Author: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / For decades, global supply chains operated on a simple assumption. If the paperwork looked right, the shipment must be legitimate. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) shattered that assumption by proving that materials should verify themselves instead of relying on certificates that travel in separate folders. By embedding molecular-level identity into metals, minerals, plastics, and industrial components, SMX introduced something global trade has never had. It introduced materials that carry their own truth.

This matters because supply chains have outgrown the systems designed to govern them. Goods now move across multiple borders before reaching their first buyer. Regulations shift mid-voyage. Enforcement is inconsistent across continents. These gaps slow the world down. They create bottlenecks at ports, delays at compliance centers, and risks for every company touching high-value commodities. SMX removes those gaps by replacing assumption-based trust with material-based verification.

Dubai recognized this shift faster than most regions. The DMCC saw that the future of global trade will favor hubs that can prove what they move, not just process it. That insight is why Dubai is aligning its logistics vision with verifiable identity. It is not building bigger warehouses or longer trade corridors. It is building a certainty layer powered by SMX that makes supply chains more secure, more efficient, and more competitive.

A Global System Under Pressure

Supply chains are facing the most intense regulatory pressure in modern history. Europe is enforcing CSRD reporting and digital product passport requirements. The United States is implementing UFLPA controls that demand proof of origin for any material tied to sensitive regions. Asia is tightening rules around recycled content, emissions data, and labor transparency. The global system was not designed to withstand this level of scrutiny at its current speed.

Companies are discovering that legacy solutions cannot keep pace. Audits rely on delayed reporting. Spreadsheets break when materials cross jurisdictions. Certificates can be misplaced or manipulated. Even sophisticated tracking systems fall apart once goods are melted, recycled or reprocessed. The world needs a verification model that withstands every transformation a material undergoes. SMX built exactly that model and delivered it through chemistry that does not fade.

This is why the conversation is shifting from digital tracking to physical verification. Logistics leaders, government agencies, and multinational manufacturers are realizing that the only scalable solution is identity embedded at the material level. It eliminates guesswork. It accelerates compliance. It turns inventory into self-reporting assets. Dubai saw that trend forming long before most regions and positioned itself as the testing ground for the next generation of traceable supply chains.

Dubai’s Arrival as the Verification Capital

Dubai is not trying to compete with traditional trade hubs. It is bypassing them. The DMCC is building an environment where the speed of commerce does not conflict with the demands of transparency. Instead of treating verification as a burden, Dubai made it a value proposition. Companies route shipments through regions that reduce risk and increase certainty. SMX gives Dubai that certainty in a form no competitor has matched.

The region is now advancing beyond logistics into leadership. When gold and silver enter Dubai, they can leave with a confirmed identity. That identity creates trust in distant markets. It reduces disputes between buyers and sellers. It eliminates inconsistent record-keeping. And it provides a chain of custody that regulators across three continents already prefer. Dubai is becoming the verification capital because it solved a problem the rest of the world still debates.

The larger shift is just beginning. When materials become self-verifying, trade routes reorganize around verification hubs instead of legacy hubs. The next decade will reward the regions and companies that anchor themselves to certainty. Many have started. The blueprint SMX provided will allow the rest of the world will 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.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / The rare earth sector has spent the past decade trying to answer a question that never had a reliable solution. How do you prove where a mineral truly comes from when it passes through multiple countries, multiple processors, and multiple stages before it becomes a usable component? SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) stepped into that uncertainty with molecular-level identity for rare earth elements, giving them a signature that survives crushing, separation, purification, and final manufacturing.

This arrives at the exact moment governments and corporations can no longer depend on declarations alone. China maintains dominance in refining and separation, making the rest of the world dependent on supply chains that often vanish into opaque stages where documentation becomes unreliable. SMX eliminates that opacity by turning every batch of material into a self-verifying unit that carries its truth through each transformation.

The breakthrough is not just scientific. It is structural. Rare earths have always been strategically essential, yet the world never had a measurement of integrity that followed the mineral instead of the paperwork. SMX created that measurement. It gives manufacturers and governments a way to confirm authenticity without relying on third-party assumptions or unverifiable claims. It gives rare earths something they never had: a permanent identity.

