The Albany Gazette - A Frictionless Market: How SMX's PCT Creates the Real-World Value Layer Modern Industries Never Had

Materials move through factories, recyclers, transport hubs, and suppliers without carrying definitive proof of where they came from, what they contain, or how they were handled. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is stepping directly into that gap with a verification infrastructure that allows physical goods to retain their identity from creation through recovery, and its Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) is emerging as the mechanism that expresses that proof in a usable digital form.

The reason this matters is simple. Industrial systems fail when information breaks down. Companies make decisions based on assumptions, estimates and declarations that cannot be independently validated. When input data is unreliable, every downstream decision becomes riskier.

A Frictionless Market Layer

SMX introduced a verification model built on molecular identity rather than paperwork or reporting. A material can now carry its own history, embedded at the molecular level, and that history can be confirmed at any point along the supply chain. When those verified events are captured through the Plastic Cycle Token framework, they become structured information that businesses can rely on.

This solves a structural limitation that has existed in manufacturing, recycling, and global trade for as long as those systems have operated. For generations, companies have wanted to create digital representations of physical events. They wanted to track recycled content with confidence. They wanted to authenticate sourcing. They wanted to measure recovery in ways that were immune to interpretation. But without accurate verification, none of that was possible. SMX removes that barrier by allowing materials to generate their own evidence. This is not a theoretical breakthrough. It is a practical and deployable system, and industries are responding to it.

The Plastic Cycle Token represents far more than sustainability auditing. It reflects a fundamental shift in how companies capture and transmit information about materials. Verified recovery becomes a reliable data point. Verified origin becomes a reliable data point. Compliance itself becomes a measurable record rather than a certified statement.

These events gain value because they remove uncertainty. Instead of asking stakeholders to trust that materials were responsibly handled, the PCT provides scientifically validated proof of what occurred.

Interest is Growing for the Right Reasons

Interest in SMX continues to grow because the company is not positioning itself as a niche solution. It is positioning itself as foundational infrastructure. Every sector that relies on materials can benefit from accurate verification. Consumer goods companies can reduce risk and improve brand protection. Manufacturers can meet rising compliance requirements without relying on inconsistent audits. Recycling operations can demonstrate outputs with traceable accuracy. Entire supply chains gain transparency that was previously impossible.

This is what gives the Plastic Cycle Token staying power. It is not a symbolic representation or a marketing tool. It is a format for capturing verified activity in a way that partners, regulators, and commercial systems can understand. It translates the physical world into structured information that can be shared, analyzed, and acted upon. As more industries look to modernize their reporting and strengthen resilience, the ability to rely on verified material-level truth becomes a competitive advantage.

SMX is delivering something that global commerce has needed for decades. It is building a truth layer for the real world. When companies can finally trust the data behind the materials they use, the entire system becomes more efficient, more accountable and more aligned with the expectations of modern markets. SMX is not imagining a future where this type of verification becomes standard. It is constructing the framework that brings that future into focus.

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.

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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