gold ecosystem. Goldstrom, one of the region’s most advanced refiners, is among the early adopters embracing SMX-level identity as a competitive weapon. The moment gold carries a persistent molecular fingerprint, shadow supply chains lose their camouflage. Gold that once hid inside opaque documentation now reveals its full history with a single scan.

This is not theory. It is already happening. The shift is accelerating because the incentives are undeniable. Verified gold commands higher premiums. Verified gold moves faster across borders. Verified gold carries lower regulatory risk. And it’s causing a two-tier market to form: gold with identity and gold without it.

Only one side will win.

SMX’s $111.5 Million EPA Turns Proof Into a Global Standard

The EPA changes everything. SMX now has access to the capitalization to scale verification across refiners, vaults, logistics hubs, sovereign buyers, and bullion banks. This is no longer a boutique technology. It is verification infrastructure with global reach. And in the gold war, infrastructure wins.

The world won’t remember the price spikes, the trading volumes, or the market cycles. It will remember who solved the trust crisis before it detonated. Gold is entering the age of identity, and SMX is the company writing the rules.

Don’t ignore the facts. The gold war has already started. And the side with proof will win.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 26, 2025 / The past several months have not brought SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) normal momentum. They brought a shift. SMX has been quietly building a year of execution while the rest of the market waited for someone else to lead. Then November arrived, and every part of the story collided at once. Six strategic partnerships were locked in before the 2025 DMCC Precious Metals Conference. Gold identity entered its first true era of scientific verification. Regulators across four continents took notice. And Dubai, the global hub for precious metals, became the stage where the rest of the world finally saw what SMX had already built.

This month did not reveal a new idea. It revealed a new baseline.

Six Partnerships That Turned 2025 Into SMX’s Breakout Year

The first major announcement came as SMX revealed it had secured its sixth partnership of the year. These agreements span Singapore, Spain, France, Dubai, and the United States. Together, they form a global network of technology deployments across manufacturing, circular-economy systems, industrial verification, logistics integrity, and raw-material authenticity. The sixth deal confirmed what the market had been sensing throughout 2025. SMX was not experimenting. It was building.

In early November, SMX announced a regional collaboration designed to create a new industrial-grade verification standard across Southeast Asia and Europe. Shortly after, the company revealed a multi-country program that integrates material-level verification into recycling and advanced manufacturing systems. Then came confirmation that SMX now operates across four major economies. Each announcement expanded the footprint. Each one also made the next partnership easier to secure.

This was the year SMX proved something that no press release alone can claim. When verification becomes embedded at the molecular level, it scales. It survives complexity. It removes friction. It aligns supply chains that have never agreed on anything. And once it works in one region, every other region wants the same clarity.

The Global Story Became Impossible to Ignore

Yahoo Finance news shows this progression perfectly. One headline focused on SMX’s global footprint across Singapore, Spain, France, and the United States. Another showed how SMX’s multi-country partnerships are turning gold and industrial materials into verified assets. A third captured the significance of the sixth partnership announcement and the implications for 2026.

In just weeks, the storyline went from curiosity to confirmation. From interest to inevitability. From pilot-level testing to global deployment.

The world did not watch SMX grow. It watched SMX consolidate.

Dubai Was Not the Start of the Story; It Was Another Reveal

On November 24th and 25^th, SMX delivered its presentation at the DMCC Precious Metals Conference in Dubai. This was the room that decides what the global gold market accepts and what it rejects. Refiners, vault operators, bullion bankers, sovereign financiers, and international logistics operators filled the hall. This audience does not tolerate weak claims. It demands proof that survives pressure and time.

SMX arrived already carrying six partnerships and delivered one message with perfect clarity. Gold can no longer depend on traditional paperwork. It can no longer rely on stamps, assay sheets, or heritage claims. Gold can instead have a molecular memory. A chemical identity that holds through fire, transport, recasting, storage, and resale. Dubai saw that.

And they appear on board with the fact that the gold industry has reached a historical inflection point. It no longer needs to trust. It can verify.

The Market Response Has Shifted

Over several months, every SMX announcement has carried the same undertone. The traditional verification systems are aging out. The gold sector is the first place where this becomes undeniable, but it will not be the last. Once a material can carry its own truth, every industry that interacts with it has to evolve.