The Global Scramble for Transparent Supply Chains

Governments are racing to secure critical minerals for EV motors, advanced wind systems, semiconductor fabrication, and modern defense technologies. Those ambitions collapse if the feedstock behind them cannot be verified. Paper trails fall apart once rare earth concentrates cross borders. Chemical fingerprints blur once ores are separated. Digital tracking breaks the moment material enters a refining bath. The current system was never designed for the complexity of modern manufacturing.

This is why the United States and Europe are moving toward deeper verification frameworks that extend beyond traditional reporting. They are discovering that control without clarity is meaningless. A nation can approve new mines, build new refineries, and structure new incentives, but none of it matters if the incoming materials cannot defend their own identity. SMX solves that by creating markers that survive the full lifecycle from ore to magnet.

The market is starting to recognize this as a requirement rather than an upgrade. Manufacturers do not want magnets or alloys that cannot prove their origin. Governments will not subsidize facilities that process unverifiable feedstock. Investors will not support companies risking strategic production on blind trust. A new standard is forming, and SMX is supplying the foundation because it embeds truth into the minerals themselves.

A New Power Structure in Strategic Materials

The rare earth market is entering a realignment driven not by extraction capacity but by verification capacity. The countries and corporations that control the ability to verify will shape the next era of advanced manufacturing. SMX’s material-level identity is forcing that shift. It creates a world where authenticity is not claimed by a certificate but proven by the material itself, forcing every participant in the supply chain to recalibrate their expectations.

This matters because the next decade of technological progress depends on rare earth integrity. EV motors are only as trustworthy as the magnets inside them. Defense platforms are only as reliable as the alloys that anchor their components. Semiconductor systems are only as secure as the materials that support their architecture. When rare earths become self-verifying, every downstream industry becomes more stable, more predictable, and more resilient.

The larger transformation is already visible. As verification becomes mandatory, markets will prioritize suppliers capable of delivering minerals with intrinsic identity. Those who cannot will be pushed into lower-value tiers or excluded from sensitive applications altogether. SMX is accelerating that transition by giving the world a tool that finally separates truth from assumption. Companies that adopt this standard will lead the strategic mineral economy. Those who ignore it will struggle to compete in a system that no longer accepts materials asking to be believed.

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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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / Gold has always been the world’s confidence asset. People buy it because they trust it. Banks vault it because they believe it is pure. Exchanges trade it because they assume its origin is legitimate. That belief held for centuries because no one had a better system. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) shattered that ceiling by giving gold a molecular identity that cannot be forged, diluted or re-stamped. Dubai immediately understood the impact. The DMCC recognized that the future of precious metals is not belief-based. It is verification-based.

SMX’s role inside this shift cannot be overstated. By embedding chemical markers directly into gold and silver, SMX transformed them from passive commodities into self-identifying materials. Dubai saw that transformation as a structural advantage. A global hub only keeps its leadership if it provides certainty that others cannot match. The DMCC is doing exactly that by integrating verification into its refining, trading, and vaulting ecosystem, creating an environment where every bar can prove its own truth.

This move is changing how the global market views Dubai. The region is no longer just a fast-growing destination for bullion. It is becoming the center of verified bullion, the gold that carries its own evidence. Once that distinction exists, the rest of the world has to catch up because buyers will demand bars with identity over bars with stories. Dubai saw that future arriving and built toward it before anyone else.

The Market Premium for Verified Metals

Markets reward certainty. They always have. What they punish is opacity, ambiguous sourcing and unverifiable claims. Traditional gold supply chains are full of those gaps. Bars move through multiple refineries. Scrap gets mixed with primary metal. Recycled content gets lost inside long processing chains. That opacity suppresses value. SMX removes it by giving metals a traceable origin that never disappears, even after melting, reprocessing or fabrication.

Dubai understands that verified gold is not a niche segment. It is the next standard. Banks want it because it reduces risk. Jewelers want it because consumers demand ethical sourcing. Refiners want it because it eliminates disputes. And exchanges want it because it builds a more trusted market with fewer compliance headaches. The DMCC positioned itself at the front of this shift by aligning its growth strategy with verifiable identity instead of legacy documentation.

