NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 6, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ: SMX; SMXWW), a leader in molecular marking and blockchain-backed digital infrastructure, today announced the successful launch of its Digital Material Passport Platform (DMPP) - a foundational system enabling the identification, tracking, and tokenisation of real-world assets (RWA) across global supply chains.

The SMX DMPP has been developed to establish a secure, permission-based system that connects physical materials to digital records, creating a persistent "material memory" from origin through manufacturing, trade, and reuse. This enables materials such as plastics, gold, silver, and rare earth elements to be transformed into verified, traceable, and tradable digital assets.

SMX believes that this launch positions it at the center of a potential major global shift - where verified physical materials can become financial instruments, and supply chains can become the infrastructure layer for RWA markets.

A New Infrastructure Layer for Real-World Asset Markets

SMX believes that global markets are moving toward the tokenisation of real-world assets. However, existing blockchain-based systems lack the ability to physically link to its digital twin and certify and verify the physical origin, composition, and integrity of the underlying asset.

The SMX DMPP was deigned to solve this by embedding identity directly into materials using molecular markers, linking them to a secure digital registry, and to enable:

• Verified RWA tokenisation - transforming physical materials into trusted digital assets

• End-to-end traceability - from origin to trade and reuse

• Audit-grade data integrity - enabling compliance, reporting, and financial use cases

• Fraud prevention and authentication - eliminating substitution and misrepresentation

• Lifecycle and multi-loop tracking - enabling repeated verification across reuse cycles

Unlike systems that rely solely on digital inputs, SMX provides a direct physical-to-digital link, ensuring that every tokenised asset is backed by verifiable, intrinsic material identity.

Material Efficiency, Pricing Dynamics, and Market Drivers

The launch of the SMX platform comes at a time of potential critical inflection point across global materials markets:

• Plastics - As virgin and recycled material pricing converges, the ability to verify composition and recycled content may becomes essential for pricing, compliance, and trade

• Precious metals and rare earths - Increasing interest or demand for verified origin, tariff classification, and geopolitical supply chain security

• Global trade and tariffs - Rising regulatory scrutiny may require provable origin and composition to avoid misclassification, delays, and penalties

By enabling verified material identity, SMX is introducing a new layer of material efficiency, where assets are not only tracked but also valued, priced, and traded based on verified data.

Enterprise-Ready Architecture with True Physical Verification

Built with a modular, API-driven architecture, the SMX DMPP is designed to integrate seamlessly into enterprise environments, including ERP systems, industrial infrastructure, and trading platforms.

Crucially, SMX differentiates itself from digital-only platforms by providing:

• Intrinsic material verification (not declarative data)

• Persistent identity through industrial processes and recycling

• Integration of physical validation with digital registry systems

This has the potential to position SMX as a verification layer beneath blockchain, rather than another blockchain application - enabling trusted RWA markets at scale.

System Capabilities at a Glance

The SMX Digital Material Passport Platform is designed to provide:

• Interactive dashboards delivering real-time visibility across global operations

• Blockchain-based transaction timelines with full historical traceability and data export functionality

• Integrated document management system linking compliance, regulatory, and audit documentation directly to physical materials

• Lifecycle mapping connecting raw materials to finished products and multi-loop reuse pathways

Together, these capabilities would establish a single, verifiable system of record for materials, enabling both operational and financial applications.

Client Experience and Commercial Rollout

During April 2026, SMX is providing exclusive client experience access to its existing customers or other relationships, allowing them to engage directly with the platform, onboard materials, and validate use cases across their operations.

From May 4, 2026, SMX expects to open bookings for new clients, enabling broader market adoption across industries including plastics, metals, and other materials.

Establishing the Global Standard for Verified Materials

The launch of the SMX DMPP marks the transition of SMX from a technology provider to a foundational infrastructure layer for the global materials economy. By enabling persistent, material-level identity and linking it to secure, audit-grade digital records, SMX is establishing a framework for how materials can be verified, traded, and financed in the future.

As markets potentially move toward the tokenisation of real-world assets, the ability to prove the physical integrity of underlying materials will become a critical control point. SMX's platform is designed to enable the creation of verified, tradable material assets, unlocking new financial mechanisms while ensuring compliance, transparency, and trust.

As adoption potentially scales across industries and jurisdictions, the SMX platform has the potential to become the global system of record for materials, defining how physical assets are authenticated, tokenised, and traded. This may position SMX not only as a technology provider, but as a core infrastructure layer within a potentially multi-trillion-dollar shift toward digitised and financialised materials markets.

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