Honda multi-fingered robotic hand combined with Redwire STAARK robotic arm could automate experiment handling and other research operations in orbitRobotics solution aims to increase research capacity while reducing crew time for lab tasks Honda and Redwire to meet with commercial station developers and prospective partners at the 2026 International Astronautical Congress

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Honda today announced efforts to develop a robotics solution for future commercial space stations that could reduce the time needed for astronauts to conduct experiments and laboratory operations in space. To advance its space station robotics concept, the U.S.-based Honda space development team is engaging with experts at Redwire (NYSE:RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions. The concept would combine the Honda multi-fingered robotic hand with Redwire’s STAARK robotic arm and experiment locker technology into an integrated system for research operations in orbit.

As NASA transitions from the International Space Station (ISS) to commercially operated stations in low Earth orbit, station developers are evaluating how research and routine laboratory activities will be performed in this new operating environment. Future commercial stations are being designed around smaller crews and shorter astronaut stays, increasing the need for automation to support station operations and scientific investigations while reducing demands on crew time.

Dexterous Robotics for In-Orbit Research

Many research activities conducted in orbit require astronauts to retrieve experiments, transfer samples, operate laboratory equipment, and move materials between workstations. These routine tasks consume valuable crew time aboard today’s space stations. A robotic system capable of performing these activities could help reduce operational costs while enabling greater use of research facilities and supporting more scientific and commercial research.

Over decades of development, Honda has advanced robotics technologies capable of performing tasks that require human-like dexterity and is now exploring their applications for future space operations. The Honda multi-fingered robotic hand combines actively controlled joints with force and tactile sensing throughout the fingertips and palm, enabling precise contact detection and delicate manipulation. Its design is flexible enough for precise laboratory work, including handling research samples, manipulating small objects, and operating laboratory equipment. The Honda multi-fingered robotic hand has also completed extensive durability testing under varied fingertip loads, demonstrating a practical combination of dexterity, power and durability.

“Honda space initiatives, including our robotic hand, are focused on enabling practical operations in orbit,” said Tom Sladek, chief engineer, Space Development Division, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC. “Working with Redwire, Honda is evaluating how robotics with human-like dexterity could support research activities aboard the next generation of commercial space stations, helping crews accomplish more in an environment with fewer personnel while improving operational efficiency.”

With eight facilities currently on the ISS, Redwire has decades of experience on the ISS developing facilities hardware, as well as operating science and technology experiments. Additionally, Redwire has extensive space robotics expertise with STAARK, an affordable, modular, and easily customized robotic system designed for various on-orbit robotics applications. Recent testing successfully demonstrated that the STAARK robotic arm is capable of autonomously tracking and grasping dynamic objects, providing the reach and positioning capability needed to move equipment and access work throughout a station.

“Redwire is excited to explore opportunities with Honda that leverage our proven track record and expertise in robotics and in-space manufacturing technology development to advance the next generation of commercial research in orbit,” said Shawn Buckley, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Redwire Space. “Commercial space stations will transform Low-Earth orbit, and advanced space robotics are critical in enabling technologies that will help us unlock the value for our customers.”

Together, the technologies could support the full experiment workflow, combining Redwire’s robotic reach and station infrastructure with the Honda multi-fingered robotic hand, capable of precise manipulation and adaptable grasping across a wide range of objects and tasks. Such an integrated system has the potential to automate portions of the research workflow, ranging from sample handling and materials transfer to equipment operation and laboratory support tasks. Additional applications may include inventory management, cargo movement, inspection activities, and other station support functions.

Partner Discussions at IAC 2026

Honda and Redwire representatives will attend the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), October 5-9, 2026, in Antalya, Türkiye to discuss potential applications for the combined robotics solution with commercial station developers and prospective industry partners. Organizations interested in learning more about the concept or scheduling a meeting at IAC may contact Space@na.honda.com.

About Honda Research & Development in America
Honda has been conducting research & development operations in America for 50 years, beginning with the establishment of a research facility in California in 1975. Today, Honda conducts R&D activities at 23 facilities across the country responsible for creating advanced products and technologies that provide new value to Honda and Acura customers.

Honda conducts all facets of product development in the U.S., including market and technology research, product styling, engineering design, prototype fabrication and testing, collaboration with parts suppliers, and support for mass production. With major R&D facilities in California, Ohio, and North Carolina, U.S. Honda associates are engaged in the development and testing of Honda and Acura automobiles, Honda powersports and power equipment products, and also play a lead role in the development of leading-edge safety, driver-assistive and environmental technologies.