The financial implications are significant. A verified bar commands higher trust, settles faster, and moves across borders with fewer regulatory hurdles. That efficiency becomes a premium in itself. It attracts global players who want stability in a world where compliance rules grow faster than most operations can adapt. Dubai created the ecosystem where that premium thrives, and SMX gave it the technology that makes the entire system undeniable.

How Dubai Became the Global Benchmark

Most trading hubs wait for standards to be defined by regulators or international councils. Dubai did not wait. The DMCC recognized that whoever defines the verification model defines the market. By incorporating material-level identity, Dubai is setting the benchmark others will have to follow. That benchmark creates gravity. It pulls trade routes, bullion flows, and financial activity toward the region because certainty is now part of the transaction.

This strategic positioning matters because the world is facing an era of intensified scrutiny. Forced labor laws, anti-money laundering rules, recycled content audits, and origin requirements are transforming the metals trade. Markets that cannot verify at the material level will lag behind those that can. Dubai chose to lead by giving the world a verifiable metals ecosystem supported by SMX technology that cannot be undone, bypassed or replaced by paperwork.

The long-term impact is already visible. Countries and corporations are shifting toward hubs that provide clarity over hubs that provide speed alone. Dubai now offers both. It has become the epicenter of metallic trust, the location where authenticity is not a promise but a property encoded into the material itself. And as more of the world sees the advantages of verified gold, the systems Dubai built today will become the global expectation tomorrow.

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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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), the new standard for aerospace metals, does not tolerate uncertainty. Titanium, vanadium, and specialty alloys carry the weight of industries that cannot afford inconsistencies in origin, purity or processing. SMX stepped directly into this high-stakes environment with molecular-level verification that survives every melt, cut, forge, and heat treatment in the aerospace chain. It introduced a model where the material proves itself instead of relying on documents that can be separated, duplicated or lost.

This evolution arrives at a moment when aerospace companies face heightened scrutiny over sourcing, authenticity, and compliance with global standards. Manufacturers want feedstock they can trust. Regulators want traceability that cannot be manipulated. Defense programs want metals that can defend their identity under the harshest conditions. SMX provides that certainty because its embedded markers remain intact from raw ore to finished component.

The shift is reshaping long-standing assumptions inside the sector. Aerospace companies are discovering that verification is no longer a checkpoint on the back end. It has become an engineering requirement on the front end. SMX gives metals the ability to carry their own proof through every stage of transformation, creating a category of materials built to withstand both physical stress and integrity demands.

Aerospace Supply Chains Need Proof, Not Promises

Aerospace supply chains are among the most complex manufacturing systems in the world. Metals pass through smelters, forges, machining centers, and finishing plants across multiple continents. A single turbine blade can represent five or six jurisdictions before it reaches an assembly line. Traditional tracking systems were never built for that level of fragmentation. Once a material enters a furnace or a forming process, most identifiers disappear.

These blind spots carry enormous consequences. A mislabeled alloy can compromise an entire production run. A missing certificate can stall military procurement. A sourcing irregularity can create regulatory and financial fallout. Aerospace companies want a system that does not depend on fragile paperwork or vendor declarations. They want metals that can verify themselves. SMX delivers this by embedding durable chemical signatures that remain stable throughout the entire manufacturing cycle.

The urgency is growing as the industry shifts toward electrified aviation, reusable launch systems, and advanced propulsion technologies. These platforms demand materials with tighter tolerances, higher purity and indisputable traceability. SMX is emerging as the verification layer that meets those expectations without slowing production. It turns each shipment into a self-confirming asset, giving aerospace manufacturers a level of certainty legacy systems were never designed to support.

A New Framework for High Integrity Metals

Aerospace is moving toward a future where verification is engineered into materials rather than checked after they are produced. SMX is building the foundation for that future by giving critical metals a permanent identity that travels with them regardless of how many times they are melted, reshaped or repurposed. It creates a framework where integrity is no longer inspected. It is inherent.

This shift strengthens every part of the aerospace value chain. Metallurgists gain confidence that the input material matches the specification. Compliance teams gain traceability that does not degrade. Engineers gain assurance that every alloy used in mission-critical components carries an unbroken chain of authenticity. The result is a manufacturing environment where quality is defended at the molecular level, not reconstructed after the fact.

