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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Hong Kong, Hong Kong, September 2nd, 2026, FinanceWire

New suite of standalone products gives institutions principal OTC dealing and LP connectivity alongside Liminal’s existing wallet and key-management infrastructure 

Today, Liminal, a provider of institutional digital asset wallet and key-management infrastructure, announced the launch of Liminal Prime, an enterprise software suite designed to provide stablecoin liquidity connectivity. It is built exclusively to enable locally licensed exchanges, financial institutions, payment providers, fintechs, market makers, corporate treasuries and OTC trading desks to access principal-to-principal OTC dealing and LP connectivity alongside Liminal’s existing wallet and key-management infrastructure. Liminal’s technology is delivered strictly as a tech infrastructure solution to authorised entities responsible for their own local regulatory compliance. 

As cross-border payments, tokenized assets and enterprise blockchain applications move from pilot projects into production deployments, financial institutions increasingly need trading and liquidity infrastructure designed to integrate with the governance and compliance controls institutions have already established. Liminal Prime was built to address that gap. 

For many institutions, secure wallet infrastructure is no longer the primary challenge. As digital asset operations mature, attention is shifting toward trading, liquidity access, and operational efficiency. Liminal Prime has been developed to address this next phase of institutional adoption.

This launch marks the next phase of Liminal’s evolution as an institutional partner, expanding its core wallet and key-management offering with OTC and liquidity connectivity. Each product operates as an independent module, licensed and deployed separately, giving institutions the flexibility to adopt what fits their operational and regulatory requirements, without displacing existing infrastructure 

Liminal Prime is built by the team behind Liminal’s institutional wallet infrastructure and key-management infrastructure, which has processed more than US$100 billion in on-chain transactions across more than 20 blockchain networks for institutions in over 12 countries. 

The products have been shaped by direct engagement with the licensed exchanges, payment companies, financial institutions and digital asset businesses that form Liminal’s client base. What those clients identified consistently was a common operational gap: institutional-grade trading and liquidity access that works within, not alongside, their existing governance and compliance frameworks. 

“What we keep hearing from institutions, across markets, is that the wallet question is largely settled. The conversation has moved on. They are now asking how they actually operationalise digital assets at scale — how they trade, how they manage liquidity, and how they do all of that without introducing new counterparty risk or compliance gaps. Liminal Prime is built to close that gap. We have the relationships and the trust already in place. This is a natural next step.” Rajesh Sabari, Chief Commercial Officer, Liminal 

Liminal Prime comprises three products, each addressing a distinct institutional operating requirement: 

White-Glove OTC supports high-value, complex, and time-sensitive block trades through a dedicated dealing desk. A desk reaches Liminal directly, gets a price, and confirms the trade; no automated flow, a human on the other end for every transaction. Where regulatory frameworks permit, Liminal acts as principal counterparty for its own account on every trade, buying and selling digital assets. Designed for licensed institutions where transaction size, confidentiality and tailored workflow requirements are paramount. 

Electronic OTC (eOTC) provides GUI- and API-driven access to streaming and firm quotes for organisations managing recurring, high-frequency digital asset transaction flows at scale. A GUI and API connection enables automated, always-on pricing; a web platform provides a self-serve, screen-based experience for systematic dealing without a manual conversation for every trade. Subject to applicable local licensing, Liminal acts as principal counterparty for its own account.

Bridge is a technology platform that gives institutions a single screen or API to request quotes from, and trade directly with, liquidity providers they have separately onboarded with and been approved by. Liminal is not the counterparty to the trade, does not operate an exchange, brokerage or trading venue, and takes no custody of assets. Liminal’s role is limited to routing quote requests, displaying prices and supporting communication between the two parties; the trade and its settlement happen directly between the institution and its chosen liquidity provider, off platform, under their own bilateral agreement.

Across all three products, Liminal Prime delivers configurable reporting, audit-ready workflows and integration with Liminal’s wallet and key-management infrastructure. The products support multiple blockchain networks and major digital asset pairs, providing the transparency, governance and operational controls that institutions require. 

“The time for discussing institutional digital assets in theory is over. Institutions now need practical solutions that can be deployed against real treasury, payment and liquidity requirements. Whether you are managing stablecoin flows, entering a new market or looking for more efficient execution, bring us the challenge. Liminal Prime is ready to help you put into action.” Clarence Leong, Senior Manager – Institutional Markets, Liminal

Liminal Prime is the first step in a broader infrastructure strategy. As institutional participation in digital asset markets deepens across tokenization, cross-border payment infrastructure and enterprise treasury management, Liminal will continue building out its product offering. The company’s objective is to serve as a trusted infrastructure partner for licensed institutions at every stage of their digital asset operations, from wallet and key-management infrastructure to OTC and liquidity connectivity solutions. 

Important Notice 

White-Glove OTC and Electronic OTC (eOTC) are restricted and unavailable to entities operating or residing in the UAE, India, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as any jurisdiction where local laws prohibit their use. Bridge is available subject to local regulatory requirements. Note: Users are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with all local regulations before attempting to access any of our services. 

Communication Notice: The following Important Notice is an integral part of this release and must be reproduced in full wherever this release, or any substantial portion of it, is published or reproduced. 

About Liminal Prime 

Liminal Prime is a suite of institutional OTC and liquidity connectivity products comprising three distinct offerings: White-Glove OTC, Electronic OTC and Bridge. Where regulatory frameworks permit, White-Glove OTC and eOTC are principal-to-principal dealing products in which Liminal acts as counterparty for its own account. Bridge is a technology platform through which institutions can request quotes from, and trade directly with, approved and licensed liquidity providers of their choosing; the legal trade is formed and settled bilaterally between the institution and its chosen LP under their own agreements. Each product is operated and assessed independently and is designed to complement existing institutional infrastructure. Institutions may adopt individual products independently, based on their operational and regulatory requirements. 

About Liminal 

Liminal is an institutional digital asset infrastructure provider offering enterprise-grade wallet infrastructure, key management and governance solutions for exchanges, financial institutions, fintech companies, digital asset businesses and enterprises. Liminal has processed over US$100 billion in on-chain transaction volume across more than 20 blockchain networks for institutions in over 12 countries.

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Director-Global Communication
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Liminal Custody
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