London, London, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire

ALKEMYA METACORE SCSp SECURES INITIAL USD 50 MILLION INVESTMENT AHEAD OF LISTING OF TOKENISED EQUITY NICKEL OFFERING

Alkemya Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (“Alkemya”), the sponsor, is pleased to announce that Alkemya Metacore SCSp has secured USD 50 million in a pre-launch capital raise for its precision industrial nickel wire business backed by Class 1 nickel wire. It is announcing the sale of additional ALKN tokens in a new tranche (the “Token”) at USD 1.0 per Token. 

The offer, which is being arranged by Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd, will take place on Bitfinex Securities. The offer is available to institutional and professional investors and will close on 15 October 2026.

The Tokens are issued by Alkemya Metacore SCSp (“Alkemya Metacore”), a special limited partnership based in Luxembourg, which is registered as an Issuer with CNAD (National Commission of Digital Assets) in El Salvador. 

Alkemya Metacore is a Luxembourg-based investment and operating platform focused on the industrial development, commercialisation, and financial structuring of high-technology metals. It owns approximately 7 million metres of 99.99% ultra-pure nickel wire with 0.025 mm diameter, which has been independently verified and valued at approximately USD 1.64 billion. The asset is held in institutional custody in Lugano, Switzerland.

Alkemya will use part of the initial capital raise and further funds raised in additional tranches to invest working capital in Alkemya Metacore to finance its commercialisation strategy of transforming its ultra-pure wire into engineered mesh products tailored to high-growth applications across seven sectors: EMI shielding, aerospace and defence, marine and desalination, power and industrials, semiconductors, green hydrogen and rare/precious metals recovery. 

The successful capital raise, before secondary market listing, represents a major milestone for the offering and demonstrates confidence in the underlying exposure to high-purity nickel and the structure of the issue. The Token affords investors a combination of an asset-backed investment and a thematic play on energy transition and electronic security technologies.

The listing on Bitfinex Securities of the Token will enable Alkemya to leverage tokenisation to access a wider pool of global investors and be part of a regulated, 24/7 trading venue.

The Tokens aim to provide long-term investment value linked to real-world applications and technology. 

Cash distributions will be governed by a strict waterfall that first returns investor capital in full, cumulative distributions equal to a 6% per annum compound interest calculated annually (i.e., the preferred return) on the investor capital at any time outstanding, from the date of payment of the same up to the date of final repayment of the invested capital and an additional 80/20 profit split with a carry partner in favour of Token holders from the commercial business. 

Carlo Guido Della Peruta, Manager of the General Partner of Alkemya Metacore, commented: “Securing this initial investment is a significant milestone for Alkemya and validates both the quality of our asset and the strength of our commercialisation strategy. We chose to list on Bitfinex Securities because tokenisation offers us access to a genuinely global investor base within a regulated framework, and because it reflects the innovative approach we are taking across all aspects of our business. This raise will allow us to begin transforming our nickel wire asset into high-value engineered products serving some of the fastest-growing sectors in the global economy, and we look forward to welcoming further investors as the listing progresses.” 

Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities, commented: “Bitfinex Securities exists to connect exciting investment opportunities with a broader and deeper investor base, giving more people access to investments that were previously out of reach and giving businesses access to a wider pool of capital. Alkemya Metacore will represent yet another example of how we’re using blockchain technology to bring previously inaccessible asset classes to market within stringent regulatory guardrails, and Alkemya’s initial $50 million capital raise is a sign of appetite for this exciting opportunity.”

Arvinder Sood, CEO and Director at Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd, said: “Hanover Square Capital is delighted to announce this transaction in collaboration with Bitfinex Securities and its successful pre-launch close of USD 50 million investment, which not only underscores the evolving direction of global capital markets but also establishes a compelling foundation for a groundbreaking transaction with the launch of ALKN tokens. This milestone reflects a broader structural shift in how financial assets are created, accessed, and exchanged, as traditional frameworks increasingly converge with digital innovation. By embracing tokenised equity, the transaction highlights a more efficient, transparent, and accessible model for capital formation, one that is better aligned with the demands of modern investors and issuers alike, with the capacity to trade on a peer-to-peer basis.