The broader industrial world will follow. When titanium and aerospace-grade alloys become self-verifying, they set a precedent that cascades into defense, automotive, energy, and advanced manufacturing. SMX is creating the model for how high-value metals should move through the world. The companies that adopt this structure will lead the next generation of aerospace production. The materials that cannot defend their identity will be left behind in an industry that no longer accepts uncertainty as part of the process.

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 / November 28, 2025 / Dubai has been expanding its influence in global commodities trade for more than two decades, but the world finally noticed when the DMCC shifted from a marketplace to a verification authority. That transition is accelerating because Dubai understands a crucial truth. Markets only move at full speed when trust is not an estimate. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is supplying that trust. Its molecular verification technology gives metals, minerals, and industrial materials a permanent identity that follows them from origin to refinery to trade floor.

The Middle East has long been a gravitational center for gold and commodities, but its next leap requires more than infrastructure. It requires a mechanism that proves purity, provenance, and ethical movement without slowing the flow of commerce. SMX delivered that missing layer by embedding chemical memory into high-value materials. Dubai is adopting it because it cannot build the next generation of commodity leadership on inspection stamps and paper certificates that can be forged or misplaced.

The result is a new inflection point. By hosting SMX at the DMCC Precious Metals Conference and by cultivating partnerships across vaulting, logistics, and refining networks, Dubai is signaling a shift. It is positioning itself as the most advanced and verifiable trading environment in the world. And in doing so, it is forcing older hubs to adjust to the rules Dubai is writing in real time.

The Global Pivot Toward Proof

Every major trading region has built its reputation on the belief that its products are legitimate. Yet the past decade has shown that belief is fragile when geopolitical tensions, forced labor regulations, recycled-material fraud, and origin disputes collide. The spike in global compliance demands exposed an old truth. Paper trails are not verification. They are interpretations. SMX introduced a new model that replaces interpretation with identity coded directly into the material.

This shift is not theoretical. It is accelerating because countries no longer have the luxury of trusting what they cannot confirm. Regulations from Europe, Asia, and the United States now require companies to document the source and movement of everything from plastics to gold to rare earth minerals. Dubai recognized this early. Instead of waiting for these rules to reach critical mass, the DMCC began building a framework that aligns commercial expansion with verifiable transparency.

That proactive groundwork is now becoming a competitive advantage. When companies evaluate where to route metals, where to refine them, and where to transact, Dubai offers something others cannot. It can prove what flows through its ports. It can validate recycled content. It can authenticate precious metals at the molecular level. The world is shifting toward supply chains backed by third-party verification, and Dubai positioned itself as the first mover by embedding proof into the market rather than layering it on afterward.

DMCC as the World’s New Audit Layer

Most people still see DMCC as a commodity zone. They underestimate what it has already become. It is evolving into a global audit layer for metals, minerals, and high-value industrial materials. That transformation is happening because the region created a commercial environment where verification is not a paperwork delay. It is the default setting. SMX has given Dubai the credibility to make that leap because its technology creates a chain of custody that does not break.

This matters because traditional auditing systems were built for a slower world. They were designed for a time when materials stayed in one place, when supply chains were simple, and when regulators could keep pace with production. Today, none of that remains true. Materials move across multiple jurisdictions before reaching their first buyer. They pass through facilities with different standards and different levels of oversight. By the time they reach a commodity exchange, many have lost the documentation that proves their identity. Dubai solved that problem by turning identity into something materials carry within itself.

The implication is enormous. If Dubai becomes the default environment for verified gold, verified recycled plastics, verified rare earths, and verified industrial metals, every global hub will have to match its capabilities or fall behind. DMCC is not trying to become a gatekeeper. It is becoming the proof engine that the rest of the world recalibrates around. And that is how a region reshapes global trade without legislating, lobbying or waiting for competitors to catch up.

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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NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 26, 2025 / By the time SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) stepped onto the stage at the 2025 DMCC Precious Metals Conference, the company was not seeking validation. It arrived carrying proof. Six partnerships secured across the most demanding corners of global industry. Six confirmations that molecular memory was no longer experimental. Six signals that the market had already begun reorganizing itself around verification instead of assumption.

