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Whinfell to offer up to $5B of bespoke asset capacity onto Plume, starting with Carlyle, Pimco and Simplify ETFs in Nest’s flagship staking vault

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NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Plume Network, the first full-stack L1 RWA Chain for RWAfi (Real World Asset Finance), today announced its partnership with Whinfell Partners LLC (“Whinfell”) to introduce a range of institutional-grade credit instruments and diversified yield-bearing assets to its ecosystem. Leveraging Plume’s flagship staking protocol Nest, Whinfell will bring sophisticated assets and strategies to Plume’s ever growing user base, starting with Carlyle, Pimco, and Simplify ETFs that will be made available to early users of Nest in its RWA vault.

Whinfell’s expertise will provide users access to previously hard-to-reach financial products with enhanced transparency and efficiency. The partnership will feature a variety of structured credit instruments designed to provide stable returns while maintaining rigorous compliance and auditing standards.

“By partnering with Plume Network, we’re taking a significant step in democratizing access to institutionally suitable financial products,” said Wes Thornburgh, Partner at Whinfell. “Our goal is to provide users on Nest with a secure and streamlined way to access less correlated yield-bearing assets.”

Nest’s vaults on Plume network will feature Whinfell’s selection of bespoke public and private credit strategies, available only to users on Plume. The firm’s partners – Wes and Clark Thornburgh – draw on their decades of experience with firms such as AXA Investment Management and JP Morgan to create onchain products that tap into their $5B exclusive asset pipeline.

“We’re used to being the 800-pound gorilla in the room, and one of our most exclusive strategies targets institutional investors that hold over $100M worth of Bitcoin,” said Clark Thornburgh, speaking about Whinfell’s ability to provide stable returns to its high-net-worth clients.

This vault and many others are made possible by Whinfell’s partnership with Plural, a tokenization protocol and brokerage that runs on top of Plume’s infrastructure.

“Plural brings renewable energy investing onchain,” said Adam Silver, Plural CEO and Co-Founder, “but if you dig deeper, you’ll see a robust regulatory, tokenization, and distribution management stack that is critical for bringing all types of real world assets onchain. Plume will drive trillions of dollars into RWAs and expand crypto‘s TVL overall — we couldn’t be more thrilled to be Plume’s preferred tokenization partner on this journey.”

Plume’s RWAfi ecosystem will be instrumental in helping Whinfell effectively launch and manage their tokenized offerings, providing the necessary infrastructure to support their entry into the blockchain market. This collaboration not only enhances the user experience but also sets a new benchmark for integrating traditional finance with blockchain innovation.

About Whinfell
Whinfell Partners LLC (“Whinfell”) is an asset manager and consultant focused on digital assets, digital yield and onchain real world assets (RWA). Our professionals have an average of over 25 years of institutional financial experience gained from Allstate, AXA, Jefferies, JP Morgan, Lazard, MetLife, and other world class organizations. Whinfell specializes in credit, risk management, and environmental project finance (including voluntary carbon credits and tax credits). Working with family and institutional clients, we provide services ranging from portfolio design to monetization of illiquid assets to bespoke analytics.

About Plural

Plural brings the clean energy transition on-chain. It owns and operates Plural Securities, a FINRA-member broker-dealer, and is also an SEC-registered transfer agent. Through Plural, renewable energy companies can tokenize their assets and conduct compliant onchain offerings. In the coming months, Plural will offer white-label tokenization and regulatory services to Plume issuers—and launch its own assets on Plume. Together, Plural and Plume will give investors access to billions of dollars in U.S. energy projects, sustainable Bitcoin mining, DePIN energy networks, and more.

About Nest

Nest is the flagship staking protocol on Plume enabling users to earn institutional-grade yields through real world assets. The permissionless protocol allows fund managers and issuers to create structured offerings, while giving users access to traditionally restricted assets and opportunities. The protocol is audited by Ottersec and SlowMist, and risk-assessed by Cicada Partners. Nest leverages Plume’s infrastructure to democratize access to institutional yields.

About Plume Network

Plume Network is the first full-stack L1 RWA Chain and ecosystem purpose-built for RWAfi, enabling the rapid adoption and demand-driven integration of real world assets. With 180+ projects building on the network, Plume offers a composable, EVM-compatible environment for onboarding and managing diverse real world assets. Coupled with an end-to-end tokenization engine and a network of financial infrastructure partners, Plume simplifies asset onboarding and enables seamless DeFi integration for RWAs so anyone can tokenize real world assets, distribute them globally, and make them useful for native crypto users.

Learn more at https://plumenetwork.xyz/ or contact press@plumenetwork.xyz

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Club Offers for Travel Enthusiasts in Canada

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TORONTO, Oct 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Travelzoo® (NASDAQ: TZOO), the club for travel enthusiasts, announces three of many new Club Offers for Club Members in Canada.

Rigorously vetted and negotiated for us travel enthusiasts:

$799—COSTA RICA WEEK WITH FLIGHTS & CAR
We think fall is an ideal time to visit Costa Rica; the scenery is lush and the crowds are gone. Drive between volcanic Arenal and the idyllic beaches of Tamarindo on this seven-night trip. Since it’s not as busy, we were able to negotiate a price that saves members up to $648 on departures through mid-December.

