Author: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

  • SMX’s trueGold Scores Alliance with Goldstrom to Launch a New “Gold Standard of Proof”

    SMX’s trueGold Scores Alliance with Goldstrom to Launch a New “Gold Standard of Proof”

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 5, 2025 / Technology rarely reinvents something as timeless as gold. Yet SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), through its majority-owned subsidiary trueGold, is doing precisely that by embedding molecular-level proof into the world’s oldest store of value. What makes this special is that the proof added is as enduring as gold itself. It can travel with each nugget, bar, component, or jewelry piece indefinitely.

    Once applied, SMX’s digital identity survives every melt, mint, and movement. That’s a result of the company’s molecular-marking system, which embeds an invisible chemical signature as early as the mine, creating a unique molecular serial number that survives refining, manufacturing, vaulting, and recycling. Each transfer is logged on a secure digital registry, producing a tamper-proof, end-to-end record of authenticity.

    That innovation has drawn the interest of another big player. Adding to prior deals, SMX announced that trueGold has entered a strategic partnership with Goldstrom, a global precious-metals enterprise spanning trading, vaulting, logistics, bullion banking, and wealth management. The collaboration plans to integrate trueGold’s molecular-marking technology into Goldstrom’s advisory and operational framework, combining trueGold’s proof-based infrastructure with Goldstrom’s scale and market access.

    Together, they plan to set a new standard for accountability and traceability across the gold supply chain. This time, compliance boxes will be checked by chemistry and digital verification rather than declarations.

    A New Gold Standard

    trueGold’s platform merges three distinct layers: a molecular marker, a proprietary reader, and a blockchain-secured registry. In simple terms, the system links physical matter, such as gold and other metals, to digital truth, allowing them to self-identify throughout their entire lifecycles. Once applied, the marker is permanent, invisible, and chemically neutral, as verified by independent Intertek testing under the AnchorCert Pro 2 protocol, demonstrating compliance with U.S., EU, and Canadian jewelry-safety standards.

    But safety is only part of the story. The mission is accountability. Unlike conventional tracking that relies on paperwork or disconnected block-chain entries, trueGold authenticates the material itself. The result is proof that cannot be separated, altered, forged, duplicated, or lost.

    Through its partnership with Goldstrom, that proof now enters one of the most globally integrated precious metals infrastructures. Goldstrom’s vaulting, logistics, and bullion-banking capabilities make it the ideal launch partner to move SMX’s technology from validation to full-scale commercial deployment. The value is this: the partnership transforms traceability from a technical feature into an operational standard for the entire sector. Call it as it is: a new gold standard for accountability.

    Mining Plenty of Interest

    Regulators are taking notice. The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has accredited SMX’s molecular-marker technology as a Gold Bar Security Feature, placing it among the industry’s most trusted authentication tools. That endorsement marks a pivotal moment where regulation, innovation, and market adoption align.

    Goldstrom is placing an exclamation point on the value of that SMX win. By incorporating SMX’s traceability system into its client advisory work, it enables refiners, traders, and wealth managers to deliver verifiable ESG assurance to investors and institutions that demand it. The result is an auditable chain of custody that turns compliance into capital.

    The industry isn’t the only potential winner. With SMX as the only known company capable of delivering molecular-level certification, stakeholders across the spectrum, from stakeholders to environmental advocates, stand to benefit. The ability to track gold with scientific precision under a single verifiable identity, from extraction to ownership to recycling, could unlock enormous financial and environmental impact across the supply chain. Combined with Goldstrom’s operational reach, that proof becomes the backbone of a next-generation accountability framework for precious metals.

    Timing, As They Say, Is Everything

    The timing could not be better. Consumer demands for transparency have outpaced the industry itself. IBM research shows that more than 70% of consumers would pay up to 40% more for products that are transparent and traceable. PwC reports an average 10% premium for sustainably sourced goods. Those margins represent billions in unrealized value for brands and institutions able to verify the origin of their materials.

    In other words, by embedding identity directly into gold, SMX and trueGold turn sustainability into substance, doing so at a fraction of the value it creates. Even better, their molecular markers can distinguish recycled content, authenticate origin, and verify purity without disrupting design or production. That capability resonates across the entire supply chain. And now, through Goldstrom’s advisory network, this technology can reach even niche markets, transforming traceability from a regulatory requirement into a commercial advantage.

    SMX’s move into precious metals through trueGold is not a new experiment. It is an evolution of an investment. The partnership with Goldstrom takes that even further by transforming the company’s molecular science into infrastructure, creating a global framework built on proof instead of promise. Each collaboration, from secure logistics to digital verification, reinforces the same principle: authenticity is no longer assumed. It is engineered and embedded.

    What began as a molecular marking breakthrough at SMX has become a market architecture connecting physical matter with digital certainty. For the first time, gold does not just hold value; it proves it. In that sense, SMX and trueGold have positioned themselves not only as the arbiters of trust but as the architects of the precious-metals market’s next era, where proof is currency.

    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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  • Valladolid, Spain Takes the Lead as Europe’s “Capital of Proof” for Circular Economies

    Valladolid, Spain Takes the Lead as Europe’s “Capital of Proof” for Circular Economies

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 5, 2025 / Every industrial revolution has a birthplace. The steam engine had Birmingham. The microchip had Silicon Valley. The circular economy now has Valladolid. Inside this quiet corner of Spain, a transformation is taking shape that could define Europe’s next century of growth. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), the company turning physical materials into digital assets, has announced plans to collaborate with CARTIF, Spain’s powerhouse research center, to give circularity a capital city in the EU, and, as importantly, to give the continent proof that progress can be measured in molecules instead of paper and faith.

