Author: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / For years, sustainability felt like an invitation-only club – the kind where entry required a government pass, a corporate seat, or a billion-dollar fund. Carbon credits, ESG portfolios, and recycled-material initiatives were sold as democratizing tools. In practice, they built walls instead of bridges: opaque systems with complex ratings, insider access, and limited participation for everyday investors.

That exclusivity is finally cracking, and SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is the one prying it open. By fusing blockchain infrastructure, molecular traceability, and verified recycling, SMX is redefining how environmental assets are measured, traded, and owned. At the center of it all is the Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) – a proof-based digital credential that authenticates recycled content and brings it into the mainstream financial ecosystem.

Designed for interoperability with tokenization frameworks such as the Ripple platform, the PCT isn’t another green badge or speculative coin. It’s a verified, compliance-grade asset that turns sustainability into something measurable, accountable, and investable.

From Regulation to Real Assets

The new sustainability landscape isn’t running on promises – it’s running on proof. The recently enacted GENIUS Act, signed into law by President Trump, provided the legal clarity the digital sector has been chasing for years. It establishes a foundation for verifiable, tokenized assets that link directly to measurable environmental performance.

For SMX, that’s not a future to prepare for – it’s a present they already built. The company’s molecular marking technology embeds encrypted, tamper-proof identifiers directly into physical materials – plastics, textiles, metals, even liquids. That’s how SMX gives materials a digital identity that can be traced, audited, and monetized through the entire supply chain.

Each PCT represents a measurable unit of verified recycled plastic – material that’s been marked, recovered, and validated through SMX’s closed-loop system. It’s not theoretical. It’s physical proof, digitized. And because it’s blockchain-backed, the PCT can move seamlessly through tokenized exchanges as a verified sustainability credential that satisfies both ESG performance metrics and regulatory requirements.

Unlike carbon credits, the PCT isn’t a vague offset or an IOU. It’s a compliance-ready instrument with real-world utility, an open audit trail, and built-in scarcity. As governments tighten mandates around recycled content – from the EU’s packaging quotas to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act’s supply-chain standards – qualified material is becoming one of the most valuable resources in the sustainability economy. SMX is creating the mechanism to verify it and the market to trade it.

A New Generation Enters the Game

The real revolution isn’t happening in boardrooms; it’s happening on mobile wallets. Gen X and Millennial investors have already redefined what finance looks like – decentralized, digital, and data-driven. But the ESG space remained a walled garden, accessible only through funds, credits, or corporate intermediaries.

That barrier is exactly what SMX is tearing down. The PCT brings sustainability into the open, letting anyone participate in a transparent ecosystem where verified recycled content equals measurable value. Whether it’s a waste collector in Vietnam, a manufacturer in Germany, or a digital asset investor in Brooklyn, the model works the same: every verified action earns proof, and every proof becomes an asset.

Built for tokenization, infrastructure like Ripple’s provides the ideal environment for PCT’s integration. Ripple’s speed, scalability, and regulatory-compliant framework make it a natural home for sustainability assets that carry both liquidity and legitimacy. Together, they’re creating a category that merges financial performance with environmental accountability – a long-overdue upgrade from assets with a conscience to assets with monetization and compliance proof built in.

Liquidity for the Planet

Sustainability has always needed infrastructure. Legislation just gave it legitimacy. Now SMX is giving it liquidity.

The PCT doesn’t replace the recycling economy – it accelerates it. It verifies what’s real, rewards what’s responsible, and transforms proof into profit. For investors, it opens a new door: an ESG-linked digital asset that’s measurable, traceable, and built for the era of transparency.

The next great sustainability movement won’t be exclusive. It’ll be inclusive – powered by data, open to everyone, and authenticated by proof. And SMX is the one minting the access pass.

