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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / Gold’s reputation has always depended on confidence. Investors trust that bars are pure. Banks trust that sourcing is ethical. Exchanges trust that origin records are accurate. Yet the global bullion system still has gaps large enough for uncertainty to hide. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is closing those gaps by embedding molecular identity directly into gold and silver, giving each bar a signature that survives melting, recycling, and recasting. It turns bullion from a belief-based asset into a self-authenticating material.

This shift is changing how the industry approaches purity and provenance. Refiners can no longer rely on inspection stamps. Vaults can no longer depend on decades-old paperwork. Traders can no longer assume that recycled gold is accurately represented in its chain of custody. SMX gives every gram a permanent memory that cannot be overwritten. It creates a gold market where truth is not negotiated. It is verified at the molecular level.

Even global trade hubs are beginning to adjust, with places like Dubai simply among the early adopters recognizing that modern bullion markets require more than legacy documentation. They need proof that is embedded in the metal itself, and SMX delivers the mechanism that makes that shift possible.

Why the World is Losing Patience With Opaque Supply Chains

The bullion trade is facing unprecedented scrutiny from regulators, institutional investors, and consumers. Europe is reinforcing ethical sourcing mandates. The United States is tightening anti-money laundering controls. Asian markets are strengthening recycled material reporting. These changes expose the vulnerabilities of a system that still relies on trust instead of proof. Traders may know where a bar finished, but they rarely know where it began.

This creates risks that ripple across the entire industry. Refiners need assurance that the input material is legitimate. Banks need confidence that collateral carries defensible provenance. Jewelers need documentation that supports ethical sourcing claims. Without a verifiable identity, every participant absorbs unnecessary liability. SMX removes this risk by embedding evidence directly into the gold instead of storing it in a folder vulnerable to inconsistencies.

The market is recalibrating around transparency. Buyers no longer want assurances. They want materials that can defend their own history. Regulators do not want reports compiled at the end of the year. They want verification embedded at the start of the chain. Investors do not want narratives. They want metals with forensic clarity. SMX is giving the world that clarity, and the early adopters are already benefiting.

A New Global Benchmark for Verified Bullion

The precious metals sector is entering a restructuring phase driven not by mining volume or refinery capacity but by verification capacity. The hubs and marketplaces that scale molecular-level authentication will become the gravitational centers for global bullion. Those that remain dependent on paperwork will be pushed into higher-risk categories and face increasing hesitation from institutional buyers.

This shift creates clear incentives. Markets want bars that prove their origin. Regulators want chains of custody that cannot be manipulated. Traders want assets that pass compliance checks without delay. SMX is the technology enabling that structure. It establishes a benchmark where authenticity is not declared but carried within the metal itself.

The impact is accelerating. As more refiners, vaults, and financial institutions adopt material-level verification, the bullion market becomes cleaner, faster, and more trusted. SMX is building the infrastructure that supports this transition, giving the sector the first system capable of eliminating the shadow zones that have existed for decades. The future of gold will belong to the regions and companies that treat verification as a built-in property rather than an optional layer added at the end.

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 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: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / The rare earth sector has spent the past decade trying to answer a question that never had a reliable solution. How do you prove where a mineral truly comes from when it passes through multiple countries, multiple processors, and multiple stages before it becomes a usable component? SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) stepped into that uncertainty with molecular-level identity for rare earth elements, giving them a signature that survives crushing, separation, purification, and final manufacturing.

This arrives at the exact moment governments and corporations can no longer depend on declarations alone. China maintains dominance in refining and separation, making the rest of the world dependent on supply chains that often vanish into opaque stages where documentation becomes unreliable. SMX eliminates that opacity by turning every batch of material into a self-verifying unit that carries its truth through each transformation.

The breakthrough is not just scientific. It is structural. Rare earths have always been strategically essential, yet the world never had a measurement of integrity that followed the mineral instead of the paperwork. SMX created that measurement. It gives manufacturers and governments a way to confirm authenticity without relying on third-party assumptions or unverifiable claims. It gives rare earths something they never had: a permanent identity.

