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In BriefAugmented Reality Integration: Seek Protocol is combining augmented reality (AR) and blockchain through its SeekAR and SeekAI features, enhancing the delivery of tokens and NFTs.Innovative Payment Plans: iFlux Global is offering a structured payment option that only requires a 15% upfront investment, making blockchain investments more accessible.Collaborative Strategy: The partnership between Seek Protocol and iFlux Global aims to create enticing opportunities for both users and investors by blending advanced technology with easy investment options.Seek Protocol is making waves in the blockchain community by integrating augmented reality (AR) technology into its platform. This integration involves several key components: SeekAR providing the AR interface, SeekPanel for deployment of tokens and NFTs, and SeekAI which acts as an intelligent agent organizing a continuous scavenger hunt. This innovative approach is designed to immerse users in a dynamic environment, making the process of token and NFT acquisition a captivating experience.https://twitter.com/Seekprotocol/status/2014785995301126329Facilitating Access with Flexible PaymentsIn a move to make blockchain technology more accessible, Seek Protocol has teamed up with iFlux Global. This partnership introduces a low-barrier investment model that demands just a 15 percent upfront payment, with the remaining balance spread over time. According to TradingView, this payment structure is tailored to enhance user retention by incentivizing ongoing participation, aligning with Seek Protocol’s objective of fostering long-term engagement.Expanding Horizons with Initial OfferingsFollowing their recent collaboration announcement, the initial projects include bounties that reward users for specific on-chain activities and engaging in real-world challenges through the SeekAR app. These initiatives are part of a larger strategy aimed at building a sustainable ecosystem that promotes continuous and meaningful user interactions.Setting New Trends in Web3 GamingThis collaboration could notably impact the Web3 gaming space by establishing new norms for reward systems that focus on user utility and action. This model addresses issues encountered in previous systems where rewards could be easily manipulated. Moreover, by lowering the initial financial barrier, the partnership is poised to attract a broader audience, including those hesitant to make significant investments upfront.Forward-Looking Strategy and AdaptationsAs these new offerings roll out, key factors to monitor will include the eligibility criteria for on-chain rewards, the scalability of AR experiences, and the efficacy of iFlux’s investment model. The success of these endeavors will largely depend on their ability to maintain a balance between engagement, accessibility, and security.ConclusionThe strategic alliance between Seek Protocol and iFlux Global represents a significant evolution within the blockchain and gaming industries. By harmonizing cutting-edge AR technology with an inclusive investment approach, this partnership sets the stage for potentially transformative developments in how digital interactions and investments are conducted within the burgeoning Web3 market.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BNB Plus Corp. (NASDAQ:BNBX) ("BNBX" or the "Company"), today announced that Chief Investment Officer Patrick Horsman, CFA and Chairman of the Board Joshua Kruger will present live at the Digital Asset Virtual Investor Conference hosted by Virtual InvestorConferences.com, on January 27th, 2026 at 1:00PM EST.DATE: January 27th, 2026 TIME: 1:00PM ESTRegister hereMr. Horsman and Mr. Kruger will be available for 1x1 meetings on January 27-29. Participants may schedule 1x1 Meetings Here The Digital Asset Virtual Investor Conference is a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time. If attendees are not able to attend the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available after the event.It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates. Learn more about the event at www.virtualinvestorconferences.com.About BNB Plus Corp. BNB Plus unlocks streamlined access to the Binance ecosystem, delivering non-directional yield strategies and long BNB exposure, powering the future of blockchain through a transparent, actively managed BNB treasury. The Company's differentiated strategy blends sophisticated DeFi yield generation with Binance-native opportunities, unlocking access to high-performance digital assets for investors traditionally excluded from the space. Formerly Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., BNB Plus continues to commercialize the Company's proprietary nucleic acid production solutions for the biopharmaceutical and diagnostics markets.About Virtual Investor Conferences®Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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ACTON, Mass., Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bluejay Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJDX) (“Bluejay” or the “Company”), a medical technology company developing rapid diagnostics on its Symphony platform to improve patient outcomes in critical care settings, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has approved a reverse stock split of its shares of common stock at a ratio of 1-for-4 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The Reverse Stock Split will become effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January 29, 2026, and the Company’s common stock will open for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on a post-split basis on January 29, 2026 under the Company’s existing trading symbol, “BJDX.” At such time, the Company’s common stock will also commence trading with a new CUSIP number, 095633608.
