Author: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / For decades, world leaders, regulators, and corporate executives have gathered in hotel ballrooms and convention centers to pledge their commitment to sustainability and safety. There have been meetings, conferences, conventions – more than anyone can count. And yet, the result has been a hollow cycle: glossy declarations, polished promises, and very little that consumers can actually believe.

The betrayal is everywhere. Recycling logos printed on packaging rarely mean what they suggest. Fire safety certifications that once reassured the public have repeatedly failed in the real world. For years, people have rinsed their bottles, sorted their bins, and paid higher prices for “sustainable” goods, only to discover that much of it was theater. When fires like Grenfell or Lacrosse Tower strike, or when recycling plants quietly incinerate more than they recover, it is consumers who bear the costs. They were told progress was being made. The truth was that promises had replaced proof.

That is the trust gap that no conference, no global summit, and no convention has ever closed. But it is the exact gap SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) was designed to fill.

When Labels Lie, Molecules Tell the Truth

The root of consumer betrayal is simple: claims are not verifiable. A recycling logo tells you nothing about whether the plastic in your hand contains recycled content. A datasheet about flame retardants cannot guarantee that the chemicals are present in the concentration needed to prevent disaster. Consumers are asked to believe, to trust logos and paperwork.

SMX replaces belief with evidence. By embedding molecular markers directly into materials, it ensures that the truth lives inside the product itself. A scan can instantly confirm recycled content, validate flame-retardant safety, and even bring those under-the-radar plastics, such as carbon black, into view. Instead of consumers being asked to trust brands or regulators, the molecules carry the answer.

This is more than a technical breakthrough. It is a restoration of trust in an age where skepticism has become the default. It says to the public: you no longer have to wonder if the claims are real. The proof is in the product.

Turning Betrayal Into Confidence

What makes this shift so powerful is that it gives consumers back the one thing they’ve been denied: confidence. When they buy a product marked as recycled, they can know it actually is. When they live in a building advertised as fire-safe, they can know that the materials inside have been verified, not just marketed.

Singapore is showing the world how this works in practice. By partnering with A*STAR to create a national plastics passport, SMX has helped transform every piece of plastic into an identifiable, verifiable item with a digital twin. For consumers, that means recycling claims are no longer vague. They are backed by science. In Europe, the partnership with REDWAVE will extend this confidence to the industrial level, ensuring that materials are checked continuously as they move across sorting lines.

And in North America, SMX’s work with the North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA) is shifting fire safety claims from datasheets into verifiable reality. Consumers don’t need to trust an industry assertion; they can trust the material itself. That is the difference between rhetoric and reassurance.

Trust as the New Standard

Decades of conferences tried to convince consumers that trust could be built with promises. It never worked. Trust only comes from proof. And proof only comes when it is embedded at the molecular level, inside the products people use every day.

For regulators, this closes the enforcement gap. For manufacturers, it creates clarity in competitive markets. For insurers, it reduces liability. But for consumers, it does something even more fundamental: it ends decades of betrayal. It says that sustainability isn’t a label, fire safety isn’t a slogan, and recycling isn’t an illusion. It is all verifiable, right now.

That’s the shift SMX is driving. After decades of talk, consumers don’t want another pledge. They want confidence. SMX gives it back to them – molecule by molecule.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / At Utah’s White Mesa Mill, the air hums with acid and ambition. Massive sacks of monazite ore-each heavier than a car-sit in tight formation like munitions for an unseen war. Inside lies the lifeblood of modern civilization: rare-earth elements that power fighter jets, smartphones, wind turbines, and EVs alike.

This is no ordinary mine scene. It’s the front line of a conflict where proof, not politics, defines control. And quietly in the background, SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) may hold the key. Its molecular-marking technology could become the long-missing infrastructure for a supply chain that has forgotten how to verify its own story.

Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: those raw materials may be strategic, but their origins remain opaque. Every ton refined could be clean-or compromised. No one can say for sure, because trust still moves faster than evidence.

A Paper Trail Built on Faith

For decades, trade has relied on signatures, stamps, and assumptions. Shipments crossed oceans on the strength of paperwork alone. Governments, corporations, and lenders alike accepted it as gospel, even when no one could confirm what was actually inside. The global supply chain evolved into a storytelling exercise rather than a system of record.

That fiction had consequences. The United States once dominated rare-earth production but ceded its lead through deregulation and complacency. According to CSIS.org, China now mines roughly 70% of global rare earths and controls about 90% of the refining capacity. While Beijing built foundries and chemical plants, much of the West built spreadsheets. Margins trumped sovereignty, and transparency was traded for throughput.

The result? Materials that can be relabeled, blended, or laundered across continents with near-zero accountability. When trade tensions finally exposed those cracks, the illusion of verified supply collapsed.

Finance Finally Follows the Proof

Even Wall Street sees it coming. JPMorgan Chase has pledged up to $10 billion to strengthen industries tied to U.S. national security-from defense to critical minerals. CEO Jamie Dimon framed it as patriotic duty, but make no mistake, it’s a response to risk.

When the world’s biggest bank begins funding supply-chain resilience, it signals a deeper problem: the old math no longer works. Dimon’s message was clear-the United States depends too heavily on unreliable foreign inputs. Translation, the trust premium has expired. Proof now determines creditworthiness.