The Global Scramble for Transparent Supply Chains

Governments are racing to secure critical minerals for EV motors, advanced wind systems, semiconductor fabrication, and modern defense technologies. Those ambitions collapse if the feedstock behind them cannot be verified. Paper trails fall apart once rare earth concentrates cross borders. Chemical fingerprints blur once ores are separated. Digital tracking breaks the moment material enters a refining bath. The current system was never designed for the complexity of modern manufacturing.

This is why the United States and Europe are moving toward deeper verification frameworks that extend beyond traditional reporting. They are discovering that control without clarity is meaningless. A nation can approve new mines, build new refineries, and structure new incentives, but none of it matters if the incoming materials cannot defend their own identity. SMX solves that by creating markers that survive the full lifecycle from ore to magnet.

The market is starting to recognize this as a requirement rather than an upgrade. Manufacturers do not want magnets or alloys that cannot prove their origin. Governments will not subsidize facilities that process unverifiable feedstock. Investors will not support companies risking strategic production on blind trust. A new standard is forming, and SMX is supplying the foundation because it embeds truth into the minerals themselves.

A New Power Structure in Strategic Materials

The rare earth market is entering a realignment driven not by extraction capacity but by verification capacity. The countries and corporations that control the ability to verify will shape the next era of advanced manufacturing. SMX’s material-level identity is forcing that shift. It creates a world where authenticity is not claimed by a certificate but proven by the material itself, forcing every participant in the supply chain to recalibrate their expectations.

This matters because the next decade of technological progress depends on rare earth integrity. EV motors are only as trustworthy as the magnets inside them. Defense platforms are only as reliable as the alloys that anchor their components. Semiconductor systems are only as secure as the materials that support their architecture. When rare earths become self-verifying, every downstream industry becomes more stable, more predictable, and more resilient.

The larger transformation is already visible. As verification becomes mandatory, markets will prioritize suppliers capable of delivering minerals with intrinsic identity. Those who cannot will be pushed into lower-value tiers or excluded from sensitive applications altogether. SMX is accelerating that transition by giving the world a tool that finally separates truth from assumption. Companies that adopt this standard will lead the strategic mineral economy. Those who ignore it will struggle to compete in a system that no longer accepts materials asking to be believed.

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 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: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), the new standard for aerospace metals, does not tolerate uncertainty. Titanium, vanadium, and specialty alloys carry the weight of industries that cannot afford inconsistencies in origin, purity or processing. SMX stepped directly into this high-stakes environment with molecular-level verification that survives every melt, cut, forge, and heat treatment in the aerospace chain. It introduced a model where the material proves itself instead of relying on documents that can be separated, duplicated or lost.

This evolution arrives at a moment when aerospace companies face heightened scrutiny over sourcing, authenticity, and compliance with global standards. Manufacturers want feedstock they can trust. Regulators want traceability that cannot be manipulated. Defense programs want metals that can defend their identity under the harshest conditions. SMX provides that certainty because its embedded markers remain intact from raw ore to finished component.

The shift is reshaping long-standing assumptions inside the sector. Aerospace companies are discovering that verification is no longer a checkpoint on the back end. It has become an engineering requirement on the front end. SMX gives metals the ability to carry their own proof through every stage of transformation, creating a category of materials built to withstand both physical stress and integrity demands.

Aerospace Supply Chains Need Proof, Not Promises

Aerospace supply chains are among the most complex manufacturing systems in the world. Metals pass through smelters, forges, machining centers, and finishing plants across multiple continents. A single turbine blade can represent five or six jurisdictions before it reaches an assembly line. Traditional tracking systems were never built for that level of fragmentation. Once a material enters a furnace or a forming process, most identifiers disappear.

