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ELFBAR’s ELFX and ELFA Pod Systems Win German Design Award and CMF Design Awards

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Four reusable devices recognised by two international juries for refined industrial design

United States, 29th May 2026, Global vape brand ELFBAR said today that four products in its reusable pod system lineup have been honoured by the German Design Award and the International CMF Design Awards. The recognised devices are the ELFX Mini, ELFX 2, ELFA Master Stein and the ELFA pod system.

ELFBAR's ELFX and ELFA Pod Systems Win German Design Award and CMF Design Awards
 

The German Design Award, organised by the German Design Council, named the ELFX Mini and the ELFA Master Stein as 2026 winners. The International CMF Design Awards, which evaluates excellence in colour, material and finish, recognised the ELFA Master Stein and the ELFX 2. ELFA Master Stein and ELFX Mini are now available in Germany.

The awarded lineup

The four products sit at the centre of ELFBAR’s reusable portfolio for adult smokers and ex-smokers looking for an alternative to combustible tobacco. The range spans compact entry devices through to the ELFX 2, which goes on sale in Germany in June 2026.

Each device shares a restrained visual language. Casing materials are selected for grip and longevity. Colour palettes are subdued. Branding is kept small. The shapes are contoured for one-handed use, and the surface finishes are tuned to feel calm in the hand. The ELFA Master Stein, named after the stein vessels of European drinking culture, uses a textured casing that references the heritage of stoneware and glass.

On the design approach

“Good design should feel confident, not loud,” said Becky Liu, Head of Industrial Design at ELFBAR. “With ELFX and ELFA, we focus on a clean-cut form, precision, and a calm material touch-feel to bring an elegant and intuitive user experience.”

The recognition follows a multi-year effort inside ELFBAR’s industrial design studio to move the brand’s product language away from the bright, single-use silhouettes that defined the early years of the vaping category. The company has been steadily replacing those formats in its lineup with longer-lived devices intended to look and feel more like other categories of mature consumer hardware.

Engineering details

Beyond the look of each device, the awarded products share a set of practical features that ELFBAR describes as central to its reusable design approach.

Pods are secured magnetically and click into place without alignment fuss. E-liquid levels are visible through windows on the casing, making refill timing intuitive. Status displays communicate battery and pod information at a glance. Airflow and power settings are adjustable on the relevant models, allowing users to shape the draw to their preference. Modular construction lets pods and cartridges be replaced rather than discarded, extending the useful life of each device.

For the ELFX 2 specifically, the upcoming launch introduces the new ELFX POD 2.0 cartridge generation. The generation adds a child lock, an upgraded airway designed for richer flavour, and a 5A leakproof system intended to keep e-liquid contained under everyday pocket and travel use.

The German context

The design recognition lands in ELFBAR’s largest European market. According to internal data, the brand leads the German pod system category with about 60 percent market share. Prefilled and refillable products — including the ELFX and ELFA pod systems and the ELFLIQ e-liquid range — now account for around 80 percent of the company’s shipments to Germany. Single-use formats, once a defining part of the category, no longer drive the brand’s German business.

European regulators have meanwhile sharpened their focus on disposable vapes and on packaging waste. Brands that can demonstrate genuine reusability, supported by replaceable components and durable design, are increasingly being separated from those that cannot. The awarded ELFX and ELFA products are positioned within that shift.

What comes next

ELFBAR said it plans to introduce the award-winning ELFX and ELFA designs to other European markets in due course, with the ELFX 2 leading the next wave from Germany in June 2026. Specific dates, pricing and channel availability will be confirmed market by market.

— ENDS —

About ELFBAR

ELFBAR is a pioneer in the global vaping industry. Since its inception in 2018, it has been providing a distinct and diverse vaping experience with innovation at its core. ELFBAR stays committed to youth access prevention and sustainable growth as a leading brand favoured and used by tens of millions of adult smokers and ex-smokers worldwide as an alternative to smoking. For more information, please visit elfbar.de.

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Arbitflow Expands Professional Crypto Trading Access Through Managed Strategies

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Arbitflow has expanded access to managed crypto trading through a platform built around professional traders and user-directed capital allocation. The service allows users to select traders, distribute funds across different strategies, and follow performance without managing every trade themselves. Arbitflow targets users who want market exposure but prefer not to monitor charts or execute trades throughout the day. Instead, selected professionals handle position management while users retain control over how capital is distributed.

Auckland, New Zealand, 16th Sep 2026 – Arbitflow allows users to allocate funds to individual professional traders rather than rely on a single trading model. Capital can also be allocated across several strategies, giving users more flexibility in structuring their managed exposure.

Each trader follows their own approach when managing positions through the platform. Users can review available trading histories and performance information before deciding where to allocate capital.

The model allows users to adjust how much capital each trader receives. This structure gives users the option to build a managed setup around several professionals instead of concentrating funds in one strategy. Arbitflow also keeps the starting requirement at $25. The entry level gives users access to professional crypto trading without requiring a large initial allocation.

