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The Verification Race Every Trading Hub Must Now Enter; SMX is the Starter

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Dubai didn't just strengthen its gold market. It changed the competitive landscape for every major trading hub on the planet. Once the DMCC demonstrated that material-level verification could be embedded into precious metals and validated at global scale, the entire structure of international trade shifted. Traders now see what it looks like when a commodity carries its own identity. They see faster clearances, cleaner pricing, tighter compliance, and fewer disputes. And they see something else. They see that every other hub now has to play catch-up.

CMP Named a Top 70 Nonprofit Recruiting Firm by Hunt Scanlon Media

DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Career Management Partners (CMP), a minority- and woman-owned talent and transition firm, has been named to Hunt Scanlon Media's 2025 Non-Profit Recruiting Top 70, which recognizes leading executive search firms serving mission-driven organizations.

SMX Has Filled the Plastics Profit Gap that Cost Companies Billions

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Recycled plastics should be one of the most profitable materials in the global supply chain. Every major brand wants more of it, governments are pushing mandates, and consumers expect companies to cut reliance on virgin polymers. Yet recycled plastics still sell at a discount. Markets don't fully trust the labels, suppliers can't prove what they're shipping, and buyers assume they're paying for content that might not be real. The spread between what recycled plastics should be worth and what companies actually earn has turned into a persistent profit gap. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is closing that gap by giving plastics something they've never had. They get a verifiable identity that survives every transformation.

Ukraine's Zelensky eyes Trump talks after 'progress'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he expected to discuss "key issues" with Donald Trump as the American-led push to end Russia's war on Ukraine accelerated, with the US president's envoy heading to Moscow.

US to zero out tariffs on UK pharma under trade deal

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Tornado Infrastructure Equipment Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Tornado Infrastructure Equipment Ltd. ("Tornado" or the "Company") (TSXV:TGH)(OTCQX:TGHLF) today reported its unaudited condensed consolidated financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2025. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related management discussion and analysis are available on the Company's issuer profile in Canada on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com, in the United States at www.otcmarkets.com and on the Company's website www.tornadotrucks.com. All amounts reported in this news release are in thousands ($000's CAD) except per share amounts.

The $111.5 Million Turning Point: How SMX's Vision and Momentum Recast the Company's Future

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / There are years that mark progress and years that define direction. For SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), 2025 didn't simply move the company forward. It changed what forward even meant. When this series began, the world was just starting to understand that supply chains couldn't survive on declarations. Recycling programs couldn't thrive on voluntary reporting. Commodity markets couldn't rely on reputation. Global trade couldn't depend on assumptions. Proof was becoming the centerpiece of modern commerce, and SMX stood at the center of the shift.

The Year Everything Shifted: How SMX Turned 2025 Into a Global Inflection Point and Crowned It With a $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Every company has a year that separates "before" from "after." A year that doesn't just add progress to a timeline but redraws the entire arc. For SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), 2025 was more than a good year> It was better than a strong year. It was a transformational year. It was the year global systems finally demanded what SMX had spent years building. It was the year proof stopped being optional. It was the year verification became a global priority rather than a technical possibility.

SMX's $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Deal Can Create a Decade of Acceleration

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / There is a difference between growth and acceleration. Growth expands what already exists. Acceleration changes the trajectory. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has experienced both. But the $111.5 million equity purchase agreement announced on Monday is the moment acceleration becomes the defining force behind the company's next decade. It's more than funding. It's architecture. It's the structure that supports a world shifting toward verification as a core operating requirement.

The Capital That Builds a Movement: How SMX's $111.5 Million Deal Becomes the Catalyst for a Global Proof Standard

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Some companies advance with steady progress. Others advance through pivotal moments that redefine what they can build. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) spent years developing the molecular identity technology that would become the backbone of the Proof Economy. But 2025 revealed something even more important. The world was finally ready for a global proof standard, and SMX stood at the center of the shift. The decision by industries and governments to adopt measurable, verifiable, scientific identity wasn't theoretical anymore. It was operational.

Lost Soldier Oil and Gas II Master Series LLC Announces Framework Agreement and Bilateral $8.6 Million Investment with Upland Resources

CASPER, WY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Lost Soldier Oil and Gas II Master Series LLC ("Lost Soldier" or the "Company"), a Wyoming Limited Liability Company, today announced it has entered into a Strategic Partnership and Framework Agreement with Upland Resources Limited ("Upland"), (LSE:UPL), a United Kingdom public company, establishing a commercial bilateral investment, intended farm-in arrangements, and a broader operational partnership.

Verification as Infrastructure: Why SMX's $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement Creates a New Category of Global Utility

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Infrastructure is usually easy to identify. Highways, ports, energy grids, data networks, and water systems have defined global progress for decades. But in 2025, the world realized that none of these systems can function smoothly without a capability even more fundamental. Verification.

How the $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Deal Positions SMX to Solve the "Verification Gap" No One Saw Coming

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Every major shift in global trade is triggered by a gap. A weakness in the system that becomes too large to ignore. For decades, the verification gap was hidden under layers of reporting, audits, certifications, and declarations that looked official but offered limited actual certainty. Whether you were moving gold, producing textiles, refining plastics, exporting minerals, or supplying agricultural inputs, the verification gap sat underneath everything.

