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Spaces Designer Homes Highlights 4 Major Homebuilding Trends Impacting West Michigan Homeowners

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  • Grand Rapids, Michigan–based Spaces Designer Homes shares key housing and remodeling trends to help West Michigan families make informed building decisions in today’s evolving market.

Grand Rapids, MI, 11th March 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Spaces Designer Homes, a custom home builder and remodeler serving Grand Rapids and West Michigan, has released a consumer-focused briefing outlining four major trends shaping custom construction and remodeling decisions.

With elevated costs, shifting lifestyle priorities, and increased demand for personalization, the company says homeowners must approach building and remodeling with clearer expectations and stronger preparation than ever before.

“Homebuilding is not what it was five years ago,” said a spokesperson for Spaces Designer Homes. “Costs, timelines, and buyer priorities have shifted. The families who succeed are the ones who understand the landscape before they break ground.”

Below are four key trends influencing residential construction — and what they mean for homeowners in practical terms.

1. Construction Costs Remain Elevated

Residential construction material costs have increased more than 30% in recent years, and while volatility has stabilized, pricing remains significantly higher than pre-2020 levels. Labor shortages continue nationwide, contributing to longer scheduling timelines and premium labor rates.

In addition:

  • Nearly 70% of custom home projects report budget increases tied to upgrades or mid-project changes.

  • Average build timelines are now several months longer than historical norms.

“What this means in plain language is simple,” the company explains. “You need a detailed plan and a realistic budget before you begin. Assumptions are expensive.”

Spaces Designer Homes emphasizes that unclear allowances, late design decisions, and incomplete specifications are among the biggest contributors to cost overruns.

2. Remodeling Demand Is Surging

More than half of homeowners are choosing to renovate rather than move, largely due to higher mortgage rates and limited housing inventory.

Additional indicators show:

  • Remodeling spending nationally has exceeded $400 billion annually.

  • Kitchen and bathroom remodels remain the most requested upgrades.

  • The median age of U.S. homes is now over 40 years, increasing the need for updates and modernization.

“We’re seeing families invest in the home they already love instead of navigating a competitive housing market,” Spaces Designer Homes notes. “But remodeling still requires structure, budgeting, and professional coordination to avoid unexpected costs.”

The company warns that underestimating renovation complexity can lead to schedule delays and financial strain if proper planning is not in place.

3. Personalization Is the New Standard

Today’s homeowners expect homes tailored to their lifestyles.

Industry surveys indicate:

  • Over 80% of buyers rank design personalization as a top priority.

  • Demand for custom cabinetry, flexible workspaces, and multi-functional rooms continues to rise.

  • Open-concept living is evolving into intentional zoning — spaces designed for specific daily routines.

“Families want homes that reflect how they actually live,” the company says. “Whether it’s remote work, entertaining, or multigenerational living, the layout must support real life.”

However, increased customization also requires earlier and more detailed design decisions.

“The more custom your home becomes, the more critical planning becomes,” the company adds. “Personalization without preparation leads to change orders.”

4. Transparency and Communication Are Now Deciding Factors

Homeowners consistently rank clear communication and transparency among the top factors when selecting a builder — often above price alone.

Recent housing feedback trends show:

  • Poor communication is one of the leading causes of project dissatisfaction.

  • Projects with structured pre-construction planning are significantly less likely to exceed timelines.

“People aren’t just hiring a builder,” Spaces Designer Homes explains. “They’re entering a partnership that can last a year or more. The process matters just as much as the finished product.”

The company encourages homeowners to evaluate not only craftsmanship but also the builder’s systems for documentation, selection management, budget clarity, and change-order approvals.

What This Means for Homeowners

According to Spaces Designer Homes, today’s environment demands a shift in mindset.

“Building or remodeling is no longer just about design inspiration,” the company explains. “It’s about strategic planning, financial clarity, and choosing a team that communicates consistently from blueprint to move-in.”

In today’s market, preparation is no longer optional — it is essential.

A Call to Action

Spaces Designer Homes encourages West Michigan homeowners to pause before beginning any custom construction or remodeling project and ensure they fully understand today’s costs, timelines, and expectations.

“An informed homeowner is a confident homeowner,” the company concludes. “The right preparation protects your investment, your timeline, and your peace of mind.”