Hanover Square Capital believes that this transaction not only validates that trajectory but also signals the growing importance of blockchain-enabled solutions in redefining how assets are issued, managed, and traded on a global scale.”

Bitfinex Securities provides a regulated venue for the issuance and trading of tokenised securities, combining blockchain technology with regulated market access for issuers and eligible investors.

The offering was advised by the following law firms: CMS DeBacker in Luxembourg (as regards Luxembourg law aspects), Dentons El Salvador (as regards El Salvador law aspects), Foley and Lardner in the US (as regards US law aspects), and CNPLaw LLP in Singapore (as regards Singapore law aspects). Winston Taylor acted for Bitfinex Securities. The Edison Group advised on investor relations and issued a pre-IPO research note. The ALKN tokens will be available for trading across three regulated exchanges: Bitfinex Securities, AGX (operated by LabyrinthX Technologies Pte Ltd, a company in the Hydra X group) and Archax Ltd. HydraX Digital Assets Pte. Ltd. is the custodian and distribution partner in Asia, with Archax playing a similar role in the UK. Scytale, the technology firm, is providing onboarding technology services for compliance to Alkemya Metacore under Luxembourg and EU law.

About Hanover

Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd (“HSC”) is an independent, regulated advisory firm headquartered in London, comprising a small team of highly experienced finance professionals. The firm provides strategic advice across a broad range of areas, including energy transition and climate-related solutions, public and private debt and equity placements, bank financing, and both project and commodity finance, alongside advisory services on financial investments. HSC brings deep sector expertise spanning environment-related projects, infrastructure development, next-generation technologies with applications to electromagnetic shielding and efficient green energy production, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and the global energy transition.

As a member of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), the firm is closely aligned with leading sustainability practices. Its client base is global, encompassing large and mid-cap corporations, government and state agencies, selected institutional investors, and professional investors. HSC is further supported by its connected company, Hanover Square Investments Pte. Ltd, based in Singapore.

About Bitfinex Securities

Bitfinex Securities provides a regulated platform for the issuance, listing and trading of tokenised securities. Licensed in El Salvador and Kazakhstan, Bitfinex Securities gives issuers and eligible investors access to digital securities markets within established regulatory frameworks.

The platform supports capital raising and secondary market trading for tokenised securities, including real-world asset-linked opportunities. By combining market infrastructure, technology and regulatory oversight, Bitfinex Securities aims to make capital formation more efficient, transparent and accessible for issuers and investors.

Media Contact:

Richard Morgan Evans

rmorganevans@sapiencecomms.co.uk

Jonathan Batchelor

jbatchelor@sapiencecomms.co.uk

Sapience Communications

+44 (0) 203 841 7610

Disclaimer:

No offering is being made in the European Union or the European Economic Area, and no retail investors within the meaning of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”) will be admitted as purchasers of the ALKN Tokens. The ALKN Tokens are also exempt from the obligation to publish a prospectus for offers to the public under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended (the “Prospectus Regulation”), as the offering will only be addressed to qualified investors in the EEA/EU. The offering is limited to institutional investors in Singapore. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any of the ALKN Tokens in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. These securities have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the securities laws of any U.S. state or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction outside El Salvador, nor is such registration contemplated. The ALKN Tokens will only be offered and sold outside the United States (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) in offshore transactions pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S and in accordance with any other applicable securities laws where such offers and sales are made. The ALKN Tokens have not been and will not be offered or sold within the United States. 

Forward-Looking Statements: Information outlined in this news release may involve forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. The forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made as of the date of this document, and Alkemya Metacore and Alkemya disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities legislation. Although management believes that the expectations represented in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

Notice: None of Bitfinex Securities, Archax Ltd or the Hydra X group accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Since this offering is not targeting US investors as it is made under Regulation S and similarly it is not targeting EU retail investors under the EU Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”) or non-institutional investors in Singapore, this announcement is not intended for US investors, retail investors in the EU or non-institutional investors in Singapore. US investors, EU retail investors and non-institutional investors in Singapore are considered prohibited investors under the ALKN Token offering. 

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Why Mr. IBILE Is Strategically Positioning for the Future of New Lagos

Nigeria, 1st Sep 2026 – “A conventional developer builds where the city already is. A strategist studies where the city is going and begins building there.”

Lagos has never been a city that waits for the future.