Full Year 2025 Highlights:Earnings per share increased 14%Total revenue increased $2.2 million, or 7%Net interest margin (tax-equivalent) improved 21 basis points to 3.27%Provision for credit losses increased $0.6 million Noninterest expense increased 3.5%Nonperforming assets were $0.5 million or 0.05% of total assets at December 31, 2025AUBURN, Ala., Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Auburn National Bancorporation (NASDAQ:AUBN) reported net income of $1.7 million, or $0.48 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $2.2 million, or $0.64 per share, for the third quarter of 2025, and $1.6 million, or $0.45 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2024. For the full year 2025, the Company reported net earnings of $7.3 million, or $2.08 per share, compared to $6.4 million, or $1.83 per share, for 2024."Our fourth quarter and full year earnings reflect solid growth in our net interest income and margin, including record full year net interest income of $29.7 million," said David A. Hedges, President and CEO. "Although our provision for credit losses increased, primarily due to two loan relationships, our asset quality, capital, and liquidity remain strong, our outlook for loan growth in 2026 has improved, and we continue to make progress on our digital banking initiatives. I would like to thank our team for all of their efforts in 2025, including their ongoing dedication to serving our customers and communities" said Mr. Hedges.Net interest income (tax-equivalent) was $7.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $7.6 million in the third quarter of 2025, and $7.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2024. The increase in net interest income was primarily due to improved net interest margin.Net interest margin (tax-equivalent) was 3.32% in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to 3.30% in the third quarter of 2025, and 3.09% in the fourth quarter of 2024. The increase in net interest margin was primarily due to improved yields on interest-earning assets, and a decrease in our cost of interest-bearing deposits.Nonperforming assets were $0.5 million, or 0.05% of total assets, at December 31, 2025, compared to $0.1 million, or 0.01% of total assets at September 30, 2025, and $0.5 million, or 0.05% of total assets, at December 31, 2024.The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $783 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to a negative provision for credit losses of $255 thousand in the third quarter of 2025, and a negative provision for credit losses of $48 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2024. The provision for credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2025 was primarily due to two borrowing relationships. Net charge-offs were $304 thousand, or 0.22% of average loans on an annualized basis for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to annualized net charge-offs of $78 thousand, or 0.06% for the third quarter of 2025, and annualized net recoveries of $16 thousand, or (0.01%) for the fourth quarter of 2024. Net charge-offs recognized in the fourth quarter of 2025 primarily related to one of the two borrowing relationships referenced above.At December 31, 2025, the Company's allowance for credit losses was $7.2 million, or 1.27% of total loans, compared to $6.7 million, or 1.20% of total loans at September 30, 2025 and $6.9 million, or 1.22% of total loans at December 31, 2024.Noninterest income was $0.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, largely unchanged from the third quarter of 2025 and the fourth quarter of 2024.Noninterest expense was $5.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $5.8 million in the third quarter of 2025, and $5.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. The decrease in noninterest expense compared to the third quarter of 2025 was primarily related to decreases in salaries and benefits expense and net occupancy and equipment expense. The increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 was primarily related to increases in other noninterest expense, which was partially offset by decreases in net occupancy and equipment expense.The provision for income tax expense was $0.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to income tax expense of $0.6 million for the third quarter of 2025, and $0.