That’s where SMX steps in. The company’s molecular-marker technology embeds unique chemical signatures directly into materials-rubber, gold, timber, plastics, even rare earths. Each tag functions as a digital passport, tracking origin, movement, and transformation in real time.

If the monazite feedstock at White Mesa carried SMX’s invisible ID, every batch could be traced from mine to magnet. Counterfeiting would collapse, substitution would fail, and smuggling would meet chemistry instead of customs.

This isn’t block-chain hype or software gloss. It’s physical verification at the atomic level-chemistry turned into compliance.

And unlike geopolitical alliances, it doesn’t choose sides. Proof isn’t partisan; it’s structural. It converts belief into measurable truth.

Closing the World’s Costliest Blind Spot

Governments are pouring billions into mining, refining, and recycling rare earths, yet the same flaw persists: an unverified supply chain. That’s the blind spot SMX was designed to close.

By linking the physical world to an immutable digital record, SMX gives every nation, company, and consumer a shared standard of authenticity. Its system already operates commercially across metals, minerals, textiles, and luxury goods-and is now scaling toward the critical-materials sector that underpins clean energy and defense manufacturing.

The payoff is enormous: trade based on verified origin rather than ideology. That neutrality makes SMX’s technology as diplomatic as it is industrial.

Proof Isn’t Optional Anymore

At Energy Fuels’ White Mesa Mill, optimism is high. New refineries, new magnet plants, and new rhetoric about resource independence keep the headlines busy. But without verification, it’s optimism on paper. The same paperwork that broke the system can’t rebuild it.

JPMorgan’s $10 billion isn’t celebration money-it’s an early-warning system. Because the next crisis may not start with bombs or markets, but with misinformation about the materials that keep them running.

SMX’s solution is already here: a molecular truth layer for a post-trust world. It doesn’t just store data-it embeds honesty into matter itself. Proof isn’t patriotic. Proof is survival. And the time to build that firewall is now.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Every so often, an idea stops belonging to one company and starts belonging to the world. Proof is that idea – and SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is the one that made it possible. At the perfect time.

For years, sustainability was siloed: activists spoke to regulators, regulators spoke to corporations, and corporations spoke to investors. The message kept changing languages, losing clarity every time it crossed borders. Then SMX showed up with a universal translator – a way for everyone to speak the same truth, verified by the materials themselves.

The technology doesn’t make sustainability louder; it makes it legible. SMX embeds molecular markers into physical materials – plastics, rubber, textiles, metals, liquids, and electronics – creating a digital fingerprint that remains intact through recycling, reuse, or resale. That’s how circularity becomes continuity.

And the world has noticed.

When Culture, Commerce, and Policy Agree

It started in culture. Rolling Stone captured the moment perfectly when it declared that plastic promises are dead and proof is the new flex – a headline that hit like a manifesto. The magazine that usually calls out rock stars was suddenly naming the next economic movement. Proof wasn’t just a value system; it had become a vibe.

Then commerce followed. USA Today took that cultural cue and gave it numbers, outlining how the global plastics market is worth hundreds of billions and how technologies like SMX’s molecular marking are unlocking traceability where it’s been missing for decades.

Policy was next. The Straits Times in Singapore reported that the country is developing a national digital passport for plastics – one designed to extend landfill life and enforce recycling compliance. The system reads like a blueprint for how SMX’s molecular tech could integrate with national infrastructure. In other words, what was once an innovation is now a model.

The Industrial Validation Layer

Then came the industrial sector – the hard proof of implementation. OPIS, the Dow Jones energy and commodities platform, ran an in-depth interview with SMX leadership detailing how waste digitalization is turning municipal costs into measurable, auditable value. Governments, it turns out, are eager to track progress they can quantify. Corporations, equally eager to avoid accusations of greenwashing, now have a framework that actually verifies what they claim.

At the consumer level, Morning Honey connected the dots in a way only lifestyle media could. It showed how traceability technology – the same molecular tagging SMX uses in recycling – is also reshaping consumer fairness and trade. Transparent supply chains don’t just satisfy environmental regulations; they stabilize prices and reduce tariff risks. The takeaway: transparency isn’t a burden. It’s a buffer.

That’s how the validation loop closes. Not just from top-down policy, but from bottom-up behavior.

From Headlines to Handshakes

This isn’t media coverage for coverage’s sake. It’s confirmation. When outlets on different continents and from different industries all highlight the same company for the same reason, it’s not a press cycle – it’s a market signal.

Culture has named proof as credibility. Commerce has priced it as value. Policy has framed it as enforcement. And now, SMX’s molecular technology connects them all through a shared, verifiable ledger. Proof, it turns out, is the one language every market understands. The Los Angeles Tribune captured the economic evolution with one line that read like a thesis statement: “Carbon Credits Had Their Day.”

And that’s what makes SMX’s role so pivotal. It’s not fighting for attention. It’s providing translation. The company’s markers don’t just create data; they build trust – the most valuable export any country, company, or community can produce.

