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ORLANDO, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / September 16, 2025 / RedChip Companies, an industry leader in investor relations, media, and research for microcap and small-cap companies, today announced its Platinum Sponsorship of the National Investment Banking Association (NIBA) Annual Convention, taking place September 16-17, 2025, at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The NIBA Annual Convention is one of the premier gatherings for investment professionals, including broker-dealers, investment bankers, fund managers, and service providers from across the U.S. and abroad. As a Platinum Sponsor, RedChip will play a key role in supporting this year’s event, which will feature two days of networking, presentations, and discussions focused on emerging opportunities in the small-cap marketplace.

“We are proud to support NIBA’s Annual Convention as a Platinum Sponsor,” said Dave Gentry, CEO of RedChip Companies. “For more than three decades, RedChip has been dedicated to connecting microcap and small-cap companies with the investment community. NIBA’s convention provides an invaluable platform to engage with industry leaders, explore market trends, and advance the dialogue on innovation and capital formation as RedChip continues to discover tomorrow’s blue chips today.”

As a Platinum Sponsor of NIBA 2025, RedChip will spotlight its comprehensive investor relations and financial media platform that has helped more than a thousand emerging growth companies achieve greater visibility, liquidity, and market credibility. By combining daily outreach with unmatched multimedia reach, RedChip continues to set the standard for driving tangible outcomes in the microcap and small-cap markets.

RedChip looks forward to connecting with innovators, issuers, capital partners, and dealmakers at NIBA 2025.

About RedChip Companies

RedChip Companies, an Inc. 5000 company, is an international investor relations, media, and research firm focused on microcap and small-cap companies. For 33 years, RedChip has delivered concrete, measurable results for its clients. Our newsletter, Small Stocks, Big Money™, is delivered online weekly to 60,000 investors. RedChip has developed the most comprehensive service platform in the industry for microcap and small-cap companies. These services include the following: a worldwide distribution network for its stock research; retail and institutional roadshows in major U.S. cities; outbound marketing to stock brokers, RIAs, institutions, and family offices; a digital media investor relations platform that has generated millions of unique investor views; investor webinars and group calls; a television show, Small Stocks, Big Money™, which airs weekly on Bloomberg US; TV commercials in local and national markets; corporate and product videos; website design; and traditional investor relation services, which include press release writing, development of investor presentations, quarterly conference call script writing, strategic consulting, capital raising, and more. RedChip also offers RedChat™, a proprietary AI-powered chatbot that analyzes SEC filings and corporate disclosures for all Nasdaq and NYSE-listed companies, giving investors instant, on-demand insights.

To learn more about RedChip’s products and services, please visit:

“Discovering Tomorrow’s Blue Chips Today”™

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RedChip Companies Inc.
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SOURCE: RedChip Companies, Inc.

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Company showcased commitment to compliance, consumer protection and highlighted regulatory leadership and collaboration

MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / September 16, 2025 / Athena Bitcoin, the number three global operator of bitcoin kiosks with over 3,000 machines in 34 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and 3 countries across Central and South America, participated in the 2025 Money Transmitter Regulators Association (MTRA) Annual Conference on September 9-11, 2025 in Louisville, KY.

Representing Athena was Chief Compliance Officer & Regulatory Counsel, Sam Nazzaro, and Business Analyst, Hans Telge. The MTRA conference serves as a premier forum for state money-transmitter regulators and industry leaders to discuss licensing, supervision, consumer protection, anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (AML/BSA) compliance, and broader policy developments.

“Compliance and consumer protection are at the heart of Athena’s mission to make Bitcoin accessible in a safe and responsible way,” said Sam Nazzaro. “By engaging proactively with regulators and contributing to conversations around best practices, Athena is helping to strengthen trust in our industry while ensuring our customers have secure, transparent access to Bitcoin.”

MTRA’s mission closely aligns with Athena’s consumer protection, safety and compliance standards, such as employing five attestation screens that appear during every transaction and require users to acknowledge critical information at multiple stages, such as confirming that the wallet belongs to them, recognizing common scam red flags, and verifying they are not acting under external pressure while empowering them to manage their assets outside traditional banking frameworks.

Athena’s participation in MTRA’s Annual Conference underscores the company’s long-standing commitment to compliance leadership, regulatory collaboration, and consumer education. With one of the largest Bitcoin kiosk networks across the Americas, Athena continues to build the next generation of responsible Bitcoin access, while maintaining high standards of trust, transparency, and accessibility.

About Athena Bitcoin Global

Athena Bitcoin Global operates an international network of Athena Bitcoin kiosks, which are free standing kiosks that permit customers to buy or sell Bitcoin in exchange for fiat currencies. The Company places its machines in convenience stores, shopping centers and other easily accessible locations in thirty-four US states and Puerto Rico, and in three countries in Central and South America. Athena Bitcoin Global’s comprehensive fintech platform enables POS merchant payments powered by Athena Pay and the Company provides safe, reliable and personalized trading services through its Athena Plus services. To learn more visit www.athenabitcoin.com  or follow Athena Bitcoin Global on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the expected trading commencement and closing dates. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the preliminary prospectus filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Athena Bitcoin Global specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Contact:

James McCusker
Alpha Advisory Group for Athena Bitcoin
ABIT@alpha-ir.com

SOURCE: Athena Bitcoin Global

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SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / September 16, 2025 / Cubic Defense, a recognized industry leader in delivering air combat training, secure communications, edge compute and networking solutions, will showcase its portfolio of innovative technologies during the Air, Space & Cyber Conference, September 22-24, 2025, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

“Cubic’s innovative solutions empower the warfighter with a definitive advantage across ground, air, cyber and space domains,” said Russ Marsh, President, Cubic Defense. The battle-tested technologies demonstrated during the event enhance readiness and support mission success for our defense partners and allies, helping them stay ahead of emerging threats.”

Visit the Cubic at booth 1917 and speak with experts who will demonstrate:

• Simplified, Planning Execution Analysis and Reconstruction (SPEAR) – Accelerating the Multi-domain OODA Loop: A common data model and DoD-approved tech stack that reduces cognitive burden through optimized displays and analytics of kinetic and non-kinetic data, in multi-domain operations and LVC environments.

• Synthetic Inject to Live-Live Virtual Constructive (SITL-LVC): Delivers a training environment in which the combat and sensor display effectively block, pass along or guise various inputs to aircraft systems that looks, feels and sounds identical to what aircrew would encounter in live combat.

• Mobile Advanced Tactical Training Encrypted Range System (MATTERS): Offers secure, rapidly deployable Joint and Coalition training with live instrumentation, simulators, scenario generation and data capture for mission reconstruction.

• Integrating Golden Dome – Optimizing Multi-domain Integrated Air and Missile Defense through reconstruction and data analytics: SPEAR’s common data model enhances Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) by reconstructing data from multi-service battle management and weapons systems.

• Decisive Advantage through Instrumentation to incrementally achieve the Advanced Training Environment (ATE):

  • P5 System Security Update (SSU): Adds cost-effective encryption to P5 ACMI pods, enabling secure 4^th and 5^th gen aircraft training using existing hardware and wave forms.

  • P5 Block 7 Update: Transmits classified sensor and weapons data for enhanced Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) training with accurate effects modeling.

  • SLATE Pod: Delivers SITL-LVC capability to 4^th gen and rotary wing U.S. DoD platforms, replicating peer adversary complexity and scale.

• DTECH Mission Solutions: Post-Quantum Secure Tactical Communications from Edge to Core: Zero-trust, post-quantum encrypted communications pipeline operates at the tactical edge in Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments, ensuring resilient U.S. Air Force mission communications.

• Secure Communications: Protected Waveforms – Multi-link SATCOM, Software Defined Radios and CSAR Radios: Deliver adaptive and resilient spectrum dominance with Multi-link, Multi-band, Multi-constellation SATCOM, Software Defined Radios (SDR) and stealthy waveforms that resolve critical gaps in tactical and operational communications, enabling the U.S. Air Force to update communications at the speed of the threat.

To learn more about Cubic products and services, visit www.cubic.com.

About Cubic
Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is driven to solve global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

Part of Cubic’s portfolio of businesses, Cubic Defense provides networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions and is a leading provider of live, virtual, constructive and game-based training solutions for both U.S. and Allied Forces. These mission-inspired capabilities enable assured multi-domain access; converged digital intelligence; and superior readiness for defense, intelligence, security and commercial missions. For more information, visit www.cubic.com.

Media Contacts:
Geri MacDonald 
Cubic Defense 
geri.macdonald@cubic.com 

Touchdown PR for Cubic Defense
Patrick Ingraham
Cubicdefense@touchdownpr.com

SOURCE: Cubic Defense

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As college visits and applications begin, The CE Shop empowers students to join the workforce faster

DENVER, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / September 16, 2025 / As high school graduates consider their next steps after graduation, meaningful career paths are more accessible and diverse than ever. While a traditional four-year college degree is still a valuable option for many, The CE Shop offers something a little bit different–a faster entry into the workforce via the real estate industry. This allows them to build a career (and income) without the burden of significant college debt.

Recent trends show that younger generations are embracing this new perspective on higher education. A 2023 ECMC Group survey found that while most students still strongly believe in the value of a postsecondary education, nearly 63% of high schoolers are exploring alternatives to the traditional four-year college. Influencing factors include rising concerns over student debt and a demand for direct career training, which is driving interest in alternative paths to high-demand professions.

The CE Shop offers just such a path–providing fast, flexible education designed for success in the real estate industry. With flexible, online pre-licensing courses, students can choose from four essential real estate roles depending on their personal interests: real estate agent, home inspector, mortgage loan originator, and appraiser. Each of these professions is fundamental to the housing market, a sector that serves over $3.4 billion of Gross Domestic Product in the U.S., and accounts for approximately 15-18% of the nation’s total GDP contribution.

Why Choose The CE Shop?

The CE Shop empowers learners to:

• Launch a professional career quickly with efficient training

• Get a practical alternative for those who value hands-on experience

• Accelerate their professional journey

• Earn state-approved credentials through self-paced courses

• Increase earning potential without accumulating student loan debt

Students can learn more about The CE Shop’s licensing courses and exam prep options and explore in-depth career resources for beginners at TheCEShop.com.

About The CE Shop
The CE Shop is the leading provider of professional real estate education with online mortgage, real estate, home inspection, and appraisal courses available throughout the United States. The CE Shop produces quality education for professionals across the nation, whether they’re veterans in their industry or are looking to launch a new career. We believe that the right education can truly make a difference. Visit TheCEShop.com to learn more.

Media Contact:
The CE Shop Press
Press@TheCEShop.com
720.822.5314

SOURCE: The CE Shop LLC

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Clients Trust in Alpine Mar’s Expertise and Industry Reputation to Boost Productivity and Protect Data

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL / ACCESS Newswire / September 16, 2025 / Alpine Mar, a rapidly growing, modern accounting firm, today unveiled an expansive new offering that includes managed IT and IT consulting services. Specifically, Alpine Mar will offer a seamless, fractional external team of IT experts to help clients administer and protect their workplace productivity and collaboration suites; as well as consulting services focused primarily on cybersecurity and AI consulting.

“This new offering extends Alpine Mar’s commitment to modern, tech-forward solutions, adding a highly requested layer of support for our clients,” says Ian A. Schlakman-Holub, CIO of Alpine Mar. “It complements the firm’s existing Audit and Client Accounting Services practices, both of which already leverage technology to enhance operational efficiency. The launch represents a natural evolution of our platform – deepening our value proposition and expanding our capabilities in direct response to client demand.”

Many clients with limited IT resources face significant challenges in managing and protecting their mission-critical workplace applications, with only 14 percent of small- to medium-sized businesses believing they have sufficient security controls in place to protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated threats.

Through its managed IT services, Alpine Mar provides day-to-day administration and protection of workplace productivity platforms such as Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. This includes real-time cybersecurity threat monitoring, incident response, and technical support. Additional services include remote security monitoring for on-site facilities and cloud-based VoIP solutions.

Concurrently, clients are often in need of trusted, expert counsel to help guide their most strategic decisions in the areas of cybersecurity and AI application and tools. To this end, Alpine Mar is now offering comprehensive IT consulting services specializing in cybersecurity, cybersecurity audits, and risk management, expanding beyond workplace productivity suites to clients’ full IT infrastructures. Moreover, AI is a critical area of focus, with three in four companies reporting that they struggle to achieve and scale AI value. Alpine Mar’s AI consulting services will address this exploding client demand for strategic advice in this area.