    For decades, sustainability lived in the margins of reports and the language of pledges. Europe promised to reuse, recycle, and reduce. But without verification, ambition stayed abstract. Valladolid is where that changes. Here, in the heart of Castilla y León, industry, government, and innovation have converged around one simple idea: circularity cannot exist without proof. That proof now exists in the form of SMX’s molecular “physical-to-digital” platform, a system that gives every material its own digital passport from birth to rebirth.

    CARTIF, one of Spain’s leading applied-research institutions, has been waiting for a tool like this. Its pilot plants, industrial demonstrators, and sustainability programs cover packaging, renewables, construction, automotive materials, and more. By embedding SMX’s traceability system into that ecosystem, the region gains something rare: the ability to track, trace, and certify every recycled or recovered resource in real time. What once required endless documentation can now be confirmed by chemistry itself. And in minutes, not days, weeks, months, or even years.

    Tracking the Billions Made

    That advance has implications far beyond the lab. The Castilla y León region contributes over €12 billion to Spain’s economy. Now, through CARTIF, that industrial output is set to become more efficient, more compliant, and more bankable. Not through billions more in investment but by making proof an asset. This isn’t the traditional proof on paper.

    With SMX technology embedded, manufacturers can instantly digitally verify the origin and lifecycle of materials, unlocking ESG-linked financing, export credentials, and premium market value. Following Singapore’s unprecedented move to “prove” circularity with SMX, CARTIF also intends to show that sustainability carries not just moral weight but measurable worth.

    The story unfolding in Valladolid feels less like policy and more like destiny. Every technological movement has its ignition point, the place where theory meets function. For the circular economy in the EU, this is it. SMX’s molecular tracers allow materials to remember all their past lives, while CARTIF’s industrial infrastructure gives them a new one. Together, they form an immutable feedback loop of regeneration that connects research labs, production lines, logistics hubs, and financial institutions into a single transparent system of truth.

    Using Innovation as a Mint

    CARTIF’s Deputy General Manager, Sergio Sanz, described the alliance in absolute terms: “Our mission is to deploy technologies that help stakeholders meet their sustainability goals. SMX’s platform offers exactly the kind of breakthrough capability our clients need to prove and improve circular performance.” That clarity of purpose turns Valladolid into more than a regional project. It makes it the newest testing ground for an entirely new kind of economy where verification itself fuels competitiveness. And compliance.

    Imagine a future where every product, from an EV battery to a building panel, carries a digital history encoded within it. Governments could track compliance in seconds. Stakeholders could verify environmental impact before allocating capital. Consumers could choose brands based on proof instead of marketing. That is the world SMX and CARTIF are constructing from the inside out. Just like in Singapore, the infrastructure being built in Valladolid will ripple across borders, creating a unified standard for measurable sustainability.

    Spain’s advantage lies not only in its innovation but in its timing. As the EU tightens environmental legislation and mandates traceability for everything from packaging to rare earths, Valladolid is already living in that future. The SMX-CARTIF collaboration gives Spain a practical head start, turning ESG compliance from a regulatory burden into a competitive export. The country that once powered Europe with steel and ceramics is now poised to power it again. This time, using proof as its primary asset.

    Powering the Industrial Revolution 3.0

    Every industrial revolution rewrites how value moves. Version 2.0 digitized communication and commerce. This newest version, 3.0, will digitize materials itself. And here’s the thing to know most: SMX’s technology doesn’t just digitize resources to trace them; it transforms them into verified data streams that can be priced, financed, and traded. It’s an entirely new economy-one where the molecules we use tell their own story of accountability.

    Valladolid is no longer just a dot on Spain’s map. It is becoming the blueprint for Europe’s circular future. What Silicon Valley was to software, Valladolid is to EU sustainability. A proving ground where science meets scale, and where trust isn’t assumed, it’s earned. The EU’s verified economy is being forged in Valladolid, one material at a time, in a city that has risen from the factory floor to the world stage as more than a contributor to the circular mission. It is becoming the EU’s capital of proof.

    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.

    Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

    SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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  • SMX Strikes U.S. Partnership to Deploy FDA-Compliant Molecular Marking in rPET Plastics (NASDAQ: SMX)

    SMX Strikes U.S. Partnership to Deploy FDA-Compliant Molecular Marking in rPET Plastics (NASDAQ: SMX)

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 5, 2025 / Plastic isn’t just everywhere – it’s everything. From the food we buy to the cars we drive, the global plastics economy is worth more than $800 billion. But its future hinges on one critical shift: moving waste from liability to asset. That shift depends on proof – the ability to verify recycled content with the same rigor as virgin plastic. Without it, recycling stalls, ESG pledges collapse into greenwashing, and entire supply chains lose value.

    SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is tackling that credibility gap head-on. In its first major U.S. initiative, the company has stepped into the market with a well-regarded Miami plastics distributor to integrate its molecular marker technology into rPET resin in line with FDA regulations for Food Contact Substances (21 CFR). In practice, this means recycled material can carry a permanent, invisible marker that confirms its origin, composition, and compliance, even in food-grade packaging, one of the industry’s strictest categories.

    This happens at an opportune time. For decades, recycled plastic has been treated as a second-class material, rarely making it into applications that demand rigorous oversight. By showing that molecular markers can operate within FDA-regulated frameworks, SMX has opened the door for recycled plastics to move beyond discount markets and into premium categories. That’s not a symbolic shift. It’s a revaluation of plastic waste itself.