The loop is complete – from Rolling Stone to USA Today, from The Straits Times to OPIS and Morning Honey. Different audiences, same message: proof isn’t propaganda; it’s the new standard. And SMX is teaching the world not just how to read it, but how to profit from it- environmentally and financially.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / California is progressive, which in many cases can be a good thing. However, by flexing that posture, they also seldom miss a chance to make a statement or initiate a lawsuit. So when Los Angeles County went after Coca-Cola and PepsiCo for allegedly misleading consumers about plastic waste, the headlines practically wrote themselves. Two global icons, one sweeping accusation, and a familiar villain: plastic.

The optics were perfect. The outcome, less so. Unless they pay attention to opportunities that exist right here, right now, instead of acting as a purely punitive body.

What the state doesn’t seem to realize is that the solution it’s seeking already exists, and it isn’t another fine. It’s proof. It’s infrastructure. It’s SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), a company that has already built what Los Angeles County and global policymakers keep asking for. It delivers real, molecular-level substance to what decades of summits like COP 29 and the UN Plastics Treaty have only talked about.

For its part, SMX isn’t talking; it’s offering. Not about a piece of the puzzle, but the entire wish list: measurable traceability, proof that recycled content is genuine, assurance that waste streams are truly closed, and validation that sustainability is more than a talking point on a corporate slide. That’s the frustrating part. While the debates drag on year after year in search of solutions, SMX already has them, making it long overdue to choose and implement real technology over recycled rhetoric. It’s a straightforward process that lets SMX do the heavy lifting. Here’s how it works.

SMX Immutably Marks Plastics at the Resin Stage

SMX’s molecular-marker technology embeds invisible, tamper-proof identifiers directly into plastics at the resin stage, before they ever take shape. Every granule of resin carries a unique molecular fingerprint, creating an unbreakable chain of custody from creation to collection to recycling. That’s not a proposal. That’s a platform. And it’s working today.

Thus, instead of forcing companies to pay fines for a lack of proof, California could be funding a system that guarantees it. Rather than punishing progress, it could accelerate it by using the dollars already flowing through its lawsuits to build infrastructure that makes compliance automatic.

Coke and Pepsi aren’t the problem. Their intent has always been good, and their investments prove it. Both companies have invested significant resources in recycling innovation, recovery infrastructure, and sustainability initiatives across every major market worldwide. They’ve built partnerships, funded programs, and pledged real progress. What they’re battling isn’t a lack of effort. It’s a lack of alignment.

Every region, regulator, and recycler speaks a different language when it comes to circularity. Definitions shift. Standards collide. What’s compliant in one country gets challenged in another. The result is a global patchwork of rules that reward ambition in one place and punish it in the next.

Coke and Pepsi aren’t fighting the science; they’re fighting a broken system. There are ways to mend it.

Fund Change, Not Unrelated Programs

Imagine if California redirected its lawsuits into solutions. Each multi-million-dollar settlement could fund real-world traceability infrastructure, smart systems that tag, track, and authenticate every ton of plastic in circulation. It wouldn’t just satisfy environmental watchdogs. It would make California the global hub for circular-economy innovation.

And here’s where SMX makes that vision profitable. Its blockchain-enabled Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) monetizes verified circularity, transforming proof into a measurable, tradeable asset. This isn’t about tracking a single bottle worth pennies. It’s about metric tons of authenticated material worth tens of thousands, even millions, when aggregated across global supply chains. Proof becomes liquidity. Circularity becomes an asset class.

That’s the system COP 29 and UN Treaty delegates keep describing in theory, a unified, verifiable framework where data meets policy and accountability meets profit. SMX already has it. It’s not an idea. It’s an implementation.

Regulators Can Stop Chasing and Start Utilizing

The irony is that regulators continue to chase the prospect of solutions instead of utilizing what’s already available, proven, and operational. SMX has already demonstrated its capabilities with Continental, marking and tracing 21 tons of natural rubber from tree to tire. The company also has partnerships with A*STAR, REDWAVE, CETI, Tradepro, and others, which demonstrate that molecular tracking is effective at scale for plastics and textiles. The best part is that SMX’s platform is applicable to virtually any material or liquid, creating a universal language for recycling and circularity across the industries driving today’s environmental headlines.

So why is California still penalizing progress instead of financing it? It makes no sense.

California continues to call for transparency, but it continues to collect opacity. The state’s “environmental funds” absorb millions in corporate penalties, yet recycling rates barely move and landfill totals barely shrink. The money goes to bureaucracy, not backbone. Meanwhile, the companies being fined are the ones trying hardest to change.

Stop Litigating and Start Rewarding

Coke and Pepsi don’t need more lawsuits. They need measurable systems that demonstrate the effectiveness of their current efforts, and they require regulators willing to reward results instead of publishing discouraging headlines. SMX has that system now. It delivers what global treaties have promised but never implemented: molecular-level accountability that makes sustainability measurable, verifiable, and profitable.

Plastic waste doesn’t start in the ocean. It starts in the supply chain. Until regulators start tracing materials at their source, every fine will remain another headline on a broken loop. Stop the madness.

California doesn’t need another statement or another lawsuit. It doesn’t need another committee or summit to study the same problem. The solution already exists. SMX has built, proven, and deployed it. It’s here today, operating at industrial scale, ready to track plastics from resin to recycling and back again.