These blind spots carry enormous consequences. A mislabeled alloy can compromise an entire production run. A missing certificate can stall military procurement. A sourcing irregularity can create regulatory and financial fallout. Aerospace companies want a system that does not depend on fragile paperwork or vendor declarations. They want metals that can verify themselves. SMX delivers this by embedding durable chemical signatures that remain stable throughout the entire manufacturing cycle.

The urgency is growing as the industry shifts toward electrified aviation, reusable launch systems, and advanced propulsion technologies. These platforms demand materials with tighter tolerances, higher purity and indisputable traceability. SMX is emerging as the verification layer that meets those expectations without slowing production. It turns each shipment into a self-confirming asset, giving aerospace manufacturers a level of certainty legacy systems were never designed to support.

A New Framework for High Integrity Metals

Aerospace is moving toward a future where verification is engineered into materials rather than checked after they are produced. SMX is building the foundation for that future by giving critical metals a permanent identity that travels with them regardless of how many times they are melted, reshaped or repurposed. It creates a framework where integrity is no longer inspected. It is inherent.

This shift strengthens every part of the aerospace value chain. Metallurgists gain confidence that the input material matches the specification. Compliance teams gain traceability that does not degrade. Engineers gain assurance that every alloy used in mission-critical components carries an unbroken chain of authenticity. The result is a manufacturing environment where quality is defended at the molecular level, not reconstructed after the fact.

The broader industrial world will follow. When titanium and aerospace-grade alloys become self-verifying, they set a precedent that cascades into defense, automotive, energy, and advanced manufacturing. SMX is creating the model for how high-value metals should move through the world. The companies that adopt this structure will lead the next generation of aerospace production. The materials that cannot defend their identity will be left behind in an industry that no longer accepts uncertainty as part of the process.

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 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: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / USCIS selected only 120,141 H-1B registrations in FY 2026, the lowest since 2021. As uncertainty grows around employer-sponsored pathways, the EB-5 Program is becoming a more practical and reliable choice for H-1B families than ever before.

Recent data indicates a significant rise in uncertainty among H-1B professionals. In FY 2026, USCIS selected 120,141 H-1B registrations, the lowest since 2021, driven by stricter scrutiny, enhanced fraud-prevention rules and a registration fee increase from $10 to $215.

Total registrations fell to about 358,000, a 26.9% decline from FY 2025 and more than 54% down from FY 2024. Combined with tightening enforcement and a weakened job market, these shifts have created a more complex environment for high-skilled foreign workers, particularly Indian nationals, who also face decades-long Green Card backlogs.

Several developments are driving this rise in uncertainty, the most significant of which are outlined below:

1. Big Tech Layoffs and a Saturated Job Market

• In late October 2025, Amazon initiated layoffs affecting around 14,000 corporate employees, with some reports suggesting the total could reach up to 30,000 depending on restructuring plans.

• Meta continued multi-year workforce reductions throughout 2025, including a round in October 2025 that cut 600 employees from its Super intelligence Labs division.

• Because H-1B workers must secure a new employer within a strict 60-day window, they face heightened vulnerability during layoffs, particularly when job markets in major tech hubs become saturated.

2. The 60-Day Grace Period Becoming More Unpredictable

• According to a poll of 1,584 verified professionals conducted on the workplace app Blind, 1 in 6 Indian H-1B professionals, or someone they personally know, received a Notice to Appear (NTA) for deportation within the 60-day period, sometimes in as little as two weeks, effectively categorizing them as “out of status” prematurely.

• 35% of respondents reported that they or someone they knew had been compelled to leave the U.S. after job loss, often before the 60-day period was complete.

3. Cumbersome Process Changes

• Beginning September 2, 2025, most non-immigrant visa renewals, including H-1B, will require mandatory in-person interviews, ending the streamlined Dropbox system. This increases timelines, costs and travel requirements.

• USCIS has implemented beneficiary-centric registration and additional anti-fraud safeguards, contributing to lower filing volumes and increased scrutiny during adjudication.