References and sources:

1. Digital Banking Adoption Statistics (2024) – 77% of U.S. consumers prefer digital banking; 80% of millennials and 72% of Gen Z use mobile-first financial services. – Bankrate

2. The global fintech sector saw its revenues increase three times that of the finance sector as a whole in 2024, as it enters a new “era of maturity”. – Computer Weekly

3. Carbon Credit Market Criticism – Oil majors are the biggest players in voluntary carbon markets, raising transparency concerns. – Carbon Market Watch

4. Digital financial services to improve formalized access and inclusion. – Poverty Action Lab

5. Plastic Cycle Token and Market Design – SMX’s Plastic Cycle Token creates traceable, tradeable plastic reuse verification in response to new sustainability quotas. – Recycling Product News

6. What’s Plaguing Voluntary Carbon Markets? – CSIS.org

7. What is artificial intelligence (AI) in finance? – IBM.com

8. California SB 54 – California’s SB 54

9. A Guide to EPR Compliance in India – Recykal

10. ESG and sustainable investment outlook – Broadridge

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

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

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / Every major cultural shift starts the same way: someone not just saying, but proving what the rest only promised. That’s exactly what happened when Rolling Stone jumped into the sustainability conversation and dropped a headline that hit like a verdict: “Plastic promises are dead and proof is the new flex.”

For an industry built on good intentions and glossy pledges, that line marked the end of the performance. The world didn’t need another recycling slogan. It needed receipts. And that’s where SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) took center stage.

SMX isn’t pitching ideals; it’s embedding evidence. Its molecular marking technology gives plastics, rubber, textiles, and metals their own digital memory – an immutable fingerprint that survives the entire lifecycle from manufacturing to reuse. Why is that important? Because once proof becomes permanent, circularity stops being a theory and starts behaving like an economy.

From Pop Culture to Policy Frameworks
After Rolling Stone set the tone, the rest of the media chorus found its rhythm. USA Today quantified the story, pointing out that the $824 billion plastics market isn’t short on ambition – just on traceability. That’s the gap SMX fills. When a product can prove its origin, composition, and movement, the result isn’t cleaner reporting; it’s fewer disputes, tighter margins, and measurable ROI. Proof stops being compliance paperwork and starts becoming profit.

Meanwhile, The Straits Times covered Singapore’s rollout of a digital passport for plastics – a real-world policy framework that mirrors SMX’s tech footprint across ASEAN through Bio-Packaging, Skypac, and A*STAR. In the U.S., OPIS explained how digitalizing waste can flip landfill costs into verified assets, while Morning Honey made the consumer connection: transparent supply chains don’t just build trust, they balance trade.

Even fashion picked up the signal. Sourcing Journal profiled SMX’s molecular markers in lambskin and leather, proving that traceability isn’t limited to packaging – it’s redefining luxury itself.

From Carbon Credits to Verified Assets
Then came the headline that changed the economics. The Los Angeles Tribune declared, “Carbon Credits Had Their Day.” The new era belongs to SMX’s Plastic Cycle Token (PCT)– a digital ledger-verified proof system that transforms recycled materials into digital assets. It’s not just greener policy; it’s a new form of value creation.

Rolling Stone named the moment. USA Today measured the market. The Straits Times codified it into policy. OPIS modeled the economics. Morning Honey connected it to fairness. And the Los Angeles Tribune priced it. SMX is the infrastructure making the proof economy possible.

This isn’t hype. It’s convergence. Culture, commerce, and compliance are finally speaking the same dialect – and it’s written in data. When Rolling Stone calls you a flex, USA Today calls you a market, and The Straits Times covers your blueprint, the narrative isn’t being built. It’s being verified.

SMX’s molecular technology now spans industries and continents, giving every material its own verifiable identity in a world that’s done accepting “trust us” as an answer. Governments see regulation that works. Brands see measurable accountability. Investors see scalability.

That’s not just progress – that’s permanence. SMX isn’t chasing the spotlight; it’s conducting the symphony. Every partnership, every passport, every proof point reinforces the same refrain: transparency isn’t a promise anymore – it’s the product.

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 14, 2025 / The global plastics industry isn’t pocket change – it’s an $824 billion arena, and it’s long overdue for proof. Not about the polymers themselves, but about whether sustainability and recycling efforts are actually what companies say they are. The world’s patience for pledges has expired. Investors, regulators, and consumers want data – verifiable, tamper-proof data.

That shift in expectation has exposed decades of empty promises and greenwashing gloss. Conferences and commitments didn’t move the needle because talk doesn’t build trust. The market has finally caught up to a single truth: proof is currency. And in the $50 billion global recycling market, that currency carries real purchasing power – something SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is positioning itself to own.