So here’s a timely proposition: instead of drafting the next headline, California should start recognizing the opportunity already in front of it. SMX is the infrastructure the state keeps asking for: built, operating, and ready to deliver. In other words, California, stop searching and start using.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Every generation learns the lesson too late. Pearl Harbor was struck at dawn, and within three hours America was at war. 9/11 took only minutes to unfold, yet it reshaped two decades of global security and conflict. The warning signs were visible, but ignored until it was too late. That is the brutal rhythm of history: attacks that appear isolated in the moment ultimately rewrite the course of the world.

The latest discovery on our own soil proves the next crisis is already taking shape. Worse, it was in the late planning stages. Investigators found more than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards hidden in plain sight inside New York apartments; not the arsenal of a foreign power, but a logistics operation staged on our doorstep. If those devices had been activated, emergency networks could have collapsed into static, hospitals would have scrambled, and the government would have been forced to respond as if the country were under attack. Escalation would not have been optional; it would have been immediate and, at the very least, proportionally devastating.

In this foiled attempt, the nightmare to fear wasn’t bombs falling from the sky but silence – phones dead, grids stalled, sensors blind. A quiet attack that forces a loud response, where escalation becomes unstoppable and history repeats its toll in lives, treasure, and time. That’s why SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is being viewed as more than just a technology company, but as one that also offers a defense against a new kind of warfare, where scale and silence are the weapons, and proof is the countermeasure that breaks them.

SMX Exposes the Imposters at the “Proof” Level

SMX embeds microscopic molecular markers directly into materials at the manufacturing stage, including plastics, computer chips, hardware, metals, liquids, and even telecom components, thereby giving every part a permanent, machine-readable identity that takes it from anonymous to auditable in seconds. A cloned SIM is flagged before it can activate. A counterfeit router never makes it onto the grid. A nuclear sensor without a verified chain of custody is rejected outright.

Proof changes everything. Forensics will always arrive too late, sifting through rubble after escalation has already begun. Prevention has to come first. SMX makes that possible by replacing human guesswork with machine certainty. One scan answers three questions instantly: where did this part come from, who touched it, and is it the same one that cleared certification. Proof eliminates the lag that attackers depend on.

And proof scales. SMX has already implemented its system in industries where authenticity is non-negotiable, ranging from recycled plastics and metals to luxury goods. The same molecular fingerprint that certifies a polymer can certify a telecom chip. The same block-chain ledger that authenticates steel can authenticate grid hardware. Fraud is fraud whether it attacks commerce or national security, and SMX technology collapses it at the source.

Stop the Madness Before It Ever Starts

That makes SMX’s technology more than timely; it makes it impossible to ignore. Each attack tries to outdo the last, which means the stakes could not be higher. The next Pearl Harbor or 9/11 won’t look like the previous, but the result will be the same: escalation that swallows years and destabilizes nations.

The difference is that this time, the attack won’t have to come from bombs or planes. It can be built from ordinary devices that are hiding in plain-site supply chains until it’s too late to stop. Unless, of course, those devices are no longer anonymous. Unless proof is built in. Unless SMX’s markers are the checkpoint between logistics and catastrophe.

History doesn’t repeat because adversaries are brilliant. It repeats because societies wait until the opening bell has already rung. SMX offers a way to break that cycle. To stop the next attack not after it happens, but before it ever begins. By proving authenticity at the source, SMX shows that proof itself is the ultimate form of prevention. And with it, the bell of escalation, the one history has tolled too many times, may never have to ring again.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 20, 2025 / At Utah’s White Mesa Mill, the smell of acid and ambition hangs in the air. Giant bags of monazite ore, each weighing more than a car, are stacked like silent weapons. Inside them sits the quiet fuel of the modern world, rare-earth elements that power everything from fighter jets and smartphones to wind turbines and electric cars.

This is the heart of a new kind of conflict, one where proof, not politics, decides who controls the future. And right now, SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) may be the company holding the codebook. Its molecular-marking technology is already being positioned as the missing infrastructure for a supply chain that has forgotten how to prove itself.

Because here’s the truth no one wants to admit. The materials inside those vats are strategic, but their origins are still a mystery. Every drop of acid hissing through those pipes carries a story that no one can fully verify. Every ton of refined rare earths might be clean, or it might not be. No one really knows.

And that’s the problem.

For decades, the world has traded on faith instead of fact. Shipments move on paperwork, not proof. A signature here, a stamp there, and everyone nods as if it’s gospel. But no one really knows. Not governments, not corporations, not even the banks underwriting the entire system. Supply chains became stories we told ourselves because no one could see the truth.

A Global System Built to Fail

The United States used to own this game. It once led the world in mining and refining rare-earth materials. Then, sometime between deregulation and denial, it handed the keys to China in the name of efficiency. The result is stunning: according to CSIS.org, China now mines roughly 70% of the world’s rare earths and controls about 90% of processing capacity.

That’s not luck, it’s strategy. While Beijing built infrastructure, the rest of us built spreadsheets. We optimized for margins, not sovereignty. Supply chains stretched so far across the planet that identity itself disappeared between ports. Materials could be mixed, relabeled, or laundered, and no one could prove otherwise.

When that illusion cracked under the weight of trade wars and export bans, it exposed an uncomfortable truth: global progress was built on a paper trail that no longer means anything.

