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Monday Trade Brings Top NASDAQ Stocks On-Chain, Launching First Tokenized Stock Trading on Monad Network, Powered by Anchored

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Monday Trade enables 24/5 trading of several major U.S. stocks with 1:1 backing and on-chain settlement

HONG KONG, April 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Monday Trade, a decentralized trading platform built on Monad, launched trading today for ten top tokenized stocks, becoming the first platform to give users exposure to these instruments on Monad’s high-performance Layer 1 network. The tokenized stocks are issued and backed through Anchored’s end-to-end tokenization infrastructure, with each token backed 1:1 by the underlying U.S. asset held in regulated custody.

The launch enables traders to access tokenized stocks of several major companies through their Web3 wallets, settling trades in USDC with full on-chain custody. Unlike traditional brokerage accounts, users can trade 24/5 with real-time settlement while maintaining complete ownership of their assets.

This expansion marks a strategic evolution for Monday Trade from a crypto-native DEX into a comprehensive trading house bridging traditional finance and decentralized finance. The platform already offers spot and perpetual futures trading, and now positions itself as the liquidity hub for real-world assets on the Monad network.

Institutional Infrastructure Meets DeFi Accessibility

The tokenized stocks listed on Monday Trade are issued through Anchored’s institutional-grade infrastructure. Each tokenized stock on Monday Trade is backed 1:1 by underlying securities held through licensed institutional broker partnerships. The platform seamlessly converts USDC stablecoins to tokenized stocks, eliminating the friction of traditional brokerage onboarding while preserving the security of self-custodial wallets.

Built on Monad’s architecture, which delivers 10,000 transactions per second with sub-second finality, Monday Trade executes trades in milliseconds, enabling traders to capitalize on market movements in real-time. The platform supports both market and limit orders with professional-grade charting powered by TradingView, real-time market data, and comprehensive portfolio tracking.

“Bringing tokenized stocks to Monad represents a fundamental shift in how traders can access traditional financial markets,” said Mark Lee, Core Contributor at Monday Trade. “By combining Anchored’s tokenization infrastructure with the speed and transparency of Monad, we’re eliminating the barriers that have kept everyday traders from accessing global stocks with the same efficiency as institutional players. This launch is just the beginning of our vision to make all asset classes accessible on the Monad network.”

The launch comes as real-world asset tokenization emerges as one of crypto’s fastest-growing sectors. On-chain real-world assets now exceed $21 billion in total value excluding stablecoins, with tokenized U.S. Treasuries alone accounting for over $9 billion, demonstrating institutional appetite for blockchain-based traditional assets.

“Monday Trade’s integration is exactly the kind of distribution partnership Anchored was built for: giving DeFi-native users seamless access to institutional-grade, fully backed tokenized stocks without leaving their on-chain environment,” said Wenny Cai, Co-Founder & CEO of Anchored. “This is the first step in a broader rollout across the Monad ecosystem, with more tokenized stocks on the roadmap.”

“Monday Trade’s launch of tokenized stock trading showcases Monad’s capability to handle complex financial applications at scale,” said Keone Hon, Co-Founder and GM at Monad Foundation. “With 10,000 TPS and sub-second finality, Monad provides the infrastructure needed for real-world financial markets to operate seamlessly on-chain. We’re excited to see Monday Trade pioneering this new category on the network and demonstrating the future of high-frequency finance.”

Bridging TradFi and DeFi

The tokenized stock offering is part of Monday Trade’s Q2 2026 roadmap focused on capital efficiency and expanding asset class availability. By combining Anchored’s full-lifecycle tokenization infrastructure with Monday Trade’s trading platform and Monad’s performance layer, the partnership creates a vertically integrated stack where tokenized stocks can be traded with the same speed, transparency, and self-custody that defines Web3.

Traders can access Monday Trade’s tokenized stock markets at monday.trade beginning April 16, 2026. The platform integrates with major Web3 wallets including MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, and WalletConnect.