Trader Records and Live Trading Support User Oversight

Arbitflow applies a screening process before traders can manage capital through the platform. Candidates complete identity verification, professional-history checks, and simulated skills testing before approval.

After traders join, the platform continues monitoring their performance and trading activity. These records become part of the information users can review when comparing available professionals.

Live Trading provides another layer of visibility by displaying trader performance, trading history, and most completed trades. Users can follow the activity without taking over the daily execution process themselves.

This setup separates user oversight from day-to-day trade management. Users decide which traders receive capital, while approved professionals remain responsible for managing positions under their selected strategies.

Spot Execution and AI Support Sit Behind the Service

Arbitflow conducts trading exclusively through spot markets and does not use leverage or margin. Traders work with allocated funds rather than borrowing capital to increase position sizes. The structure removes leverage-driven liquidation risk from the service, although normal cryptocurrency market risk remains. Digital asset prices can still decline, reducing the value of managed allocations.

Arbitflow also uses proprietary AI-supported analysis within its trading infrastructure. The technology processes market conditions, news, trader behavior, performance data, and potential risk factors. Professional traders use that information as part of their research and monitoring process. Final trading decisions remain with the professionals managing each strategy.

Arbitflow began market research and strategy development in 2023 before building its current AI infrastructure. The technology was developed around existing trading workflows rather than a fully automated execution model.

About Arbitflow

Arbitflow is an AI-supported managed crypto trading platform that connects users with professional traders through a spot-only trading model. The platform combines human-led trade execution with proprietary AI analysis, trader screening, performance monitoring, and Live Trading functionality. Users can allocate capital across multiple traders and strategies while retaining control over how their funds are distributed.  For more details, visit https://arbitflow.net/

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Apateon Press Publishes The Irish Telegram Boy by Thomas A. McCluskey

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A Dublin childhood, decades of hidden addiction, and a hard-won recovery: a new memoir traces one man’s journey from a Dublin tenement to sobriety on Long Island

NEW YORK—September 16, 2026—Apateon Press today announced the publication of The Irish Telegram Boy: A Memoir by Thomas A. McCluskey. The book tells the story of a boy raised to believe he was, in his family’s words, a “good-for-nothing,” and the decades-long journey that led him to prove otherwise.

Born into poverty in a Dublin tenement in 1944, McCluskey grew up in a large, quarrelsome Irish Catholic household marked by an absent father, a mother unable to show him warmth, and the daily indignities of poverty. At sixteen, he emigrated alone to New York, hoping for a fresh start. Instead, the wounds of his childhood followed him through difficult jobs, a failed first marriage, a second marriage and fatherhood, and years of escalating alcoholism. The memoir opens at his lowest point, lying paralyzed at the bottom of his basement stairs after a night of drinking, his body failing from decades of heavy smoking and drinking, and a near-fatal accident the next day that finally convinced him something had to change.

“I spent most of my life believing I was the family screwup and trying to prove I wasn’t,” said McCluskey. “Writing this book meant going back into rooms I had spent decades trying to forget, like the tenement in Dublin and the basement on Long Island, but then, on to the church basements where I finally got sober. I want readers who are still fighting their own version of that fight to know it is possible to come out the other side.”

The Irish Telegram Boy moves from Dublin tenements to the streets of Queens, from a first marriage that collapses under the weight of drinking and financial strain to a second marriage and family life that mask a worsening addiction. Through therapy, Alcoholics Anonymous, and a hard-won faith, McCluskey confronts his past, breaks a cycle of generational pain, and finds what he calls his own voice. Told in plainspoken, scene-driven prose, the book sits in the tradition of the Irish-immigrant addiction-and-recovery memoir, with McCluskey’s sobriety and self-understanding as its destination.

“The Irish Telegram Boy is an unsparing, deeply human account of what it takes to break a cycle of addiction that runs through generations,” said Hugh Taylor, President of Apateon Press. “Thomas doesn’t spare himself in these pages, and that honesty is exactly what makes his recovery so believable and so earned.”

The Irish Telegram Boy: A Memoir (ISBN 979-8-9973388-2-4) is now available on Amazon.com.

About Thomas A. McCluskey

Thomas A. McCluskey was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1944 and emigrated to New York at the age of sixteen. He built a life and raised a family on Long Island while struggling for years with alcoholism before achieving lasting sobriety through therapy, Alcoholics Anonymous, and faith. The Irish Telegram Boy is his first book.

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Apateon Press is an independent publishing company dedicated to bringing distinctive voices and compelling ideas to readers. The company publishes books designed to engage readers, challenge assumptions, and contribute to meaningful conversations.

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MEXC July–August Security Report: 38.66M USDT in Risk Funds Intercepted, Futures Insurance Fund Hits 792M USDT

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Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 16th, 2026, Chainwire

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its July–August 2026 security report. The report shows that MEXC successfully intercepted all 215 reports involving risk-related funds during the period, covering approximately 38.66 million USDT. The total balance of the Futures Insurance Fund rose to 792 million USDT. Meanwhile, the reserve ratios for BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC all remained above 100%.