About Spaces Designer Homes

Founded in 2017, Spaces Designer Homes is a Grand Rapids, Michigan–based custom home builder and remodeler serving West Michigan and Lakeshore communities. With an in-house designer and fully equipped showroom, the company specializes in custom construction, remodeling, cabinetry, and blueprint design.

Built on the belief that strong partnerships create stronger homes, the company operates by a simple guiding principle: Our Team. Building Your Dream Home. This commitment reflects its focus on collaboration, transparency, craftsmanship, and lasting relationships — ensuring every project is more than a structure, but a space thoughtfully created around each client’s lifestyle, values, and vision.

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CoinRabbit Wins “Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026” Award from International Business Magazine

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Toronto, Canada, September 4th, 2026, Chainwire

CoinRabbit has been named Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 by International Business Magazine, highlighting a lending product that has issued more than $1.45 billion in loans since 2020.

About the International Business Magazine Award

The International Business Magazine Awards recognize companies and executives making a significant impact across global industries. The selection process combines public nominations with jury review, with nominees assessed on their work, progress, and contribution to their respective industries.

For CoinRabbit, the award comes at an important stage in the company’s development. It is moving beyond borrowing against crypto and building a broader ecosystem for managing digital-asset capital.

Why CoinRabbit Was Named the Best Crypto Lending Platform

The Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 award recognizes the work CoinRabbit has put into its ecosystem. The platform provides borrowers with fast access to liquidity and confidence that their funds remain secure. CoinRabbit maintains a clear no-rehypothecation policy, giving clients greater certainty that their collateral is not being reused or lent out elsewhere.

That focus on a predictable borrowing experience has remained central as CoinRabbit has expanded the product. There is no traditional credit check because crypto collateral does the underwriting, and the lending process takes about 10 minutes whether a client is borrowing a few hundred dollars or managing a six-figure position.

The award jury also highlighted CoinRabbit’s Private Program as a high-touch approach for clients with significant balances. Designed for portfolios of $500,000 and above, it offers a more personalized way to manage assets around each client’s financial goals, liquidity needs, and timing. As part of CoinRabbit’s broader digital-asset ecosystem, the program gives clients a more private banking-style experience.

Capital Preservation at the Core

CoinRabbit is expanding into capital management, but lending remains at the core of the business. By giving clients access to liquidity without a need to sell their crypto, it helps preserve capital and keep assets invested for the long term.

Walter Barrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at CoinRabbit, commented:

“We’ve spent years building and refining the product, and it’s rewarding to see that work recognized. At the same time, CoinRabbit is becoming more than just a lending platform. With the Private Program, we’re bringing a private credit approach to managing crypto. Clients can work directly with a success manager to find the right strategy for their needs, with a more tailored way to build crypto capital. We also continue to improve the core lending product, keeping it simple. For us, the goal is to make both sides of the business stronger as we grow.”

As CoinRabbit evolves, capital preservation remains a central idea behind the company’s products and services.

About CoinRabbit

CoinRabbit is a crypto asset management platform built for long-term capital preservation. It provides flexible liquidity management across multiple environments. Instant payments and lending, yield and trading products, and also the Private Program are available from a single platform. Since 2020, CoinRabbit has maintained a 100% capital reserve model, ensuring that client assets are fully reserved and never rehypothecated.

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Liquid Mercury Announces Initial Closing of ACQUA1 Offering

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September 4, 2026

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Chicago, United States, September 4th, 2026, Chainwire

Liquid Mercury today announced that ACQUA1, LLC completed the initial closing of its MERC exchange offering on September 1, 2026.

ACQUA1 is a Liquid Mercury subsidiary that operates Liquid Mercury’s Lab Company program, licensing Liquid Mercury technology to companies primarily tokenizing real-world assets and receiving fees plus a minority equity stake in return. Liquid Mercury is the majority holder and Manager.

“Over the past 18 months, dozens of companies have approached Liquid Mercury seeking to tokenize their assets,” said Tony Saliba, CEO and founder of Liquid Mercury. “Many assumed they would need to raise capital and build this infrastructure from scratch. Licensing Mercury RWA lets them launch on systems that were already live and proven, at a fraction of the time and cost. ACQUA1 token holders now own a slice of the business that earns equity, plus fees from the companies in the Lab Company program.”

