The Albany Gazette - SMX: The Low Float Tech Play Reinventing Gold - and Positioned for a Powerful Growth Pattern.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 18, 2026 / As gold and silver trade near their historic highs made in early 2026, SMX (Security Matters) (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) enters the spotlight with a very small float on the NASDAQ - roughly 1 million shares following its 2025 restructuring. In small-cap markets, float matters. A limited supply of shares means incremental demand can translate into amplified price movement, particularly when macro momentum aligns. The company's January 22, 2026 update that it is fully financed through the end of Q1 2027 - including access to up to $100 million in structured equity capacity - reduces near-term capital pressure and shifts focus back to execution. With metals seeing an exceptional surge this year and financial overhang temporarily eased, SMX now sits in a position where renewed attention alone could create the conditions for a sharp move - and potentially a return toward prior trading highs if momentum builds.

But the real story isn't just the setup - it's the technology. SMX has developed patented molecular identity technology that embeds an invisible, chemical-based barcode directly into materials like gold and silver, permanently linking them to blockchain-backed digital records. In a market increasingly defined by proof of origin, ESG compliance, recycled content mandates, and anti-counterfeiting enforcement, this shifts metals from paper-tracked commodities to verifiable digital assets. Silver, critical to renewable energy and high-tech manufacturing, and gold, under mounting scrutiny for ethical sourcing and custody validation, are ideal proving grounds. And unlike single-industry compliance tools, SMX's platform scales across plastics, textiles, electronics, agriculture, and non-ferrous metals - positioning it inside what many estimate to be a multi-trillion material efficiency and supply chain infrastructure opportunity.

If verification becomes mandatory in a tightening global regulatory climate, SMX may not just participate in the metals rally - it could become essential infrastructure powering it. And in markets where critical infrastructure stories intersect with extremely limited share supply, price re-ratings can happen quickly. Should adoption accelerate alongside sustained strength in gold and silver, the setup leaves open the possibility for SMX to retrace toward prior trading highs as momentum and visibility return.

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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