Hamilton – October 19, 2026 -- 24X Bermuda Limited has completed its second consecutive spot cryptocurrency client trade, a Bitcoin (BTC) transaction in which Standard Chartered acted as liquidity taker and Wintermute as liquidity provider.

The trade was executed on 24X's institutional multi-asset platform under its partnership with Standard Chartered, which the source describes as a global systemically important bank (G-SIB). 24X says it is one of a select few global venues offering both crypto spot and FX trading on a single, unified technology infrastructure.

Melbourne – October 19, 2026 -- Helfie AI and UK-based Health Innovation South West have launched a partnership to evaluate smartphone-based hypertension screening in real-world healthcare settings, with a focus on people who face barriers to conventional care.

Fremont – October 19, 2026 -- Ultima Genomics' UG200 Sequencing Platform has been selected to power a single-cell immune profiling study of 80,000 UK Biobank blood samples, run with IMU Biosciences to produce a foundational dataset for AI.

Hong Kong – October 19, 2026 -- The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCSA) have jointly established the Centre for AI and Cybersecurity Research, with four defined research directions spanning large language model security, automated threat defence, frontier-technology risk and global AI security standards.

Singapore – October 18, 2026 -- HistoIndex and Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly run preclinical evaluation and characterization of therapeutic candidates for fibrotic diseases, including cancer-associated fibrosis.

Virginia – October 17, 2026 -- VHHA Solutions, an affiliate of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, has named Andor Health's ThinkAndor® an endorsed platform for hospitals and care providers across Virginia, extending the AI-driven system beyond acute care into senior living and behavioral health.

United States – October 17, 2026 -- Andor Health is combining its ThinkAndor platform with PsynergyHealth's virtual clinical workforce to support CMS Rural Health Transformation initiatives, targeting rural providers that cannot add staff.

Geneva – October 16, 2026 -- Gécamines, the Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned mining enterprise, has finalized an offtake agreement for Kipushi zinc concentrate, with up to 240,000 tonnes to be marketed over the next two years, Mercuria announced.

Gécamines and Mercuria joint venture to market Kipushi output

Gécamines will sell the volumes through its joint venture with Mercuria. The multi-year agreement allows for potentially higher volumes after the initial two-year period and sets a strategic focus on Western supply chains.

Monett, Mo. – – October 16, 2026 -- Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) will become the first core banking technology provider to integrate with Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), giving banks and credit unions a route to offer tokenized deposits.

GCUL is a fully managed, distributed ledger service. Financial institutions use it to tokenize and transfer money and assets on a shared, real-time record with programmable, 24/7 settlement.

Atlanta – October 16, 2026 -- White Cap and DEWALT will present a combined $175,000 donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on Sunday, October 18, at Phoenix Raceway, marking the fourth year of their joint partnership.

DEWALT adds $25,000 through October in-branch product sales

DEWALT will contribute an additional $25,000 through purchases of select DEWALT products at participating White Cap branches throughout October. The retail-linked mechanism ties charitable output directly to distributor sales volume during the campaign month.