4. The $100,000 H-1B Fee Creating Added Strain

• On September 19, 2025, the U.S. administration proposed a $100,000 employer-paid fee for new H-1B petitions.

• The jump from the earlier $2,000 to $5,000 range raised immediate concern among employers and visa holders.

• Since petitions would be denied without proof of payment, many fear reduced sponsorships, fewer transfers, and restricted overseas travel.

• For Indian H-1B professionals, the proposal adds another significant pressure point amid already tightening immigration timelines.

These developments have created the highest levels of uncertainty H-1B professionals have faced in more than a decade. They also highlight the structural limitations of the H-1B system, where immigration status remains tied to a single employer, reducing autonomy and complicating long-term planning for professionals and their families.

Why More H-1B Professionals Are Turning to EB-5

With employer-sponsored pathways becoming less predictable, many H-1B families are reassessing long-term strategies. The EB-5 Program is emerging as a practical alternative for several reasons:

1. Independence from Employer Sponsorship

H-1B status is dependent on maintaining employment with a specific sponsoring company. Job loss, restructures, promotions, or role changes may trigger new filings or threaten lawful status. In contrast, the EB-5 Program offers a path to Permanent U.S. Residency that is not tied to an employer, enabling greater security and long-term planning.

2. Security During Layoffs and Market Volatility

As outlined earlier, the 60-day grace period is both short and increasingly inconsistent, with some NTAs issued even before the full period lapses. This makes job loss one of the most significant points of vulnerability for H-1B professionals, who must secure a new sponsoring employer under tight and sometimes unpredictable timelines.

The EB-5 Program offers a solution to this structural risk as it allows U.S.-based Indian investors to concurrently file Form I-526E and Form I-485, enabling them to stay in the U.S. lawfully throughout processing. They typically receive the Employment Authorization (EAD) and Advance Parole (AP) within 2-6 months of filing, ensuring job continuity* and freedom to travel outside the U.S. without issue upon re-entry.

*H-1B professionals pursuing EB-5 may continue working under their existing status until their Adjustment of Status is approved.

3. Priority Processing

Since the RIA of ’22, Rural EB-5 Projects have benefited from Priority Processing in Rural TEA Projects, which has significantly reduced pre-RIA adjudication times of 2-4 years. EB5 United’s recent I-526E approvals have been averaging ~5 months, with some taking less than 3 months. In comparison, approvals for Urban Projects are still taking more than 2 years on average.

4. Freedom to Advance or Pivot Careers

Many H-1B professionals decline promotions or career changes that might affect their visa status. EB-5 investors, however, can pursue any role, sector, or business venture without restriction, reclaiming full control over career decisions.

5. Family Stability and Work Rights

An EB-5 investment grants Green Cards not only to the investor but also to their spouse and children under 21, enabling the entire family to live, study, and work in the U.S. without the stress of temporary visa renewals or legal uncertainty.

6. Reserved Visas

The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 introduced visa set-asides and Priority Processing for Rural TEA Projects. Thus, Rural EB-5 investors receive 20% of annual EB-5 visa allocations, helping Indian investors bypass future backlogs and achieve faster approvals.

7. Protection against Aging Out

Aging out occurs when a child turns 21 and is no longer considered a dependent under U.S. immigration law. For H-1B families, this is a significant concern; once a child ages out, they lose eligibility as a dependent and may need to file a separate petition, face extended wait times for Green Card approval, or potentially become ineligible for a Green Card altogether.

The EB-5 Program helps mitigate this risk through its Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) protections. Under CSPA, a child’s age is frozen on the date Form I-526E is filed. For U.S.-based Indian investors who file Form I-526E and Form I-485 concurrently before the child turns 21, the child’s age is effectively locked in permanently, helping prevent aging out during processing.