Verified accredited investors subscribed by exchanging MERC for non-voting Class B units of ACQUA1 at the initial conversion rate of 10 MERC per unit. Under its operating agreement, ACQUA1 must burn 100% of the MERC it receives at each closing within five business days and may not transfer, trade, lend, stake, pledge, or otherwise deploy it. 

On September 2, all 563,230,000 MERC received at the initial closing were burned via a transfer to the dead address, as the offering documents require.

Initial Closing Highlights

  • Initial closing: September 1, 2026
  • MERC burned: 563,230,000
  • Transferred to the dead address September 2, 2026
  • Units issued: 56,323,000
  • Non-voting Class B units of ACQUA1, LLC under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D
  • 10 MERC per unit
  • Evidenced on-chain by ACQUA1-C tokens
  • ACQUA1-C tokens convert one-for-one into ACQUA1 tokens upon issuance
  • Remaining closings: On or about October 30 and December 31, 2026
  • ACQUA1 may skip or terminate at its discretion
  • The conversion rate at subsequent closings may differ

Verification Links

Burn transaction

ACQUA1-C contract

Verified accredited investors can request full terms at acqua1.liquidmercury.com/contact.

About Liquid Mercury

Liquid Mercury powers professional crypto trading and digital asset marketplaces. The company delivers institutional-grade infrastructure, access to deep liquidity, and best-in-class trading tools and workflow automation across its Pro, OTC, and RWA platforms. Through Mercury RWA, Liquid Mercury is extending that infrastructure into tokenized real-world assets, with $MERC serving as the access and platform layer token. For more information, visit www.liquidmercury.com.

Investor Notice

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Class B units of ACQUA1, LLC and the ACQUA1 tokens representing them are offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, solely to verified accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, and solely pursuant to ACQUA1’s confidential private placement memorandum, as supplemented, and definitive subscription documents, which contain important information, including risk factors. ACQUA1 tokens are restricted securities, are subject to transfer restrictions under ACQUA1’s operating agreement and may remain illiquid indefinitely; investors should not assume that Rule 144 will be available. Statements regarding future revenues, valuations, portfolio performance, and subsequent closings are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties; actual results may differ materially. The MERC contract has no burn function; tokens are removed from circulation by transferring to the dead address. Supply outstanding excluding the dead address is 5,436,770,000 MERC, as of the date of publication.

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Cracking 1.33 Trillion Daily Tokens: B.AI Powers the “AI Grid” with Full-Stack Infrastructure to Fuel the Agentic Era

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Singapore – B.AI, a next-generation AI infrastructure platform, recently set off a developer frenzy by offering free access to top-tier models. Within days, daily token throughput across the platform crossed 1.33 trillion—a historic milestone. 

The record-breaking figure underscores the campaign’s explosive rollout, but it marks only the first step in B.AI’s broader strategic roadmap. Moving beyond traditional compute distribution pipelines, B.AI aims to build the global settlement layer for intelligence: a core infrastructure hub engineered to power cross-node collaboration, orchestration, and value distribution for AI agents across complex business workflows. 

Positioning itself strategically above all models, below all agents, B.AI deeply integrates a diverse range of top-tier models with full-stack components, laying an unshakable, irreplaceable foundation for the mass adoption of autonomous agents and the productivity boom that follows.

Daily Token Throughput Tops 1.33 Trillion: B.AI’s Free Access Rollout Fuels Usage Boom

B.AI’s recent move to open free access to premium AI models has captivated developers and quickly taken over industry conversations. The push for accessible compute has not only fueled a surge in platform activity but also shattered usage records. 

In a matter of days, soaring API demand pushed the platform’s daily token throughput past a staggering 1.33 trillion. Over a 15-day window, cumulative volume reached 8.19 trillion tokens, drawing in more than 220,000 new API users. As of September 3, B.AI’s total user base had officially surpassed 2.3 million. 

That massive adoption traces directly to the platform’s zero-cost model lineup, a strategic rollout built to erase developers’ cost concerns. With every barrier removed, B.AI now offers unlimited free access to six leading frontier models: DeepSeek-V4-Flash, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, Tencent Hy3, Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5, GLM-5.3-Flash (Ox Alpha), and Qwen3.8-Flash. 

