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CNT uses blockchain technology to help “carbon neutralization”
At a critical moment when environmental problems are increasingly affecting human survival, the world recognizes that achieving “carbon neutralization” is a necessary stage to slow down global warming. Statistics show that more than 120 countries and two-thirds of the economies have joined the great transformation of “carbon neutrality”.
At present, carbon emission trading is considered as an effective tool to deal with climate change with the market mechanism. Through the carbon dioxide emission quota of the main greenhouse gas, government departments can control the total amount of carbon emission quota, so that the emission control enterprises incorporated into the market are limited by the carbon emission quota, and then through the introduction of the trading mechanism, the optimal allocation of resources can be achieved. Therefore, many countries have initiated the eco chain alliance to focus on the application of blockchain in key application scenarios such as carbon trading ecological network. It can be said that blockchain technology has great application value in helping to achieve the goal of carbon neutralization in the future.
CNT foundation is establishing carbon trading agreement, a public blockchain system focusing on carbon neutrality and carbon emissions trading. CNT Foundation believes that blockchain technology can better solve the basic contradictions in the carbon emission market. Similarly, carbon emission trading and carbon offset can alleviate the negative problems brought to the external environment by the blockchain POW consensus mechanism.
Through blockchain technology, CNT can establish a traceability application covering the whole supply chain and fully evaluate the carbon footprint of suppliers, so as to judge whether it can be incorporated into its own supply chain system. Enterprises in the supply chain can also collect and analyze their carbon emission performance through traceability data to reduce carbon emission, improve energy efficiency and optimize business to achieve carbon neutralization.
The application of blockchain traceability can also improve the transparency of industrial chain and supply chain. With transparent and reliable data, enterprises can make effective carbon disclosure and formulate corresponding carbon compensation schemes, so as to realize the real carbon neutral supply chain and negative carbon supply chain.
Using blockchain and privacy computing technology, information can be verified but invisible. Through the private key signature authorization of the data owner, the data access right can be temporarily opened to specific potential partners, upstream and downstream enterprises and third-party regulators to verify carbon emission related data. All quantifiable carbon emission data can be shared safely in this way.
Once the concerns about enterprise data security are eliminated, carbon emission data can be circulated and shared at the industrial level, and the value of data can be truly unlocked. This will advance the process of achieving the goal of carbon neutrality.
If we want to reduce greenhouse emissions to avoid two degrees of temperature rise and even worse climate change, we need to make fundamental technological innovation. Although emission trading markets are potential solutions, they must be improved in order to achieve a certain degree of meaningful emission reduction in market efficiency and scale. Although blockchain technology can theoretically improve these markets, suitable networks that can promote this market transformation have not been developed. In addition, the blockchain network (the most popular blockchain in the past) does not have a design to reduce the impact on the environment. Therefore, in the spirit of decentralization and sustainability, carbon trading agreement has developed into a blockchain carbon sink trading network with carbon neutralization as the core.
By enabling the carbon trading agreement, the customers on the network will contribute to their carbon neutralization through their transaction fees. The transaction fees are concentrated to purchase real and verifiable carbon sink assets, and then offset the carbon trace of the carbon trading agreement, so as to ensure their de neutralization, carbon trading, carbon neutralization and carbon asset storage. The process is transparent and supervised by various stakeholders in community governance, including CNT holders, verifier nodes and elected committee members, who are encouraged to maintain the security and reliability of the network.
Realizing “carbon neutralization” is one of the major trends in the future. As a new generation of subversive core technology after steam engine, power and Internet, blockchain’s unique personality will play a key role in the carbon trading market. Through the application of blockchain technology, the scale of the global carbon trading market may exceed trillion dollars in the near future. It can be said that there is still a lot of room for development.
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Sphere 3D Corp. (Nasdaq: ANY) Attracts 6.5% Stake from Turnaround Bitcoin-Mining Investor
Stamford, Connecticut, August 11th, 2026, FinanceWire
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY) – When an investor with a documented record of stepping into distressed Bitcoin-mining situations and helping create shareholder value begins buying a microcap in the open market, it is the type of signal investors should pay attention to.
That is what appears to be happening at Sphere 3D Corp. (Nasdaq: ANY).
Beginning July 22, 2026, the Founder of Endeavor Blockchain, LLC, began building a position in Sphere 3D through open-market purchases. By July 31, Endeavor disclosed a 6.5% stake in ANY through a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC. The position was purchased with real capital, publicly documented, and accumulated at a time when many microcap companies struggle to attract any meaningful investor attention at all.
Who Is the Investor Behind Endeavor Blockchain?
The Founder and Managing Member of Endeavor Blockchain, LLC, established the firm in 2021 and has served as the majority owner of Big Digital Energy, LLC, since August 2025.
According to SEC-filed disclosures, the investor has led significant investments across Bitcoin mining, AI, and high-performance computing infrastructure over the past five years, alongside executing hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and infrastructure transactions.
