OpenWorld, Inc. began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol OPNW on October 1, 2026, after completing its business combination with VerifyMe, Inc. Nasdaq's corporate-action notice, issued September 30, stated that VerifyMe's corporate name would become OpenWorld, Inc. and its ticker would change to OPNW effective Thursday, October 1. The combined company is led by digital-assets executive Matthew Shaw and is positioning institutional-grade tokenization of real-world assets as a core part of its strategy.
The transaction was structured as a reverse merger for accounting purposes. According to an SEC-filed exhibit, a VerifyMe subsidiary merged with and into OpenWorld, with OpenWorld surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of VerifyMe. However, OpenWorld is treated as the accounting acquirer. VerifyMe registered 136,631,729 shares of common stock for issuance to OpenWorld securityholders under the merger agreement, illustrating the scale of the equity component behind the newly named Nasdaq issuer.
OpenWorld says it intends to pursue a separate listing on Figure OPEN, a blockchain-based trading platform, with a target of November 2026. That plan is not yet completed and should be viewed separately from the Nasdaq listing. The company says it wants to help digitize real-world assets rather than launch a single token or consumer trading app, focusing instead on investor records, compliance controls, transfer restrictions, custody connections, and secondary-market infrastructure.
The debut comes as tokenization attracts broader capital-market attention. The SEC's crypto rulemaking agenda is attempting to give tokenized assets clearer legal pathways, while 24-hour market infrastructure is making traditional securities more like crypto markets. OpenWorld still has to build regulated tokenization products, attract issuers and investors, and prove that blockchain settlement produces real operational advantages. For crypto markets, OPNW is notable because tokenization now has another publicly traded vehicle trying to build the rails underneath it.
