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Cupertino Chamber President Claudio Bono Invited to White House with GiveaRoof 3-Year Plan to End Homelessness

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WASHINGTON, D.C, United States, September 2nd, 2026, FinanceWire

GiveaRoof.org founder presents a private-sector model built around Welcome Centers, shared intake, coordinated nonprofit resources, healthcare partnerships, hotel capacity, and donated travel rewards

Claudio Bono, President of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce and founder of GiveaRoof.org, was invited to the White House this week to present a privately funded proposal aimed at ending street homelessness in the United States within three years without introducing new taxes.

The proposal centers on a national network of Welcome Centers, a shared intake and case-management system, medical and behavioral-health referrals, short-term hotel placement for screened participants, and donated airline miles, hotel points, and credit-card rewards to support transportation and temporary accommodation.

Rather than replacing existing organizations, the GiveaRoof.org model would coordinate participating nonprofits, healthcare providers, hotels, and other partners through one system designed to reduce duplicated services and provide greater accountability for funding, donated resources, and individual outcomes.

“Three years. That is the clock,” said Claudio Bono, founder of GiveaRoof.org and president of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce. “Welcome Centers and a shared database come first, with hotels reserved for people who have been screened and prepared. Those who need clinical care should be connected with professionals who can provide the treatment they need. The goal is a measurable domestic policy achievement that does not require new taxes.”

United Airlines Partnership Puts the Model Into Action

A central component of the proposal is already being tested through GiveaRoof.org’s relationship with United Airlines. In June, the organization announced an official partnership through United’s MileagePlus Miles on a Mission program, creating a dedicated channel for members to donate miles.

A 30-day initiative generated more than 500,000 donated miles, demonstrating public willingness to contribute unused travel assets through a straightforward mechanism.

“One founder. One airline partnership. More than half a million miles,” said Claudio Bono, founder of GiveaRoof.org and president of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce. “Now imagine extending that opportunity across airlines, hotels, credit-card rewards programs, corporations, and millions of individual account holders.”

Bono is also advocating for changes to Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code that would allow qualifying corporate donations of airline miles and hotel loyalty points to receive charitable-deduction treatment based on fair market value. The proposed change is intended to encourage airlines, hotel groups, and other loyalty-program operators to redirect unused rewards toward shelter and related services.

How the GiveaRoof.org Model Would Work

Bono’s three-year proposal is organized around five connected components intended to move individuals from the street toward appropriate shelter, treatment, and longer-term stability:

·      Centralized Welcome Centers and intake: One coordinated record for each participant to reduce repeated intake and case-management work.

·      Clinical screening and referrals: People requiring mental-health, substance-use, or other clinical intervention would be connected with qualified healthcare providers.

·      Temporary hotel accommodation: Screened participants considered ready for hotel placement could receive short-term stays supported by donated resources and participating organizations.

·      Coordinated transition services: Case management would focus on employment, transportation, family reconnection, treatment, and pathways toward stable housing.

·      Private-sector resources and accountability: Donated travel rewards and other resources would be tracked alongside expenditures and participant outcomes.

Welcome Centers would also provide food, showers, clothing, grooming, and other basic assistance before participants transition to hotels, healthcare providers, or other appropriate programs.

“Screen, prepare, place, treat, and track,” said Claudio Bono, founder of GiveaRoof.org and president of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce. “Welcome Centers take care of people first. The medical community handles those who need care. Hotels receive guests who are ready for that environment, and every participating organization can see where the individual is in the process.”

 

The 10-Night Stay That Helped Shape the Proposal

Bono traces part of the GiveaRoof.org concept to an experience involving a man living on the street in Cupertino. Using his own rewards points, Bono funded a 10-night hotel stay that included temporary accommodation, food, and internet access. By the eighth night, the man had reconnected with his family and later left to reunite with them.

The experience led Bono, a hospitality executive who manages two Silicon Valley hotels, to consider how unused hotel inventory and loyalty rewards could support homelessness programs on a larger scale. In his view, temporary accommodation can become an intervention point when combined with family reconnection, employment assistance, clinical treatment, or a pathway to permanent housing.