That background matters because Sphere 3D is no longer simply a small Bitcoin-mining name trying to survive a difficult tape. The company is attempting to reposition itself around power-backed digital infrastructure, Bitcoin mining operations, and potential AI and HPC optionality. The investor’s experience sits directly in that lane.
The Prior Proof Point: Mawson Becomes Big Digital Energy
Before Sphere 3D, Endeavor Blockchain built a position in Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (MIGI), another Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner, beginning in December 2025.
Endeavor did not remain passive. After engaging with leadership and determining that change was needed, Endeavor took the matter to shareholders. On April 6, 2026, the firm’s founder was elected to Mawson’s board and appointed Executive Chairman. Later that month, the company was renamed Big Digital Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGDE).
The market response since the leadership change is part of the reason Endeavor’s move into Sphere 3D deserves attention. BGDE shares, which traded near $4.50 after the transition, later traded as high as $11.50 and were recently at approximately $5.80 in early August. That represents a meaningful improvement from the post-transition base, with the new leadership team still in place.
The point is not that Sphere 3D will follow the same path. The point is that Endeavor Blockchain has already been involved in one recent Bitcoin-mining turnaround where governance change, infrastructure strategy, and market repositioning became central to the story.
Why This Matters for Sphere 3D
Sphere 3D is in the middle of its own transformation.
The company closed its acquisition of Cathedra Bitcoin Inc. on June 1, 2026, installed Joel Block as CEO, and has already begun putting operating infrastructure behind the pivot. The company’s 30 MW co-mining agreement with Bitdeer gives investors a tangible commercial proof point tied to real capacity, not just a strategic idea.
That is why Endeavor’s disclosed stake is important. The investor is not buying into a blank narrative, but stepping into a company that has already begun moving from a legacy microcap mining story toward a broader digital infrastructure platform.
For investors, the signal is straightforward: an operator-investor with specific experience in Bitcoin mining, infrastructure, AI, HPC, and distressed public-company situations has chosen to put capital behind Sphere 3D’s transformation.
That does not remove execution risk. Sphere 3D still needs to prove utilization, economics, balance-sheet discipline, site-level performance, and whether the broader infrastructure strategy can become a durable operating platform.
But it does add a new layer of validation.
In microcap markets, attention is often temporary. Real capital from a sector-specific investor with a recent turnaround record is different. It suggests that Sphere 3D’s transformation may be attracting investors who understand the infrastructure opportunity and are willing to underwrite the risk with their own money.
Investor Takeaway
Sphere 3D’s next phase is still about proof.
The Cathedra acquisition created the platform. The Bitdeer agreement gave the market a commercial reference point. The proposed DarkHorse identity may help clarify the strategic direction. Now, Endeavor Blockchain’s disclosed 6.5% stake adds a new signal from an investor with relevant experience in Bitcoin mining and infrastructure repositioning.
For ANY, the market’s question is no longer only whether the company can tell a better story.
The question is whether Sphere 3D can convert power, infrastructure, partnerships, and renewed investor interest into measurable operating progress.
About Sphere
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY) is a digital infrastructure company focused on operating and expanding scalable power and data center assets for high-performance computing, AI workloads, and digital asset infrastructure. Following its business combination with Cathedra Bitcoin, Sphere 3D operates a diversified platform with approximately 53 MW of operating power capacity across multiple U.S. data center locations and a development pipeline exceeding 100 MW of potential expansion opportunities. The Company combines infrastructure ownership, energy optimization expertise, and capital markets access to pursue long-term value creation across next-generation compute infrastructure. For more information, visit www.sphere3d.com.
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ChargeAfter Powers BYLD Finance Expansion into Consumer Financing for Equipment Retailers
New York, United States, August 11th, 2026, FinanceWire
Leading equipment financing specialist selects ChargeAfter to launch its consumer financing program; Stitch It International named as first retail partner.
ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, announced today that equipment financing specialist BYLD Finance has selected its technology to power its expansion into consumer point-of-sale lending. The partnership enables BYLD to provide specialty equipment retailers with a fully branded consumer financing offering designed to increase approvals and drive sales growth.
By integrating ChargeAfter’s technology, BYLD is transitioning beyond its traditional commercial lending roots. Specialty retailers selling high-value equipment such as sewing, embroidery, and screen-printing machinery and accessories can now seamlessly offer consumer financing at ecommerce checkout, with in-store channels slated to launch soon. Stitch It International, a premier sewing and embroidery equipment retailer, is the first vendor to deploy the new offering.
Through a single application, shoppers across the credit spectrum are instantly matched with personalized financing options supported by a scalable multi-lender waterfall system designed to maximize merchant approval rates. Meanwhile, retailers gain access to post-sale management tools, advanced analytics, and seamless lender connectivity to scale their operations smoothly.
“Expanding into consumer financing is a major strategic milestone for BYLD, and we needed a technology partner that could scale with us,” said Travis McMinn, CEO of BYLD Finance. “ChargeAfter provides the frictionless consumer financing experience our vendors need to turn browsing hobbyists into buyers, expanding our reach into an entirely new demographic and helping us potentially serve thousands of equipment retailers and their end customers.”