JPMorgan Isn’t Doing This to Be Nice

Even the financial giants can see it. JPMorgan Chase has recently pledged up to $10 billion to support industries linked to U.S. national security, including defense, energy, and critical minerals. CEO Jamie Dimon called it a national-security imperative, but let’s be honest, this isn’t charity. It’s damage control.

When the world’s largest bank starts acting like a defense contractor, it means the numbers don’t add up anymore. Dimon’s warning was blunt: the United States has become too dependent on unreliable sources for the raw materials that run its economy. Translation: the trust is gone. The paperwork that once kept trade moving now looks more like a liability ledger.

This isn’t a patriotic flex; it’s triage. Finance is following the proof, because proof is the only thing that still holds value.

Proof Is the Missing Infrastructure

That’s where SMX fits like a keystone. Its molecular-marker technology embeds microscopic chemical tags directly into materials, from rubber and gold to timber, plastics, and now rare earths. Each tag acts like a digital passport, carrying its own record of origin, movement, and processing, readable in seconds.

If those monazite feedstocks at White Mesa carried SMX’s signature, every ton could be traced from mine to refinery to manufacturer. Counterfeiting would vanish. Substitution would fail. Diversion would stop before it started.

This isn’t a blockchain fantasy or a software patch; it’s chemistry with a conscience. It seals the leaks that cost nations billions and quietly turn allies into dependents.

Here’s the truth that no diplomat will say out loud. This isn’t a battle between China and America. It’s a crisis of confidence spanning every economy on Earth. Even as nations scramble to build their own refineries, they still depend on foreign reagents, machinery, and technicians. The same story repeats from Washington to Brussels to Seoul.

SMX’s technology doesn’t pick sides. It simply erases excuses. Proof isn’t partisan, it’s structural. It replaces faith with physics, and belief with measurable reality.

The World’s Most Expensive Blind Spot

Governments and corporations are spending billions to rebuild rare-earth pipelines. The U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and banks are throwing capital at mines, refineries, and recycling hubs. Yet the core weakness remains: a global supply chain that can’t verify itself.

That’s the blind spot SMX was born to close. Its molecular-level tracking creates a universal language of authenticity. It works across borders, industries, and political alliances, providing the one thing no one else can: certainty. It’s not a pitch deck or a pilot; it’s already running in commercial markets across metals, minerals, and luxury goods.

By linking the physical world to a digital record of truth, SMX offers the kind of neutrality that diplomacy could never achieve. It allows nations to trade based on verified origin instead of ideology. The same system that has already traced natural rubber, precious metals, and timber is now being scaled to the rare earths that will define the next industrial age.

Proof Is Not the Future, It’s the Firewall

At Energy Fuels’ White Mesa Mill, optimism runs hot. New mines are coming online, new magnet plants are being built, and the rhetoric around resource independence has never sounded stronger. But without verification, it’s optimism built on sand. The system can’t fix itself with the same paperwork that broke it.

JPMorgan’s $10 billion pledge isn’t a victory lap; it’s an alarm. The arteries of global finance are still clogged with unverified flows, and the next major crisis might not start with bombs or markets-it could start with misinformation.

SMX has already built the antidote. It’s a molecular truth system for a post-trust world, a technology that doesn’t just report data but embeds honesty into the material itself. And it couldn’t come at a more urgent time, because proof isn’t patriotic. Proof isn’t optional. Proof is survival.

The time to build it isn’t tomorrow. It’s now, while the world still has its chance to get it right.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 16, 2025 / Every online transaction begins with faith. Buyers believe what they see, sellers rely on reputation, and platforms depend on perception. For two decades, that faith has been the foundation of e-commerce. But faith has limits. Visual verification can only go so far, and counterfeiters have long learned to stay one step ahead of human detection. They have gotten so good, in fact, that even experts are now often fooled.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is changing that probability by putting a much more important product attribute under the microscope: PROOF. The company’s invisible, immutable molecular marker technology introduces a new standard of truth and proof to global commerce, providing a layer of invisible infrastructure that replaces subjective verification with quickly scanned scientific evidence. For platforms that depend on credibility, that shift is not just an improvement; it is a revolution that can be worth millions in cost savings and lost sales.

The Science of Trust at the Source

Here’s what makes it work: SMX does not authenticate after the fact. It starts at the source. SMX embeds molecular markers directly into the materials that make up consumer goods, including polymers, metals, textiles, and liquids. From the moment a product is created, it carries a permanent molecular identity that can be read instantly with a simple scan.

Through global partnerships with organizations such as CETI, Aegis Packaging, and A*STAR in Singapore, this concept is already in motion. Factories, suppliers, and packaging producers are integrating SMX markers into their production lines, giving each product a molecular “birth certificate.” By the time it reaches a resale platform or consumer marketplace, there is no need for human inspection. The proof is already in the product.

That is the essence of SMX’s innovation. It moves authentication from a reactive to a proactive approach. Instead of catching counterfeits after they appear, the company locks in authenticity before the first sale. Every transaction that follows can be verified instantly.

When Proof Replaces Perception

For e-commerce platforms, the implications are enormous. Every listing, sale, and resale can now be verified with precision and speed. Human authentication centers, once the gold standard, can become optional. That is not disruption. It is evolution.