DMCC simply became the place where all of that momentum converged in one room.

Dubai is not just another stop on the conference circuit. It is the command center of the modern gold ecosystem. When Ahmed Bin Sulayem opened the event on November 24th, the message was unmistakable. The industry is moving toward accountability, and only companies with the technology to deliver traceable truth will define its next phase. SMX entered that environment already proven, not pitching. The atmosphere recognized it immediately.

Dubai Became the Forum Where SMX’s Year of Execution Came Into Focus

What made the moment so powerful was the timing. Every achievement SMX had recorded throughout 2025 was already complete before Dubai. Precious metal integrations. Industrial verification expansions. National compliance frameworks. Global logistics partnerships. Circularity initiatives. Sustainability and regulatory alignment programs. The company had built its track record long before stepping into DMCC’s brightest spotlight.

The gold community inside Dubai understood that instantly. They were not evaluating hypotheticals. They were looking at a company that had already delivered at scale. The six partnerships were not promises lined up for next year. They were signed, deployed, and active. They formed the backbone of a technology architecture strong enough to withstand the pressure of the world’s most unforgiving commodity.

SMX arrived at DMCC carrying momentum. Dubai amplified it.

SMX’s Six Achievements Defined Its Trajectory Before Dubai Ever Opened Its Doors

The real story of 2025 is not that SMX impressed Dubai. It is that SMX walked into Dubai with a year of results that spoke louder than any projection. Each partnership had reinforced a different sector. Each one strengthened the credibility of molecular verification. Each one expanded the network of industries now depending on SMX to secure products, materials, and compliance.

By midyear, the market understood it was watching a pattern, not a streak. The company hit six milestones because its technology solved a problem no legacy method could address. SMX did not chase markets. Markets came to it.

This is why the DMCC audience was so engaged. They were watching a company that had spent the year building exactly the kind of infrastructure gold had been missing. They were watching verification turn into a competitive advantage instead of a regulatory burden. They were watching the shift from trust to truth unfold in real time.

And Dubai, as always, was the most important place to show it.

Gold Needed A New Standard, And SMX Delivered It

The significance of Dubai was not symbolic. It was structural. Gold cannot continue relying on layers of documentation that collapse under scrutiny. It cannot justify market premiums with procedures built for a simpler era. It cannot maintain global confidence without a method to track its full life, from source to vault to trade.

This is why Ahmed Bin Sulayem’s leadership mattered. His annual conference sets the tone for how verification, governance, and transparency will evolve. When SMX presented molecular memory at that forum, it met the industry at the exact moment it needed it.

Dubai did not witness the birth of a new standard. Dubai watched a new standard arrive fully formed.

SMX Did Not Go To Dubai Seeking Momentum, It Went To Consolidate It

By the time November rolled around, SMX had already built the proof the gold market had been waiting for. Six partnerships. Global traction. A maturing technology platform. A year defined by execution. DMCC simply brought that work into the room where it mattered most.

The conference became the moment where the gold industry recognized the trajectory SMX had been building all year. The company did not enter 2025 hoping for its breakthrough. It entered ready for it. And in Dubai, it added to its win list.

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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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 26, 2025 / Gold markets rarely change through sudden shocks. They change when a single region builds a structure so strong, so organized, and so future-ready that the rest of the world eventually has to follow. That is exactly what is happening in Dubai right now. The DMCC spent more than twenty years turning itself into the gravitational force of global precious metals trade. It became the world’s largest free zone. It became the preferred landing spot for institutions that demand scale. And now, its leadership is upgrading the mechanics for verifying, authenticating, and moving metals.

The latest DMCC Precious Metals Conference signals a deeper shift. The global standard is rising. Expectations are tightening. And SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) arrived with identity technology at the precise moment the sector needs a built-in, verifiable structure that can support next-generation demand. Gold does not need another reporting system layered on top. It needs verification embedded inside the metal itself. The timing could not be louder.

This transformation is not only about geography. It is about how gold markets function. Historically, hubs defined their value by speed, volume, and regulatory position. Dubai excels in all three, but the DMCC is moving the frontier forward. It is creating an environment where transparency is not an add-on, but a core function of the ecosystem. Stability, traceability, and unified confidence are now the competitive edge. SMX fits directly into that architecture, offering an identity system that protects authenticity without slowing business flow.

The Transformation is Real

A similar shift is taking place across the sector’s most trusted institutions. Brink’s, with more than a century of operational depth, has already evaluated how molecular identity strengthens auditability across high-volume corridors like the GCC. When legacy operators and globally influential hubs pursue modernization simultaneously, the direction becomes impossible to ignore. The industry is not waiting for change. It is actively constructing it.

SMX’s presence at the conference aligns with that momentum. The DMCC sits at a rare intersection: one of the world’s busiest gold corridors, paired with the governance discipline global institutions want. That mix has helped Dubai redefine what it means to be a modern metals hub. It is not simply the destination for volume. It is becoming the destination for reliability, clarity, and operational trust.

In that environment, the ability to authenticate every movement becomes essential. Paper trails invite disputes. External labels can be removed or manipulated. True modernization means an identity that survives everything the metal goes through. SMX provides exactly that. Its molecular markers remain intact through melting, recasting, storage, and long-distance transport. In a region built for rapid movement, SMX delivers the verification that keeps that movement clean.

SMX: Right Time, Right Technology

This is why the timing matters. The DMCC has grown into a global benchmark. When Dubai upgrades its expectations, the rest of the world eventually recalibrates. Trade routes, settlement behavior, and investor assumptions all shift. Technologies that meet the DMCC’s rising requirements are no longer optional enhancements. They become essential infrastructure.

Every major gold hub tries to craft its advantage. Some rely on low-cost logistics. Others lean on lighter regulatory touch. Dubai is taking a different approach by offering something harder to replicate: operational certainty. A system built on responsible sourcing, authenticated movements, and a clear chain of custody becomes the region that handles the most global flow. Verification becomes a strategic asset.

SMX delivers the identity layer that reduces cross-border risk and closes the grey zones where disputes and compliance issues typically emerge. For a market under pressure to produce cleaner audit trails, embedded identity is not a premium feature. It is the next baseline for global competitiveness. Dubai understands that. The DMCC is preparing for it. And SMX is stepping forward with the technology that enables this new era of metals trade.

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 / November 26, 2025 / 2025 was not the year SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) chased partnerships. It was the year partnerships chased SMX. Across industries that normally avoid aligning with one another, something unexpected happened. They all moved toward the same verification foundation, proof. And they all did it within the same twelve-month cycle. What formed was not linear momentum. It was a chain reaction.

This theme positions 2025 as the turning point where SMX stopped proving its technology and began proving inevitability. Each new agreement tightened the market’s expectations and narrowed the excuses companies once used to avoid verification. By the time the sixth partnership went public, the tone had shifted. The question was no longer whether molecular identity worked. The question was how quickly industries would adopt it.

The First Partnership Was a Spark, The Sixth Was a Signal

The sequence matters. The first agreement validated SMX’s commercial readiness. The second demonstrated durability under pressure. The third proved that verification could scale across borders. The fourth showed compliance strength in environments where regulators never accept shortcuts. The fifth expanded the technology into the circular economy, where tracking recycled content has been a global frustration for years. The sixth confirmed that very different sectors were quietly aligning around the same solution.

By the end of the year, the pattern was unmistakable. SMX was not accumulating deals. It was creating gravitational pull. Markets were not responding to hype. They were responding to performance. The sixth partnership made clear that the world was no longer waiting for a new verification standard. It had already chosen one.

A Network Instead of a Pipeline

This theme frames SMX’s 2025 as the creation of a network, not a client list. Every partnership reinforced the utility of every other partnership. A breakthrough in precious metals increased confidence in industrial materials. Progress in industrial materials strengthened the case for logistics. Logistics amplified the relevance of circular content tracking. Circular content tracking solidified SMX’s value to regulatory frameworks. Each advancement expanded the range of industries that could plug into the same backbone of molecular truth.

By the end of 2025, SMX was not offering a tool. It was offering a structure. A verification architecture that scaled horizontally across industries and vertically through supply chains. That dynamic is what sets SMX apart. It did not build a pipeline of opportunities. It built an ecosystem.