    A Global Strategy in Motion

    This U.S. milestone builds on a broader rollout. In Southeast Asia, SMX has partnered with packaging companies to embed markers at the extrusion stage, building proof into products from the start. In Europe, trials with REDWAVE demonstrated that even hard-to-recycle materials, such as flame-retardant and carbon-black plastics, can be identified and verified. Together with its U.S. entry, these initiatives form a blueprint for a global proof layer – one in which recycled plastics, no matter the geography or application, carry the same credibility as virgin materials.

    For global stakeholders, regulators, and manufacturers alike, the timing couldn’t be sharper. Demand for recycled plastics is rising as governments enforce quotas and global brands set ambitious sustainability targets. Yet recycling rates remain low, in part because the market has lacked a universal way to verify and monetize recycled content at scale. SMX closes that gap.

    By embedding molecular proof and linking it to blockchain-backed credits such as its Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), SMX gives plastic waste a measurable, tradable identity. Instead of being a compliance cost, recycling becomes a revenue stream – one that can be priced, traded, and financed like any other commodity. Proof stops being paperwork and starts being currency.

    From Compliance Cost to Revenue Stream

    The plastics market may be worth $824 billion, but the $50 billion recycling segment is where the immediate disruption is happening. And in that disruption lies the proof of an old adage: one person’s trash is another’s treasure. For the first time, recycled content isn’t just a matter of sorting bins and supply chain promises – it can carry verified proof at the molecular level, proof that survives every stage of the loop and can be monetized in real time.

    With molecular markers now operating within FDA-regulated frameworks, SMX isn’t simply entering the recycling market – it’s reshaping it. Food-grade rPET shows that the technology isn’t limited to niche categories, but can scale into the most tightly regulated, highest-value applications. That makes plastic waste more than a compliance burden. It makes it a bankable resource.

    This isn’t just about recycled plastic. It’s about rewriting how value is assigned in the materials economy – turning waste into an asset, compliance into currency, and proof into the foundation of growth. In that framework, proof isn’t just value. It’s an advantage

    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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  • Spain’s Breakthrough Partnership With SMX Turns Circularity Into Currency

    Spain’s Breakthrough Partnership With SMX Turns Circularity Into Currency

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 4, 2025 / Europe’s green economy just got its first real ledger. Not the kind filled with estimates, pledges, or recycled buzzwords, but one written in chemistry, code, and truth. In Valladolid, Spain, SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and CARTIF have plans to team up to create something far more powerful than another sustainability initiative. They’re intent on minting the next global currency: proof.

    This partnership won’t be theoretical: it’s infrastructure. CARTIF, one of Europe’s most respected applied research centers, is evaluating SMX’s molecular “physical-to-digital” technology for direct use in the pilot plants and innovation hubs that shape Spain’s Castilla y León region’s €12.7 billion industrial base. Together, they’re taking the circular economy off the page and into the factory.

    Every manufacturer talks about transparency. Few can actually prove it. SMX makes that possible. Its molecular markers attach invisibly to materials at the molecular level, turning plastics, computer hardware, metals, and even liquids into their own witnesses. The data moves with the material, telling its complete life story from production to reuse. No QR codes to fade, no forged certificates. Just truth, secured in chemistry and written to the blockchain.

    A New Proving Ground

    For CARTIF, the implications are enormous. The center’s research portfolio spans packaging, renewables, construction, automotive, and critical materials. Integrating SMX’s platform means every test, trial, and prototype can now generate real circular data-proof that feeds directly into Europe’s most pressing ESG mandates. From lab to legislation, the results can finally be verified, quantified, and monetized.

    That last part matters most. The world doesn’t just need sustainability; it needs sustainability that pays its own way. Proof changes everything. Once circular performance is measured with precision, it can be financed, insured, and traded. SMX’s data can unlock sustainability-linked loans, attract impact investors, and certify recycled content with forensic precision. Environmental integrity becomes a balance-sheet advantage. A verified molecule can be as valuable as a minted coin.

    For Europe’s industrial heartland, this is a competitive reset. The continent’s next growth cycle will belong to the companies that can show, not tell. A factory that can prove its recycled content can have lower borrowing costs. A brand that can trace its materials can command higher market trust. A region that can guarantee transparency will attract more capital than one that can only promise it. Valladolid is poised to lead that charge.

    A Mission Aligned with Global Intentions

    CARTIF’s Deputy General Manager summed it up clearly: “Our mission is to deploy technologies that help our stakeholders meet sustainability goals. SMX’s platform offers exactly the kind of breakthrough capability our clients need to prove and improve circular performance.” Those words mark the divide between two economies-one built on statements, the other on substance.

    The SMX-CARTIF partnership signals a shift from compliance to consequence. Instead of meeting minimum standards, companies can now compete on the quality of their proof. Transparency becomes a form of performance, a quantifiable strength that builds both reputation and revenue. In a sense, SMX’s molecular markers have turned trust itself into a tradable asset.

    The ripple effect will be hard to overstate. As more sectors adopt molecular tracking-automotive, renewable energy, electronics, construction, and packaging, among others-a network effect begins to emerge. A verified input in Spain could be part of a verified product in Germany and resold in France with full traceability intact. Every link in the chain adds strength to the system. Proof doesn’t weaken when shared; it compounds.