Notably, on September 3, B.AI rolled out a new pricing structure for DeepSeek-V4-Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, introducing tiered discounts. Developers now receive a 50% discount during peak hours, with off-peak rates dropping to just 25% of standard peak pricing. At the same time, the platform has kept zero-cost access in place for GLM-5.3-Flash (Ox Alpha), Qwen3.8-Flash, Tencent Hy3, and Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5. Despite the shift toward commercialization, developer momentum hasn’t wavered, with platform-wide token throughput continuing its steady climb.

This sustained momentum proves the campaign was far more than a short-term compute giveaway—it is a bellwether for the broader evolution of AI infrastructure. Cracking 1.33 trillion daily tokens makes one thing clear: AI applications are moving past basic chatbots. Powered by a high-performance technical stack and flexible service mechanics, B.AI is laying the groundwork for the next frontier—autonomous AI agents operating at scale. 

Powering the “AI Grid”: B.AI Anchors the Global Settlement Layer for the Agent Economy

For B.AI, democratizing compute is only the prelude. Looking further ahead, the platform is committed to building full-stack infrastructure for the agentic era, cementing its position as the global settlement layer for intelligence.

In the agent era, a typical agent task calls for constant switching between models. No single provider can power a complete workflow on its own, so developers are left juggling fragmented API protocols, disjointed billing systems, and conflicting rate limits. 

B.AI’s settlement layer bridges this exact gap. Positioned strategically “above all models, below all agents,” B.AI abstracts models across different providers, capabilities, and cost structures into a unified pool of schedulable resources.

Powered by a dual-tier API structure offering official-route reliability alongside lowest-cost custom channels, developers can choose between guaranteed direct connections and deeply discounted options across a broad lineup of models. Combined with smart routing on the Chat interface, B.AI operates as a full-stack “AI grid,” ensuring every agent request lands on the optimal model to deliver reliable performance at maximum cost-efficiency. 

On the settlement front, this power grid seamlessly bridges both Web2 and Web3 models. For Web2, developers can rely on familiar traditional payment methods to top up with minimal friction. For Web3, B.AI leverages on-chain payment rails to offer global developers decentralized, verifiable, and low-friction payment options.

With dual payment systems running in parallel, B.AI enables developers and agent applications across any infrastructure setup to find their optimal settlement path on the grid, providing single-point integration with borderless global reach. 

Driving Core Productivity: B.AI Reshapes Agent Collaboration

Beyond building a foundation for compute routing and global settlement, B.AI is moving past base infrastructure to power real-world productivity. By enabling seamless agent collaboration across complex workflows, it delivers the missing execution layer for the agent economy. 

At the heart of this execution layer is native Codex integration. Full compatibility with the Responses API means developers can now use a single B.AI key inside Codex to run flagship GPT models and DeepSeek favorites side by side. 

Engineers can now bring these powerhouse models straight into their daily dev stack. From code generation and reasoning to debugging and refactoring, B.AI unifies the entire workflow under one roof—delivering a direct line from model selection to shipped code. 

Beyond coding, to keep agents running reliably in real-world production at scale, B.AI has built a full-stack infrastructure powered by five core components, equipping agents with a fine-tuned operational engine:

  • x402 Payment Protocol: Introduces an innovative “pay-before-response” model that executes high-frequency, on-chain micro-settlements in the background during cross-agent API calls and compute orchestration.
  • 8004 Identity Protocol: Issues verifiable on-chain credentials for every agent, logging execution history and credit scores to establish a reliable layer of trust for cross-node collaboration.
  • Skills Matrix: Plug-and-play, standardized building blocks that interface directly with MCP servers to equip agents with instant, modular tool-calling capabilities.
  • BAIclaw and BAIcode: Built-in platform assistants engineered for end-to-end execution. BAIclaw manages all-in-one terminal operations and multi-agent workflows, while BAIcode serves as an advanced developer engine that streamlines the full pipeline from task analysis and architecture design to coding and testing.

From the token surge sparked by zero-cost model access to its positioning as the global settlement layer for intelligence; from seamless Codex integration to full-stack infrastructure powered by x402, 8004, Skills, and native assistants—B.AI delivers far more than a battle-tested technical stack; it unveils a clear blueprint for what lies ahead. B.AI is building not just accessible compute today, but the definitive launchpad for a thriving agent economy. The future is here—and this is only the beginning.

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