Conclusion

The combined data from USCIS, tech workforce trends, and recent policy changes make it clear that the H-1B pathway has become increasingly unpredictable for professionals and their families. In contrast, the EB-5 Program has demonstrated year-on-year improvement in adjudication timelines, especially for Rural Projects in the post-RIA era. As of November 2025, we surpassed 700 I-526E approvals, underscoring our leadership in Rural EB-5 Projects and the success of USCIS Priority Processing under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act (RIA) of 2022. The tables below highlight how 2025 filings achieved noticeably faster processing times compared with petitions submitted between 2022 and 2025.

In addition, we are equally pleased to share the full $88MM EB-5 loan repayment for the Nine Orchard Hotel Project in New York, a major success for our investors and a strong validation of our proven 1st Position Loan Strategy.

I-526E Approval Summary for Petitions FILED in 2025

I-526E Approval Summary Across EB5 United’s Rural EB-5 Projects (2022-2025)

Disclaimer: Individual processing timelines may vary. Immigration benefits are not guaranteed and are subject to USCIS approval. This is not an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security.

SOURCE: EB5United

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / For decades, global supply chains operated on a simple assumption. If the paperwork looked right, the shipment must be legitimate. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) shattered that assumption by proving that materials should verify themselves instead of relying on certificates that travel in separate folders. By embedding molecular-level identity into metals, minerals, plastics, and industrial components, SMX introduced something global trade has never had. It introduced materials that carry their own truth.

This matters because supply chains have outgrown the systems designed to govern them. Goods now move across multiple borders before reaching their first buyer. Regulations shift mid-voyage. Enforcement is inconsistent across continents. These gaps slow the world down. They create bottlenecks at ports, delays at compliance centers, and risks for every company touching high-value commodities. SMX removes those gaps by replacing assumption-based trust with material-based verification.

Dubai recognized this shift faster than most regions. The DMCC saw that the future of global trade will favor hubs that can prove what they move, not just process it. That insight is why Dubai is aligning its logistics vision with verifiable identity. It is not building bigger warehouses or longer trade corridors. It is building a certainty layer powered by SMX that makes supply chains more secure, more efficient, and more competitive.

A Global System Under Pressure

Supply chains are facing the most intense regulatory pressure in modern history. Europe is enforcing CSRD reporting and digital product passport requirements. The United States is implementing UFLPA controls that demand proof of origin for any material tied to sensitive regions. Asia is tightening rules around recycled content, emissions data, and labor transparency. The global system was not designed to withstand this level of scrutiny at its current speed.

Companies are discovering that legacy solutions cannot keep pace. Audits rely on delayed reporting. Spreadsheets break when materials cross jurisdictions. Certificates can be misplaced or manipulated. Even sophisticated tracking systems fall apart once goods are melted, recycled or reprocessed. The world needs a verification model that withstands every transformation a material undergoes. SMX built exactly that model and delivered it through chemistry that does not fade.

This is why the conversation is shifting from digital tracking to physical verification. Logistics leaders, government agencies, and multinational manufacturers are realizing that the only scalable solution is identity embedded at the material level. It eliminates guesswork. It accelerates compliance. It turns inventory into self-reporting assets. Dubai saw that trend forming long before most regions and positioned itself as the testing ground for the next generation of traceable supply chains.

Dubai’s Arrival as the Verification Capital

Dubai is not trying to compete with traditional trade hubs. It is bypassing them. The DMCC is building an environment where the speed of commerce does not conflict with the demands of transparency. Instead of treating verification as a burden, Dubai made it a value proposition. Companies route shipments through regions that reduce risk and increase certainty. SMX gives Dubai that certainty in a form no competitor has matched.

The region is now advancing beyond logistics into leadership. When gold and silver enter Dubai, they can leave with a confirmed identity. That identity creates trust in distant markets. It reduces disputes between buyers and sellers. It eliminates inconsistent record-keeping. And it provides a chain of custody that regulators across three continents already prefer. Dubai is becoming the verification capital because it solved a problem the rest of the world still debates.

The larger shift is just beginning. When materials become self-verifying, trade routes reorganize around verification hubs instead of legacy hubs. The next decade will reward the regions and companies that anchor themselves to certainty. Many have started. The blueprint SMX provided will allow the rest of the world will follow.