A Coordinated and Accountable National Proposal

GiveaRoof.org’s proposal calls for participating service providers to share information and resources through a coordinated case-management structure. Bono argues that this could reduce instances in which multiple organizations separately perform intake and related services for the same person while making it easier to follow how resources are used.

“If money cannot be followed, it should not be spent,” said Claudio Bono, founder of GiveaRoof.org and president of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce. “We need to know who was helped, what resources were used, and whether that person moved off the street. The hotels, nonprofits, medical expertise, and donated resources already exist. The challenge is bringing those pieces together in one accountable system with a deadline.”

Bono has detailed the ideas underlying GiveaRoof.org in his book, The Homelessness Fix: How to Save the World While Everyone Else Argues About It. According to ranking information provided by Bono, the book reached No. 1 in several Amazon Kindle categories related to poverty, social policy, philanthropy, and social work between December 2025 and August 2026.

The White House presentation represents the latest stage in Bono’s effort to move the proposal from advocacy toward national implementation. He maintains that its three-year objective is deliberately ambitious and should be evaluated against measurable outcomes. 

About Claudio Bono

Claudio Bono is a Cupertino resident, President of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce, President of the Cupertino Historical Society, a Commissioner on the City of Cupertino Parks & Recreation Commission, and a member of the city’s Economic Development Committee. He serves as Hotel Managing Director of The Cupertino Hotel and The Grand Hotel Sunnyvale for De Anza Properties.

Bono is the founder of the 501(c)(3) GiveaRoof.org and author of The Homelessness Fix: How to Save the World While Everyone Else Argues About It. GiveaRoof.org focuses on using private-sector resources, donated travel rewards, coordinated services, and temporary accommodation as components of its proposed approach to homelessness.

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Rhode Island Author Tony Jones Announces New Book Exploring Blockchain Technology

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RHODE ISLAND, United States, 3rd Sep 2026 – Rhode Island-based author and media professional Tony Jones has announced the release of a new book exploring blockchain technology and its potential applications in modern digital systems.

The book examines blockchain-based technology and discusses topics including transparency, security, accessibility, digital records, and public confidence. It provides readers with an overview of how blockchain systems work and explores considerations surrounding their use in large-scale technology applications.

As blockchain technology continues to develop across a range of industries, the publication offers readers an opportunity to learn more about the technology and its characteristics, including the ways information can be recorded, managed, and accessed through blockchain-based systems.

The book reflects Jones’s interests in communications, technology, psychology, and public engagement. His work explores subjects at the intersection of technological innovation and society.

The new book is available through Barnes & Noble.

About Tony Jones

Tony Jones is a Rhode Island-based author and media professional with interests spanning communications, technology, psychology, and public engagement. His work explores ideas at the intersection of innovation and society.

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Tazapay Now Live on the Borderless.xyz Network For Seamless Money Movement to Asia Pacific and Latin America

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New York, New York, September 3rd, 2026, FinanceWire

Tazapay is live on the Borderless.xyz, putting nine additional markets, local-rail payouts, and stablecoin settlement behind the single connection

Borderless, the global stablecoin orchestration and liquidity network, today announced that Tazapay is live on its network. Tazapay, headquartered in Singapore and licensed there as a Major Payment Institution by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, brings payouts and collections over domestic rails in markets including Singapore, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia, along with Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia in Latin America.

Businesses paying into these markets have typically run a separate provider relationship per market, each with its own contract, compliance file, and settlement timing, with correspondent banking layering fees and delays underneath. Through the Borderless network, clients reach Tazapay’s coverage over the connection they already operate. Payouts arrive as local currency in the recipient’s own bank account as a domestic transfer rather than an international wire, and collections run in reverse through virtual accounts with local account details in domiciles including Singapore, Australia, the UK, and the UAE. 

With Tazapay live, Borderless clients can turn on nine additional markets without a sourcing cycle, a new integration, or additional negotiations. The Borderless network connects 19+ locally licensed providers across 113+ countries through a single API.

“The demand we’re seeing from enterprises and fintechs across Asia Pacific is unmistakable. Businesses there want to move money faster and at lower cost, and our clients want to reach them,” said Alex Garn, Chief Product Officer at Borderless. “This is exactly what we built Borderless to do: extend the network’s reach across Asia Pacific and its depth in Latin America, and hand it to every client through the connection they already run, with Tazapay’s local rails behind every corridor.”

