Digital Product Passports Move From Concept to Reality, SMX Brings Physical Materials Into the Digital Economy

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 27, 2026 / Bitcoin is up, enthusiasm around digital assets is surging again, and the race to bring more of the global economy on-chain is accelerating. But as investors and institutions embrace tokenization, one question is becoming increasingly important: what does the digital asset actually represent? SMX (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) provides a link to real-world assets and commodities, connecting physical materials to persistent digital identities through its Digital Material Passport Platform (DMPP). The timing is significant. In July, the European Commission launched the EU's Digital Product Passport Registry and testing environment, while financial markets continue pushing deeper into the tokenization of real-world assets. Together, those developments are turning the connection between physical materials and digital infrastructure from an idea into an economic necessity.