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AUM growth: Valour reported $640.2 million in assets under management as of September 25, 2026, up approximately $243 million, or 61.2%, from $397.2 million at June 30, 2026.
 Continued investor demand: Valour continues to see net inflows month over month. Higher AUM expands the asset base available to generate fee and yield income, while trading activity creates additional revenue opportunities. Inflow figures will be provided with the Company’s quarterly financial results.
 Expansion into actively managed funds: Valour launched Valour Funds SPC and its first hedge fund, Smart Crypto Fund SP, while continuing development of additional fund structures, Valour Custody and its UCITS platform.
 Balance sheet strength: As of June 30, 2026, DeFi Technologies held approximately $135 million across cash, stablecoins, STRC/RWUSD, treasury investments, and its venture portfolio, with no debt, providing financial flexibility to support operations and invest in growth.

TORONTO, Oct. 1, 2026 /CNW/ — DeFi Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “DeFi Technologies”) (Nasdaq: DEFT) (CBOE CA: DEFI) (GR: R9B) (B3: DEFT31), a financial technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance (“DeFi“),) today provided its September corporate update, highlighting growth in assets under management (“AUM”), continued net inflows and increased trading activity at Valour, its asset management business.

Valour reported assets under management of $640.2 million as of September 25, 2026, up from $397.2 million on June 30, 2026. This represents an increase of $243 million, or approximately 61.2%, since the end of the second quarter. AUM was also approximately 64% above its cycle low of around $390 million.

Valour continues to see month-over-month net inflows. These inflows add investor capital to the platform, while higher AUM provides a larger base from which Valour can generate revenue. The Company will provide inflow figures with its quarterly financial results.

How Valour Turns Growth Into Revenue

Valour’s revenue model connects asset growth with trading activity. Rising digital asset prices increase the value of assets held in its products and can encourage more trading and new investor inflows. Those inflows add to AUM, creating a larger base from which Valour can generate revenue.

Valour monetizes that activity in three main ways:

Management fees: Applicable products earn fees based on the assets they hold.Staking and lending income: Eligible digital assets can generate staking or lending income, where permitted by the relevant product structure.Trading flow: Market making and trading related to Valour’s products create additional revenue opportunities as investors buy and sell.

The flywheel is straightforward: rising asset values and net inflows expand AUM, while greater trading activity creates more opportunities to earn revenue.

As revenue grows, costs do not necessarily increase at the same pace, creating the potential for higher margins. The outcome depends on product mix, fee levels, staking yields, trading conditions, and operating costs.

With reported AUM of $640 million as of September 25, 2026, up 61.2% from $397.2 million at June 30, 2026, Valour has a larger asset base to monetize through this model.

Valour’s Top 10 Digital Assets by AUM

As of September 25, 2026, Valour’s ten largest digital assets by associated product AUM were:

These ten assets accounted for approximately 89.8% of Valour’s total reported AUM.

Figures aggregate AUM across products referencing each asset, including yield-bearing, leveraged and short products where applicable. They represent product AUM, rather than net underlying asset exposure, and exclude look-through allocations from multi-asset basket products.

Valour Funds and Smart Crypto Fund SP

On September 21, 2026, Valour announced the launch of Valour Funds SPC and Smart Crypto Fund SP, its first hedge fund for professional and qualified investors.

Smart Crypto Fund SP combines Valour’s infrastructure with a strategy developed and managed by Neuronomics AG, a Swiss portfolio manager in which DeFi Technologies holds a minority interest. The fund is the first hedge fund portfolio within Valour Funds SPC, a Cayman Islands company registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.

Neuronomics’ AI models assess price, volume and other market data to guide allocations across liquid digital assets. The strategy can adjust positions as conditions change and seeks to reduce exposure when signals weaken or assessed risk increases. Position sizes are subject to risk budgets, concentration limits and portfolio exposure controls.

This expands Valour’s offering to include an actively managed strategy alongside its exchange traded products.

Additional Fund Structures, Custody and Platform Development

The Company continues to develop additional fund structures and investment strategies, with Smart Crypto Fund SP representing the first of several planned hedge funds under Valour Funds.

These offerings are intended for distribution through fund platforms and direct institutional relationships, with international marketing subject to applicable local requirements. They create an additional channel for reaching professional investors beyond Valour’s exchange-listed ETPs.