And it can. That’s because SMX doesn’t sell slogans; it sells evidence. Its molecular marker technology embeds identity at the material level, turning plastics into self-verifying assets. Each marked polymer carries its own digital passport – a permanent fingerprint that can be tracked across its entire lifecycle, from collection to reprocessing and resale.

That might sound like chemistry, but it’s actually economics. For decades, mistrust over recycled content has stalled capital and slowed adoption. SMX changes that equation by transforming recyclables from “probable” to provable. It’s not just a scientific milestone – it’s a financial one.

Markets Are Choosing Proof Over Promises
There’s never been a better time for that shift. Global demand for recycled plastics is skyrocketing as governments impose quotas, consumer brands pledge net-zero packaging, and ESG investors insist on measurable impact. Yet, recycling rates remain frustratingly low – barely in the teens across the U.S. and not much better elsewhere. The weak link has always been verification. Without it, trust collapses, premiums vanish, and the circular economy stalls.

SMX’s solution flips the script. By embedding proof directly into materials, it upgrades recycled plastic from a discounted commodity to a premium product with traceable value. The company has already validated its system at scale – first by marking and tracing 21 tons of natural rubber from tree to tire, and now applying that same methodology to plastics globally.

Across ASEAN, SMX is embedding markers through partnerships with Bio-Packaging, Skypac, and A*STAR, turning everyday packaging into blockchain-verifiable materials. In the U.S., its Tradepro partnership is deploying FDA-compliant molecular markers in food-grade plastics – bringing traceability to one of the most tightly regulated industries on the planet. SMX has also teamed with REDWAVE to successfully sort and verify black and flame-retardant plastics – materials that were once recycling dead-ends.

Proof Points Become Profit Points
Each new success across industries and continents reinforces the same pattern: SMX isn’t just participating in the circular economy – it’s becoming its operating system. And the entity that controls the operating system usually captures the lion’s share of the value.

The real story here isn’t regulation; it’s monetization. SMX’s molecular markers, combined with digital ledger verification and tokenized credits through its Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), turn waste into verified assets. Recycled materials gain a digital identity – one that can be audited, traded, and valued. What began as a compliance tool is evolving into an entirely new asset class.

So, the question is no longer whether recycled plastics matter. It’s who will own the proof layer that makes global circularity possible. SMX has spent years developing that backbone, and it’s stepping into the market at the exact moment proof became non-negotiable.

For brands, regulators, and stakeholders, that’s not just an innovation – it’s an invitation. Proof is now measurable, tradable, and profitable. SMX didn’t wait for the circular economy to arrive. It’s already powering 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.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 13, 2025 / Fashion has always been sold on trust. A logo on a handbag or a label on a jacket once guaranteed authenticity. Consumers believed the brand, retailers vouched for the quality, and the entire industry ran on faith. But counterfeiters have spent decades dismantling that trust, flooding the market with knockoffs that look authentic but carry none of the value. The damage is staggering, measured in billions each year and compounded by greenwashing campaigns that stretch sustainability promises to the breaking point.

Consumers are left playing detective. Is that “new with tags” luxury bag really worth the risk? Is the recycled fabric in a sportswear line actually what the label claims it to be? In an era where counterfeits thrive and sustainability pledges are easily inflated, trust has become the rarest commodity in fashion. And that’s exactly what SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and CETI are out to restore.

By embedding molecular markers into fibers and linking them to blockchain-backed digital passports, SMX and CETI aren’t just giving brands new tools. They’re putting trust where it belongs: inside the product itself. Instead of logos, receipts, or human guesswork, authenticity becomes an auditable fact at the molecular level. Consumers no longer have to take anyone’s word for it. The product proves itself.

Proof Is Luxurious

This is a breakthrough for more than just luxury brands. Online platforms like Amazon, Poshmark, and eBay have invested heavily in rules and screening systems to weed out fakes. The intent is clear, and the effort deserves credit. But counterfeiters continue to exploit loopholes, slipping fraudulent goods into global supply chains at a speed that human reviewers and photo-based checks can’t keep up with. Shoppers gamble, hoping they found a deal, while the platforms battle reputational risks they didn’t create but still have to solve.