This is why the partnership count matters. This is why Dubai mattered. This is why gold’s response mattered. None of this was random. It was a chain reaction triggered by SMX proving the same thing six times across six environments.

Credibility is no longer something SMX seeks. It is something SMX enforces.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / The world doesn’t have a waste problem because it creates too much waste. It has a waste problem because it can’t see what it creates. Every year, trillions of dollars in usable materials move through global waste streams without proper identification, tracking, or valuation. Plastics with high recovery value get mixed with low-value fragments. Metals that should be recirculated end up buried. Reusable industrial materials get misclassified because the system relies on guesswork instead of evidence.

There’s a common denominator to the problem. Waste becomes an economic drag because it’s anonymous. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) built the proof layer that removes that anonymity and turns waste into trackable, tradable, and recoverable material value. And now, with a $111.5 million equity purchase agreement behind it, SMX has the capital architecture to scale that proof layer across global recycling, materials recovery, and circular infrastructure programs that have been waiting for verification they can trust. At the right time.

The waste system is collapsing. And for the same reason every blind system collapses. Nobody knows what’s inside it. Municipalities measure inputs instead of outputs. Recyclers operate with inconsistent feedstocks. Brands don’t know whether their recycled content claims reflect actual recovery rates. Governments write rules based on estimates because they don’t have real evidence. Waste isn’t impossible to manage. It’s impossible to verify. And as long as verification breaks at the material level, every node in the system stays structurally inefficient.

Turning Chaos Into Clarity

SMX fixes the blindness by embedding molecular identity into materials before they enter the waste stream. Once identity travels with plastics, metals, textiles, and industrial feedstocks, the system stops losing track of them. A plastic tray thrown into a collection bin doesn’t become untraceable. A metal stamped into a part doesn’t disappear the moment it’s discarded. Identity survives heat, pressure, reprocessing, and sorting. When a waste stream carries materials that can declare their composition and origin, the entire economic model flips. Waste stops being waste. It becomes supply.

Remember, waste streams look chaotic because they mix materials that should never share the same path. High-value PET blends with low-value PP. Food-contaminated plastics get lumped in with clean recovery-grade material. Industrial scrap with high reuse potential gets diverted into low-quality shred because nobody can distinguish it quickly or accurately. These mismatches cost billions every year. Recyclers can’t optimize output. Brands can’t predict cost. Governments can’t measure progress. The economic potential is there, but the visibility isn’t.

This is where SMX’s partnerships demonstrate real-world force. The REDWAVE collaboration is showing that when materials carry embedded identifiers, sorting lines begin to behave like intelligent systems. Instead of relying on visual recognition or spectral proxies, the line reads identity directly. That means recyclers can separate high-value materials with precision, increasing their yield and raising the resale value of recovered resources. Waste stops being an unpredictable feedstock. It becomes a known input.

A*STAR’s national-scale work in Singapore shows the next step. When materials are trackable across the entire waste cycle, governments can measure recovery rates with forensic accuracy. They know what’s collected, what’s processed, what’s reused, and what’s lost. That level of visibility eliminates the guesswork that has plagued recycling mandates for decades. Waste management becomes data-driven instead of aspirational. The material economy gains a foundation in truth rather than estimates.

Clarity creates confidence. Confidence drives investment. And investment increases capacity. Waste transitions from liability to economic engine the moment identity becomes part of the system.

The Economics of Proof

Turning waste into value isn’t a narrative exercise. It’s a math problem. Waste has always contained profit margins that weren’t captured because nobody could separate what’s valuable from what isn’t at the scale required. When identity becomes persistent, those margins finally reveal themselves. High-quality recycled plastics command higher prices because buyers know what they’re getting. Verified metals enter circular supply chains with less friction. Companies stop overpaying for virgin materials because they can trust secondary feedstocks.

SMX’s work with Tradepro in the United States is a strong example. Verified recycled plastics aren’t just more trustworthy. They’re easier to finance, easier to insure, and easier to incorporate into manufacturing pipelines. Recyclers don’t need to sell anonymous pellets anymore. They can sell authenticated, traceable, premium material. That shift reshapes the economics of waste because it replaces uncertainty with measurable value.