The Company continues development work on Valour Custody and a proposed UCITS platform, consistent with its previously disclosed priorities. These initiatives remain subject to development requirements and applicable regulatory processes and approvals. They are intended to strengthen the infrastructure supporting Valour’s business and broaden the investment solutions available to clients.

Further details will be announced as development and applicable regulatory processes progress.

Balance Sheet

As reported in its Q2 2026 financial results, DeFi Technologies held approximately $135 million across cash, stablecoins, treasury investments and its venture portfolio with no debt as of June 30, 2026. This comprised $70.7 million in combined cash and USDT/USDC, $19.1 million in STRC/RWUSD holdings, $30.0 million in digital asset treasury holdings and $15.1 million in venture and private investments. These resources provided financial flexibility to support the Company’s existing operations, invest in new products and infrastructure, and pursue strategic opportunities.

Management Commentary

“AUM has increased by approximately $243 million from the end of June, and we continue to see net inflows month over month,” said Johan Wattenström, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of DeFi Technologies. “That gives us a larger asset base from which to earn fees and yield, while trading activity creates additional revenue opportunities. Our focus is on converting that growth into stronger business results.

“At the same time, we are broadening the business. Smart Crypto Fund is our first step into actively managed hedge funds, with additional fund structures, custody and a proposed UCITS platform under development. These initiatives are intended to give us more ways to serve investors and build revenue alongside our established ETP business.”

Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Compliance Update

The Company reaffirms the additional compliance period announced on September 3, 2026. Nasdaq granted DeFi Technologies a further 180 calendar days, through March 1, 2027, to address the minimum bid price deficiency under Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).

The extension itself did not change the listing or trading of the Company’s common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under “DEFT.”

As outlined in that announcement, regaining compliance requires a closing bid price of at least US$1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the extension, followed by written confirmation from Nasdaq.

The Company remains focused on addressing the deficiency and intends to monitor its bid price and evaluate available options. The extension does not constitute restored compliance, and there is no assurance that the Company will regain compliance within the allotted period or maintain all continued listing requirements.

About DeFi Technologies
DeFi Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: DEFT) (CBOE CA: DEFI) (GR: R9B) (B3:DEFT31) is a financial technology company building for the convergence of traditional capital markets and decentralized finance (“DeFi“). As a publicly listed and vertically integrated digital asset platform, DeFi Technologies provides familiar, simple, secure, and regulated access to the digital asset economy through investment products, trading and liquidity infrastructure, research, and strategic capital deployment. Its business includes Valour, a leading issuer of regulated digital asset ETPs; Stillman Digital, an institutional-grade digital asset trading and liquidity platform; and DeFi Alpha, the Company’s internal business line focused on opportunistic trading, arbitrage, and other capital markets strategies. With deep expertise across capital markets and emerging technologies, DeFi Technologies is building the gateway between traditional finance and the future of digital assets. Follow DeFi Technologies on LinkedIn and X/Twitter, and for more details, visit https://defi.tech/

DeFi Technologies Subsidiaries

About Valour
Valour Inc. and Valour Digital Securities Limited (together, “Valour”) issues exchange traded products (“ETPs”) that enable retail and institutional investors to access digital assets in a simple and secure way via their traditional bank account. Valour is part of the asset management business line of DeFi Technologies. For more information about Valour, to subscribe, or to receive updates, visit https://valour.com.

About Stillman Digital
Stillman Digital is a leading digital asset liquidity provider that offers limitless liquidity solutions for businesses, focusing on industry-leading trade execution, settlement, and technology. For more information, please visit https://www.stillmandigital.com.

Cautionary note regarding forward-looking information: 
This press release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to proposed listing of Valour’s ETPs and DeFi Technologies’ BDRs on B3, the expected timing of listing and trading, future expansion plans into Brazil and other regions, and anticipated investor demand for digital asset ETPs; the regulatory environment with respect to the growth and adoption of decentralized finance; the pursuit by the Company and its subsidiaries of business opportunities; and the merits or potential returns of any such opportunities. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company, as the case may be, to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but is not limited the acceptance of Valour exchange traded products by exchanges; growth and development of decentralised finance and digital asset sector; rules and regulations with respect to decentralised finance and digital assets; fluctuation in digital asset prices; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

