Eightco Holdings is trading at $0.82, up 5.82%, with its buyback update the clearest potential catalyst; no source confirms it caused the live move. - On October 29, the company announced it had repurchased more than 55 million shares, equal to 12.98% of shares outstanding, under its $125 million buyback program. It plans to use proceeds from an OpenAI stake sale to fund additional repurchases. - The company said the October 26 sale generated a roughly 40% gain over its purchase price.