Governments also benefit. Identity-backed waste streams make audits faster, subsidies cleaner, and recovery targets more realistic. Compliance stops being a burden and becomes a shared language. Municipalities can track performance, identify bottlenecks, and allocate resources based on real conditions. Inventory management becomes predictive instead of reactive. That’s what the waste sector has been missing.

Once proof becomes the default, the global waste problem changes shape entirely. Landfills shrink because fewer materials fall through the cracks. Recycling surges because value becomes visible. Brands stop worrying about the accuracy of their sustainability claims because they can show receipts. Investors gain confidence in a sector that’s finally behaving like the trillion-dollar industry it should’ve been all along.

So, no, waste isn’t a dead end anymore. It’s the beginning of a new material economy powered by proof. And SMX is its engineer.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Gold markets rarely shift with headlines. They shift when a region builds a system so strong, so consistent, and so advanced that the rest of the world has no choice but to follow it. Dubai has reached that point. The DMCC spent more than two decades building its infrastructure, but the global pivot didn’t happen until it demonstrated something new. It showed the world what gold looks like when material truth becomes part of the metal itself. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) helped make that possible by introducing molecular-level verification that gives gold a permanent identity from the moment it’s sourced to the moment it enters a vault. That combination is reshaping how global traders define trust.

For years, gold verification relied on reputation, paperwork, and best-effort audits that couldn’t always keep pace with expanding global trade. Certificates were only as reliable as the documentation behind them, and the physical movement of gold across borders created gaps that traders had to interpret instead of confirm. Dubai recognized that modern markets needed more than trust. They needed proof.

When SMX demonstrated how identity could be embedded directly into precious metals, Dubai saw an opportunity to transform its role in global commerce. It didn’t want to be a marketplace. It wanted to be a verification authority. And that ambition now aligns with the company’s broader expansion strategy, backed by a $111.5 million equity purchase agreement that gives SMX the financial architecture to scale molecular identity across the metals ecosystem as rapidly as global demand increases.

This shift became impossible to ignore at the recent DMCC Precious Metals Conference. SMX’s presentation showed exactly how embedded identity changes the gold trade. When gold carries its own verification, the system doesn’t rely on assumptions about origin, purity, or movement. The identity stays intact no matter how many hands it passes through. Traders get transparency. Regulators get clarity. Exchanges get cleaner liquidity. No document can match the precision of identity that physically travels with the material. Dubai embraced that truth, and the market noticed.

Why Dubai’s Model Works

Dubai holds a unique position in global trade because it sits at the crossroads of multiple regional supply chains. It receives material from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. That diversity requires a verification model that can scale across borders without getting tangled in competing certification systems. SMX’s technology gave Dubai a neutral, reliable, globally relevant platform that solved a fundamental problem for the industry. It didn’t replace existing standards. It strengthened them.

Goldstrom’s interest in SMX’s molecular identity technology for trueGold products amplified this advantage. When a gold bar is authenticated at the molecular level and linked to its full lifecycle history, it becomes more than a commodity. It becomes a verified asset. Traders can value it more accurately. Buyers can purchase with confidence. Markets can price with less volatility. That’s why Dubai’s model will work. It aligns verification with global expectations instead of relying on outdated processes that struggled to keep up.

Dubai also recognized that authenticity isn’t just about ethics or compliance. It’s about competitiveness. A trading hub that can certify materials at the source attracts liquidity because traders don’t have to question the fundamentals. The DMCC took that principle and doubled down on it. It’s creating the infrastructure, embracing molecular verification, and promoting a standard that leaves little room for uncertainty. When uncertainty disappears, the market gravitates toward the environment that feels safer, faster, and more sophisticated.

Dubai isn’t trying to dominate gold markets politically or geographically. It’s elevating them commercially. It built a system where verified material flows cleanly, and the rest of the world is adjusting to that reality.

Dubai recognized that the future of precious metals isn’t about bigger vaults or stricter reporting requirements. It’s about embedding verification into the material itself so authenticity becomes an attribute rather than an argument. That realization put the region ahead of every other global hub.

Gold markets don’t shift because someone demands it. They shift because someone shows what’s possible.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire