Author: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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

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

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

Sanctioned Gold Moves Because It Is Invisible; SMX Exposes It

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

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

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

A Two-Tier Market: Compliant Gold and Everything Else

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

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

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

Sanctions Will Be Enforced by Proof, Not Paper

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

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

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Only one side will win.

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

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

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

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

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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

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

Six Partnerships That Turned 2025 Into SMX’s Breakout Year

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

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

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

The Global Story Became Impossible to Ignore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Market Response Has Shifted

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

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

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

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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

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

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

Turning Chaos Into Clarity

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

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

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

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

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

The Economics of Proof

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

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

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

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

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

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

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

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

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

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

Why Dubai’s Model Works

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

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

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

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

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

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

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Everyone has an opinion on artificial intelligence, but the conversation usually orbits around consumer apps, language models, and chat interfaces. The real transformation is happening far from the spotlight, inside factories, smelters, recycling plants, and industrial facilities that run machinery powerful enough to build nations. Industrial AI lives in a world where inputs can’t be guessed. They have to be right. A machine can’t optimize a process if it doesn’t understand what it’s touching. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is giving industrial AI the thing it’s been missing for years. It’s giving materials their own identity, so AI systems can operate with truth instead of assumptions.

Industrial environments are unforgiving. Temperatures fluctuate. Batches vary. Metals, plastics, and composites don’t arrive in neat data packets. They arrive as physical materials with histories nobody can see. AI systems fail when that history isn’t accurate. If a machine thinks it’s working with one grade of metal when it’s actually another, it makes the wrong decisions. If a recycling line can’t distinguish high-value polymers from low-value ones, its entire model breaks down. AI needs clarity at the material level, not generic metadata sitting on a clipboard. SMX solves that by embedding molecular-level identifiers inside materials, giving AI something it’s never had. Verified inputs.

This is why alliances with technology-forward partners have such an impact. REDWAVE in Austria connected SMX’s identity system directly to high-speed industrial sorting lines. Suddenly, AI didn’t have to guess what materials were entering the system. It knew. The same shift is emerging in Singapore, where the A*STAR collaboration ties SMX’s physical identity layer to national-scale circularity data. The AI reading those streams gets the real composition, not the reported one. When AI sees the truth about materials, everything changes. Throughput increases. Error rates fall. Predictive maintenance becomes accurate. Automation stops being theoretical and starts being profitable.

And behind this entire industrial intelligence layer sits a capital architecture built for scale. SMX recently secured a $111.5 million equity purchase agreement that gives the Company the ability to expand these AI-enabled verification systems across multiple continents on its own terms. For industrial partners that want long-term stability behind the tech stack they’re integrating into production lines, that kind of financial structure matters. It signals that SMX isn’t a pilot project. It’s becoming part of the infrastructure that modern AI will rely on.

Why AI Needs Verified Inputs

Industrial AI isn’t flexible the way consumer AI is. You can’t afford hallucinations when you’re managing smelter temperatures or adjusting extrusion pressures. Every industrial process depends on the physical reality of the materials running through it. If you don’t know the metallurgical profile of the alloy entering a furnace, no algorithm can correct the mistake. If you don’t know the polymer identity flowing through a plastic reprocessing line, machine learning becomes guesswork. AI is only as smart as the inputs it receives.

That’s the missing piece SMX provides. When identity is built directly into the material itself, AI doesn’t have to operate on approximations. It gets clean signals. It knows the difference between similar alloys that behave differently under heat. It knows which plastics can be reprocessed efficiently and which ones can’t. It knows how to route, blend, or sort materials in real time. That’s how AI becomes a force multiplier for industrial operations instead of another system that introduces risk.

The CARTIF collaboration in Spain is demonstrating how SMX’s identity layer performs in industrial R&D environments where materials go through multiple thermal and mechanical transformations. Even after those changes, the embedded identifiers remained readable. That persistence is exactly what AI systems need. They can analyze processes across full lifecycles without losing context. When materials carry their own truth, AI doesn’t drift. It improves. Industrial automation stops being a patchwork of systems and starts acting like a unified intelligence built on verified data.

A New Era of Intelligent Industry

The companies moving into AI-driven manufacturing are discovering a simple rule. You can’t automate uncertainty. When materials don’t carry identity, every process built on top of them inherits the same flaws. AI becomes a tool for smoothing edges rather than for transforming operations. Companies that embed verification at the material level flip the model on its head. They build automation on foundations that can withstand scale.