Now imagine replacing all that uncertainty with instant molecular scans. A handbag, a watch, or a recycled fabric jacket can authenticate itself in seconds, no human grading required. Platforms no longer have to rely on surface-level screening or dispute processes that frustrate both buyers and sellers. Proof isn’t subjective anymore. It’s verifiable, fast, and tamper-proof. That completely changes the game for e-commerce. Instead of chasing counterfeiters, platforms could cut them off at the source.

For consumers, that means the end of the gamble. A $150 “luxury” listing that once looked too good to be true won’t make it to postage if it can’t pass authentication. A sustainability label won’t be a glossy marketing promise, but a digital passport tied directly to the fibers in the product. And for platforms, the incentives are just as strong. Higher prices on verified goods mean higher commissions, stronger reputations, and fewer disputes draining time and money. Shoppers still get deals, but this time the discounts are real – not fake promises. The trust that was eroded by decades of counterfeits and overblown claims finally comes back, because it’s stitched into the material itself.

Everybody Wins When Proof is Currency

The ripple effect is enormous. Luxury houses win by protecting their brand equity. Sportswear giants gain consumer loyalty by proving their recycled content is real. Regulators and financiers gain confidence from hard data, not self-reported claims. And platforms win by transforming from marketplaces that police fakes into ecosystems that guarantee proof.

This isn’t just a technological upgrade. It’s a cultural shift for fashion and retail. For decades, trust has been outsourced to labels, hangtags, and glossy campaigns that ask shoppers to believe. That system collapsed under the weight of counterfeits and false sustainability claims. SMX and CETI are flipping it. Now, the product doesn’t just carry value. It carries proof.

Counterfeiters thrived on the gray areas. ESG claims fell through the cracks. They lived in the space between what brands promised and what consumers and regulators could verify. That space just closed. Trust is no longer a marketing tool. It’s a measurable standard, enforced by science. With consumers tired of guessing, that may be the most valuable luxury of all.

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 13, 2025 / Behind every sustainability promise, there’s a question few technologies have been able to answer: Can you prove it?

That’s where SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) separates itself. While most of the industry talks about goals, SMX builds the systems that verify them. Its molecular marker technology embeds identity directly into materials – plastics, rubber, textiles, metals, and electronics – creating a digital memory that tracks each product through recycling, reuse, and resale. It’s not just innovation; it’s a scientific framework for credibility.

That framework is exactly what caught the attention of Rolling Stone, which declared that “plastic promises are dead.” It wasn’t a cultural quip. It was a recognition that proof now defines progress. USA Today, The Straits Times, Morning Honey, OPIS, and The Los Angeles Tribune all followed with the same conclusion: SMX is turning verification into infrastructure.

Where Science Becomes Trust

Traditional sustainability models rely on declarations – such as carbon credits, offset pledges, or recycled content targets – that sound good on paper but are difficult to audit in practice. SMX takes a different approach. By marking materials at the molecular level, it transforms every component into a self-reporting data point. The result: traceability without manual tracking, compliance without guesswork, and accountability that doesn’t depend on anyone’s word.

USA Today underscored this shift, noting that the $824 billion plastics market is now under pressure to prove every step of its supply chain. When materials carry their own identity, the reporting isn’t just cleaner – it’s conclusive. The same science that satisfies regulators also protects revenue, reducing losses, disputes, and fraud. SMX has turned proof into performance.

The Straits Times highlighted the global implications, detailing Singapore’s plan for a digital passport for plastics – precisely the type of national infrastructure SMX’s system makes possible. OPIS described how digitalizing waste transforms landfill costs into measurable assets. Morning Honey and Sourcing Journal extended the conversation into lifestyle and fashion, showing how the same traceability can reshape consumer trust. And The Los Angeles Tribune captured the economic evolution with one line that read like a thesis statement: “Carbon Credits Had Their Day.”

When Chemistry Meets Credibility

This is where the story stops being theoretical. SMX isn’t pitching sustainability – it’s quantifying it. The chemistry is the credibility. The technology isn’t background noise; it’s the proof layer every circular economy needs to function.

Governments see in SMX a tool for enforceable regulation. Brands see the backbone for next-generation ESG reporting. Investors see a measurable moat. And scientists? They see elegance – a system that doesn’t just measure change but enables it.

