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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, today announces its feature in a newly published case study by Sumsub, the global verification and fraud prevention platform. The study examines the compliance infrastructure behind BTCC’s platform security and how automated verification has strengthened user protection across its global operations. Automated Compliance at Scale BTCC works with Sumsub as one of its identity verification and AML service providers. According to Sumsub’s case study, the integration supports user onboarding across 100+ countries, achieves a median verification time of approximately 3 seconds, and saves the…

NEW YORK, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XRP-backed ETFs recently broke a key milestone in inflows, further boosting institutional investor confidence. Simultaneously, a growing number of investors are turning their attention to AI-driven on-chain yield models, seeking more sustainable long-term returns rather than solely relying on XRP price appreciation. The continued inflows into XRP ETFs demonstrate rising institutional demand for the asset. Despite retail investors remaining cautious due to market uncertainty, institutional funds continue to allocate XRP through regulated financial products, making it one of the most watched mainstream digital assets in the current market. Against a backdrop of…

Deal builds on a year-long strategic partnership and brings specialist vendor management, sourcing and negotiation expertise to customers worldwide Leigh Walters CEO, TRG Screen Bernardo Santiago CEO and Co-Founder, S4 Market Data New York, NY, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TRG Screen, the leading provider of market data and subscription cost management technology and expert insights for financial services and legal firms worldwide, today announced that it has acquired S4 Market Data. Founded by Bernardo Santiago and Santiago Armando, S4 is a specialist firm that helps financial institutions manage vendor relationships and complex market data procurement. The acquisition adds…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The previously hot labour market stalled out to end the summer with a loss of 42,000 jobs in August, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.4 per cent last month, the agency said.August’s losses fell short of economists’ expectations for a gain of 15,000 positions.It puts an end to a hot streak for the labour market that saw 181,000 jobs added from April through July. The unemployment rate had dropped by half a percentage point over the previous three months. StatCan said there was little change in the…

QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released its residential real estate market statistics for the month of August 2026. The most recent market statistics for the Quebec City Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) are based on the real estate brokers’ Centris provincial database. Highlights In August 2026, 677 residential properties were sold in the Quebec City CMA, the second-best performance in 25 years, behind August 2021. This represents a 6 per cent increase from a year earlier.The August rebound was driven by strong condominium sales (+32 per cent), compared…

A swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident for weeks as the company prepared to launch its most advanced model yet, Astra. The finding adds to intensifying concern surrounding oversight at frontier AI labs after multiple breaches were discovered this summer.The incident, first reported by Reuters, is outlined in new research published by four AI safety researchers on Friday. The group said the AI agents found a way to communicate on an obscure German-language wiki, DseWiki, using it…

Opening globally in August 2026, Bixberry turns people’s idle internet into rewards — helping AI access current, real-world information, with 5,000+ gift cards to choose from, including Amazon and Steam. VILNIUS, Lithuania, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bixberry has announced the global launch of its network that helps AI systems retrieve fresh, real-world information from the live web. In return for supporting the ecosystem, users earn rewards by sharing their device’s idle internet connection.  AI models stop learning the day they are built. To answer questions about today’s prices, news, or a local detail specific to a user’s city,…

Combined company appoints John Collins as Chief Financial Officer SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice and agentic AI, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of LivePerson, Inc., and the appointment of John Collins as the combined company’s Chief Financial Officer. With the transaction officially closed, SoundHound AI immediately expands its market footprint, with a customer base that includes 25 of the Fortune 100, and a strengthened IP portfolio of over 750 patents. The combination brings together LivePerson’s extensive enterprise digital messaging infrastructure with SoundHound’s proprietary…

NEW YORK, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Topaz DEX, a ve(3,3) liquidity marketplace on BNB Chain, announced Aug. 15 that it had surpassed $1.5 billion in cumulative trading volume less than three months after public launch. The milestone marks an early stage of growth for the decentralized exchange and its expanding community of traders, liquidity providers, governance participants and BNB ecosystem builders. Since the milestone announcement, Topaz’s public analytics dashboard has continued to show growth, with cumulative trading volume now exceeding $1.8 billion. The platform currently tracks 129 liquidity pools and 76 active gauges, reflecting activity across its trading, liquidity…

Expanding use cases and growing commercial interest position Wandercraft as a category leader in the future of industrial roboticsNEW YORK and PARIS, Sept. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wandercraft, a global robotics company with a physical AI platform spanning medical and industrial applications, has secured 12 blue-chip customers for Calvin-40, its industrial humanoid robot, including some of the world’s largest automotive, logistics, retail, healthcare, and defense organizations. As Wandercraft expands Calvin-40’s capabilities and prepares to ramp up production to meet growing demand, the company is positioning the robot for commercial dominance in the industrial humanoid robotics market. Designed for physically…