    Europe’s Moment to Prove Its Mission is Real

    This is the moment Europe’s sustainability narrative becomes measurable. The Green Deal no longer reads like a regulation-it reads like an opportunity. With SMX’s technology embedded inside CARTIF’s ecosystem, Spain isn’t just following policy. It’s defining practice. The continent’s circular-economy intentions now have a real operating system. One that can calculate, confirm, and capitalize on every ounce of verified material that moves through it.

    The world once built its wealth on extraction. Now it’s shifting toward regeneration. The difference between those two models is proof: proof that a resource can return, that waste can work again, that every molecule has value left in it. SMX and CARTIF have given Europe the tools to make that shift permanent.

    Valladolid may not yet be a household name, but soon it can be known as the birthplace of something bigger than sustainability. It’s where the physical world finally found its digital reflection. And, as importantly, it’s where EU materials gained their own identity, and where circularity became a currency.

    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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  • These Countries and Global Brands Are Betting Big on SMX

    These Countries and Global Brands Are Betting Big on SMX

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 5, 2025 / Every industry eventually faces its accountability moment. For decades, companies could talk about sustainability, traceability, and circularity without ever proving it. But that era is closing fast. The world’s most influential institutions are no longer chasing sustainability reports. They are chasing evidence.

    That shift has created a once-in-a-generation opening for a company built entirely on proof. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has spent years developing molecular marking and digital passport systems that let materials carry their own history. Today, those quiet breakthroughs are reshaping how nations and industries define value. What began as science in a lab has become the language of global trust.

    Building the Framework of Proof

    SMX’s rise isn’t driven by buzzwords or hype cycles. It’s built on partnerships that have transformed ideas into infrastructure. Singapore’s A*STAR is working with SMX to develop a national plastics passport system that tracks every molecule from production to reuse. It’s not just about recycling. It’s about assigning a measurable identity to the world’s most persistent materials. When Singapore embeds your technology into a government framework, it means you have graduated from pilot to policy.

    In Europe, SMX has found two powerful allies. Spain’s CARTIF brings research and validation muscle, turning theory into verified industrial applications. France’s CETI brings the fashion and textile industry into the conversation, using SMX’s molecular IDs to authenticate fibers, certify recycled content, and give every fabric its own proof of origin. Together, these institutions are proving that verification is not a cost. It’s a currency.

    Proof That Pays

    The business case for proof is finally clear. Brands and governments no longer want to promise progress. They want to measure it. SMX’s technology lets them do exactly that, embedding trust at the molecular level. When you can verify what something is, where it came from, and how it was made, you can turn compliance into commerce.

    In the United States, Tradepro is already showing how that works. Verified recycled plastic bales command higher prices and meet the growing demands of consumer brands that need certified content. That is proof creating profit. At the same time, Austria’s REDWAVE is using SMX markers in its smart sorting systems to separate materials in real time. What used to be a waste stream now becomes a revenue stream.

    Even the oldest asset classes are being redefined. Singapore-based Goldstrom is using SMX’s molecular markers to give gold and silver a digital memory. Each bar or coin can now prove its origin and history, turning precious metals into verifiable data assets. Proof has become portable. It moves with the material wherever it goes.

    A Global Network Takes Shape

    What ties these relationships together is a shared goal: to turn transparency into infrastructure. SMX sits at the center of that network. Each partnership adds new geography, new expertise, and new credibility. Together, they are building a system of record for the physical world, where authenticity can be proven as easily as identity online.

    It’s no longer about isolated use cases. It’s about forming the architecture for verified commerce. SMX has positioned itself where governments, industries, and investors intersect. That makes it more than a technology provider. It makes it the foundation of a new economy that runs on evidence rather than promises.

    The New Global Standard

    What began with molecular markers has evolved into a movement. A*STAR, CARTIF, CETI, Goldstrom, REDWAVE, and Tradepro represent more than partnerships. They represent a global consensus forming around a single idea: proof is no longer optional. It’s the baseline requirement for credibility, finance, and growth.

    SMX didn’t create that demand. It anticipated it. The world has reached a point where sustainability can’t be declared; it must be demonstrated. Where provenance can’t be assumed; it must be recorded. And where the companies and agencies that verify truth become the ones that define value.

    The proof standard is here, and it speaks a universal language. From Singapore to Spain to France to the United States, the world’s most trusted institutions are building on SMX. Not because it’s fashionable, but because it’s functional. Proof is now infrastructure, and SMX wrote the code that makes it work.

    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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  • SMX Supercharges Its Traceability Network Into Gold and Silver Through New Precious-Metals Partnership (NASDAQ: SMX)

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2025 / For centuries, gold has represented trust. It has anchored currencies, symbolized permanence, and survived every shift in global finance. Yet even the world’s most enduring asset has always relied on a fragile foundation: belief. People believe their gold is authentic, believe it’s responsibly sourced, and believe it’s ethically handled. But belief isn’t proof.

    SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is changing that equation by giving gold and silver the one thing it has always lacked – a memory. On Wednesday, SMX announced a new partnership with Goldstrom Advisory, a globally integrated precious-metals enterprise that operates across trading, logistics, vaulting, bullion banking, and insurance. Together, they are working to rewrite the rules for transparency and trust in one of the world’s oldest industries.

    The goal: For the first time in millennia, gold and silver can carry their own verified, molecularly embedded identities, transforming how value is defined. Not through another stamp or engraving, but through a permanent, immutable marker engineered by SMX. For the institutions that move trillions in metals each year, this represents more than progress in authenticity and accountability. It’s a structural reset for how proof circulates through the global supply chain.