When Verification Becomes Currency, SMX's $110 Million Equity Purchase Agreement Powers Trusted Supply Chains

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Trust is the most valuable commodity in the modern economy, yet it's the hardest to secure. Every sector relies on trust. Gold must confirm origin. Minerals must authenticate purity. Plastics recycling must be proven scientifically. Textile supply chains must verify input claims. Agricultural networks must demonstrate traceability. Aerospace and electronics must confirm authenticity at the part level. No major industry can rely on assumptions anymore. Trust can't be declared. It has to be demonstrated.

SMX's $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Deal Unlocks Its Role in the New Age of Material Intelligence

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Industries once treated materials as interchangeable commodities. Steel was steel. Plastic was plastic. Gold was gold. Cotton was cotton. Identity rarely mattered because the systems relying on those materials weren't built to authenticate them. But the world changed faster than supply chains did. Today's markets require something materials never had to provide before. They require intelligence.

SMX's Strikes $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement, Puts an Exclamation Point on a Transformative 2025

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Global trade depends on the assumption that everyone follows the same rules. In reality, they don't. Compliance frameworks differ by country. Recycling standards vary by region. Verification processes change by industry. A supply chain stretching across continents often operates inside systems that weren't designed to work together. The result is friction, inconsistency, and significant inefficiency.

The Proof Economy Needs Infrastructure, Not Promises - And SMX's $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement Builds It

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Every industrial revolution begins the same way. Not with a breakthrough, but with a realization. A moment when the world understands that the systems it uses no longer match the complexity of the world it operates in. That moment arrived in 2025 for supply chains worldwide. Commodity markets strained under verification gaps. Recycling programs faced credibility challenges. Compliance regimes collapsed under the weight of new regulations. And industries demanding measurable truth discovered they lacked the infrastructure to deliver it.

SMX's $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement Becomes the Engine Behind the Proof Economy

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Supply chains were never designed for the pressures they now face. Commodities move across dozens of borders. Compliance rules shift mid-transaction. Recycling claims demand scientific verification. Markets want authenticity. Governments want traceability. Brands want transparency. Consumers want accountability.

SMX's $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement Arrived at the Exact Moment the World Needed Proof

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / The global economy spent the past decade upgrading everything except the one thing it depends on most: verification. Industries digitized. Logistics accelerated. Compliance expanded. But the underlying trust layer never caught up. Too many systems ran on assumptions. Too many certifications depended on paper trails that failed under scrutiny. Too many supply chains were built on declarations instead of evidence.

SMX Scores $111.5 Million Equity Purchase Agreement to Advance "Proof" Economy Platform

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Some announcements matter. Others shift the center of gravity. SMX's (NASDAQ:SMX) new $111.5 million equity purchase agreement belongs in the second category. It's not an add-on to an already strong year. It's the headline development that sets the pace for what comes next. The world is moving toward a Proof Economy, and this agreement gives SMX the capital access, strategic flexibility, and operational runway to build it on a global scale.

SMX Announces $111.5M Equity Purchase Agreement with Target Capital 1, LLC

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC ("SMX"), the pioneer of molecular "physical-to-digital" marking for supply-chain transparency, announced today that it has entered into an equity purchase agreement (the "Agreement") with Target Capital 1, LLC, to provide an efficient and flexible source of funding, enabling SMX to progress its business development opportunities. In addition, SMX has agreed to use a portion of the net proceeds, after payment of certain fees and expenses, to acquire bitcoin or another cryptocurrency subject to the mutual consent of the parties, which shall serve as a reserve asset for SMX.

iAccess Alpha's Virtual Best Ideas Winter Investment Conference December 9-10, 2025

RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / iAccess Alpha's Virtual Best Ideas Winter Investment Conference will take place on December 9-10, 2025, bringing together top micro-cap companies and investors for two days of high-quality insights and investing opportunities.

Gladstone Alternative Income Fund Announces Increase in Monthly Cash Distribution for December 2025

MCLEAN, VA / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Gladstone Alternative Income Fund ("Gladstone Alternative" or the "Fund") announced today that its board of trustees declared monthly cash distributions to shareholders for the month of December. The December distribution amount is $0.00196 per calendar day for each issued and outstanding Class A share, Class C share, and Class I share for the period beginning December 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2025 (for shareholders who own shares all 31 days in December, the distribution will total $0.06076 per share). The distributions will be paid on December 31, 2025 for Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") participants and January 2, 2026 for non-DRIP participants.

Trust But Verify, The SMX Technology That is Changing Global Supply Chain Rules

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / There is a shift in global commerce that most companies have not yet caught up to. Markets are starting to wake up to the idea that verification is no longer a back-office function. It's a new economic layer that determines pricing power, trust, and access. The companies that can prove the truth of their materials, products, and supply chains are beginning to outperform the ones that cannot. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) sits at the center of that shift. It built a physical-to-digital identity platform that embeds verification into the material itself, transforming proof from a document into an attribute. Companies are discovering that this is the difference between participating in the modern economy and being priced out of it.

SMX Is Capturing Global Attention By Turning Supply Chains Into Intelligence Networks

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Modern supply chains used to be simple. A product moved from one place to another, someone signed a form, and the system accepted that as truth. That world doesn't exist anymore. Global regulations hardened, materials started crossing borders at record speed, and companies faced exposure from every direction. A supply chain without intelligence isn't a supply chain. It's a liability. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) stepped into this environment with a technology that gives materials something they've never had. They get memory. They carry their identity from the moment they're created until the moment they're used.

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