The Market Realized That Proof Travels Faster Than Assumptions

For decades, supply chains have relied on documentation, audits, declarations, stamps, and inspections to maintain trust. Those methods are slow and easy to exploit. They protect procedure more often than they protect truth. In 2025, SMX quietly demonstrated that proof moves faster than paperwork. When a material carries its own identity, compliance becomes embedded, not attached. Verification becomes instant, not interpretive.

This realization spread across industries faster than anyone anticipated. It was not the partnerships themselves that changed market behavior. It was what the partnerships revealed. Every agreement increased the visibility of a simple fact. A material that can prove itself renders entire categories of fraud, substitution, mislabeling, and greenwashing obsolete.

By the Time SMX Reached Dubai, the Chain Reaction Was Already Complete

While this theme does not center on Dubai, it naturally leads there. The 2025 DMCC Precious Metals Conference in November became the moment the global gold community finally saw the consequences of SMX’s year. The company did not walk into Dubai looking for acknowledgment. It walked in as the result of a chain reaction that had already played out in six different sectors.

Dubai simply put a spotlight on what the market had already recognized. SMX was more than participating in 2025’s shift toward verification. It was driving it.

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 CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / November 26, 2025 / By the time SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) stepped into the 2025 DMCC Precious Metals Conference on November 24th, the company was not seeking momentum. It already had it. Six partnerships were fully secured across the hardest, most demanding corners of global industry. None were theoretical. None were early-stage. Each one was live, deployed, and pushing the market toward a future built on verifiable truth. Dubai did not validate SMX. Dubai revealed what SMX had already built.

The audience in that room understood the implications instantly. Ahmed Bin Sulayem opened the conference with the same tone he has carried for years, the tone of someone who knows the gold market can no longer rely on optimistic assumptions. Gold needs verification that survives pressure, politics, and transport. SMX walked onto that stage with a system that had already been tested across sectors that rarely share standards, yet all reached the same conclusion. Proof is no longer optional.

A Year Defined By Six Major Wins

What gave 2025 its weight was not the number of partnerships but the diversity and reach behind them. SMX strengthened its precious-metals footprint with a bullion-logistics alliance that embedded molecular tracking into vault-to-vault transfers, eliminating the blind spots that have historically undermined custody. It was followed by a refinery and assay collaboration that maintained provenance through smelting, recasting, and certification. A metals sourcing agreement with a sovereign-focused consortium expanded SMX’s authority into the type of cross-border flows where identity is often the first casualty.

The company continued building with an industrial-materials integration that allowed identity tracking inside alloy feedstock used in heavy manufacturing. Then it extended its circular-economy infrastructure by tracing recycled plastic as it moved from post-consumer waste into certified industrial-grade resin, a step regulators have been demanding for years, but no one has delivered at scale. Finally, SMX secured a global shipping partnership that applied chain-of-custody verification across maritime routes that have long been vulnerable to illicit metal laundering and substitution.

These were not symbolic relationships. They were commercial solutions deployed inside supply chains that still rely on paperwork to defend billions of dollars of value. By midyear, it was obvious that SMX was not building momentum. It was building architecture.

Why 2025 Became the Pivot

Most companies talk about potential. SMX spent the year proving it across six separate industries that rarely overlap. The real signal was consistency. Every agreement strengthened a different pillar of the same verification universe. When the market looked at SMX, it no longer saw a company fighting for validation. It saw a company expanding a technology that works under the pressures real supply chains face every day.

Each deal made the next deal easier. Each partnership added tangibility to a system that regulators, manufacturers, and traders have been waiting for long before they were willing to admit it. The market did not need six years to understand SMX. It needed six confirmations in one year.

Dubai Was the Newest Spotlight, Not the Only Catalyst

This is what made the DMCC 2025 conference so important. Dubai is the metronome of the global gold industry. It is where vault operators, refiners, traders, and sovereign players quietly decide which standards matter and which claims do not survive scrutiny. SMX arrived carrying evidence, and the room recognized it immediately.