In this model, marketplaces become the checkpoints of truth. They no longer guess or outsource authentication. They scan, confirm, and connect verified data back to the product’s original source. It is a faster, cleaner, and more defensible system that strengthens trust at every point in the value chain.

Luxury brands and manufacturers benefit in the same way. With SMX’s molecular memory built into materials, counterfeiting becomes exponentially harder. A watch, handbag, or collectible with an embedded SMX signature carries an immutable record of authenticity, adding value with every transfer. Proof no longer stops at the first sale. It compounds through every resale.

That is how brand integrity and consumer confidence grow together.

Building a Global Verification Network

Once proof exists at the molecular level, it does not stay confined to luxury goods. It scales across industries. Imagine refurbished electronics verified before resale. Pharmaceutical packaging traced from lab to patient. Industrial materials tracked from production to recycling. Even art and collectibles carry digital passports that automatically record provenance.

Each use case contributes to SMX’s network, a global verification web that connects production, commerce, and recycling through a single, continuous digital memory. This is not an add-on for eCommerce. It is the infrastructure for the next era of supply chain transparency.

Proof as a Platform

The business case is equally compelling. Every scan, verification, and authenticated resale generates value. SMX’s system functions as both a security layer and a data engine, providing analytics that measure authenticity, movement, and lifecycle in real time.

That data holds enormous potential for brands looking to protect equity, for regulators monitoring compliance, for customs agents tracking counterfeits, and for consumers demanding transparency. It transforms authenticity into a measurable, monetizable asset.

Because SMX’s platform integrates directly with the manufacturing layer through partners such as CETI and A*STAR, it scales naturally. From fashion to electronics, automotive to fine art, the same molecular framework can secure every supply chain where proof matters more than promises.

The New Currency of Commerce

Marketplaces may remain the checkpoints, but SMX is redefining the standard against which they verify.

By linking every stage of a product’s life through molecular proof, SMX is offering the world authenticity that is automated, trust is transferable, and proof itself becomes currency.

It’s a win for manufacturers protecting brand equity. It’s a win for platforms, as it reduces fraud and overhead. And it’s a win for consumers who finally get verifiable truth with every purchase. It points to this: The next revolution in eCommerce will not be about faster delivery or smarter algorithms. It will be about proof. And it can be the most significant upgrade in the history of online sales. The best part, it’s available today.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / In e-commerce, trust is the ultimate currency. Buyers crave it. Sellers depend on it. Platforms across the industry have built empires on it. But as counterfeits evolve faster than human eyes can spot them, visual verification has finally reached its limit.

Not anymore.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), the company providing the invisible molecular infrastructure that turns trust into proof, has cured that limitation. And it’s not a concept waiting for its moment; it’s available right now. The potential impact could be enormous from day one.

Across the global resale landscape, where millions of products are traded daily – ranging from sneakers and handbags to luxury watches and electronics – SMX’s molecular marker technology could eliminate the guesswork and hours of manual inspection with a scan that takes just seconds. That kind of precision doesn’t just enhance the process; it could redefine integrity in e-commerce.

From Proof Source to Checkpoint

Here’s the real breakthrough: SMX’s system doesn’t start at resale. It begins at the factory floor.

By embedding molecular markers directly into raw materials – such as leather, polymers, hardware, and even precious metals- SMX is building authenticity into products from the moment they’re created.

Through partnerships with global manufacturing and technology leaders, including CETI, Aegis Packaging, and A*STAR in Singapore, this process is already underway, where each material gains a molecular passport that remains with it for life.

By the time that item reaches an online marketplace, verification becomes frictionless. No experts. No subjectivity. Just the ultimate flex: scanned proof

That shift from reactive to proactive authentication is the linchpin of a new trust economy. Instead of trying to catch counterfeits after the fact, platforms can confirm what’s already known, using SMX’s digital memory embedded in the material itself. It’s the same principle that powers digital ledgers, but applied to the physical world, where molecules, not promises, hold the truth.

The End of “Buyer Beware”

For global platforms, this is the dream scenario. Authentication becomes instantaneous, scalable, and incorruptible. Human verification centers, a costly middleman of trust, give way to automation.

It’s not a threat to existing business models; it’s an upgrade. Marketplaces evolve into better checkpoints for proof, portals that connect buyers directly to verified chains of custody that began long before the product ever appeared online.

Luxury brands benefit, too. When authenticity starts at production, counterfeiting gets cut off at its roots. That proof of origin doesn’t just protect the first sale; it compounds value across resales. A couture bag, a collector’s watch, or a limited-edition sneaker can be passed through multiple owners, all tied to a single, continuous, and verified identity.

That’s how circular economies grow, when proof flows as freely as the products themselves.

A New Marketplace for Trust

The ripple effect across commerce is massive. Once proof exists at the molecular level, verification can become universal.

Imagine refurbished electronics verified automatically before resale. Handcrafted items confirmed as genuine creations. Fashion marketplaces offering instant authentication not as a premium add-on, but as standard.

Every platform becomes a node in a global verification network, one anchored by SMX’s industrial integrations at the source. This isn’t a service layered on top of commerce. It’s infrastructure, the backbone of a future where proof is built in, not bolted on.