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 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: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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ORLANDO, FL / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / RedChip Companies will air interviews with BullFrog AI, Inc. (Nasdaq:BFRG) and Myriad Uranium Corp. (OCTQB:MYRUF) on the RedChip Small Stocks, Big Money^™ show, a sponsored program on Bloomberg TV this Saturday, November 29, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Bloomberg TV is available in an estimated 73 million homes across the U.S.

Access the interviews in their entirety at:

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In an exclusive interview, Vin Singh, CEO of BullFrog AI, will appear on the RedChip Small Stocks Big Money^™ show on Bloomberg TV to discuss how BullFrog AI is transforming drug development through its scalable AI-driven platform, BullFrog Data Networks^™. Powered by the Company’s proprietary bfLEAP^™ causal AI engine, the platform enables biopharma clients to accelerate drug discovery, repurpose existing therapies, and optimize clinical trials by uncovering hidden biological relationships in complex data. Singh will highlight recent milestones, including a global collaboration with Sygnature Discovery projected to generate up to $15-$30 million in revenue through 2028, and the launch of the enterprise-grade Data Networks Solutions Library, expanding BullFrog’s reach to large pharma. With an agile, low-burn high-margin business model targeting the $204 billion biopharma R&D market, BullFrog AI is positioned for scalable growth and long-term shareholder value creation.

Thomas Lamb, CEO of Myriad Uranium, appears on the RedChip Small Stocks Big Money^™ show on Bloomberg TV to outline the company’s strategy to advance what is emerging as one of America’s most consequential uranium exploration stories. Myriad is rapidly progressing its Copper Mountain Uranium Project in Wyoming-an historically drilled, district-scale asset with more than 2,000 legacy boreholes and a historic U.S. Department of Energy uranium endowment estimate of 245-655 million pounds* across the core and broader project areas. Recent drilling has exceeded expectations, with chemical assays confirming grades 20-60% higher than equivalent gamma probe readings and revealing new, deeper mineralized zones, significantly expanding scale potential. Lamb will also highlight Myriad’s advancing Plan of Operations, upcoming drilling at high-priority targets such as Lucky Cliff, Mint, Gem, and Hesitation, and the company’s 100%-owned Red Basin Project in New Mexico, a large roll-front system with historic indications of up to 45 million pounds of uranium. With tailwinds from accelerating global nuclear buildout, improving uranium prices, and growing demand from AI-driven energy consumption, Myriad is positioning itself as a premier U.S. uranium developer with a dual-asset portfolio, exceptional technical leadership, and a clear, capital-efficient path toward defining large-scale resources.

*Historical estimates; not current under NI 43-101. See Myriad’s presentation for important disclosure details.

BFRG is a client of RedChip Companies. Please read our full disclosure at https://www.redchip.com/legal/disclosures.

About BullFrog AI

BullFrog AI leverages Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to advance drug discovery and development. Through collaborations with leading research institutions, BullFrog AI uses causal AI in combination with its proprietary bfLEAP^™ platform to analyze complex biological data, aiming to streamline therapeutics development and reduce failure rates in clinical trials.

For more information visit BullFrog AI at: https://bullfrogai.com

About Myriad Uranium

Myriad Uranium Corp. is a uranium exploration company with an earnable 75% interest in the Copper Mountain Uranium Project in Wyoming, USA. A recent press release discussing the 1982 U.S. Department of Energy assessment of Copper Mountain’s uranium endowment can be viewed here. Copper Mountain hosts several known uranium deposits and historic uranium mines, including the Arrowhead Mine which produced 500,000 lbs of U₃O₈. Copper Mountain saw extensive drilling and development by Union Pacific during the late 1970s including the development of a mine plan to fuel a planned fleet of California Edison reactors. Operations ceased in 1980 before mining could commence due to falling uranium prices. Approximately 2,000 boreholes have been drilled at Copper Mountain and the project area has significant exploration upside. Union Pacific is estimated to have spent C$117 million (2024 dollars) exploring and developing Copper Mountain, generating significant historical resource estimates which are detailed here. The Company also has a 100% interest, subject to completing a geophysical survey by January 31, 2026, in the Red Basin Uranium Project in New Mexico, which has extensive near-surface uranium mineralisation and significant upside potential. Our Crux Investor overview page including recent interviews can be viewed here. The Company’s presentation can be viewed here. News releases regarding historical drilling can be viewed here and here. The final news release regarding chemical assays of 2024 Copper Mountain drilling can be viewed here.

