Catalyst: [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260105017937/en/VerifyMe-and-Token-Economy-Leader-Open-World-Announces-Plan-for-Strategic-Merger](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260105017937/en/VerifyMe-and-Token-Economy-Leader-Open-World-Announces-Plan-for-Strategic-Merger)
As of this writing, VRME is trading at $1.10/share. Up 63% for the day.
Volume for today is over 29M shares. For context, there are 12.44M total shares outstanding. Of that 12.44M shares, \~4M are owned by institutions, corporations, and insiders. There is a bit over 8M shares that are "public/other".