$899—BARCELONA: 5 NIGHTS WITH FLIGHTS
Explore Barcelona’s world-class museums and architectural masterpieces in the quieter winter months to pack more into your trip. You won’t waste hours in lines and can access top restaurants that are fully booked in summer. We save $300 on travel this January and February, when temperatures are still spring-like. Roundtrip flights from Toronto, hotel and daily breakfast are included.

$999—ST. KITTS GETAWAY FOR 2, REG. $2083
Most visitors to St. Kitts book months in advance, but when we pointed out that travel enthusiasts are more spontaneous, this resort gave us a terrific rate for stays this November and December. Spend four nights in Frigate Bay and get an upgraded Oceanview room, too.

Are you a travel enthusiast? Join the club today: https://travelzoo.com

Who are we?
We, Travelzoo®, are the club for travel enthusiasts. We reach 30 million travellers. Club Members receive Club Offers negotiated and rigorously vetted by our deal experts around the globe. Our relationships with thousands of top travel companies give us access to irresistible deals. Our club and its benefits are built around the lifestyle of a modern travel enthusiast.

Media Contact: 
Amanda Ieraci – Toronto
+1 437 866 8540
aieraci@travelzoo.com

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Howard Hughes Holdings Set to Join S&P SmallCap 600

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) will replace Arcosa Inc. (NYSE: ACA) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, October 28. S&P 500 constituent CRH plc (NYSE: CRH) has acquired Arcosa in a deal that closed today, October 23.

Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:

Effective Date

Index Name  

Action

Company Name

Ticker

GICS Sector

October 28, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Addition

Howard Hughes Holdings

HHH

Real Estate

October 28, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Deletion

Arcosa

ACA

Industrials

ABOUT S&P DOW JONES INDICES

S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the markets.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/. 

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S&P Dow Jones Indices
index_services@spglobal.com

Media Inquiries
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Chelsea FC announces multi-year sleeve partnership with Sokin, the business payments and FX platform

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Chelsea FC name fast-growing fintech platform as Principal Partner

LONDON, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chelsea Football Club has today announced a multi-year partnership with Sokin, the embedded finance and payments company used by businesses worldwide. Sokin will be named a Principal Partner and Official Business Payments and FX Partner of Chelsea FC and Chelsea FC Women.

As a Principal Partner, Sokin will be represented on the sleeves of the Chelsea FC men’s, women’s and academy home, away, and third kits from the 2026/27 season.

The partnership brings together two ambitious London-headquartered organisations with worldwide reach – a club with millions of fans across the world and a fintech platform through which businesses move more than $11 billion a year. A club of Chelsea’s scale works in many currencies every day, with partners, competitions and supporters around the world, and needs a financial partner built to handle that.

Sokin gives finance teams business payments, multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, checkout and treasury in one place, so they spend less time juggling banks and providers and keep more of what they move.

As Official Business Payments and FX Partner, Sokin will simplify how Chelsea FC sends, receives and manages money in the currencies the club operates in.

The Sokin logo will feature on the sleeve of the Chelsea shirt for the first time [when the men’s team host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on Saturday 24th October.]

Jason Gannon, President at Chelsea FC said:

“At Chelsea, we seek to partner with organisations that share our ambition and innovative mindset. Sokin’s expertise in business payments, and their focus on making both simpler for the businesses they serve, makes them a natural fit for the Club. We are pleased to welcome Sokin to the Chelsea family and look forward to working together in the years ahead.”

Vroon Modgill, CEO and founder at Sokin said:

“Chelsea plays on the biggest stage in world football, and its business runs in dozens of currencies. Sokin was built for that with regulated, multi-currency payments and foreign exchange for organisations that operate internationally. We’re proud to be the platform behind the business payments and FX of one of the most iconic teams in football. Sokin’s platform serves businesses in more than 170 countries. We’re thrilled to be partners for the season ahead. An organisation as sophisticated as Chelsea doesn’t leave its finances to chance.”

About Sokin

Sokin is the financial layer global business runs on. Businesses can transact, convert and hold money in 70+ currencies across 170+ countries. Some businesses use Sokin to manage global finance in-house. Others build it into their products to power financial experiences for their customers. Businesses move more than $9 billion a year on licenses Sokin holds in 36+ countries and infrastructure Sokin owns. Founded in 2019, Sokin has raised over $100 million from investors including Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Prysm Capital.

About Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea Football Club is one of the biggest, most successful football clubs globally and our men’s team are reigning world champions, having won the four-yearly FIFA Club World Cup in 2025. Our women’s team, Chelsea Women, are also multiple trophy winners.

Founded in 1905, Chelsea is London’s most central football club, based at the iconic 40,000-capacity Stamford Bridge stadium. Nicknamed the Blues, the club lifted the Champions League for the first time in 2012 and domestically has won the Premier League five times, the FA Cup eight times, the Football League Cup five times and the Football League Championship once, in 1955.

The Chelsea Women’s team have enjoyed a huge amount of success and in 2025 won the FA Women’s Super League for a sixth consecutive year and the eighth time overall. The Women’s FA Cup has been won on six occasions. We have also captured the FA Women’s League Cup four times as well as reaching the UEFA Women’s Champions League final in 2021. In two seasons, 2020/21 and 2024/25, a domestic treble of trophies was secured.

The Chelsea Foundation boasts one of the most extensive community initiatives in sport, helping to improve the lives of children and young people all over the world.

Media Contacts:

Taina Biggs
taina.biggs@sokin.com 

Nerissa Chesterfield
nerissa.chesterfield@chelseafc.com 

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