    Turning Precious Metals into Proof

    Don’t under-appreciate the deal. The collaboration between SMX and Goldstrom isn’t intended to be a loose affiliation. It’s a practical integration that brings SMX’s molecular-marker and block-chain-registry technologies directly into Goldstrom’s advisory framework. This means that mining, refining, and trading clients can now embed and benefit from molecular-level traceability and sustainability verification within their existing operations.

    Once embedded, SMX’s patented markers allow every gram of precious metal to carry an invisible molecular signature, one that survives melting, refining, and recasting. Each signature connects to a block-chain-secured digital passport, authenticating the source of the material, its processing, and whether it was recycled responsibly.

    The system ties directly into SMX’s trueGold™ and trueSilver™ subsidiaries, which are pioneering the development of verifiable, “memory-enabled” supply chains. These platforms let each bar, coin, or product tell its own story. And the narrative never gets an unwelcome edit. A gold bar refined in Dubai and later recycled in London doesn’t lose its identity; it maintains a continuous, authenticated chain of custody.

    That kind of traceability used to separate leaders from followers. Now it separates those ready for regulation from those about to be left behind. The LBMA, UAE, and European Union aren’t suggesting this shift; they’re codifying it through standards like the Responsible Gold Guidance, UAE Good Delivery, and the Digital Product Passport.

    From Compliance to Competitive Edge

    For companies prepared to lead under these new global standards, transparency is no longer the cost of doing business – it’s a revenue opportunity. Every ounce of gold already carries a price. Now it can carry proof, which may become an invaluable partner. That’s because SMX’s molecular-traceability system transforms ESG compliance from a reporting obligation into a strategic asset that, in this deal, allows Goldstrom’s clients to trade, store, and invest with confidence grounded in verified data, not just declarations.

    The value of that shift can’t be overstated. Investors, insurers, and governments are all demanding clearer visibility into sourcing and recycling practices. With SMX technology, that visibility moves from the spreadsheet to the molecular level. The result is a fully auditable supply chain where trust is verified automatically and authenticity becomes a competitive differentiator.

    Every transaction will reinforce integrity. Every metal will carry a memory, every bar will have a verified journey, and every record will form part of a transparent digital ledger network that makes fraud and uncertainty obsolete.

    Proof Becomes Priceless

    This partnership does more than strengthen SMX’s growing ecosystem of traceability alliances: it also enhances its value proposition. The company’s molecular-marker technology has already proven its value across plastics, textiles, and natural rubber. Adding precious metals expands that framework into the assets that define wealth itself.

    The even better news from a value perspective is that Goldstrom’s global platform aligns perfectly with SMX’s vision of a transparent materials economy. Together, they’re creating a verifiable foundation for trade built on chemistry, data, and accountability instead of reputation and assumption. What began with recycled packaging now extends deeper into gold and silver, connecting industries once separated by scale into one continuous network of proof.

    For an industry long driven by perception, that’s a breakthrough. Certificates can fade and audits can fail, but molecular proof endures. By giving every piece of metal a measurable identity, SMX bridges the physical and digital worlds of value by providing a place where authenticity can be scanned, verified, and monetized in seconds, not days, weeks, or even months.

    That’s more than innovation; it’s the foundation of a new asset economy built on what matters most in a data-driven world: proof. And proof, in this context, is moving beyond definition – it’s on its way to becoming the next great currency.

    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)

    View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire

  • SMX Strengthens Its Proof-Based Ecosystem Through trueGold’s Expansion Into Ethical Luxury (NASDAQ:SMX)

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2025 / Gold has always symbolized permanence, wealth, and beauty. What it has never offered is proof. To be fair, it never had to. But the times have changed. Consumers demand accountability, the world is demanding sustainability in manufacturing, and businesses want to do everything they can to maintain a positive, progressive image. Satisfying everyone used to be a tall order. Even impossible on any type of scale. Not anymore.

    SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and its majority-owned subsidiary, trueGold, are doing something others only dreamed of: changing the rules mid-game to bring verifiable truth to the luxury metals that define status and value.

    What supports such an aggressive move? SMX and trueGold’s patented molecular-marking technology, which creates an invisible, tamper-proof signature that follows gold from mine to market and back again through recycling. Each gram, or whatever weight for that matter, is embedded with a unique molecular ID that cannot be separated from the metal. After that, every step, from refining to retail and back again, is recorded on SMX’s secure digital registry. The result is a self-authenticating material; gold that remembers its entire life story.

    For brands that depend on trust and consumers who demand proof, that story is becoming priceless.

    Ethical Luxury Gets Its Proof of Life

    The luxury market has always traded on heritage and emotion, but modern buyers want data to match the promise. Research from IBM shows that over 70% of consumers would pay almost 40% more for transparent and traceable products, while PwC reports an average 9.7% premium for sustainably sourced goods. Those numbers aren’t trends; they’re signals.

    And the industry has the opportunity to follow their lead. By embedding molecular memory directly into the gold, SMX and trueGold let jewelers, watchmakers, and investors verify authenticity, ethical origin, and recycled content instantly through each piece’s embedded digital passport that confirms its life journey. That data instantly turns sustainability from a tagline into a tangible feature.

    Better still, it introduces a level of integrity that can reshape brand value itself. Provenance is no longer a tagline or an afterthought. It is a measurable, scannable asset that strengthens reputation and lifts margins at the same time.