What used to be a question of trust has become a question of data. And SMX built the lab that answers both. Proof is now the story and the standard, and SMX is the science behind 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 9, 2025 / The plastics market is enormous – an $824 billion global economy in constant motion, producing everything from packaging to automotive parts. But within that mountain of material lies a $50 billion recycling segment that holds the key to a more sustainable future. The challenge of using that key has always centered around trust. Can recycled content truly meet the same standards as virgin plastic? And can it scale into regulated categories like food packaging, where safety and compliance leave no room for error?

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is answering those questions with a resounding “yes,” thanks to its molecular marker breakthrough that can revolutionize the way the world values plastic waste. Both physically and financially. In collaboration with Tradepro, SMX’s molecular marker technology was successfully integrated into rPET resin in line with FDA regulations for Food Contact Substances (21 CFR). In plain terms: the same recycled resin that brands already depend on can now carry an embedded digital identity, providing proof of origin and authenticity – even in food-grade packaging.

That single outcome may be the inflection point the industry has been waiting for. For decades, recycling has been treated as a second-tier material stream: good for headlines, but rarely good enough for the highest-value applications. By demonstrating that molecular markers can operate within FDA-regulated frameworks, SMX has paved the way for recycled plastics to transition from discount bins into premium markets. Food-grade packaging is one of the largest and most demanding categories in the plastics economy, and it now has a path toward verified circularity.

The Impact Can Be Transformative

The implications extend far beyond a single category. SMX’s molecular markers don’t just identify recycled content; they create a “digital passport” that can survive multiple loops of collection, processing, and re-manufacturing. And it’s proving precisely that.

In the ASEAN region, SMX has already secured deals to integrate markers at the extrusion stage, embedding trust into the supply chain from the start. In Europe, proof-of-concept trials with REDWAVE have shown that even challenging materials like flame-retardant and carbon-black plastics can be sorted and verified. And in the U.S., the Tradepro collaboration shows that even the strictest regulatory environments can accommodate this technology.

For investors, manufacturers, and yes, the planet, the timing couldn’t be more on queue. Demand for recycled plastics is set against a backdrop of quotas, ESG mandates, and consumer pressure that can’t be ignored. Yet recycling rates remain low, in part because the market has lacked a way to verify and monetize recycled content at scale. That gap is where SMX moves from science mixed with technology to an economic engine.

One Person’s Trash is Another’s Treasure

By embedding molecular proof and connecting it to blockchain-backed credits such as its Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), SMX is giving plastic waste a measurable, tradable identity. That transforms recycling from a compliance cost into a revenue stream.

The plastics market may be worth $824 billion, but the $50 billion recycling segment is where the real disruption is about to happen. That’s because it’s no longer just about collecting and melting down waste; it’s about creating a system where every pound of recycled plastic carries verified value.

With integration showing that molecular markers can operate within FDA-regulated frameworks, SMX is proving that recycled content doesn’t have to live in the margins of the industry. It can meet the highest standards, flow into the most demanding categories, and form the foundation for new financial instruments that reward proof instead of promises. In doing so, SMX isn’t simply facilitating the recycling market’s best generation; it’s rewriting its rules. And those new rules bring one of the oldest adages to life: one person’s trash is another’s treasure.

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 9, 2025 / The plastics market is enormous – an $824 billion global economy in constant motion, producing everything from packaging to automotive parts. But within that mountain of material lies a $50 billion recycling segment that holds the key to a more sustainable future. The challenge of using that key has always centered around trust. Can recycled content truly meet the same standards as virgin plastic? And can it scale into regulated categories like food packaging, where safety and compliance leave no room for error?

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is answering those questions with a resounding “yes,” thanks to its molecular marker breakthrough that can revolutionize the way the world values plastic waste. Both physically and financially. In collaboration with Tradepro, SMX’s molecular marker technology was successfully integrated into rPET resin in line with FDA regulations for Food Contact Substances (21 CFR). In plain terms: the same recycled resin that brands already depend on can now carry an embedded digital identity, providing proof of origin and authenticity – even in food-grade packaging.