The partnership underscores ChargeAfter’s ability to empower specialized financing providers with the technology needed for market expansion.
“Financing providers are turning to ChargeAfter to unlock new market opportunities,” said Meidad Sharon, CEO and Founder of ChargeAfter. “We are thrilled to power BYLD Finance’s expansion into the consumer sector. Our platform gives them the technology, broad lender coverage, and operational flexibility required to expand their lending waterfall in future, help their merchant partners close more high-value sales, and successfully scale their consumer retail footprint.”
About ChargeAfter
ChargeAfter is pioneering the embedded lending network for point-of-sale consumer financing for merchants and financial institutions. Powered by a network of lenders and a data-driven matching engine, ChargeAfter streamlines the distribution of credit into a single, secure, and reliable embedded lending platform. Merchants can rapidly implement ChargeAfter’s omnichannel platform online, in-store, and at every point of sale, enabling them to provide personalized financing choices to their customers. ChargeAfter is backed by investors including Visa, Citi Ventures, Synchrony Financial, Banco Bradesco, MUFG, and more. Learn more at chargeafter.com.
About BYLD Finance
BYLD Finance is a nationwide provider of equipment financing and business funding solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Through a network of equipment vendors and industry partners, BYLD Finance helps business owners access fast, flexible financing for equipment purchases and growth initiatives. Founded by Travis and Charlie McMinn, the company is committed to making business funding simple, transparent, and accessible.
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Joseph Leggs, a mechanic, machinist, and engine builder based in Escondido, California, shares how early training and decades of experience shaped his approach to Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini restoration.
How did you get started in automotive work?
California, USA, Aug 11, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — I grew up around tools and construction. My father worked as a firefighter, paramedic, general contractor, and builder. He brought my brother and me to job sites where we learned hands-on skills early.
“I had tools in my hands by the time I was eight years old. By the time I was ten, I was using power tools under supervision,” Leggs says.
The family also worked on their own cars. That exposure made the transition into professional mechanic and machine work natural. “We worked on our own cars growing up. Transitioning into mechanic and machine work came easy for me because I had already been around it for so long.”
What changed when you started your apprenticeship?
During college, Leggs began an apprenticeship at a Porsche specialist shop. That experience introduced him to a new level of technical rigor.
“That apprenticeship gave me exposure to a level of precision that was completely different. You learn very quickly that details matter,” he explains.
The work required advanced diagnostics, engine rebuilding, and problem-solving under tight tolerances. It became the foundation for everything that followed.
What does your work focus on now?
Leggs specializes in engine building, gearbox rebuilding, machining, and high-performance vehicle service. His work spans Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini models, including both street and race applications.
He has received factory training with Porsche, Lamborghini, and Bentley. That training gives him access to manufacturer-level techniques and standards.
Each project involves careful inspection, machining, assembly, and testing. The goal is always reliability and performance.
What do people misunderstand about engine building?
Many people expect speed. But quality work takes time.
“You can’t rush quality work. Every step matters,” Leggs says.
Skipping a measurement, using the wrong tolerance, or rushing assembly can lead to failure. Each component must fit correctly. Each surface must be prepared properly.
Attention to detail separates a functional engine from one that performs at the highest level.
What advice do you have for someone interested in this field?
Start early. Get your hands on tools. Work on your own car or motorcycle if you can.
Seek out an apprenticeship or technical training. Factory certifications matter. They teach you the right way to approach complex systems.
Learn to slow down and focus. Precision matters more than speed, especially when you are starting out.
What keeps you motivated after all these years?
Every engine is different. Every restoration presents new challenges. The work requires constant learning and problem-solving.
Leggs also values the tangible results. When an engine runs smoothly after a rebuild, the work speaks for itself.
Mountain biking, riding motorcycles, backpacking, and camping provide balance. Those hobbies keep him connected to the same hands-on, mechanical mindset that drives his professional work.
If you do nothing else
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Start working with tools early, even if it’s just maintaining your own vehicle or bicycle.
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Seek out an apprenticeship or technical school program in automotive service or machining.
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Prioritize quality over speed in every task you complete.
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Invest in factory training or manufacturer certifications to build credibility and skill.
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Practice measuring and fitting parts with precision before moving to more complex assemblies.
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Learn to diagnose problems methodically rather than guessing at solutions.
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Build a network of experienced mechanics and machinists who can mentor you.
If you know someone considering a career in the skilled trades or looking to improve their approach to mechanical work, share this Q&A with them.
About Joseph Leggs
Joseph Leggs is a mechanic, machinist, and engine and gearbox builder based in Escondido, California. He specializes in Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini engine building, gearbox rebuilding, and high-performance automotive restoration. He holds factory training certifications from Porsche, Lamborghini, and Bentley. He began his career during an apprenticeship at a Porsche specialist shop and has built a reputation for precision, problem-solving, and commitment to quality workmanship across street and race car applications.
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