    The Science of Trust

    Driving this breakthrough is trueGold’s marker, reader, and block-chain-secured registry. The marker is applied at the mine and persists through every stage of transformation-melting, refining, alloying, or polishing. By the way, independent testing by Intertek, under the AnchorCert Pro 2 protocol, confirmed the marker’s full compliance with safety and quality standards in Europe, the United States, and Canada. It’s chemically inert, skin-safe, and undetectable in daily wear.

    This allows brands to offer the assurance of traceability without compromising artistry or craftsmanship. A hand-finished gold ring or luxury watch can now carry invisible proof of its ethical sourcing while retaining the purity and luster that define high-end jewelry.

    It’s science working quietly behind beauty. Evidence without intrusion that certainly changes the provenance landscape.

    Where Responsibility Meets Reward

    For decades, the precious-metals supply chain has relied on certificates, audits, and trust between intermediaries. Yet each layer of paperwork introduces potential breaks in the chain of custody. trueGold closes those gaps. The molecular marker cannot be forged or removed, and every transfer of ownership is captured digitally, creating a single, verifiable record of truth.

    That transparency resonates with investors as much as it does with consumers. Brands using trueGold’s system can substantiate their ESG claims, align with global frameworks such as the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and the European Union’s Digital Product Passport, and streamline compliance costs that often drain profit.

    By turning regulation into verification, SMX helps convert sustainability into revenue. Proof, in this context, becomes the new profit center.

    Building the Future of Ethical Wealth

    The impact extends far beyond bullion bars and coins. By marking gold that can survive the recycling process, trueGold enables a circular economy for precious metals. The same atoms that once adorned jewelry can be recovered, re-marked, and reused without losing their certified identity. It’s sustainability with a serial number.

    For centuries, gold was admired for its permanence. Now, it carries permanence and provenance. Through trueGold, SMX is proving that ethics and elegance are not opposites-they are inseparable. Consumers get confidence. Brands gain credibility. Investors see measurable value. Every participant in the supply chain benefits from the same undeniable truth: gold can now prove itself. And that can add significantly to its already soaring value.

    Sources and references:

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    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.

    CONTACT:

    info@securitymattersltd.com

    SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

    View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire

  • SMX and trueGold Transform the Gold Supply Chain Into a Market of Verified Value (NASDAQ: SMX)

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2025 / Gold has always symbolized permanence, wealth, and beauty. What it has never offered is proof of its origin, how it was mined, or who was involved in the process. Now, SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and its majority-owned subsidiary, trueGold, are changing that, bringing verifiable truth to the luxury metals that define status and value.

    That’s made possible by SMX and trueGold’s patented molecular-marking technology that creates an invisible, tamper-proof signature that follows gold from mine to market and back again through recycling. Each gram, ounce, pound, or even ton is given a unique molecular ID that cannot be separated from the metal. That ensures that every step, from refining to retail, is recorded on a secure digital registry. The result is a self-authenticating material. In this case, gold that remembers its life story.

    For brands that depend on trust and consumers who demand proof, that story is becoming priceless.

    Ethical Luxury Gets Its Proof of Life

    The luxury market has always traded on heritage and emotion, but modern buyers want data to match the promise. Research from IBM shows that 70% of consumers would pay significantly more for transparent and traceable products, while PwC reports an average 9.7% premium for sustainably sourced goods. Those numbers aren’t trends; they’re signals.

    And they point in the same direction: consumers want change. By embedding molecular memory directly into the gold, SMX and trueGold deliver it by letting jewelers, watchmakers, and stakeholders verify authenticity, ethical origin, and recycled content instantly through what SMX calls a “digital passport,” which confirms each piece or lot’s journey, turning sustainability from a tagline into a tangible feature.

    That level of integrity is redefining brand value. Provenance is no longer an afterthought in marketing copy; it’s a measurable, scannable attribute that can increase margin while strengthening reputation.

    The Science of Trust

    At the center of this breakthrough is SMX’s marker, reader, and block-chain-secured registry. The marker is applied at the mine and persists through every stage of transformation – melting, refining, alloying, or polishing. Independent testing by Intertek, under the AnchorCert Pro 2 protocol, confirmed the marker’s full compliance with safety and quality standards in Europe, the United States, and Canada. It’s chemically inert, skin-safe, and undetectable in daily wear.

    This allows brands to offer the assurance of traceability without compromising artistry or craftsmanship. A hand-finished gold ring or luxury watch can now carry invisible proof of its ethical sourcing while retaining the purity and luster that define high-end jewelry.

    It’s science working quietly behind beauty; evidence without intrusion.

    Where Responsibility Meets Reward

    And it replaces decades of the precious metals supply chain relying on certificates, audits, and trust between intermediaries. That system has always run the risk of not following potential breaks in the chain of custody. trueGold closes those gaps. The molecular marker cannot be forged or removed, and every transfer of ownership is captured digitally, creating a single, verifiable record of truth.

    That transparency resonates with investors as much as it does with consumers. Brands using trueGold’s system can substantiate their ESG claims, align with global frameworks such as the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and the European Union’s Digital Product Passport, and streamline compliance costs that often drain profit.

    By turning regulation into verification, SMX helps convert sustainability into revenue. Proof, in this context, becomes the new profit center.

    Building the Future of Ethical Wealth

    SMX’s partnership ecosystem strengthens the reach and reliability of trueGold’s platform. Ava Global secures logistics and verifies physical custody at each checkpoint, while Fingo adds a layer of digital authentication to restrict access to authorized handlers. Together, they form an unbroken bridge between the physical and digital worlds of gold.