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2024.The effective tax rate for the fourth quarter of 2025 was 21.50%, compared to 21.86% for the third quarter of 2025, and 34.73% for the fourth quarter of 2024. The provision for income tax expense and the effective tax rate for the fourth quarter of 2024 included discrete tax items which resulted in additional tax expense. Excluding these discrete items, the effective tax rate for the fourth quarter of 2024 would have been 21.55%. The Company's effective income tax rate otherwise is principally affected by tax-exempt earnings from the Company's investments in municipal securities, bank-owned life insurance, and New Markets Tax Credits.Total assets were $1.0 billion at both December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025, compared to $977.3 million at December 31, 2024. Loans, net of unearned income were $565.3 million at December 31, 2025, compared to $557.9 million at September 30, 2025 and $564.0 million at December 31, 2024. Total deposits were $922.0 million at December 31, 2025, compared to $917.3 million at September 30, 2025 and $895.8 million at December 31, 2024. At December 31, 2025, the Company had $79.7 million of reciprocal deposits sold off-balance sheet, compared to $33.0 million at September 30, 2025, and $74.1 million at December 31, 2024. The Company had no brokered deposits, FHLB advances or other wholesale borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025, or December 31, 2024.At December 31, 2025, the Company's consolidated stockholders' equity (book value) was $92.1 million, or $26.35 per share, compared to $89.6 million, or $25.65 per share at September 30, 2025, and $78.3 million, or $22.41 per share, at December 31, 2024. The increase from September 30, 2025 was primarily driven by net earnings of $1.7 million and other comprehensive income of $1.7 million due to a decrease in unrealized losses on securities available-for-sale, net of tax, which was partially offset by cash dividends paid of $0.9 million. The increase from December 31, 2024 was primarily driven by net earnings of $7.3 million, and other comprehensive income of $10.2 million due to a decrease in unrealized losses on securities available-for-sale, net of tax, which was partially offset by cash dividends paid of $3.8 million. Unrealized losses on securities do not affect the Bank's capital for regulatory capital purposes.The Company's tangible common equity ("TCE") ratio or total equity to total assets ratio was 9.04% at December 31, 2025, compared to 8.86% at September 30, 2025, and 8.01% at December 31, 2024. All of the Company's marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale. Therefore, any changes in the fair value of the Company's securities portfolio are reflected in total equity, net of tax, under generally accepted accounting principles.The Company paid cash dividends of $0.27 per share in the fourth quarter of 2025. At December 31, 2025, the Bank's regulatory capital ratios were well above the minimum amounts required to be "well capitalized" under current regulatory standards.About Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (the "Company") is the parent company of AuburnBank (the "Bank"), with total assets of approximately $1.0 billion. The Bank is an Alabama state-chartered bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, which has operated continuously since 1907. Both the Company and the Bank are headquartered in Auburn, Alabama. The Bank conducts its business in East Alabama, including Lee County and surrounding areas. The Bank operates seven full-service branches in Auburn, Opelika, Valley, and Notasulga, Alabama. The Bank also operates a loan production office in Phenix City, Alabama. Additional information about the Company and the Bank may be found by visiting www.auburnbank.com.Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements with respect to our objectives, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions and all statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as "may," "will," "anticipate," "assume," "should," "indicate," "would," "believe," "contemplate," "expect," "estimate," "continue," "designed," "plan," "point to," "project," "could," "intend," "target," "seek" and other similar words and expressions of the future. Forward looking statements, include, without limitation, statements about future financial and operating results, costs and revenues, government policies and changes in policies, including Federal Reserve monetary and regulatory actions. Forward looking statements also include statements about economic conditions generally in our markets and which may affect us, loan demand, mortgage lending activity, changes in the mix of our earning assets (including those generating tax exempt income or tax credits) and our mix and cost of deposits and wholesale liabilities, net interest income and margin, yields on earning assets, the market values and performance of securities held, effects of inflation and employment, including Federal Reserve monetary policies.Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance, achievements and/or financial condition of the Company or the Bank to be materially different from future results, performance, achievements or financial condition expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements may not be realized due to numerous factors, including, without limitation, changes in employment levels, actual and expected changes in interest rates and interest rate expectations (generally and those applicable to our assets and liabilities) and the shape of the yield curve, and related changes in our asset values, especially investment securities, noninterest income, loan performance, loan deferrals and modifications, nonperforming assets, other real estate owned, provision for credit losses, including possible adjustments to the fair values of securities available for sale, charge-offs, collateral values, credit quality, asset sales, insurance claims, and market trends. You should not expect us to update any forward-looking statements.All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, together with those described in the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and the risks and uncertainties described under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and otherwise in our other SEC reports and filings.Explanation of Certain Unaudited Non-GAAP Financial MeasuresThis press release contains financial information determined by methods other than U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). The attached financial highlights include certain designated net interest income amounts presented on a tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP financial measure, and the presentation and calculation of the efficiency ratio, a non-GAAP measure. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in its analysis of the Company's performance and believes the presentation of net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis provides comparability of net interest income from both taxable and tax-exempt sources and facilitates comparability within the industry. Similarly, the efficiency ratio is a common measure that facilitates comparability with other financial institutions. Although the Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures enhance investors' understanding of its business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP. Along with the attached financial highlights, the Company provides reconciliations between the GAAP financial measures and these non-GAAP financial measures.Financial Highlights (unaudited) Quarter ended Year ended December 31, (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) December 31, 2025 September 30, 2025 December 31, 2024 2025 2024 Results of Operations Net interest income (a)$7,732 $7,590 $6,988 $29,747 $27,204 Less: tax-equivalent adjustment 19 18 19 73 79 Net interest income (GAAP) 7,713 7,572 6,969 29,674 27,125 Noninterest income 754 829 845 3,119 3,474 Total revenue 8,467 8,401 7,814 32,793 30,599 Provision for credit losses 783 (255) (48) 631 36 Noninterest expense 5,563 5,806 5,472 22,951 22,166 Income tax expense 456 623 830 1,956 2,000 Net earnings$1,665 $2,227 $Full story available on Benzinga.com
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of the price of gold surging past $5,000 USD per ounce, reaching a new record of $5,104 USD as of January 26th, C3 Bullion is today proud to announce the appointment of former Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Luciano Duque as...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maxus Mining Inc. ("Maxus" or the "Company") (CSE:MAXM, FRA: R7V)) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Geotech Ltd. ("Geotech") to complete a large, multi-block airborne geophysical survey across its Alturas, Hurley, Lotto, and Quarry Projects in British Columbia (the "Projects" or the "Properties"). Geotech is a globally recognized airborne geophysical services provider, having celebrated its 45th year of operations in 2025. The company is one of the largest privately owned airborne EM survey operators worldwide, with more than ten (10) million line-kilometres of airborne geophysical surveys completed to date.The proposed survey (the "Program") will be comprised of approximately 1,417 line-kilometres flown over six survey blocks and will utilize Geotech's patented Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic ("VTEMTM") system. VTEMTM is a helicopter-borne time-domain electromagnetic ("TDEM") and magnetic system designed to provide the sensitivity, resolution, and depth of investigation required to image subsurface geological features in structurally complex and topographically challenging terrain.The survey is designed to improve the Company's understanding of potentially shear-, sediment- and/or intrusion-hosted mineral systems by mapping contrasts in bedrock resistivity and magnetic response, with effective depth penetration in the range of approximately 300–500 metres. Results from the Program are expected to assist in refining priority exploration targets and supporting future drill planning across the Projects.The airborne TDEM and magnetic surveys are anticipated to commence in early 2026, subject to weather conditions, and are expected to be completed prior to spring 2026. Maxus will receive daily data deliveries throughout the Program. Convolutions Geoscience ("Convolutions"), led by Kyle Patterson, P.Geo., will provide ongoing quality assurance and quality control ("QA/QC") oversight during the survey to ensure data integrity and consistency. The Company has engaged Convolutions to drive strategic geophysical targeting and interpretation, as disclosed in the Company's news release on December 16, 2025."This airborne geophysical program represents an important technical step in advancing our British Columbia project portfolio," said Scott Walters, Chief Executive Officer of Maxus. "High-quality geophysical data will allow our technical team to better constrain subsurface structural architecture, prioritize targets, and support efficient planning for future exploration activities across multiple Projects."Qualified Person Statement The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed, verified, and approved by Morgan Verge, P.Geo., Technical Advisor of the Company and a "qualified person" as defined in NI 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Ms. Verge has examined information regarding the historical exploration at the Properties, which includes a review of the historical sampling, analytical, and procedures underlying the information and opinions contained herein.Management cautions that historical results collected ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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