About Monday Trade

Monday Trade is an all-in-one DEX for on-chain trading on Monad that offers the best of CEX and DEX trading experience. Built on Monad’s high-performance Layer 1 blockchain, Monday Trade offers millisecond execution for spot trading, perpetual futures, and now tokenized equities. Learn more at monday.trade.

About Monad

Monad is a Layer 1 blockchain built to enable high-frequency finance by delivering 10,000 transactions per second, single-slot finality, and 0.5-second block times. Powered by consumer-grade hardware and full EVM compatibility, Monad provides the performance infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications on-chain. Learn more at monad.xyz.

About Anchored

Anchored is the global digital operating system for real-world assets, providing end-to-end infrastructure for the compliant tokenization, distribution, and trading of RWAs. The platform supports the full asset lifecycle: origination, compliance, issuance, distribution across DeFi and CeFi venues, secondary market liquidity, and redemption. Anchored currently offers two product verticals: tokenized stocks and tokenized fund products.

Operating under a compliance-first, multi-jurisdictional architecture, Anchored serves institutional investors, centralized exchanges, market makers, and DeFi protocols seeking regulated on-chain access to traditional financial instruments.

Learn more at anchored.finance.

Media Contact:

Tracy Giap
Monday Trade
tracy@monday.trade

Toni Morales
Anchored
toni@anchored.finance

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JinkoSolar Unveils Tiger Neo 5.0 All-Black Residential Solar Module with 25.52% Efficiency

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SHANGRAO, China, Oct. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), today unveiled Tiger Neo 5.0, an all-black residential solar module built on its all-new TAC technology. The first version to reach the market, an all-black 48-cell module, delivers a maximum power output of 510 W with a module efficiency of 25.52%. It was designed to redefine the upper limits of what a scenario-specific module can deliver in both appearance and efficiency for premium homes and other architecturally refined residences.

The module showcases a deeper, more uniform and more refined black appearance than conventional back-contact (BC) modules. Semiconductor-grade low- and high-temperature processes bring the power temperature coefficient down to -0.24%/℃, meaning stronger energy yield in high-temperature environments.

TAC technology combines the excellent carrier transport of TOPCon with the low-temperature processing and positive electrode passivation of HJT, pushing peak cell efficiency to 28%, approaching the theoretical limit of monocrystalline silicon cells. Together with a zero-gap cell layout and hidden-ribbon technology at module level, the module achieves an efficiency of 25.52%. Compared with conventional BC products, it delivers approximately 30 W more power, and a lower temperature coefficient. Its deeper, more premium black appearance blends seamlessly into residential rooftops— especially dark-colored ones — making it a standout in the residential module category for both power and aesthetics.

“Our vision for Tiger Neo 5.0 was to develop a panel tailored to premium residential rooftops. It pushes the boundaries of both performance and aesthetics with innovations in cell technology, passivation processes, structural design, module format and interconnections. With this launch, we aim to help move the industry toward solutions tailored to specific applications,” said Charlie Cao, CEO of Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.

About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.

JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is a holding company combining clean energy industrial operations and strategic investment in emerging technologies. Its industrial foundation is a controlling interest in Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. (SSE: 688223), a global leader in clean energy technology. The Company makes disciplined strategic investments in renewable energy, advanced materials, artificial intelligence, commercial space and other frontier technologies, drawing on its industrial experience and its ability to identify emerging technologies and bring them to commercial scale.

Through Jinko Solar Co., Ltd., the Company distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions.

JinkoSolar has over 10 production facilities globally, over 20 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, and other countries, and a global sales network with sales teams in China, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Vietnam and India, as of June 30, 2026.

To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com 

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this press release and the Company’s operations and business outlook, contain forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in JinkoSolar’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

Ms. Stella Wang
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86 21-5180-8777 ext.7806
Email: pr@jinkosolar.com

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AGFUND wins international award for excellence in inclusive banking and social impact

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 Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal credits the founders of AGFUND’s microfinance banks for laying the foundations of its development impact

BANGKOK, Oct. 17, 2026 /CNW/ — The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) won the “Excellence in Inclusive Banking and Social Impact” award at the 2026 Sustainable Development Goals Awards, organized by the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) in cooperation with the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG).