This is where the broader ecosystem begins to shift. Insurers start reducing coverage costs because AI systems built on verified inputs reduce operational risk. Regulators start trusting industrial reporting because the data isn’t self-generated. Manufacturers start running smarter lines that waste less energy and recover more usable material. Suppliers start differentiating themselves based on verified precision. Every node in the industrial chain becomes sharper because the information becomes real.

As AI moves deeper into heavy industry, the advantage will belong to the companies that treat verification as infrastructure. SMX turned identity into something materials carry instead of something companies claim. That’s the breakthrough industrial AI needed. It finally has a way to engage with the physical world as accurately as it engages with data. The next evolution of manufacturing won’t be defined by bigger AI models. It’ll be defined by AI built on verified truth. SMX delivered that missing layer.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Dubai didn’t just strengthen its gold market. It changed the competitive landscape for every major trading hub on the planet. Once the DMCC demonstrated that material-level verification could be embedded into precious metals and validated at global scale, the entire structure of international trade shifted. Traders now see what it looks like when a commodity carries its own identity. They see faster clearances, cleaner pricing, tighter compliance, and fewer disputes. And they see something else. They see that every other hub now has to play catch-up.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) helped catalyze that shift by delivering molecular identity that stays with gold across its entire lifecycle. When one region adopts technology that eliminates uncertainty, every other region has to respond or accept a weakened position.

For decades, London, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York competed for influence based on liquidity, heritage, and regulatory frameworks. Those advantages still matter, but they’re no longer enough. Verification has become the differentiator. Traders want to move assets with truth embedded, not truth assumed. Governments want imports and exports backed by evidence, not paperwork. Vaults want bars with scientifically validated lineage rather than variable documentation. The DMCC capitalized on this shift early and made verification part of its infrastructure. Other hubs now face a choice. Modernize or fall behind.

What Dubai showed at the DMCC Precious Metals Conference was simple and impossible to ignore. Markets move toward certainty. They migrate toward systems where authentication is built into the material and validated by technology rather than by reputation. Dubai didn’t wait for global consensus. It built the model first. That’s why the verification race has begun.

The Pressure on Global Hubs

Once Dubai positioned itself as the gold market’s verification authority, the implications became global. You can’t maintain leadership in precious metals if your verification model is weaker than your competitor’s. Traders are practical. They go where the risk profile is lowest, where compliance moves smoothly, and where they can confirm the truth faster than anyone else. Dubai gives them all three. That puts pressure on every other hub in the network.

London’s LBMA framework is world-renowned, but it wasn’t designed for a world where materials can carry forensic identity. Singapore’s bullion market is fast-growing, but it doesn’t yet offer molecular-level proof. Zurich brings stability, but its verification structure still relies on paperwork as the anchor. The moment Dubai showed that materials could carry their own identity, the benchmark shifted. Everything else now looks outdated, and that perception matters in a market where confidence and liquidity depend on certainty.

SMX’s involvement with Goldstrom and its trueGold suite compounds that pressure. When gold bars arrive authenticated at the molecular level and connected to their full lifecycle history, the bar itself becomes a verified digital-physical asset. There’s no interpretation. No debate. No missing information. That clarity creates higher-value metals because they enter the market with less risk attached. And it forces other hubs to acknowledge that their legacy systems don’t offer the same advantage.

The global market has seen what’s possible. Now it expects it.

The Beginning of a Global Verification Standard

What happens next is predictable because markets tend to reward systems that reduce friction. Verification will spread to every major hub, either because they implement it voluntarily or because participants demand it. Gold isn’t the only sector feeling the shift. The validation technology that lifted Dubai’s metals platform is the same technology SMX deployed across plastics with A*STAR in Singapore, textiles with CETI in France, and complex materials with CARTIF in Spain. Once the market sees that verification works in multiple industries, it stops being an experiment and becomes a standard.

Trading hubs won’t adopt molecular identity because Dubai did. They’ll adopt it because their traders, regulators, and institutional partners will refuse to operate without it. Imagine submitting a shipment to London that isn’t verifiable at the material level when Dubai accepts nothing less. Imagine competing for liquidity when one market offers proof, and another offers promises. Imagine global insurers lowering risk assessments for verified hubs while penalizing those that rely on legacy documentation. That’s how competitive gaps widen. Technology moves first. Markets follow. Institutions enforce it.

The verification race isn’t symbolic. It’s structural. It determines who leads the next era of global commodities trade. Hubs that embrace verification will attract liquidity, strengthen compliance frameworks, and build reputational advantage. Hubs that don’t will watch traders migrate toward markets that eliminate uncertainty instead of managing it.

