NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 29, 2025 / Supply chain integrity used to be a communications exercise. Companies disclosed. Auditors reviewed. Regulators accepted what could not realistically be verified at scale. That arrangement is no longer holding.

What is replacing it is not better reporting. It is engineered integrity. Systems designed so discretion is removed and outcomes can be confirmed rather than explained.

SMX (NASDAQ: SMX) operates squarely inside that transition. Its molecular identity technology embeds verification directly into materials, allowing proof to persist regardless of who handles the asset next. That approach changes integrity from a claim into a property. Once integrity becomes intrinsic, enforcement stops being adversarial and starts being mechanical.

This shift only works if the company delivering it can build deliberately, remain stable, and stay present inside systems that move slower than capital markets. That is where SMX's financing structure becomes inseparable from its role in the new supply chain environment.

Integrity Does Not Tolerate Shortcuts

Engineering integrity is different from selling compliance software. It requires integration into physical processes, national platforms, and regulated supply chains where failure is visible and persistent.

National circularity initiatives, industrial sorting systems, and cross-border trade frameworks are not forgiving environments. They require consistency, validation, and repeatability. Integrity systems introduced too quickly or scaled prematurely tend to fail under audit.

SMX's approach reflects that reality. Molecular identity is deployed where it can be tested, not where it can be marketed. Partnerships with national agencies, industrial operators, and compliance-driven ecosystems reinforce that discipline.

The company also has a non-toxic facility that allows capital to be accessed when systems are ready, not when markets demand activity. Why is that important? Because integrity cannot be rushed without being compromised. Optional capital preserves standards instead of forcing shortcuts.

In this environment, patience is not a luxury. It is a requirement.

Capital Structure Is Part of the Integrity Stack

Supply chain integrity does not exist in isolation. Counterparties evaluate not only technology, but also durability. If a company cannot remain stable over the life of a deployment, material-level integrity becomes irrelevant.

This is where SMX's capital access acts as more than a funding mechanism. By avoiding structures that incentivize volatility or pressure the stock, the company reduces balance-sheet risk for its partners. Capital stays supportive rather than intrusive.

That matters in regulated environments where counterparties commit infrastructure, time, and credibility alongside the technology provider. National platforms, industrial integrations, and enforcement-driven programs do not adjust timelines to accommodate financing noise. They expect continuity.

Capital discipline becomes a trust signal. It reassures partners that integrity systems will not be disrupted by market mechanics. It allows SMX to function as a long-term layer inside supply chains rather than a short-term vendor cycling through capital events.

Integrity at the material level only holds if integrity exists at the corporate level.

Enforcement Rewards Engineering Over Narrative

The tightening regulatory landscape is often framed as a threat. In practice, it is a filter.

Enforcement does not punish ambition. It exposes fragility. Systems built on reporting struggle when proof is required. Systems built on verification perform as designed. SMX's role in this environment is not to argue with regulation or adapt language to satisfy it. It is to deliver infrastructure that allows enforcement to function without friction. Molecular identity answers questions directly. It does not negotiate outcomes.

That alignment protects execution by removing distortion from the system. It allows SMX to stay focused on engineering integrity where it matters most. National initiatives, industrial systems, and regulated supply chains reward companies that show up consistently and operate predictably. This is how integrity becomes durable. It is engineered into materials. It is validated through repeatable processes. It is reinforced by enforcement rather than undermined by narrative.

As supply chains move from trust-based systems to proof-based systems, integrity stops being aspirational. It becomes structural. Companies built for that reality do not need to sell the future. They operate inside it. Like SMX.

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

This information contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and assumptions regarding future events involving SMX (NASDAQ: SMX), its technologies, its partnership activities, and its development of molecular marking systems for recycled PET and other materials. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts. They involve risks, uncertainties, and factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied.

Forward looking statements in this editorial include, but are not limited to, its announced capital facility and its terms, expectations regarding the integration of SMX's molecular markers into U.S. recycling markets; the potential for FDA-compliant markers to enable recycled PET to enter food-grade and other regulated applications; the scalability of SMX solutions across diverse global supply chains; anticipated adoption of identity-based verification systems by manufacturers, recyclers, regulators, or brand owners; the potential economic impact of turning recycled plastics into tradeable or monetizable assets; the expected performance of SMX's Plastic Cycle Token or other digital verification instruments; and the belief that molecular-level authentication may influence pricing, compliance, sustainability reporting, or financial strategies used within the plastics sector.

These forward-looking statements are also subject to assumptions regarding regulatory developments, market demand for authenticated recycled content, the pace of corporate adoption of traceability technology, global economic conditions, supply chain constraints, evolving environmental policies, and general industry behavior relating to sustainability commitments and recycling mandates. Risks include, but are not limited to, changes in FDA or international regulatory standards; technological challenges in large-scale deployment of molecular markers; competitive innovations from other companies; operational disruptions in recycling or plastics manufacturing; fluctuations in pricing for virgin or recycled plastics; and the broader economic conditions that influence capital investment and industrial activity.

Detailed risk factors are described in SMX's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. These statements speak only as of the date of publication. SMX undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, changes in circumstances, or new information, except as required by applicable law.

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