That single outcome may be the inflection point the industry has been waiting for. For decades, recycling has been treated as a second-tier material stream: good for headlines, but rarely good enough for the highest-value applications. By demonstrating that molecular markers can operate within FDA-regulated frameworks, SMX has paved the way for recycled plastics to transition from discount bins into premium markets. Food-grade packaging is one of the largest and most demanding categories in the plastics economy, and it now has a path toward verified circularity.

The Impact Can Be Transformative

The implications extend far beyond a single category. SMX’s molecular markers don’t just identify recycled content; they create a “digital passport” that can survive multiple loops of collection, processing, and re-manufacturing. And it’s proving precisely that.

In the ASEAN region, SMX has already secured deals to integrate markers at the extrusion stage, embedding trust into the supply chain from the start. In Europe, proof-of-concept trials with REDWAVE have shown that even challenging materials like flame-retardant and carbon-black plastics can be sorted and verified. And in the U.S., the Tradepro collaboration shows that even the strictest regulatory environments can accommodate this technology.

For investors, manufacturers, and yes, the planet, the timing couldn’t be more on queue. Demand for recycled plastics is set against a backdrop of quotas, ESG mandates, and consumer pressure that can’t be ignored. Yet recycling rates remain low, in part because the market has lacked a way to verify and monetize recycled content at scale. That gap is where SMX moves from science mixed with technology to an economic engine.

One Person’s Trash is Another’s Treasure

By embedding molecular proof and connecting it to blockchain-backed credits such as its Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), SMX is giving plastic waste a measurable, tradable identity. That transforms recycling from a compliance cost into a revenue stream.

The plastics market may be worth $824 billion, but the $50 billion recycling segment is where the real disruption is about to happen. That’s because it’s no longer just about collecting and melting down waste; it’s about creating a system where every pound of recycled plastic carries verified value.

With integration showing that molecular markers can operate within FDA-regulated frameworks, SMX is proving that recycled content doesn’t have to live in the margins of the industry. It can meet the highest standards, flow into the most demanding categories, and form the foundation for new financial instruments that reward proof instead of promises. In doing so, SMX isn’t simply facilitating the recycling market’s best generation; it’s rewriting its rules. And those new rules bring one of the oldest adages to life: one person’s trash is another’s treasure.

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 9, 2025 / It started quietly – a few headlines, a few countries, a few brands trying to track what happens after a product’s life ends. But behind those headlines, a much larger story has been taking shape. A new economy is emerging, one that doesn’t run on speculation or sentiment, but on verification. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is building it, molecule by molecule.

This isn’t a metaphor. SMX’s molecular marking technology embeds digital memory within physical materials – including plastics, rubber, textiles, metals, and electronics – giving every product its own unique, unforgeable identity. Each mark links to the digital ledger, recording a full lifecycle that regulators, brands, and investors can all see in real time. For the first time, waste, compliance, and authenticity are all measurable within the same economic layer.

That’s what makes the “proof economy” so powerful. It’s not about counting carbon credits or chasing pledges. It’s about giving physical goods the same auditability that finance gave to money.

From Proof of Concept to Proof as Currency

Every major shift in history started when someone found a better way to measure value. Gold standardized trade. The internet digitized commerce. Now, proof is quantifying sustainability.

Rolling Stone caught the cultural cue first, calling out that plastic promises are dead and proof is the new flex – a headline that landed like a verdict. USA Today followed with the numbers, highlighting the sheer scale of the plastics market and the mounting demand for traceability. The Straits Times wrote about Singapore’s adoption of digital passports for plastics – real infrastructure built around what SMX’s technology makes possible.

SMX is creating the next logical evolution: verified materials that can be valued, exchanged, and even traded as digital assets. That’s where the company’s Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) enters. Built on a digital ledger, it links the physical proof embedded in recycled materials to a tradable digital representation – turning sustainability from a regulatory checkbox into an asset class.

If that sounds like the beginning of a new market, that’s because it is.

Beyond Compliance, Toward Monetization

Carbon credits were built on trust; the proof economy is built on data. That difference changes everything. With SMX’s system, a kilogram of recycled plastic isn’t just a green stat – it’s a verified, tokenized commodity that can be audited, valued, and sold.