AGFUND CEO Hammam bin Nasser bin Juraid accepted the award in Bangkok, Thailand, alongside the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group.

HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, President of AGFUND, said the recognition acknowledges AGFUND’s experience using financial services to empower underserved communities, strengthen livelihoods and promote economic independence.

He credited the founders of AGFUND’s microfinance banks, particularly the late Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, for establishing institutions centered on empowering people.

He added that the award reflects over two decades of commitment, the dedication of financial inclusion banks and partners, and clients who transformed financing into businesses and family income. He emphasized expanding opportunities and measuring success through lasting improvements in people’s lives.

Prince Abdulaziz stressed that the recognition reflects the value of institutions reaching excluded populations and encourages broader access and economic opportunities for families.

AGFUND’s financial inclusion banking network has served more than 1.3 million clients and disbursed over US$1.37 billion in financing since inception. Women represent 59 per cent of borrowers, demonstrating its contribution to economic empowerment.

Presented by WSBI, established in 1924, together with ESBG, the award recognizes an approach linking financial services, social impact and sustainable development.

Following its first bank in Jordan in 2004, AGFUND expanded across nine countries: Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Mauritania and Sierra Leone, focusing on communities underserved by conventional financial institutions.

The network has issued more than 1.5 million loans, opened over 927,000 savings accounts, established 112 branches and employed more than 1,500 people. Its services finance micro and small enterprises and income-generating activities, improving livelihoods and economic independence.

AGFUND plans to strengthen development partnerships, advance digital solutions and innovative financial products, and integrate financing with training, capacity development, market access and risk protection.

It is also exploring geographic expansion, particularly in Africa, through institutional partnerships that adapt successful approaches to local needs and extend sustainable financial inclusion to more communities.

Website – https://agfund.org/

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GAC Showcases Multiple Models at Canton Fair: Systemic Global Expansion as a Response to High‑Level Opening‑Up

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GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On 15 October, the 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) kicked off in Guangzhou. Dubbed “China’s No.1 Exhibition” with a 70‑year history, it serves as a vital window for global merchants to understand China, and one of GAC’s stages to connect with the world. For international buyers, GAC serves not only as a sourcing platform but as a trusted channel for experiencing Chinese automotive innovation and building long-term local partnerships. Having made its debut in 2012, GAC has participated in the fair 30 times to date. Together with the Canton Fair, it has witnessed the transformation of Made‑in‑China products into Chinese global brands.

This transformation is reflected in GAC’s global expansion journey through a string of continuously refreshed sales figures. Overseas sales stood at 90,000 units in 2024, hit 130,000 units in 2025, and exceeded 197,000 units in January‑September 2026, representing a year‑on‑year surge of 138.9%. GAC is sprinting full steam ahead toward its annual target of 300,000 overseas units. GAC has accomplished a shift from “product export” to “system‑level global expansion”.

At the GAC booth, XT80, AION i60 and AISTALAND GX7 showcased intelligent driving, three-electric systems and premium cabins. The energy-ecology zone featured DC ultra-fast charging piles, 7 kW smart home chargers, multi-in-one electric drive units and PV-Storage-Charging-Swapping Technology, addressing range anxiety. Opening day drew buyers from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and Africa. At the Music & Cuisine Festival, GAC built three immersive spaces blending smart mobility, Cantonese cuisine, camping and sports. The XT80, AION N60, GAC S7 and AISTALAND GT7 served as lifestyle carriers, letting guests enjoy morning tea, global cuisines and intangible cultural heritage.

GAC will advance its ONE GAC 2.0 strategy, deepening localized operations and expanding its systematic global layout. As a tribute to the Canton Fair’s 70th anniversary and a new business card for China’s auto industry, GAC will help drive Chinese intelligent manufacturing onto the global stage.

For further information about GAC, please visit https://www.gacgroup.com/en or follow us on social media.

 

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