In July and August 2026, the crypto industry recorded 184 security incidents, with reported losses totaling approximately $535 million. Phishing and fraud incidents, together with endpoint and supply-chain security incidents, accounted for approximately 48% of the total. At the same time, a growing number of attackers are using AI to auto-generate phishing content and help write malware, increasing the efficiency of their attacks. As attack methods become more diverse, promptly identifying and intercepting risk-related funds and strengthening cross-platform investigation have become increasingly important to reducing user losses.

All 215 Reports of Risk-Related Funds Successfully Intercepted, Covering 38.66 million USDT

In July and August, MEXC assisted with 215 reports involving externally stolen or fraud-related funds flowing into the platform. All 215 cases were successfully intercepted, covering 38,655,490 USDT. Of these cases, 42 involved assistances with judicial freezes. Compared with the previous reporting period, the number of successfully intercepted cases increased by approximately 2,971%, while the value of intercepted funds increased by approximately 12,646%.

In tracking and handling risk-related funds, MEXC shared suspicious addresses with major industry participants, assisted in identifying fund flows, and supported verification and freezing procedures under established joint-investigation and law-enforcement cooperation procedures.

Over 20,000 Risk-Related Accounts Identified and Restricted, With More Than 600,000 USDT in Misdirected Assets Returned

In account risk identification, MEXC identified and restricted 20,752 accounts associated with risk-related activities during the period, an increase of 118.03% from the previous reporting period. The platform identified 5,288 risk groups, up 20.35%. By region of origin, these groups were concentrated primarily in the Commonwealth of Independent States (1,803), Nigeria (1,099), and Indonesia (976).

For user asset recovery, MEXC manually processed 818 applications for the return of misdirected assets, returning the equivalent of 602,225 USDT, an increase of 75.31% from the previous reporting period.

Futures Insurance Fund Reaches 792 million USDT, Strengthening Protection Against Negative Balance Risk

As of September 1, 2026, the total balance of the MEXC Futures Insurance Fund reached 791,696,422 USDT, an increase of 5.44% from the previous reporting period.

The Futures Insurance Fund covers negative balances that may arise during liquidation, providing a risk buffer during extreme market conditions and helping reduce the likelihood of auto-deleveraging (ADL). When a liquidated position is closed at a price better than the bankruptcy price, the remaining funds are credited to the fund. Users can view the real-time balance on the MEXC Proof of Trust page.

Reserve Ratios for Four Major Assets Remain Above 100%, With BTC at Approximately 288%

According to the proof of reserves disclosed for this period, MEXC maintained reserve ratios above 100% for four major assets, as follows:

  • Bitcoin (BTC): reserve ratio of approximately 288%, with total wallet assets of 12,312.75 BTC against 4,282.20 BTC in user assets;
  • Ethereum (ETH): reserve ratio of approximately 113%, with total wallet assets of 66,227.79 ETH;
  • USDT: reserve ratio of approximately 115%, with total wallet assets of approximately 1.940 billion USDT;
  • USDC: reserve ratio of approximately 114%, with total wallet assets of approximately 194.85 million USDC.

The on-chain addresses corresponding to these reserve assets have been disclosed, allowing users to verify through the Merkle Tree whether their individual account balances were included in this proof of reserves.

As an additional layer of user asset protection, the MEXC Guardian Fund maintains a dual-reserve structure of USDT and BTC: USDT provides immediate liquidity support, while BTC serves as a long-term reserve asset across market cycles. MEXC plans to expand the fund from $100 million to $500 million, continuing to strengthen user asset protection. The relevant holding addresses are listed below:

Guardian Fund Wallet Addresses:

  • USDT: 0x469AfE803C54A36674C55231489Cf4b61da8c1bC
  • BTC: 1MDVjZdX8QD212pT8Z8EMP7DuFQHKqN3mx

MEXC CEO Vugar Usi said, “Trust is the true reserve currency of this industry. Protecting user assets means moving decisively the moment risk emerges, while giving users something they can verify for themselves, not just our word for it. We will continue to strengthen our ability to identify and intercept risk-related funds, deepen cooperation across platforms and with law enforcement, and help affected users recover their losses wherever possible. Our bi-monthly security reports are part of that commitment, allowing our security performance to be measured and tracked over time.”

About MEXC

Founded in 2018, MEXC is a leading global multi-asset trading platform built as your 0-fee gateway to infinite opportunities. Serving users across 170+ markets, MEXC provides simple and efficient access to crypto, stocks, tokenized assets, derivatives, and a growing range of TradFi-linked opportunities through one account and one gateway.

With 0 trading fees, deep liquidity, broad asset coverage, and a high-performance trading experience, MEXC is designed for retail users who want to discover earlier, act faster, and trade with fewer barriers. As crypto and traditional finance continue to converge, MEXC is committed to making global opportunities more accessible, helping users trade freely and MEXCmize every opportunity.

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