    The impact extends far beyond bullion bars and coins. By marking gold that can survive the recycling process, trueGold enables a circular economy for precious metals. The same atoms that once adorned jewelry can be recovered, re-marked, and reused without losing their certified identity. It’s sustainability with a serial number.

    Proof Is the New Luxury

    For centuries, gold was admired for its permanence. Now, through SMX and trueGold, it can carry permanence and provenance. Not only that, it proves that ethics and elegance are not opposites; they are inseparable.

    Consumers get confidence. Brands gain credibility. Stakeholders see measurable value. Every participant in the supply chain benefits from the same undeniable truth: gold can now prove itself.

    That’s not a marketing evolution; it’s a market correction. Proof has become the ultimate mark of luxury, and SMX and trueGold are the company’s minting it.

    Sources and references:

    • https://www.smx.tech/home

    • https://www.smx.tech/technology

    • https://www.thinkava.com/

    • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/smx-fingo-enter-collaboration-mandate-134500842.

    • https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/stockhead/truegolds-unique-technology-enables-transparent-supply-chain-for-gold/news-story/162eff62309eccd101dd59fa96eb3972

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    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)

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  • SMX Has Delivered What the Recycling Industry’s Been Promising for Decades (NASDAQ: SMX)

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 24, 2025 / People have heard of SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), but most still don’t fully understand what we do or why it matters. That’s understandable. Our work doesn’t live on a screen. It lives inside the materials that power the multi-trillion-dollar global economy. What we create is invisible to the eye but undeniable to the data.

    We’re not a technology company still chasing value. We already have it. The platform is built, the patents are issued, and the partnerships are active. From Aegis, Redwave, and BASF to A*STAR in Singapore and CETI in France, our footprint spans every link in the industrial chain. We’re co-developing plastics traceability and circularity systems with Continental, Skypac Packaging, Tradepro, and Bio-Packaging Pte Ltd., advancing metal authentication through a 50:50 joint venture with W.A. Mint, and powering real-world manufacturing with BT-Systems and Tradepro.

    Read the news in the link provided above. These companies and governments aren’t turning to SMX because we can show them what needs to be done. They’re turning to us because we can do it. We provide the proof that regulators demand and convert that same proof into currency for companies. It’s not a theory, and it’s not future tense. The system is operating today, delivering what no one else in the industry can: real-time verification that pays.

    We’re showing that every material can be traced, every product can be verified, and every action can be backed by data that carries the same weight as currency. The proof we deliver isn’t for peace of mind. It’s built to create value by allowing manufacturers across virtually any sector to turn what was once waste into measurable revenue – turning trash into cash. Because when proof becomes currency, markets don’t just evolve, they create winners at every stage of the mining and manufacturing process.

    A Smarter Kind of Recordkeeping

    Think of our system as the universal recordkeeper of the material world. Every stage of a product’s life is logged, sealed, and verified using digital ledger technology (block-chain). From mining to manufacturing, from reuse to recycling, every action is captured permanently and transparently, creating a digital record that tells the truth from start to finish.

    This level of visibility means more than efficiency. It means security. It stops the next SIM card infiltration before it starts. It protects vital computer hardware from counterfeit components. It defends brand provenance by confirming that every product is authentic and sourced from where it claims to be. It verifies that the minerals pulled from the ground are ethically mined and responsibly processed. When every touchpoint is known, traced, and verified, the entire supply chain becomes harder to exploit – and impossible to fake.

    Traditional recordkeeping was designed to track money. SMX built its platform to track matter. It’s not about numbers in spreadsheets. It’s about verifying that every step, every shipment, and every claim is true. This isn’t data for compliance. It’s protection for everything that depends on truth, from national infrastructure to global trade.

    The Invisible Marker That Makes Matter Talk

    No other company on earth offers this capability. SMX uses a molecular marker that can be embedded directly into raw materials from their virgin state all the way through the recycling process. Plastic, rubber, metal, textiles – it doesn’t matter. Once added, the marker creates a unique fingerprint that links the physical item to its verified record. It cannot be removed, copied, or altered. It’s immutable.

    Better than a fingerprint, that marker gives every material its own digital passport that travels with it indefinitely. As products move from factory to warehouse to retailer, each scan adds another block to that material’s verified story. When it reaches the recycler, SMX technology can show exactly where it came from, how it was used, and how much of it is genuinely recycled. This is precisely the data regulators want to see, manufacturers want to prove, and brands value when marketing through our Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) program.

    This isn’t theory. It’s a global operation already advancing through partnerships with Continental, BASF, Redwave, A*STAR, and CETI. Chemistry meets verification. Proof meets economics. It’s the combination that turns sustainability into something measurable, monetizable, and unstoppable.

    The Global Ledger of Proof

    That matters today more than ever. Why? Because our platform creates a single, verifiable source of truth that every stakeholder can rely on. Regulators can confirm compliance instantly. Brands can present verified sourcing data instead of marketing promises. Recyclers and manufacturers can finally prove the real value they’ve been creating for years.

    The result is a system where verified data replaces assumptions. Everyone sees the same record, and the value of authenticated materials can flow freely through the supply chain. That transparency creates accountability, and accountability drives liquidity.

    This isn’t another reporting platform. It’s performance infrastructure. The companies using SMX technology aren’t trying to keep pace with sustainability standards. They’re defining and outrunning their competitors at a time when traceability and accountability aren’t optional. It’s required.