This structure is already taking hold. An interview in Dow Jones-owned OPIS highlighted how SMX’s partnership work across Asia is digitalizing waste flows, converting liability into data-backed assets. Governments see a path to measurable impact. Brands see a way to verify claims without paperwork. Investors are seeing liquidity form around verified sustainability.

And then there’s the cultural dimension. Morning Honey drew the line, showing how SMX’s tech not only ensures transparency but also stabilizes trade – reducing tariff risks and improving consumer trust. When supply chains become transparent, markets reward authenticity instead of marketing.

That’s the quiet revolution: proof as profit.

From Niche to Necessity

Sustainability once lived in the ESG section of an annual report. Today, it’s creeping onto balance sheets, into valuations, and across government budgets. Proof has become infrastructure – the connective tissue linking transparency, taxation, and trade.

And SMX is the company wiring it together. By uniting chemistry, AI, and blockchain, it’s building what the financial world has never had before: a real-time accounting system for materials. The PCT isn’t a gimmick – it’s a model for how verified circularity becomes measurable value.

Investors used to ask, “Where’s the revenue?” Now they’re asking, “Where’s the proof?” SMX answered both.

The Era of Proof Has a Market Cap

This isn’t the end of the sustainability story; it’s the start of an entirely new marketplace – one where proof itself is the tradable asset. In this new economy, data doesn’t just describe value, it defines it. Proof becomes the medium of trust, a digital-physical handshake that connects brands, regulators, and consumers in real-time.

SMX didn’t just join the sustainability movement. It built the economic infrastructure that the movement was waiting for – a system where transparency earns a margin and accountability compounds like interest.

Building on the work done in 2025, the next global market won’t be powered by oil or data. It’ll be powered by proof. And SMX isn’t waiting for it to arrive. It’s already minting 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.

CONTACT:

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / For decades, global conferences have promised to transform recycling and sustainability into real economic systems. They spoke of “markets for recycled content,” “value chains for safety,” and “circular economies that pay for themselves.” The words were polished, the presentations inspiring. But when the lights dimmed and the delegates went home, nothing resembling a real market ever materialized. Recycling rates stalled, fire safety claims kept failing, and those pesky under-the-radar plastics were still written off as waste.

Markets don’t run on promises. They run on proof. Oil, steel, copper, and grain became commodities only when standards were created to verify quality, consistency, and delivery. Without proof, there was no trust. Without trust, there was no trade. For thirty years, the sustainability movement tried to skip this step, talking about markets without giving them the one ingredient they need: verifiable standards.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is correcting that mistake. By embedding molecular proof directly into materials, it is giving recycling, fire safety, and overlooked plastics the one thing that turns aspirational goals into functioning markets: trust that can be measured, traded, and priced. Even Rolling Stone joined in the praise, with the culture content provider offering its take on recycling, saying “plastic promises are dead and proof is the new flex.”

Recycling Without Proof Was Never a Market

The reason recycled plastics struggled to gain traction is simple. Buyers never knew what they were paying for. A bale of plastics stamped “recycled” might contain 30%, 50%, or almost nothing at all. Brands wanted to believe. Regulators wanted to encourage. But markets need verification. Without it, pricing is murky and demand is limited.

SMX’s system fixes that. A scan can accurately determine the percentage of a material that is recycled, making “recycled plastic” a definable and enforceable class of product. Verified goods command premiums, while unverifiable substitutes are discounted. Suddenly, buyers can trust what they’re paying for, regulators can enforce their rules, and sellers can charge more for verified quality. That is how markets are born.

The same applies to flame retardants. For decades, safety claims lived in datasheets, but when tested under stress, too many failed. That uncertainty translated into liability for manufacturers and risk for insurers. By embedding molecular proof, SMX transforms fire safety from a claim into a commodity. Panels, wires, and appliances become certified units of safety that can be priced, insured, and trusted.

The Value of the Overlooked

Then there are those pesky under-the-radar plastics like carbon black and flame-retardant compounds. For decades, they haunted recycling systems because conventional scanners couldn’t detect them. They slipped past, unseen, into landfills and incinerators. Valuable material was lost not because it lacked utility, but because it lacked proof.