The Business of Proof

SMX’s partnerships with CETI, A*STAR, and Aegis show that this model is moving from lab to market. These organizations represent the manufacturing and materials layer, the very foundation where authenticity can be hard-coded before a single product ships. Once verified, materials enter global supply chains, and every subsequent transaction benefits.

And with each scan, verification, and resale, SMX provides validation, leveraging its technology as both a security feature and a data engine, transforming authenticity into analytics, a new category of value for brands, platforms, and consumers.

That’s a business model designed to scale. From fashion and electronics to art, automotive, and pharmaceuticals. Anywhere value depends on proof; SMX is the system that makes it verifiable, not through educated assumptions, but with proof.

Proof at the Checkpoint

Marketplaces are the checkpoints. However, SMX is the system that strengthens them.

By starting at production and linking every stage of a product’s life through molecular proof, SMX turns authenticity into infrastructure. It’s a win for manufacturers protecting brand equity, a win for platforms by cutting costs and fraud, and a win for consumers who finally get a verifiable truth with every purchase.

The endgame? A digital trust economy where every object carries its own receipt for reality. SMX isn’t just changing how the world verifies what’s real. It’s changing who it trusts to define it.

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Global fashion brands require a single, essential ingredient to thrive: trust. Trust that its product is genuine, trust that the craftsmanship is authentic, and trust that the values behind the brand align with the ones it promotes. From Paris ateliers to fast-fashion retailers, every label’s reputation depends on that same promise of quality, consistency, and credibility.

But the world has changed. Supply chains have gone global. Sustainability has become a shareholder demand. And the old way of proving trust – through reputation alone – no longer cuts it. Today, trust must be earned through evidence. That’s where SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and CETI, the European Center for Innovative Textiles, come in.

Together, they’ve created something fashion has needed for years: proof. Their industrial-scale collaboration embeds molecular-level traceability directly into textile fibers, giving every material its own unbreakable digital fingerprint. It’s DNA for fabric; a permanent identity that confirms where materials come from, how they were made, and whether they meet the sustainability claims printed on the tag. And for the first time, every brand, not just the luxury houses, can turn transparency into a competitive advantage.

A Measurement Problem, Not Faulty Intentions

Fashion doesn’t have a moral problem; it has a measurement problem. Even value-focused retailers have teams dedicated to quality control and sustainability. The intent is real, but the evidence hasn’t kept up. Supply chains sprawl across continents, crossing language barriers, time zones, and subcontractors until visibility fades. The result? Honest effort that still looks like greenwashing because no one can prove what’s real. SMX and CETI are changing that dynamic entirely.

Instead of auditing factories after the fact, their system embeds truth from the start. SMX’s patented molecular markers are added at the resin or polymer stage, before the first thread is spun. That proof lives within the fiber itself, surviving every step of production, from dyeing and weaving to retail. Yes, it works.

CETI’s validation lines in Lille have already demonstrated that this technology isn’t theoretical; it works on industrial machines, at industrial speeds. Proof no longer interrupts production. It powers it. That subtle shift-from inspection to integration-changes everything. A brand can now trace a fabric’s full journey from its thread origin to the finished garment and back through recycling, maintaining continuous accountability at every stage. Regulators can verify claims instantly. Stakeholders can see real ESG performance data. And consumers can finally trust that “sustainable” means something measurable, not just marketable.

Rewarding Through Monetization

But SMX doesn’t stop at validation; it monetizes verification. Through its blockchain-enabled Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), proof itself becomes an asset. The same mechanism that turns verified recycled plastics into tradeable digital credits now applies to textiles, transforming tons of verified fiber into quantifiable economic value.

The scale is staggering. We’re not talking about pennies per product. We’re talking about metric tons of authenticated material worth tens of thousands, even millions, when aggregated across global supply chains. For the first time, sustainability is no longer a cost center. It’s a profit driver. Proof doesn’t just protect brand equity; it compounds it.

That’s the genius of this partnership: SMX and CETI aren’t forcing fashion to reinvent itself. They’re giving it tools that fit seamlessly into the world it has already built: the infrastructure of design, logistics, and identity that has powered the industry for over a century. And they’re doing it at a moment when the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Timely to Meet EU Digital Product Passport Mandates

With the EU’s Digital Product Passport mandate set to take effect in 2026, every brand will soon be required to prove the origins, composition, and recyclability of its materials. Most companies are scrambling to figure out how. SMX and CETI already have the answer: a live, validated system that replaces paperwork with molecular proof and turns compliance into a competitive advantage.

The implications go far beyond regulation. Counterfeiting, fashion’s most persistent parasite, collapses when authenticity lives inside the material. A counterfeit can fake a label, but not a molecule. One scan verifies authenticity, origin, and sustainability simultaneously. For brands, that’s protection. For regulators, that’s enforcement. For consumers, that’s trust they can touch. And for e-commerce sellers, a single scan replaces armies of authenticators, eliminating human error by embedding an unmistakable seal of legitimacy into every product. Buyers get the real deal, and seller platforms gain the biggest credibility boost in their history.