For further information, please refer to Myriad’s disclosure record on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca), contact Myriad by telephone at +1.604.418.2877, or refer to Myriad’s website at https://myriaduranium.com/.

About RedChip Companies

RedChip Companies, an Inc. 5000 company, is an international investor relations, media, and research firm focused on microcap and small-cap companies. Founded in 1992 as a small-cap research firm, RedChip gained early recognition for initiating coverage on emerging blue chip companies such as Apple, Starbucks, Daktronics, Winnebago, and Nike. Over the past 33 years, RedChip has evolved into a full-service investor relations and media firm, delivering concrete, measurable results for its clients, which have included U.S. Steel, Perfumania, Cidara Therapeutics, and Celsius Holdings, among others. Our newsletter, Small Stocks, Big Money^™, is delivered online weekly to 60,000 investors. RedChip has developed the most comprehensive service platform in the industry for microcap and small-cap companies. These services include the following: a worldwide distribution network for its stock research; retail and institutional roadshows in major U.S. cities; outbound marketing to stock brokers, RIAs, institutions, and family offices; a digital media investor relations platform that has generated millions of unique investor views; investor webinars and group calls; a television show, Small Stocks, Big Money^™, which airs weekly on Bloomberg US; TV commercials in local and national markets; corporate and product videos; website design; and traditional investor relation services, which include press release writing, development of investor presentations, quarterly conference call script writing, strategic consulting, capital raising, and more. RedChip also offers RedChat^™, a proprietary AI-powered chatbot that analyzes SEC filings and corporate disclosures for all Nasdaq and NYSE-listed companies, giving investors instant, on-demand insights.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / Gold has always been the world’s confidence asset. People buy it because they trust it. Banks vault it because they believe it is pure. Exchanges trade it because they assume its origin is legitimate. That belief held for centuries because no one had a better system. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) shattered that ceiling by giving gold a molecular identity that cannot be forged, diluted or re-stamped. Dubai immediately understood the impact. The DMCC recognized that the future of precious metals is not belief-based. It is verification-based.

SMX’s role inside this shift cannot be overstated. By embedding chemical markers directly into gold and silver, SMX transformed them from passive commodities into self-identifying materials. Dubai saw that transformation as a structural advantage. A global hub only keeps its leadership if it provides certainty that others cannot match. The DMCC is doing exactly that by integrating verification into its refining, trading, and vaulting ecosystem, creating an environment where every bar can prove its own truth.

This move is changing how the global market views Dubai. The region is no longer just a fast-growing destination for bullion. It is becoming the center of verified bullion, the gold that carries its own evidence. Once that distinction exists, the rest of the world has to catch up because buyers will demand bars with identity over bars with stories. Dubai saw that future arriving and built toward it before anyone else.

The Market Premium for Verified Metals

Markets reward certainty. They always have. What they punish is opacity, ambiguous sourcing and unverifiable claims. Traditional gold supply chains are full of those gaps. Bars move through multiple refineries. Scrap gets mixed with primary metal. Recycled content gets lost inside long processing chains. That opacity suppresses value. SMX removes it by giving metals a traceable origin that never disappears, even after melting, reprocessing or fabrication.