    But it’s not all for show. There is enormous value associated.

    Plastic Cycle Token (PCT): When Proof Becomes Value

    Once materials are verified as authentic recycled content, our system generates a Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), a digital certificate that confirms the quantity of recycled material.

    These verified credits can be used to meet sustainability goals, demonstrate compliance, or offset virgin material use. They turn what used to be an environmental cost into a financial opportunity. For the first time, recycling isn’t just responsible. It’s profitable.

    We’re not talking about a few plastic bottles being counted for goodwill. We’re talking about metric tons of verified plastic waste being valued, sold, and brought back into the system as traceable, tradable commodities. The material, once written off as waste, is now an asset with measurable value, driving both accountability and liquidity across global supply chains.

    The best part is that each token is built on PROOF, not speculation. It gives recycled materials an authenticated, measurable market value, which protects the intersection between circularity and profitability. Proof becomes value. Value becomes incentive. And the cycle accelerates every time a new partner joins the system.

    The Big Picture

    For decades, recycling has run on reports, trust, and good intentions. But intent doesn’t move capital. Proof does. SMX delivers that proof, giving every player in the value chain a single system that verifies, records, and rewards what’s real. Manufacturers can trace their production with certainty. Brands can stand behind every claim. Recyclers can convert verification into revenue instead of effort. Transparency becomes profitability the moment proof enters the equation.

    Our mission is simple: give every material a memory. Everything made can be traced. Everything recycled can be verified. Everything verified can be valued. This is not a theoretical framework – it’s a functioning system already connecting regulators, manufacturers, and recyclers in measurable ways across continents. From Singapore to France to Australia, SMX is proving that verified circularity isn’t just possible. It’s profitable.

    We’re not waiting for markets to evolve. We’re driving that evolution. The technology is proven. The partnerships are global. The results are measurable. Proof is no longer the end of the story. It’s the foundation of a new economy. One where transparency fuels value creation and proof becomes currency. For the latter, SMX is the mint.

    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)

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  • SMX’s Lean Share Structure Becomes Its Latest Value Driver as It Expands the “Proof as Currency” Platform (NASDAQ:SMX)

    NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 23, 2025 / There are two kinds of tightening in business. The kind you do because you have to, and the kind you do because you’re getting ready to move faster. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) just made it very clear which kind this is.

    Following a consolidation that leaves the company with roughly one million shares outstanding, SMX isn’t playing defense; it’s bracing for acceleration. The move, often misread by retail as reactionary, is in truth a recalibration. The kind that clears clutter, simplifies the map, and tells the market, “We’re not here to blend in. We’re here to break through.”

    The Springboard Effect

    With a share count that now looks more like a startup than a global supply-chain pioneer, SMX has done something remarkably rare in the small-cap universe: it’s set the table for torque. A million shares means a tighter float, a cleaner structure, and a sharper translation between achievement and value. Every new contract, partnership, or revenue milestone will now echo louder on a per-share basis.

    It’s the corporate equivalent of cutting body fat while adding muscle. Same company, same DNA, but a very different level of velocity.

    And for short sellers, that’s where the danger begins. When a float this small meets a catalyst this large, the math stops being linear; it becomes financially lethal from a risk-reward perspective. Shorting a company with only about a million shares in the wild and a growing list of global partners isn’t a trade. It’s a dare. The kind that ends with margin calls and blinking screens.

    The Proof Economy Gets Real

    If you’ve followed SMX for any length of time, you know its partnerships read like a map of modern manufacturing: Singapore’s A*STAR, CETI (France), Tradepro Group, BT-Systems, REDWAVE, Bio-Packaging Pte Ltd., Aegis, and a widening circle that reaches from the EU’s recycling corridors to Australia’s resource backbone. Add collaborations touching Skypac and Continental, and you have a roster that looks less like a startup deck and more like a blueprint for industrial reform.

    These are not vanity collaborations. They’re validation points in a trillion-dollar problem-authenticating and verifying the materials that feed global commerce. The same invisible thread that proves a luxury brand’s leather is real can also verify that a recycled polymer actually came from a sustainable source. SMX doesn’t just mark materials; it gives them memory.

    And memory is power.

    Recalibrating for the Next Ascent

    Let’s be honest: reverse splits get a bad rap. They’re usually seen as a red flag. But context matters. SMX’s recapitalization wasn’t about compliance; it was about optimization. SMX’s new structure resets its optics for institutional investors, reduces volatility from excessive micro-trading, and aligns perfectly with the next phase of growth, built on scalability.

    Think of it as tightening the laces before a sprint. This isn’t retreat-it’s recoil.

    Because underneath the corporate mechanics, the core story hasn’t changed. SMX is still the company digitizing matter itself and connecting block-chain and AI to the physical world through molecular proof. Its Plastic Cycle Token (PCT)–a verifiable, tradable unit of sustainable value-continues to gain traction as governments and corporations seek a tangible measure, not just an offset.

    Proof Is Still the Currency

    Markets may take a moment to digest the new structure, but fundamentals have a funny way of catching up to math. SMX’s tightened share base, global partnerships, and regulatory tailwinds form a collaborative cocktail that could make this next chapter the most dynamic yet. With just about a million shares on the field, every move will now matter exponentially more.

    That’s not a reset; it’s a potential springboard. And anyone betting short may want to step back from that coil. Because when the world is pivoting toward proof and the company driving it has a microscopic float, shorting that story isn’t bold; it’s a master class in bad timing.

    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

    View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire