WTIC, a token backed 1:1 by physical WTI crude oil, adds a leading institutional digital asset exchange to its growing trading ecosystem

WTIC, Energy Substantiation’s 1:1 physically backed WTI crude oil token, is now available for institutional spot trading on LMAX DigitalThe listing adds an established institutional exchange to WTIC’s trading ecosystem, alongside Uniswap and BingXEach WTIC represents one barrel of WTI crude oil and is backed 1:1 by verified physical inventory

LARKSPUR, Calif., Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Energy Substantiation today announced the listing of its WTIC token on LMAX Digital, a leading institutional digital assets execution venue and part of LMAX Group. The listing adds an important institutional trading venue to WTIC’s growing ecosystem, alongside Uniswap and BingX, broadening access to physical crude oil through digital asset markets.

Oil is one of the world’s largest and most actively traded commodities, yet the ways investors can participate in its markets have historically centered on futures, exchange-traded funds and energy equities. WTIC introduces direct, physically backed oil exposure through a digital asset.

Each WTIC represents one barrel of WTI crude and is backed 1:1 by verified physical WTI inventory. The token complements established commodity market instruments by introducing a new form of spot commodity exposure, with the flexibility and accessibility of blockchain-based trading. The underlying oil remains in established commercial custody, with independent verification of the physical backing.

“Oil is one of the world’s most important commodities, yet investor access hasn’t evolved with the times,” said JP Thieriot, co-founder and CEO of Energy Substantiation. “Listing WTIC on LMAX Digital is a major step in bringing physically backed oil into institutional digital asset trading and opens up new possibilities for investors, traders, and the broader energy industry.”

LMAX Digital is a regulated institutional digital assets execution venue and custodian and is part of the leading global cross-asset marketplace, LMAX Group. Built on LMAX Group’s proprietary exchange technology, LMAX Digital provides institutional participants with transparent price discovery, efficient execution and access to digital asset liquidity.

“In an environment where major macro events can unfold beyond traditional market hours, including over weekends, tokens like WTIC provide a new avenue for institutions to respond,” said Chris Knight, managing director, LMAX Digital.

The listing advances Energy Substantiation’s broader vision of building new financial infrastructure around physical energy and other commodities. 

About Energy Substantiation

Energy Substantiation is building the infrastructure to bring the world’s energy commodities onchain. Its proprietary model transforms physical energy into verifiable digital assets, creating new ways for investors and institutions to access direct commodity exposure and new sources of capital for energy suppliers. Its first asset is WTIC, a 1:1 physically backed WTI crude oil token. For more information, visit energysubstantiation.com.

About LMAX 

LMAX Group is a leading global cross-asset marketplace, powering the fusion of traditional and digital finance through trusted technology. Operating multiple institutional execution venues and providing access to custody and market data services for FX and digital assets, LMAX connects the world’s largest and newest asset classes via seamless, transparent and regulated infrastructure. For more information, visit www.lmax.com. 

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New online store opens today with a GPS module, a 4-in-1 ESC, a flight controller, an IR and overt LED module, and a BLDC motor, manufactured in Virginia for commercial and defense buyers across air, sea, and land platforms

RADFORD, Va., Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aslan Motion Technologies today launched aslanmotion.com, a new online store for its line of components for unmanned aerial, maritime, and ground systems. The site opens with five products designed in house and manufactured in Radford, Virginia, available to commercial and defense customers in the United States and Canada.

Aslan builds its drone electronics with a focus on compliance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a trusted supply chain, alongside motors for unmanned ground and maritime vehicles. Every product was internally funded and designed for dual use, giving integrators a domestic, catalog ready option for drones, unmanned ground and maritime vehicles, and other robotic platforms.

Behind the launch is a team that has worked together for more than 25 years, focused on high volume manufacturing of motors and electronics. That experience lets Aslan move from design to production quickly and deliver consistent quality at scale.

The launch lineup

The M20 Pro motor is available with anodized finishes and custom colors on request. Aslan can also adapt existing designs into customer specific variants, and products can be submitted for UL or Intertek certification for custom programs or end products.

Support after the sale

Aslan stands behind every product with aftermarket support, including technical assistance and warranty service. Its engineers work directly with customers on integration, troubleshooting, and custom needs, acting as another arm of the customer’s engineering team rather than a parts supplier alone.

More products in development

These five products are the start of a growing catalog. Aslan is actively developing additional components focused on Group 1 through Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems, as well as unmanned ground and maritime platforms. New products will be added to aslanmotion.com as they are released.

“Builders of unmanned systems have told us the same thing for years: they need parts they can trust, manufactured here, at a price that makes sense,” said Moe Barani, CEO of Aslan Motion Technologies. “We priced this line to be reasonable and affordable, so an engineer at a prime, a government lab, or a small startup can order U.S. manufactured components, including NDAA focused electronics, without a long procurement chase. Today is the first step, and we will keep adding products and markets over the coming months.”

The store is built for business buyers, with order requests and general inquiries handled at info@aslanmotion.com and customer service, returns, and warranty support at cs@aslanmotion.com. Aslan plans to extend sales to allied markets in Europe and the Indo-Pacific in later phases.

About Aslan Motion Technologies

Aslan Motion Technologies designs and manufactures motors, electronic speed controllers, flight controllers, GPS modules, and seal-less pumps for Group 1 through Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems and for unmanned ground and maritime platforms. Its products are designed and manufactured in Radford, Virginia, for defense primes, government integrators, and commercial builders, and its electronics are designed with a focus on NDAA compliance. Its leadership team has worked together for more than 25 years in high volume manufacturing. Aslan is registered on SAM.gov (CAGE 25BM2). Learn more at aslanmotion.com.

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Aslan Motion Technologies
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New facilities replace the Company’s Royal Bank of Canada facility and restore its capacity to invest in user acquisition

VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 15, 2026 /CNW/ — East Side Games Group Inc. (TSX: EAGR) (OTC: EAGRF) (“ESGG” or the “Company”), a leading developer and publisher of free-to-play mobile games, is pleased to provide additional details on its new credit facilities with National Bank of Canada (“NBC”) and Export Development Canada (“EDC”), further to its news release dated October 9, 2026.

The new facilities (together, the “New Facilities”) consist of: (i) a C$3 million revolving line of credit with NBC bearing interest at prime plus 1%, and up to C$3.5M in term loans backed by tax credits bearing interest at prime plus 1.25% maturing when tax credits are received and (ii) a US$4 million term loan with EDC. The amounts that can be drawn on from NBC are limited by estimates of current year IDTMC (75% of accrual) as well as upcoming TSG settlement payments ($500k a quarter). The Company’s credit facility with Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) has been repaid in full.

At closing, the Company had drawn approximately C$3.2 million under the New Facilities with C$1 million cash on hand, and approximately C$6.4 million remaining available between all combined facilities. The New Facilities are non-dilutive with no shares, warrants or other equity securities issued to the lenders.

Restoring Investment in User Acquisition

User acquisition (“UA”) is a key driver of revenue growth in the Company’s games. Year to date, limited access to capital has held the Company’s UA investment well below the levels at which it has historically operated, which has weighed on its financial results. The New Facilities significantly ease that constraint. With the capacity and flexibility to return UA spend to normalized levels, the Company expects the benefit to begin appearing in its results in the fourth quarter of 2026 and to build in the periods that follow.

Because UA investment began increasing only in Mid-October, the Company’s third quarter results, which it expects to report on or about November 15, 2026, will reflect the capital constraints that applied for most of the period. The Company expects the fourth quarter to be the first full quarter of UA investment at near-normalized levels.

While the Company continues to expect to fund the development of new titles from operating cash flow, the New Facilities provide additional flexibility to invest in new titles should the need arise.

Balance Sheet

With the RBC facility repaid in full, the Company’s only debt other than the New Facilities is C$5.6 million of loans from insiders. These are long-term loans held by insiders whose interests are aligned with those of the Company’s shareholders.

“For most of this year, access to capital rather than opportunity set the limit on what we could invest in our games, and our results showed it. With National Bank and EDC as partners and our RBC facility repaid in full, we can return user acquisition to normalized levels, and we expect that investment to show in our results beginning in the fourth quarter,” said Jason Bailey, Chief Executive Officer of ESGG.

ABOUT EAST SIDE GAMES GROUP

Additional information about the Company is available under its profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding the availability of the New Facilities, the timing and extent of increases in user acquisition spend, the expected improvement in the Company’s financial results in the fourth quarter of 2026 and beyond, the funding and development of new titles, and the continued support of the Company’s insider lenders. Forward-looking information is based on management’s current assumptions and is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including reduced borrowing availability, failure to comply with covenants, changes in interest rates, lower than expected returns on user acquisition, delays in game development, and the other risks described in the Company’s most recent annual information form and management’s discussion and analysis, available on SEDAR+. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update it except as required by applicable law.

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