To learn more or schedule a consultation, visit here.

About Alpine Mar

Alpine Mar was founded in South Florida in 2020 by a group of CPAs who bring experience from some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated organizations. The team prides itself on providing unmatched expertise and service to individuals and businesses of all sizes. Since its inception, Alpine Mar has provided its clients with the latest technology to deliver industry-leading service and results. The firm offers a full range of accounting and finance services, including operational support, tax, audit, finance, and assurance. To learn more, please visit https://alpinemar.com/

Media contact:
Kristina LeBlanc
kristina@notablypr.com
508-930-5636

SOURCE: Alpine Mar

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NEWARK, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / September 15, 2025 / Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (“Protagonist” or the “Company”) announced that data from the Phase 2b ANTHEM-UC study with icotrokinra in ulcerative colitis will be the focus of a brief oral presentation at the United European Gastroenterology Week 2025 being held in Berlin, Germany from October 4th through 7th, 2025.

Presentation Details:

Presenting author: Maria Abreu, MD (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)

Title: Icotrokinra, a Targeted Oral Peptide that Selectively Blocks Il-23 Receptor Activation, in Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis: Week 12 Results from the Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Treat-Through, Dose-Ranging Anthem-UC Trial

Session Name: Advanced Therapies in Ulcerative Colitis
Session Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Presentation Time: 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM CET
Location: Helsinki Room

UEGW abstracts are now available on the UEGW website and the presentation itself will provide a complete data update.

About Protagonist

Protagonist Therapeutics is a discovery through late-stage development biopharmaceutical company. Two novel peptides derived from Protagonist’s proprietary discovery platform are currently in advanced Phase 3 clinical development, with New Drug Application (NDA) for icotrokinra submitted to the FDA in July and in the NDA submission for rusfertide expected by end of 2025. Icotrokinra (formerly, JNJ-2113), a first-in-class investigational targeted oral peptide that selectively blocks the Interleukin-23 receptor (“IL-23R”) is licensed to J&J Innovative Medicines (“JNJ”), formerly Janssen Biotech, Inc. Following icotrokinra’s joint discovery by Protagonist and JNJ scientists pursuant to the companies’ IL-23R collaboration, Protagonist was primarily responsible for development of icotrokinra through Phase 1, with JNJ assuming responsibility for development in Phase 2 and beyond. Rusfertide, a mimetic of the natural hormone hepcidin, is currently in Phase 3 development for the rare blood disorder polycythemia vera (PV). Rusfertide is being co-developed and will be co-commercialized with Takeda Pharmaceuticals pursuant to a worldwide collaboration and license agreement entered in 2024 under which the Company remains primarily responsible for development through NDA filing. The Company also has a number of pre-clinical stage drug discovery programs addressing clinically and commercially validated targets, including IL-17 oral peptide antagonist PN-881, obesity triple agonist peptide PN-477, and the oral hepcidin program.

More information on Protagonist, its pipeline drug candidates and clinical studies can be found on the Company’s website at https://www.protagonist-inc.com/.

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the potential benefits of icotrokinra, and expectations regarding the icotrokinra development program. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “may,” “will,” “expect,” or the negative or plural of these words or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those anticipated, including, but not limited to, our ability to develop and commercialize our product candidates, our ability to earn milestone payments under our collaboration agreements with Janssen and Takeda, our ability to use and expand our programs to build a pipeline of product candidates, our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates, our ability to operate in a competitive industry and compete successfully against competitors that have greater resources than we do, and our ability to obtain and adequately protect intellectual property rights for our product candidates. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors affecting our business can be found in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in our most recently filed periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which we operate, may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Any forward-looking statements that we make in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. We assume no obligation to update our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this press release.

Investor Relations Contact

Corey Davis, Ph.D.
LifeSci Advisors
+1 212 915 2577
cdavis@lifesciadvisors.com

Media Contact

Virginia Amann, Founder/CEO
+1 833 500 0061 ext 1
ENTENTE Network of Companies
virginiaamann@ententeinc.com

SOURCE: Protagonist Therapeutics

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