Dubai set the pace. SMX delivered the technology. Verification will be the new standard, and the race to meet it has already begun.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Recycled plastics should be one of the most profitable materials in the global supply chain. Every major brand wants more of it, governments are pushing mandates, and consumers expect companies to cut reliance on virgin polymers. Yet recycled plastics still sell at a discount. Markets don’t fully trust the labels, suppliers can’t prove what they’re shipping, and buyers assume they’re paying for content that might not be real. The spread between what recycled plastics should be worth and what companies actually earn has turned into a persistent profit gap. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is closing that gap by giving plastics something they’ve never had. They get a verifiable identity that survives every transformation.

The recycled plastics market is full of claims without certainty. Suppliers insist their pellets contain 30%-50% recycled content, but they lack molecular evidence to support that claim. Brands reveal sustainability commitments, but they rely on third-party forms that don’t reflect what happens across international recycling streams. Governments demand accuracy, but they’re stuck reviewing documentation that’s often outdated or fragmented. Companies lose money because they can’t prove value. Buyers discount prices because they can’t trust inputs. That cycle has held the entire sector back for years.

SMX changes that by embedding a molecular-level identifier into plastics that stays intact through every process. The identity doesn’t wash out during shredding. It doesn’t disappear during melting. It survives extrusion, molding, and reprocessing. When a batch of recycled pellets arrives at a manufacturer, identity confirmation verifies exactly what the plastic contains and where it originated. Suddenly, recycled content is no longer a claim. It’s proof. And proof commands a premium.

Why Trust Drives Value in Plastics Markets

The plastics sector, more than almost any other, depends on trust because recycled feedstocks are inconsistent across regions, processors, and collection systems. Two suppliers may list the same grade on a sheet, but the actual material can behave differently in production. That uncertainty costs brands time, money, and credibility. When buyers can’t verify recycled content, they reduce their bids. When manufacturers can’t guarantee consistency, they overengineer products to compensate. When regulators can’t validate reports, they add layers of reporting that slow down the entire system.

This is where strategic partnerships show the practical impact of material identity. SMX’s collaboration with Tradepro in the United States proves how authentication changes market behavior. Manufacturers that used to hedge against uncertainty can, if all goes as planned, choose verified recycled plastics that carry embedded truth. The material isn’t anonymous anymore. It arrives with evidence. That shift alone lifts margins for suppliers who previously watched their prices suppressed by doubt.

The REDWAVE collaboration in Austria shows another side of the advantage. High-speed optical sorting gains precision when the material entering the system carries its own identification. Instead of relying on shape or color, the line reads molecular identity. That allows more accurate separation, more consistent output, and higher-grade recycled plastics that fetch stronger pricing. Markets begin rewarding quality because quality becomes measurable.

When plastics tell the truth about themselves, the value follows the evidence. Buyers start paying more for verified content. Brands start meeting sustainability goals without fear of greenwashing allegations. Recyclers start commanding higher margins for authenticated outputs. Trust isn’t a belief anymore. It’s a property.

How Proof Rewrites Sustainability and Profitability

The plastics industry has spent a decade trying to balance sustainability with economic reality. Companies want to increase recycled content, but they can’t expose themselves to risk. Regulators want accuracy, but they can’t rely on reporting alone. Investors want transparency, but they need real data, not estimates. Every stakeholder wants the same thing. They want evidence without friction.

That’s why the A*STAR program in Singapore became a breakthrough moment. When SMX’s identity technology was deployed within national-scale circularity pilots, recycled plastics gained trackable lineage across collection, recovery, reuse, and manufacturing. The system didn’t assume accuracy. It verified it. A plastic bottle didn’t disappear into the system. It traveled through it with identity intact.

That level of truth gives governments a way to enforce recycling goals without slowing down industry. It gives brands a way to meet their commitments with confidence. It gives recyclers a way to get paid what their material is truly worth. The result is a plastics market that finally behaves like a real commodity market. Verified content sells at a premium because the risk disappears. Supply chains run cleaner because fraud becomes pointless. Regulators gain visibility without adding complexity. Investors see rising margins instead of structural discounts. Verification becomes the economic engine that the plastics market has been missing.