That’s the beauty of this SMX technology; it works for everyone. A couture house in Milan, a denim brand in Los Angeles, or a retailer in Bangkok. All can operate on the same foundation of verifiable truth. SMX and CETI have combined to offer a system that unites fashion’s two great ambitions: creativity and credibility.

Fashion built its empire on both quality and trust. Today, SMX and CETI are laying that trust on an unprecedented foundation-one where brands can replace promises with immutable and verifiable proof. Brands will continue to give consumers the logos. SMX and CETI will give them the ledger, not stitched on, but woven in. Those brands that embrace SMX and CETI’s contributions won’t just meet the standard; they’ll be a part of setting it. More importantly, protect brand pedigree at a level no one ever thought 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 gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Global fashion brands require a single, essential ingredient to thrive: trust. Trust that its product is genuine, trust that the craftsmanship is authentic, and trust that the values behind the brand align with the ones it promotes. From Paris ateliers to fast-fashion retailers, every label’s reputation depends on that same promise of quality, consistency, and credibility.

But the world has changed. Supply chains have gone global. Sustainability has become a shareholder demand. And the old way of proving trust – through reputation alone – no longer cuts it. Today, trust must be earned through evidence. That’s where SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and CETI, the European Center for Innovative Textiles, come in.

Together, they’ve created something fashion has needed for years: proof. Their industrial-scale collaboration embeds molecular-level traceability directly into textile fibers, giving every material its own unbreakable digital fingerprint. It’s DNA for fabric; a permanent identity that confirms where materials come from, how they were made, and whether they meet the sustainability claims printed on the tag. And for the first time, every brand, not just the luxury houses, can turn transparency into a competitive advantage.

A Measurement Problem, Not Faulty Intentions

Fashion doesn’t have a moral problem; it has a measurement problem. Even value-focused retailers have teams dedicated to quality control and sustainability. The intent is real, but the evidence hasn’t kept up. Supply chains sprawl across continents, crossing language barriers, time zones, and subcontractors until visibility fades. The result? Honest effort that still looks like greenwashing because no one can prove what’s real. SMX and CETI are changing that dynamic entirely.

Instead of auditing factories after the fact, their system embeds truth from the start. SMX’s patented molecular markers are added at the resin or polymer stage, before the first thread is spun. That proof lives within the fiber itself, surviving every step of production, from dyeing and weaving to retail. Yes, it works.

CETI’s validation lines in Lille have already demonstrated that this technology isn’t theoretical; it works on industrial machines, at industrial speeds. Proof no longer interrupts production. It powers it. That subtle shift-from inspection to integration-changes everything. A brand can now trace a fabric’s full journey from its thread origin to the finished garment and back through recycling, maintaining continuous accountability at every stage. Regulators can verify claims instantly. Stakeholders can see real ESG performance data. And consumers can finally trust that “sustainable” means something measurable, not just marketable.

Rewarding Through Monetization

But SMX doesn’t stop at validation; it monetizes verification. Through its blockchain-enabled Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), proof itself becomes an asset. The same mechanism that turns verified recycled plastics into tradeable digital credits now applies to textiles, transforming tons of verified fiber into quantifiable economic value.

The scale is staggering. We’re not talking about pennies per product. We’re talking about metric tons of authenticated material worth tens of thousands, even millions, when aggregated across global supply chains. For the first time, sustainability is no longer a cost center. It’s a profit driver. Proof doesn’t just protect brand equity; it compounds it.

That’s the genius of this partnership: SMX and CETI aren’t forcing fashion to reinvent itself. They’re giving it tools that fit seamlessly into the world it has already built: the infrastructure of design, logistics, and identity that has powered the industry for over a century. And they’re doing it at a moment when the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Timely to Meet EU Digital Product Passport Mandates

With the EU’s Digital Product Passport mandate set to take effect in 2026, every brand will soon be required to prove the origins, composition, and recyclability of its materials. Most companies are scrambling to figure out how to do so. SMX and CETI already have the answer: a live, validated system that replaces paperwork with molecular proof and turns compliance into a competitive advantage.

The implications go far beyond regulation. Counterfeiting, fashion’s most persistent parasite, is eradicated when authenticity resides within the material. A counterfeit can fake a label, but not a molecule. One scan verifies authenticity, origin, and sustainability simultaneously. For brands, that’s protection. For regulators, that’s enforcement. For consumers, that’s trust they can touch. For e-commerce sellers, a single scan replaces armies of authenticators, eliminating human error and ensuring an unmistakable seal of legitimacy to every product. Buyers get the real deal, and seller platforms gain the biggest credibility boost in their history.

That’s the beauty of this SMX technology; it works for everyone. A couture house in Milan, a denim brand in Los Angeles, or a retailer in Bangkok. All can operate on the same foundation of verifiable truth. SMX and CETI have combined to offer a system that unites fashion’s two great ambitions: creativity and credibility.

Fashion built its empire on both quality and trust. Today, SMX and CETI are laying that trust on an unprecedented foundation – one where brands can replace promises with immutable and verifiable proof. Brands will continue to give consumers the logos. SMX and CETI will give them the ledger, not stitched on, but woven in. Those brands that embrace SMX and CETI’s contributions won’t just meet the standard; they’ll be a part of setting it. More importantly, protect brand pedigree at a level no one ever thought 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 gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

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