Eightco Holdings Inc. shares rose 13.91% to $1.0250 after Bitmine disclosed a $91 million stake in the company, identified by the ticker ORBS. Bitmine placed Eightco among selected strategic and “moonshot” holdings within a portfolio valued at $15.7 billion, alongside cryptocurrency, cash, marketable securities and other investments. The disclosure also gave Eightco visibility through Bitmine’s stated indirect exposure to OpenAI via a publicly listed equity structure, although the supplied information does not detail that structure’s valuation, ownership terms or economic rights. Bitmine’s strategy remains centered on Ethereum, with 5,929,198 ETH, 211 Bitcoin and $593 million in cash and securities reported as of September 7. Its holdings also included a separate $180 million stake in Beast Industries. Of Bitmine’s ETH, 5,067,309 tokens were staked (locked to help secure the network and earn rewards), valued at about $12.6 billion using a $2,495 reference price. The staked amount represented about 85% of its ETH holdings. Bitmine projected roughly $330 million in annualized staking revenue based on current participation and seven-day yield assumptions, while reporting a 2.61% seven-day annualized yield in the latest measured period. Management projected about $386 million in annualized staking rewards through MAVAN and its staking partners. The update came as crypto-linked equities outperformed the Russell 1000 in the third quarter: Bitmine gained 99% quarter to date versus 3% for the index, while the company said ETH outperformed the S&P 500 by 5,430 basis points through the Friday referenced in its commentary. ORBS now has market visibility tied to Bitmine’s disclosure, its indirect OpenAI connection and broader sentiment toward crypto-linked and technology-related equities.