“Expanding globally shouldn’t mean navigating a fragmented payments landscape market by market,” said Rahul Shinghal, CEO of Tazapay. “Through this partnership, Borderless clients get Tazapay’s infrastructure, including local collection and payout rails, virtual accounts, and modern settlement options, through a single API. We’ve spent years building that depth across APAC, and putting it within reach of more businesses is what makes entering a new market genuinely simpler.”

Tazapay corridors are available to Borderless clients today. Businesses can contact the Borderless team to enable them on their routing.

About Borderless

Borderless is a global stablecoin orchestration and liquidity network. Its single API connects wallet infrastructure to 19+ licensed stablecoin providers across 113+ countries and 72+ fiat currencies, giving businesses the speed of an aggregator with the economics of going direct. Borderless is SOC 2 Type II certified and headquartered in New York. Users can learn more at borderless.xyz.

About Tazapay

Tazapay is a cross-border payments platform headquartered in Singapore and licensed as a Major Payment Institution by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. It provides local collections and payouts, virtual accounts, and stablecoin settlement for businesses operating internationally. Users can learn more at tazapay.com.

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DWF Labs Expands Global Regulatory Footprint with BVI Virtual Asset Service Provider Approval

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September 3, 2026

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Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, September 3rd, 2026, Chainwire

DWF Labs, an established, market-tested investor and market maker built to strengthen digital asset market infrastructure at scale, today announced an expansion of its global regulatory footprint with a group entity granted Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) regulatory approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC).

Granted under the BVI’s Virtual Assets Service Providers Act 2022, the approval authorizes DWF Labs as a registered VASP, to provide the exchange of one or more forms of virtual assets, as well as to participate in, and provide financial services related to an issuer’s offer and/or sale of a virtual asset.

The approval enables institutional clients access to DWF Labs’ integrated OTC trading and market making capabilities, including spot trading across thousands of digital assets and stablecoins, through a regulated BVI entity. It also strengthens the company’s ability to deliver investment, incubation and ecosystem development services to support token issuers and digital asset projects on a global scale. 

The BVI has established itself as a leading jurisdiction for decentralized ledger deployments and structured real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The territory now represents nearly 10% of the global tokenization US treasuries market, with $1.5 billion in distributed value. BVI-domiciled entities also facilitate more than $1.2 billion in active, circulating stablecoins – figures underpinned by more than 24,700 stablecoin asset holders and weekly transfer volumes of $694.1 million. These figures (Source: rwa.xyz treasuries and stablecoins) reflect the strength of both the regulatory and market infrastructure DWF Labs is now positioned to operate within. 

Heng Lee, Managing Director and Partner at DWF Labs said, “The Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC) is a key step in responsibly expanding and delivering DWF Labs’ regulated digital asset services to international institutional clients.” 

“As the digital asset market and industry continue to mature, and adoption increases, this addition to our regulatory framework will enable us to deliver a broader range of solutions, products, and services, while reinforcing our focus upon transparency and governance.”

DWF Labs will continue to expand its regulatory footprint across key global markets, supporting its international growth strategy and commitment to operating within robust regulatory frameworks.

About DWF Labs

Established in 2022, DWF Labs is an investor and market maker, focused on giving builders the capital, liquidity, expertise, and partnerships needed to take ideas from concept to scale. DWF Labs is among the world’s largest high-frequency digital asset trading organizations, active on more than 80 centralized and decentralized exchanges. The firm supports over 20% of CoinMarketCap’s Top 100 projects and 35% of its Top 1,000, and has worked with more than 1,000 blockchain companies across Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks, DeFi, gaming, AI, payments, infrastructure, and tokenization.

The firm’s work is organized across four business lines: Liquidity (institutional market making and liquidity provision), Investment and Incubation (strategic capital and token advisory for emerging projects), Ecosystem Development (go-to-market support), and OTC and Structured Markets (tailored trading solutions for institutions, funds, and protocol treasuries). DWF Labs also founded and incubated Falcon Finance, a synthetic dollar and universal collateralization protocol.

DWF Labs operates a globally distributed team on a 24/7/365 basis. 

For more information, visit www.dwf-labs.com, or follow DWF Labs on X, LinkedIn, and Telegram.

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