Dubai did not spark SMX’s year. It added to it. Every partnership the company completed in 2025 led directly to the moment on stage when molecular memory met the gold market’s most influential audience. The presentation did not introduce a theory. It showed a record. It showed execution. It showed a technology already in use across the same types of global networks that gold depends on.

Dubai amplified what was already inevitable.

The Market Leaves 2025 With a Different Understanding of SMX

This is the real takeaway. SMX is no longer a clever idea or a future-facing solution waiting for adoption. It is a company that spent the year building a verification ecosystem that industrial stakeholders already rely on. Six major partnerships, all secured before Dubai, formed the foundation. Dubai simply put a spotlight on the proof.

2025 ended with a message the market could no longer ignore. SMX is not keeping pace with the shift toward transparency. It is driving it. And the systems built this year will define what verification looks like in 2026 and beyond.

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 / There are rooms where the future whispers. Yesterday at the 2025 DMCC Precious Metals Conference, it did not whisper. It stared the global gold market in the face and asked a simple question. How long can an industry built on reputation survive without proof? The silence that followed was the answer. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) did not walk into a conference hall. It walked into the vault of global trust and cracked it open.

Dubai has become the closest thing the modern world has to a neutral zone for hard assets. When something changes here, the shockwaves do not stop at the UAE border. They travel through trade desks in London, through refineries in Switzerland, through transport hubs in Singapore, and through vaults on every continent. That is what made SMX’s presentation feel different. It was not theoretical. It was a forensic look into the reality that the gold market prefers not to discuss.

Behind Every Bar of Gold, There Is a Story To Be Told

Dubai knows the truth better than anyone. The gold market has always carried a shadow economy in its margins. Bar recycling disguised as newly refined stock. Purity manipulation in transit. Certificates that age better than the metal they describe. Documentation that assumes honesty where incentives do not support it.

The DMCC audience did not need a lecture on the fragility of legacy systems. They needed a way out of them. That is why the room changed when SMX explained molecular identity. When a bar carries its own origin inside its chemistry, no one can rewrite its past. Not traders. Not refiners. Not transporters. Not counterfeiters. Goldstrom saw this early. DMCC saw it yesterday in full clarity.

The moment gold becomes self-verifying, the old system collapses. Not loudly. Quietly. Efficiently. Permanently.

Gold Was Only the First Layer of the Story

SMX isn’t a pure metals play. SMX showed that if a chemical identity can survive the conversion of 21 tons of rubber into tires, mounts, and industrial parts, then the material world no longer has a place to hide.

Rubber was not chosen for drama. It was chosen because it destroys anything that is not deeply embedded. SMX’s identity remained intact throughout heat treatment, blending, curing, and final manufacturing. Industries understood what that meant immediately. If the technology works in the world’s most chemically hostile commodity, then gold is not the limit. It is the baseline.

Textiles widened the frame again. Logos can be faked. Tags can be forged. Supply chain paperwork can be rewritten. But a molecular signature built into the fiber cannot be altered without destroying the product. With digital product passport laws approaching, fashion and logistics players saw a clear advantage. Proof travels faster than claims. It also trades at a premium.

Rare earths brought the conversation into geopolitical territory. These materials determine the balance of power in energy, defense, and technology. They are vulnerable to tampering, blending, and substitution. SMX demonstrated a verification method that cannot be bypassed.

Electronics delivered the final punch. Gold may be valuable, but microchips are dangerous. Counterfeit components create the invisible failures that cost governments billions and put critical systems at risk. When SMX described how a single verification layer can authenticate every component before it enters production, the listeners connected the dots. Gold proved purity. Rubber proved durable. Electronics proved necessity.

The Beginning of an Audit the World Cannot Escape

Dubai and the world have seen technologies come and go. It has seen proposals, pilots, and promises. SMX brought something different. It brought finality. A way for every material to carry its own truth. A way for markets to stop guessing. A way for global trade to stop relying on the weakest link in the supply chain.

Gold blinked first. Rubber, textiles, rare earths, plastics, and electronics are following. Not because they want to. Because they no longer have a choice. After yesterday, the DMCC and those who watched understand that the next decade belongs to the companies that can prove what the world is made of. SMX did not claim that role. It demonstrated it.

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

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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