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

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

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

And the world has noticed.

When Culture, Commerce, and Policy Agree

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

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

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

The Industrial Validation Layer

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

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

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

From Headlines to Handshakes

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

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

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

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

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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National awards spotlight innovation, leadership, and impact across Canada’s digital economy

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Canada’s leading technology executives will be recognized this month at the 2025 CanadianCIO of the Year Awards, honouring the CIOs and CISOs driving transformation and resilience across the country.

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

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

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

When Labels Lie, Molecules Tell the Truth

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

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

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

Turning Betrayal Into Confidence

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

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

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

Trust as the New Standard

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

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

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

About SMX

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

Forward-Looking Statements

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

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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CEO Paul Weibel to Provide Operational Update and Host Investor Meetings, Highlighting 5E’s Role in Strengthening the U.S. Supply Chain for Critical Materials

HESPERIA, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (“5E” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:FEAM)(ASX:5EA), a development stage company focused on becoming a vertically integrated global leader and supplier of refined borates and advanced boron derivative materials, announced today that Chief Executive Officer Paul Weibel will present at the ThinkEquity Conference on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. EDT in New York, NY.

Mr. Weibel will provide an update on 5E’s operational progress and near-term milestones as the Company advances its strategy to establish a secure, U.S.-based supply of boron, essential to the energy transition, advanced manufacturing, and national security. He will also host one-on-one meetings with registered investors attending the event.

The conference presentation will be live streamed on ThinkEquity’s virtual event platform. To learn more or register to attend, please visit www.think-equity.com.

Presentation materials will also be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at investors.5eadvancedmaterials.com/events-presentations.

About 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.

5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM) (ASX:5EA) is focused on becoming a vertically integrated global leader and supplier of refined borates and advanced boron materials, complemented by calcium-based co-products, and potentially other by-products such as lithium carbonate. The Company’s mission is to become a supplier of these critical materials to industries addressing global decarbonization, energy independence, food, national security and the defense sector. The Company believes factors such as government regulation and incentives focused on domestic manufacturing and supply chains and capital investments across industries will drive demand for end-use applications like solar and wind energy infrastructure, neodymium-ferro-boron magnets, defense applications, lithium-ion batteries, and other critical material applications. The business is based on the Company’s large domestic boron resource, which is located in Southern California and designated as Critical Infrastructure by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this press release may contain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s development plans, production capabilities, commercialization strategy, customer qualification activities, financing plans, and market opportunities for boron and lithium products. Any forward-looking statements are based on 5E’s current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to successfully develop its resource and process technology; secure necessary financing; obtain and maintain required permits and approvals; achieve commercial production within expected timelines; secure and fulfill offtake or supply agreements; manage operational and technical challenges; and respond to macroeconomic or regulatory changes affecting critical materials markets, including boron and lithium. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in 5E’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and its other reports filed with the SEC. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are based on information available to 5E as of the date hereof and are made only as of the date of this release. 5E undertakes no obligation to update such information except as required under applicable law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing 5E’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. In light of the foregoing, investors are urged not to rely on any forward-looking statement in reaching any conclusion or making any investment decision about any securities of 5E.

For further information contact:
Michael MacMillan or Paola Ashton
PRA Communications
team@pracommunications.com
Ph: +1 (604) 681-1407

SOURCE: 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.

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NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Vero Technologies, a leading provider of modular lending technology solutions, today announced its participation in the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) 64th Annual Convention, taking place October 26-28 in Marco Island, Florida. CEO and Co-Founder John Mizzi and VP of Partnerships Jason Bartz will represent the company throughout the event.

Vero will also host a Hub Talk on Sunday, October 26 at 7:30 PM titled “Scale Without Limits: How Lending-as-a-Service Is Reshaping Equipment Finance.”

The session will explore how Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) enables lenders to launch new programs faster, scale efficiently, and meet changing customer needs without the heavy investment or timelines of traditional in-house builds. Attendees will gain a framework for evaluating LaaS partnerships, real-world insights from recent implementations, and strategies for balancing growth with risk control.

“Our industry doesn’t need more buzzwords; it needs practical ways to scale responsibly,” said John Mizzi, CEO and Co-Founder of Vero Technologies. “Lending-as-a-Service gives lenders the flexibility to innovate while maintaining ownership of their credit decisions, brand, and customer experience. It is a model built for the realities of modern equipment finance.”

As the equipment finance industry continues to navigate market volatility, rising customer expectations, and accelerating digital transformation, Vero’s approach underscores the growing importance of modular, partnership-driven innovation. The company’s presence at ELFA reflects its commitment to helping financial institutions modernize lending operations and extend credit more efficiently to the businesses that power the real economy.

About ELFA

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) represents financial services companies and manufacturers in the $1 trillion U.S. equipment finance sector. ELFA’s over 600 member companies provide essential financing that helps businesses acquire the equipment they need to operate and grow. Learn more at www.elfaonline.org.

About Vero Technologies

Vero Technologies is a leading financial technology platform for asset finance, providing end-to-end solutions for wholesale finance, trade finance, equipment finance, and title management. Vero’s modular platform enables lenders to streamline loan servicing, risk monitoring, and operational workflows, enhancing efficiency while reducing costs.

To learn more, visit: www.vero-technologies.com.

Contact: Jason Bartz, info@vero-technologies.com, 404-383-7048

SOURCE: Vero Finance Technologies

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