It expands, transforms, and reinvents itself, often years before the rest of the country fully recognizes where the next wave of opportunity is taking shape.

And increasingly, one name is becoming synonymous with understanding that movement from the ground up: Hon. (Dr.) Saheed Mosadoluwa Audullahi, popularly known as Mr. IBILE, the “Lagos Landlord.”

As Executive Managing Director and CEO of Harmony Garden & Estate Development Ltd., Dr. Mosadoluwa is building more than estates. He is pursuing a larger proposition: to identify where Lagos is going, position land and communities around that trajectory, and create places capable of participating in the city’s next era of growth.

From Aviation to Land: Learning to Read Movement

Perhaps the most interesting dimension of Mosadoluwa’s real-estate philosophy is that his story did not begin with property.

His professional journey spans aviation, logistics, international trade, and entrepreneurship. In 2011, he became the first Black man appointed to the board of the Ras Khaimah Movers Association in the UAE, an achievement that reflected his expertise in aviation and freight logistics.

That background matters.

Aviation and logistics teach a fundamental lesson: location is never simply about where something is; it is about where movement is going.

Airports, highways, ports, industrial clusters, commercial districts and residential communities do not develop independently. They create interconnected economic ecosystems.

This is the lens through which Mosadoluwa appears to approach land.

Rather than viewing a parcel simply as land to be sold, his strategy places increasing emphasis on corridors, infrastructure, accessibility, community development, and the economic activity that follows them.

That philosophy is particularly visible in Harmony Garden’s concentration across the rapidly developing Lekki–Ibeju-Lekki corridor.

The New Lagos Is Moving East

For decades, Lagos’ traditional centres of economic gravity were concentrated around Lagos Island, Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Ikeja and other established districts.

But the city’s next chapter is increasingly being written along emerging corridors.

The Lekki–Epe axis has become a particularly significant development frontier, surrounded by major infrastructure and economic landmarks including the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport, Alaro City, Pan-Atlantic University, Dangote Refinery and Fertilizer Plant, Lekki Free Trade Zone and Lekki Deep Sea Port.

Harmony Garden’s estate portfolio deliberately sits within this expanding ecosystem.

Its Seven Citadels of Joy comprise GranVille Estate, Lekki Aviation Town, Majestic Bay Estate, The Parliament Estates, Oju-Alaro GRA, HarmonyCasa Estate and HarmonyVille Estate, with HarmonyVille already sold out. The company’s profile states that its land portfolio exceeds 4,600 hectares, with a stated value of more than $380 million.

The significance is not simply the scale.

It is the underlying strategy.

Land as Infrastructure for Tomorrow

Take Lekki Aviation Town.

Located within the Yegunda Resettlement Scheme and directly facing the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport, the development is positioned around one of the infrastructure projects expected to influence the future character of the corridor.

Then there is GranVille Estate, located at Oreki by Eleko Junction and directly facing the Lekki-Epe Expressway, with proximity to some of the corridor’s most important economic and institutional landmarks.

The Parliament Phase I is positioned within Bolorunpelu-Onigbedu (Oke-Ogun),also directly facing the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, while HarmonyCasa Phase II occupies Seidu/Imare Airport Government Resettlement Scheme, also facing the proposed international airport and many other high-end strategic locations.

This is where the designation “Land Strategist” becomes particularly fitting.

The strategy is not simply about acquiring land.

It is about understanding the relationship between land, infrastructure, mobility, population growth, and economic expansion.

Beyond Estates: Building Ecosystems

Mosadoluwa’s vision also extends beyond residential development.

His wider business ecosystem spans aviation, logistics, industrial development, agriculture, automobile services, tourism and real estate. His ventures include Royal Crystal Airways, Ibile Industrial Park, Ibile RoyalTrip’s Automobile, and Ibile Food Security Farm City.

That breadth provides an important clue to his approach.

The emerging Lagos cannot be sustained by houses alone.

It needs places to live, places to work, transportation networks, industrial activity, commercial centres, infrastructure, and communities that can grow alongside them.

This is also consistent with Mosadoluwa’s publicly articulated ambition of creating integrated communities rather than simply standalone property developments.

In that sense, his real-estate strategy sits within a much larger nation-building philosophy:

“Empower people, develop land, build legacy.”