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Homestyle Direct introduces a new standard in institutional foodservice: individually plated, medically tailored meals built for rapid deployment at scale. The launch marks a meaningful new chapter for Homestyle Direct, and a fundamentally different model for institutional operators who have identified opportunities that extend beyond the traditional bulk food delivery model. Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice delivers fully prepared, individually plated meals that can be reheated and served without on-site kitchen preparation. The company’s initial launch menu provides 16 meal options, all of them medically tailored to address the complex dietary needs of the patients, residents, and community members that institutional operators serve.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Homestyle Direct today announced the launch of its specialty foodservice division, making its industry debut at Premier’s Breakthroughs 2026 Conference October 6 – 8 in National Harbor, MD (Booth 348, Hall A-E, Prince George’s Exhibition Center). The launch marks a meaningful new chapter for Homestyle Direct, and a fundamentally different model for institutional operators who have identified opportunities that extend beyond the traditional bulk food delivery model.

Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice delivers fully prepared, individually plated meals that can be reheated and served without on-site kitchen preparation. The company’s initial launch menu provides 16 meal options, all of them medically tailored to address the complex dietary needs of the patients, residents, and community members that institutional operators serve. It’s a model built not just for quality, but for scale, with the company structured to launch large-scale programs quickly across the contiguous United States, giving health system operators, senior care providers, and campus food programs a faster path from contract to first service.

“The importance of providing medically tailored meal options in institutional settings is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s an imperative,” said Jeff Barteau, Chief Executive Officer of Homestyle Direct. “Too often, the people in our hospitals, nursing facilities, and senior centers are limited in their choices. We built Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice to change that, and to do it in a way that actually works at the scale these operators require.”

Purpose-Built for Key Institutional Segments

Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice launches with purpose-built solutions for the institutional settings where medically appropriate nutrition matters most:

Large Acute Hospitals: High-volume environments demanding dietary compliance alongside operational efficiency at scale.Small, Critical Access Hospitals (Under 25 Beds): Smaller facilities where limited staffing makes a ready-to-serve, individually plated model especially valuable.Senior and Adult Day Services: Settings where consistent, medically appropriate nutrition directly impacts health outcomes and quality of life.Small Inpatient Facilities: Including Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living, Behavioral Health, and Residential settings, where long-term meal programs must be both scalable and nutritionally precise.College and University Campuses: Including C-Store and grab-and-go environments, where demand for convenient, nutritionally conscious options continues to grow.

Across all five segments, Homestyle Direct’s individually plated format reduces the labor burden of on-site preparation, simplifies service workflows, and delivers consistent portion control and presentation, without compromising the medical tailoring these populations require.

Three Pillars: Plated. Tailored. Scalable.

Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice is differentiated by three core commitments. Every meal arrives individually plated and fully prepared, ready to reheat and serve, eliminating bulk portioning, reducing kitchen dependency, and ensuring consistent quality at the point of service. Every item on the launch menu is medically tailored, curated by a registered dietitian for acute and post-acute care, senior living, behavioral health, and campus dining environments. And the entire model is engineered for rapid scale. Homestyle Direct can bring a program online quickly and cost-effectively for institutional partners across the lower 48 states, compressing the timeline from agreement to service delivery.

“We’re looking forward to meeting customers and like-minded partners at Breakthroughs 2026, where our plated meal solution can help them deliver high-quality, nutritious meals in a variety of settings and outlets,” said Barteau. “Premier brings together exactly the kind of forward-thinking health system leaders and operators we’re eager to work alongside; people who understand that healthy food makes a difference, and that delivering it well at scale is not just possible, it’s necessary.”

Visit Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice at Breakthroughs 2026

Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice will be exhibiting at Premier’s Breakthroughs 2026 conference in Booth 348, Hall A-E, Prince George’s Exhibition Center. Attendees are invited to visit the booth to explore the full launch menu, review segment-specific solutions, and meet the Homestyle Direct senior leadership team and lead dietitian to discuss partnership opportunities.

For more information, visit homestyledirect-SF.com or contact foodservice@homestyledirect.com / 833-680-3737.

About Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice

Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice delivers medically tailored, individually plated meals to institutional operators across the United States. With 16 menu options, solutions purpose-built for institutional settings, and the operational infrastructure to scale rapidly across the lower 48 states, Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice is redefining what institutional foodservice can be.

Homestyle Direct Specialty Foodservice. Medically Tailored Meals. At Scale.

Media Contact

Mark Tinsey, Homestyle Direct, LLC, 1 833-680-3737, foodservice@homestyledirect.com, https://info.homestyledirect.com/hsd-specialty-foods

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