SMX makes them visible. A scan can certify their presence, transforming them from invisible waste into tradable commodities. What was once written off now becomes part of the inventory. This is not just an environmental win. It’s an economic one, unlocking billions in material value that was sitting in the shadows of recycling plants.

This is the real transformation. Proof doesn’t just enforce standards. It creates differentiation. Verified recycled plastic is not the same as unverified. Verified fire-resistant materials are not the same as uncertified ones. Verified under-the-radar plastics are not the same as mystery waste.

Differentiation allows premiums. Premiums attract liquidity. Liquidity creates markets. And markets are where sustainability finally stops being a promise and becomes a profit center.

From Empty Pledges to Market Reality

Singapore’s plastics passport with A*STAR is proving this right now. Every piece of plastic carries a verifiable identity, enabling policymakers to build enforceable recycling markets. In Europe, SMX’s work with REDWAVE will embed this verification into industrial processes, scaling it across entire supply chains. And with NAFRA in North America, even fire safety is entering the realm of measurable, tradable trust.

Decades of conferences promised markets for recycling and safety, but never delivered them. SMX is delivering them now. Not in speeches, not in declarations, but in systems that turn proof into premiums and premiums into markets.

For governments, this means an enforceable policy that doesn’t rely on penalties. For manufacturers, it means verified products that sell for more. For insurers, it means measurable risk. And for consumers, it means labels they can finally trust.

Markets reward what they can measure. For thirty years, the world measured promises. Now, with SMX, it can measure proof. That proof is creating the first true markets for recycling, safety, and materials once thought worthless.

Proof isn’t just enforcing sustainability. It’s commoditizing it. And that may be the most valuable transformation of all.

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 9, 2025 / When mainstream, business, and lifestyle media all start telling the same story, it usually means something’s shifted.

At first, it was Rolling Stone – the cultural north star that doesn’t hand out attention lightly. When it declared that plastic promises are dead and proof is the new flex, it marked a turning point in how we talk about sustainability. Then came USA Today, The Straits Times, Morning Honey, OPIS, and The Los Angeles Tribune, each echoing the same message from different corners of the conversation: SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) isn’t selling ideals. It’s selling evidence.

That’s what makes this moment different. For years, coverage around recycling and traceability bounced between corporate pledges and political debates. Now the tone has changed – the media isn’t describing an aspiration; it’s reporting on execution. SMX’s molecular marker technology gives physical materials a digital identity, embedding memory into everything from plastics to textiles to metals. The result? Recycling no longer relies on trust. It runs on proof.

When Headlines Align, Markets Listen

It’s rare to see Rolling Stone and USA Today agree on anything. But here, they’re harmonizing. Rolling Stone tackled the cultural shift, where transparency has become a status symbol. USA Today presented the data, showing that a $824 billion plastics market can’t function without traceability. When a product can prove where it came from, what it’s made of, and where it’s been, the story changes from compliance to profitability. Proof stops being a sustainability checkbox and starts becoming a competitive edge.

The Straits Times weighed in from Singapore, describing a digital passport for plastics that reads like an SMX playbook. OPIS went industrial, breaking down how digitalized waste becomes a measurable, tradable resource. Morning Honey translated it for consumers, linking transparent supply chains to tariff fairness and trust. Even Sourcing Journal joined in, tracing SMX’s markers through the fashion industry, while The Los Angeles Tribune framed the bigger picture with a headline that said it all: “Carbon Credits Had Their Day.”

From Coverage to Consensus

Together, these outlets didn’t just amplify a press cycle – they created validation. Culture, policy, and commerce rarely overlap so cleanly, but when they do, it means the idea has left the lab and entered public consciousness. The reporting has shifted from “who’s trying” to “who’s proving,” and SMX is the common thread tying those stories together.

This isn’t PR – it’s momentum made visible. SMX’s platform spans plastics, rubber, textiles, metals, and electronics, giving each material a verifiable fingerprint in a world now demanding transparency. Governments see regulation made practical. Brands see compliance made profitable. Investors see scalability made inevitable.

And the media? They see a story that’s writing itself. Proof is no longer a concept to explain – it’s a fact to report. It’s a bizarro world all over: SMX isn’t just in the headlines. It’s becoming the reason they exist. Because Proof is now the headline – and SMX is the source.

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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