Making Homeownership Part of the Strategy

Another defining element of the vision is accessibility.

Through the Ibile Traditional Mortgage System, Harmony Garden has introduced a structured rent-to-own pathway designed to make homeownership more accessible to Nigerians at home and in the diaspora. The model allows an initial 10% commitment, allocation at 30%, move-in at 50%, and repayment of the balance over up to five years at a minimum of 7.5% annual rate.

The significance is bigger than the financing structure itself.

It reflects a belief that urban development should not only create physical communities; it should also create pathways through which ordinary people can participate in those communities.

That people-centred philosophy is central to Mosadoluwa’s broader social-impact work and his stated commitment to expanding homeownership opportunities for Nigerians locally and abroad.

Why the “Lagos Landlord” Is Looking Beyond Today

There is a temptation in real estate to measure success by the number of plots sold, buildings completed or estates launched.

But the more consequential question is different:

What will this location mean 10, 15 or 20 years from now?

That is the question behind strategic land development.

For Mosadoluwa, the answer appears to lie in anticipating the convergence of infrastructure, population, commerce, transportation, and urban expansion, and positioning communities accordingly.

His Seven Citadels of Joy are therefore presented not merely as a collection of estates, but as components of a broader development vision across Lagos.

And that may ultimately be the defining distinction of the Land Strategist.

A conventional developer builds where the city already is.

A strategist studies where the city is going, and begins building there.

The Future Is Being Mapped Today

Lagos will continue to expand.

New roads will open. New economic zones will emerge. New transportation links will reshape commuting patterns. New businesses will follow infrastructure. New communities will rise around them.

The real question is not whether New Lagos will emerge.

It is who will have the foresight to prepare for it.

Hon. (Dr.) Saheed Mosadoluwa is making his answer clear through the scale of his land acquisition, the locations of his developments, his integrated business interests and his focus on expanding access to homeownership.

From aviation to logistics, from land acquisition to estate development, his career has increasingly converged around one central idea:

Understand movement. Identify opportunity. Develop strategically. Build for generations.

That is the story behind Mr. IBILE.

And perhaps the most compelling thing about his strategy is that he is not simply betting on the Lagos of today.

He is positioning for the Lagos that is still becoming.

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Singapore, Singapore, September 1st, 2026, FinanceWire

Voting is now open for the TrustFinance Community Choice Awards 2026, inviting the public to recognize financial companies that have earned their communities’ trust and confidence.

TrustFinance Awards has officially opened voting for the Community Choice Awards 2026, with the public voting period running from 1 September to 31 October 2026. The program gives users and industry communities an opportunity to support shortlisted companies across the global financial services industry.

The Community Choice Awards are built around a simple principle: meaningful recognition should also reflect the voice of the community. While the TrustFinance Performance Awards recognize companies through structured, independent evaluation, the Community Choice Awards place community confidence at the center of the recognition process through public voting.

Shortlisted companies represent a range of financial services sectors, including forex, fintech, investment services, payments, digital assets, and other areas of the financial industry. Voters can explore participating companies and award categories before casting their votes through the official TrustFinance Awards platform.

Community Recognition Through Verified Voting

To support the integrity of the Community Choice Awards, verification measures are incorporated into the voting process to help promote fair participation and reduce fraudulent or manipulated voting activity. The approach is part of TrustFinance Awards’ broader Verified Recognition framework, which focuses on making industry recognition more transparent and verifiable.

“Community trust is one of the strongest forms of recognition a company can earn,” said Peter Bu, CEO of TrustFinance. “The Community Choice Awards give people a direct voice in recognizing the companies they trust, while our verification process helps ensure that recognition is supported by genuine community participation.”

Voting will remain open until 31 October 2026, with the winners of the TrustFinance Community Choice Awards 2026 scheduled to be announced in November 2026.

Review the shortlisted companies and cast a vote at the TrustFinance Awards 2026.

About TrustFinance Awards

TrustFinance Awards is an independent recognition program for the global financial industry. Through its Performance Awards and Community Choice Awards, the program combines structured evaluation, community participation, and digital verification to recognize companies demonstrating excellence, transparency, innovation, customer experience, and public trust.

For more information, users can visit awards.trustfinance.com.

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