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Matt Shaw

Matt Shaw

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Open World

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Blockchain advisory firm Open World acquires Nasdaq shell through VerifyMe merger

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Will become CEO and Chairman of combined company

Open World, a Cayman Islands-based blockchain advisory firm that helped launch over $65 billion in token network value since 2023, is acquiring Nasdaq-listed VerifyMe through a reverse merger that will give Open World shareholders 90% ownership of the combined company. The deal, announced January 5 and formalized February 12, 2026, transforms a struggling authentication and logistics company into a publicly traded real-world asset tokenization platform.

Updated Feb 12