Dubai understands that verified gold is not a niche segment. It is the next standard. Banks want it because it reduces risk. Jewelers want it because consumers demand ethical sourcing. Refiners want it because it eliminates disputes. And exchanges want it because it builds a more trusted market with fewer compliance headaches. The DMCC positioned itself at the front of this shift by aligning its growth strategy with verifiable identity instead of legacy documentation.

The financial implications are significant. A verified bar commands higher trust, settles faster, and moves across borders with fewer regulatory hurdles. That efficiency becomes a premium in itself. It attracts global players who want stability in a world where compliance rules grow faster than most operations can adapt. Dubai created the ecosystem where that premium thrives, and SMX gave it the technology that makes the entire system undeniable.

How Dubai Became the Global Benchmark

Most trading hubs wait for standards to be defined by regulators or international councils. Dubai did not wait. The DMCC recognized that whoever defines the verification model defines the market. By incorporating material-level identity, Dubai is setting the benchmark others will have to follow. That benchmark creates gravity. It pulls trade routes, bullion flows, and financial activity toward the region because certainty is now part of the transaction.

This strategic positioning matters because the world is facing an era of intensified scrutiny. Forced labor laws, anti-money laundering rules, recycled content audits, and origin requirements are transforming the metals trade. Markets that cannot verify at the material level will lag behind those that can. Dubai chose to lead by giving the world a verifiable metals ecosystem supported by SMX technology that cannot be undone, bypassed or replaced by paperwork.

The long-term impact is already visible. Countries and corporations are shifting toward hubs that provide clarity over hubs that provide speed alone. Dubai now offers both. It has become the epicenter of metallic trust, the location where authenticity is not a promise but a property encoded into the material itself. And as more of the world sees the advantages of verified gold, the systems Dubai built today will become the global expectation tomorrow.

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 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: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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BOCA RATON, FL / ACCESS Newswire / November 28, 2025 / Entero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTO) (the “Company”) today announced that it will change its name to GridAI Technologies Corp., effective at 12:01 Eastern Time on Monday, December 1, 2025. The name change closely aligns the Company’s business following its acquisition of 100% of GRID AI Corp (“GRID AI”), a grid-edge, AI-driven software and controls platform that enables utilities, retail energy providers, and large power users to dynamically manage load and distributed energy resources including battery energy storage systems. In connection with the name change, the Company will change its ticker symbol to “GRDX”. The Company’s common stock will commence trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market exchange under the new name and trading symbol on December 1, 2025.

“This marks the beginning of a new chapter for the business,” said Jason Sawyer, Interim Chief Executive Officer of GridAI Technologies Corp. “Our mission is to enhance grid-edge intelligence using AI, machine learning and edge analytics by orchestrating supply and demand in real time, creating a more reliable, resilient, and transactive grid -now supported with our public-company platform – and this name change reflects that commitment.”

The name and future ticker change do not affect the Company’s legal structure, business operations, or existing financial reporting obligations. Shareholders are not required to take any action in connection with the change.

Further updates will be provided via regular press releases and regulatory filings.

About Entero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTO)
Entero Therapeutics, Inc. is a publicly listed company on Nasdaq. The Company is a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of targeted, non-systemic therapies for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. The Company’s programs address significant unmet needs in GI health and comprise development of Adrulipase, a recombinant lipase enzyme designed to enable the digestion of fats and other nutrients in cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Following completion of the GRID AI acquisition, the Company intends to continue these prior operations and to also operate GRID AI as a wholly owned subsidiary and pursue opportunities at the intersection of AI and energy infrastructure.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding strategic benefits of the acquisition, market opportunities, product capabilities, stockholder approval of the transaction, Nasdaq’s approval of an initial listing application, if any, and future operating results. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Important factors include, among others, our business strategy; the risk that regulatory or third-party approvals are delayed or not obtained; integration challenges; market adoption; competitive dynamics; macroeconomic and energy-market conditions; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s SEC filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.

Investor & Media Contacts:
Entero Investor Relations
investors@enterothera.com

SOURCE: Entero Therapeutics, Inc.

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