The Albany Gazette - Rolling Stone, USA Today, Morning Honey, Straits Times, and Other Editorial Power Hitters Highlight SMX's World-Changing Circularity Platform (NASDAQ:SMX)

NEW YORK, NY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / Every now and then, the media chorus hits the same note - and when names like Rolling Stone, USA Today, The Straits Times, Morning Honey, OPIS, and The Los Angeles Tribune all harmonize on a similar editorial tune, it's worth listening. Each outlet, in its own voice, is highlighting how transformative SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) can be by using molecular marking technology to reshape global recycling markets and turn proof - not promises - into a globally recognized currency.

Rolling Stone said it best: plastic promises are dead, and proof is the new flex. That single headline marked the moment sustainability became measurable. SMX didn't just join that conversation; it became the evidence. Its molecular marker technology gives materials a digital memory- a verifiable fingerprint that remains intact through recycling, reuse, or resale. Suddenly, discussions about circular economies stopped being theoretical; they became a practical reality. SMX is the one to make all of it verifiable.

Then, USA Today ran the numbers and revealed the harsh reality: A $824 billion plastics market is facing the need for traceability, something definitely in the SMX platform's wheelhouse. When a product can prove where it came from, what it's made of, and how it moves, the result isn't just cleaner reporting - it's fewer losses, fewer disputes, and stronger margins. That's the moment SMX moves proof from compliance to profitability.

The Editorial Voice is Spreading
The attention didn't stop there. The Straits Times in Singapore covered the city-state's digital passport for plastics - a real-world policy environment that highlights what SMX is already building in ASEAN. OPIS ran an in-depth look at how digitalizing waste can turn landfill liabilities into verifiable value streams. There's more.

Morning Honey connected the dots between transparent supply chains and fairer trade outcomes, explaining how traceability technology can soften the impact of tariffs and improve consumer trust. Sourcing Journal spotlighted how SMX's molecular markers are being used in lambskin and leather to improve traceability across the fashion industry. Yes, there was more.

The Los Angeles Tribune captured the shift in one headline: "Carbon Credits Had Their Day." The replacement? SMX's Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) - the blockchain-verified tool that turns recycled materials into tradable digital assets.

Covering a Circularity Story for the Right Reasons
Taken together, this isn't random coverage. It's a global validation loop, where culture, policy, industry, and media all converge on one company. When Rolling Stone calls you a flex, USA Today calls you a market, and The Straits Times covers your playbook, the narrative isn't being built. It's being confirmed.

It's not a purely consumer-focused story, either. Because SMX's technology spans plastics, rubber, textiles, metals, and electronics, giving every material its own digital identity, it serves a world that's finally demanding transparency, rather than politely asking for it. That's also leading governments to recognize SMX's platform as a regulatory breakthrough- one that gives brands the power to replace promises with proof and deliver real, measurable accountability.

That's a win for everyone, including the planet. It's taken time, but now, with culture, commerce, and policy all echoing the same message, SMX isn't just writing headlines anymore. It's inspiring them. Every new feature, every collaboration, every government project adds to the growing proof that transparency doesn't need to be optional but the standard. SMX didn't wait for the world to catch up; it built the blueprint for how industries can move forward.

Proof is now the story and the currency, and SMX is both the author and the mint.

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
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