Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) has announced a strategic investment into Mythical Games' Series D financing, joining a round led by Cathie Wood's ARK Invest and World Foundation. The transaction is expected to close the week of October 20, 2025, reinforcing Eightco's role as the authentication and trust layer for the post-AGI world, in coordination with the Worldcoin ecosystem.
This investment aligns with Eightco's corporate roadmap to allocate up to 1% of its treasury assets toward venture-style investments that advance breakthrough authentication technologies. Dan Ives, Chairman of Eightco, stated, "This investment marks another key step in our mission to become the authentication layer of the post-AGI economy. By partnering with visionary leaders such as John Linden and Mythical Games, we're bridging digital identity and entertainment, creating a trust framework that scales globally."
Mythical Games, led by former Call of Duty studio head John Linden, is a pioneer in Web3 gaming with a portfolio including NFL Rivals, Pudgy Penguins' Pudgy Party, and FIFA Rivals. The company plans to integrate its marketplace with Worldchain, an ERC-20-compatible blockchain built for Proof of Human (PoH) verification and single sign-on. This integration will enable seamless interoperability between gaming assets, wallets, and identity, reducing fraud and improving user onboarding.
Mythical's gaming ecosystem boasts over 10 million installs across three live games, 9.6 million funded wallets, and handles over $400 million annually in NFT sales volume. John Linden, CEO of Mythical Games, emphasized, "By partnering with Worldcoin, we can connect billions of players through secure, human-verified accounts that work seamlessly across games, marketplaces, and rewards." The strategic alignment is expected to drive growth in World's verified user base, which currently exceeds 17 million users.
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