NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2025 / For centuries, gold has represented trust. It has anchored currencies, symbolized permanence, and survived every shift in global finance. Yet even the world's most enduring asset has always relied on a fragile foundation: belief. People believe their gold is authentic, believe it's responsibly sourced, and believe it's ethically handled. But belief isn't proof.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is changing that equation by giving gold and silver the one thing it has always lacked - a memory. On Wednesday, SMX announced a new partnership with Goldstrom Advisory, a globally integrated precious-metals enterprise that operates across trading, logistics, vaulting, bullion banking, and insurance. Together, they are working to rewrite the rules for transparency and trust in one of the world's oldest industries.

The goal: For the first time in millennia, gold and silver can carry their own verified, molecularly embedded identities, transforming how value is defined. Not through another stamp or engraving, but through a permanent, immutable marker engineered by SMX. For the institutions that move trillions in metals each year, this represents more than progress in authenticity and accountability. It's a structural reset for how proof circulates through the global supply chain.

Turning Precious Metals into Proof

Don't under-appreciate the deal. The collaboration between SMX and Goldstrom isn't intended to be a loose affiliation. It's a practical integration that brings SMX's molecular-marker and block-chain-registry technologies directly into Goldstrom's advisory framework. This means that mining, refining, and trading clients can now embed and benefit from molecular-level traceability and sustainability verification within their existing operations.

Once embedded, SMX's patented markers allow every gram of precious metal to carry an invisible molecular signature, one that survives melting, refining, and recasting. Each signature connects to a block-chain-secured digital passport, authenticating the source of the material, its processing, and whether it was recycled responsibly.

The system ties directly into SMX's trueGold^™ and trueSilver^™ subsidiaries, which are pioneering the development of verifiable, "memory-enabled" supply chains. These platforms let each bar, coin, or product tell its own story. And the narrative never gets an unwelcome edit. A gold bar refined in Dubai and later recycled in London doesn't lose its identity; it maintains a continuous, authenticated chain of custody.

That kind of traceability used to separate leaders from followers. Now it separates those ready for regulation from those about to be left behind. The LBMA, UAE, and European Union aren't suggesting this shift; they're codifying it through standards like the Responsible Gold Guidance, UAE Good Delivery, and the Digital Product Passport.

From Compliance to Competitive Edge

For companies prepared to lead under these new global standards, transparency is no longer the cost of doing business - it's a revenue opportunity. Every ounce of gold already carries a price. Now it can carry proof, which may become an invaluable partner. That's because SMX's molecular-traceability system transforms ESG compliance from a reporting obligation into a strategic asset that, in this deal, allows Goldstrom's clients to trade, store, and invest with confidence grounded in verified data, not just declarations.

The value of that shift can't be overstated. Investors, insurers, and governments are all demanding clearer visibility into sourcing and recycling practices. With SMX technology, that visibility moves from the spreadsheet to the molecular level. The result is a fully auditable supply chain where trust is verified automatically and authenticity becomes a competitive differentiator.

Every transaction will reinforce integrity. Every metal will carry a memory, every bar will have a verified journey, and every record will form part of a transparent digital ledger network that makes fraud and uncertainty obsolete.

Proof Becomes Priceless

This partnership does more than strengthen SMX's growing ecosystem of traceability alliances: it also enhances its value proposition. The company's molecular-marker technology has already proven its value across plastics, textiles, and natural rubber. Adding precious metals expands that framework into the assets that define wealth itself.

The even better news from a value perspective is that Goldstrom's global platform aligns perfectly with SMX's vision of a transparent materials economy. Together, they're creating a verifiable foundation for trade built on chemistry, data, and accountability instead of reputation and assumption. What began with recycled packaging now extends deeper into gold and silver, connecting industries once separated by scale into one continuous network of proof.

For an industry long driven by perception, that's a breakthrough. Certificates can fade and audits can fail, but molecular proof endures. By giving every piece of metal a measurable identity, SMX bridges the physical and digital worlds of value by providing a place where authenticity can be scanned, verified, and monetized in seconds, not days, weeks, or even months.

That's more than innovation; it's the foundation of a new asset economy built on what matters most in a data-driven world: proof. And proof, in this context, is moving beyond definition - it's on its way to becoming the next great currency.

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.

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