That closes the gap between what recycled plastics should be worth and what companies actually earn. SMX built the technology that transforms recycled plastics from a discounted material into a premium one. When the market knows the truth, the market pays for the truth. The companies able to prove it will redefine the economics of sustainability. And, more importantly, make money at the same time.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 25, 2025 / The gold market has always relied on external verification. Inspectors examined surfaces. Traders checked paperwork. Vault operators reconciled bar lists by hand. The technology behind those steps changed only marginally over the past century. That static approach created the environment where

The industry is finally moving from external checks to internal identity. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is entering the 2025 DMCC Precious Metals Conference with a system designed to embed verification into the material itself. It’s a technology-first shift that alters how the market can function.

Dubai is the right stage for that transformation. The DMCC is a global center for modern commodities trade by prioritizing digital systems, traceable workflows, and higher standards for responsible conduct. Under the leadership of Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the organization has consistently adopted technologies that strengthen the integrity of the sectors it oversees. The precious metals industry within the DMCC ecosystem expects tools that keep pace with global trade.

Replacing Legacy Systems with a Technology-First Approach

That’s because legacy methods no longer keep up with the volume, speed, and regulatory expectations placed on the market. A technology capable of carrying identity through each step of movement is no longer a luxury. It’s a requirement for a system that has outgrown its traditional foundation. SMX addresses that requirement with technology that operates at the molecular level, embedding a Physical-to-Digital link that creates an identity inseparable from the metal.

It remains stable under heat, pressure, and long-term storage, providing every participant in the chain with a consistent reference point. Refiners can validate output without relying exclusively on surface markings. Vaults can confirm the authenticity of their inventory at any time. Traders can execute transactions with confidence that the asset they are handling is the same asset that entered the system.

Even established service providers in the region, including Brink’s, have shown interest in how identity systems like this can reinforce their own operational frameworks. The market is moving toward solutions that embed truth at the material level. SMX built its technology specifically for that purpose.

Identity as Infrastructure

The Physical to Digital Link operates as more than a verification tool. It becomes infrastructure the moment it enters the value chain. A bar marked at the refinery maintains its identity throughout transport, storage, and trade. That identity is not dependent on a label, a barcode, or a certificate. It is not influenced by inspection conditions or subjective interpretation. It is an internal characteristic. When the metal moves, the identity moves with it. That consistency gives the market a foundation that did not exist before, and it changes how organizations manage risk and design their workflows.

This type of identity infrastructure aligns with DMCC priorities. The center has invested heavily in raising global standards across the commodities it oversees. It attracts institutions that want confidence in the assets they handle and transparency in their operational environment. A technology that gives each bar a permanent identity supports every part of that strategy. It reduces friction between market participants. It minimizes disputes during settlement. It increases audit trail accuracy without requiring additional administrative layers. It is a bottom-up improvement that strengthens every top-down control.

This is also where SMX stands apart. Many companies in the metals ecosystem have attempted to solve visibility issues by adding additional documentation or digital recordkeeping. SMX approaches the challenge from within the material rather than around it. By starting at the molecular level, SMX technology bypasses the limitations that have historically led to inconsistent identity. It creates a system that the market can build on regardless of location, handler, or trading platform. As the global gold sector seeks to modernize without sacrificing efficiency, technologies that operate with this degree of permanence become indispensable. At the right time.

A New Standard for Precision in Precious Metals

Technological advancement in the gold market has always been incremental. Scales became more accurate. Testing methods improved. Reporting systems digitized. None of those developments changed the fundamental structure behind how identity was established. SMX’s technology does. It replaces a chain of subjective assessment with a chain of measurable facts. That redefines how institutions can evaluate risk, price assets, and manage operational exposure. It also serves the growing expectation that responsible sourcing and a clear chain of custody must be verifiable rather than assumed.

Dubai’s prominence amplifies this shift. The DMCC Precious Metals Conference draws institutions that recognize the market is entering a transition period. They understand that the next decade will be shaped by the technologies that provide certainty at scale. SMX is entering that environment with a system already demonstrated in major gold hubs, including Dubai, where even long-standing logistics partners have seen its value. The market does not need promises. It needs tools that function under the pressures of real trade flows. SMX’s identity technology delivers that reliability.

As the conference unfolds, one reality is becoming crystal clear. The gold market is no longer defined by how the metal looks on the surface. It’s defined by what the material carries within it. SMX built a system that gives the world’s most trusted asset a way to prove itself at every stage of its journey. It’s a technology-first approach that brings precision, accountability, and modern infrastructure to a sector ready for change. The next chapter of the gold market will be written by the companies that make verification part of the asset. SMX is arriving at DMCC prepared to lead that shift.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

Contact: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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