Cloudera Advances Hybrid Data Platform with Long-Term Stability, Elastic Scale, and Open Data Interoperability

 

The latest platform advancements eliminate disruptive upgrade cycles, provide flexibility across hybrid environments, and enable AI anywhere while accelerating analytics across the data estate.


SAN JOSE, Calif., April 9 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today announced significant advancements to its hybrid data and AI platform. These updates help enterprises modernize seamlessly, lower infrastructure costs, and accelerate analytics and AI across their entire data estate.

Enterprises face mounting pressure to modernize data platforms while managing cost and risk, creating significant operational strain. As AI investment accelerates, projected by Gartner to reach $3.33 trillion by 2027, frequent upgrade cycles, rising infrastructure costs, and growing complexity hinder innovation and divert resources from high-value analytics and AI.

Cloudera addresses these challenges by providing long-term stability and a predictable foundation for enterprise data environments. With extended support until 2032 and a unified platform experience across cloud and data centers, Cloudera enables organizations to reduce operational overhead and focus on advancing AI initiatives.

These advancements reinforce Cloudera’s position as the only platform to offer long-term stability, elastic scale across cloud and data centers, and open interoperability in a single architecture, without requiring data movement or disruptive migrations.

Key features include:

• Guaranteed operational stability: Offers a stable, secure foundation for enterprise data environments, allowing organizations to standardize mission-critical infrastructure, reduce risk, and eliminate costly upgrade cycles while aligning platform strategy with long-term investments.
• Modernize seamlessly: Provides simultaneous updates to on-premises and cloud deployments, ensuring consistency across the entire hybrid data estate. This enables organizations to boost performance and meet changing regulatory requirements without the expense of re-platforming.

The update also introduces new capabilities to enhance performance, flexibility, and data collaboration across modern data architectures. Automated optimization of Apache Iceberg tables, powered by Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer, accelerates query performance by 38% and reduces storage overhead by up to 36% with minimal manual effort. Organizations can also maximize their on-prem investment while dynamically extending their private data centers into the cloud with Cloudera Cloud Bursting, unlocking on-demand elasticity without data duplication or application rewrites. Expanded data sharing enables secure access to live Iceberg tables across external platforms without copying or duplicating data, reducing silos, preserving data integrity, and maintaining governance.

“Our customers no longer accept trade-offs,” said Leo Brunnick, Chief Product Officer at Cloudera. “They want the flexibility of the cloud, the control of the data center, and the ability to scale without disruption. This update delivers all three on a single, unified platform built for modern data and AI.”

Cloudera is showcasing its latest platform capabilities this week at Iceberg Summit 2026. To learn more, visit cloudera.com or visit Cloudera at booth #G4 at the event.

About Cloudera
Cloudera is the only hybrid data and AI platform company that large organizations trust to bring AI to their data anywhere it lives. Unlike other providers, Cloudera delivers a consistent cloud experience that converges public clouds, on-prem data centers, and the edge, leveraging a proven open-source foundation. As the pioneer in big data, Cloudera empowers businesses to apply AI and assert control over 100% of their data, in all forms, improving security, governance, and real-time and predictive insights. The world’s largest brands across all industries rely on Cloudera to transform decision-making and ultimately boost bottom lines, safeguard against threats, and save lives.

To learn more, visit Cloudera.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X. ©2026 Cloudera and associated marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cloudera, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact
Jess Hohn-Cabana
cloudera@v2comms.com 

SOURCE: Cloudera, Inc.

REGASK PARTNERS VEEVA TO BRING AI-DRIVEN REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE TO RIM

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 (Bernama) -- RegASK has partnered with Veeva Systems to integrate its agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities with Veeva’s Regulatory Information Management (RIM) system, enabling life sciences organisations to connect near-real-time regulatory insights with core compliance workflows.

Through the collaboration, organisations can translate regulatory changes into structured assessments, prioritised actions and documented compliance decisions within existing systems of record.

According to a statement, the integration combines Veeva’s unified regulatory platform with RegASK’s AI-driven intelligence layer to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.

“Through our partnership with Veeva, joint customers gain RegASK’s intelligence and predictive layer to help stay ahead of regulatory change.

“Through our integration with Veeva RIM, teams can connect that intelligence directly to their compliance workflows, enabling faster and more confident regulatory decisions,” said RegASK Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Caroline Shleifer.

RegASK’s platform continuously monitors regulatory developments across more than 160 markets, leveraging large language models and a global network of subject matter experts to convert updates into actionable compliance steps.

The solution is built to enterprise-grade security standards, with multiple certifications, including ISO/IEC 42001 for AI management systems.

The partnership reflects a broader shift in the life sciences sector, where regulatory intelligence is becoming a strategic capability. By embedding AI-driven insights into compliance systems, RegASK and Veeva aim to help organisations respond more proactively to global regulatory changes and accelerate time to market.

-- BERNAMA

Bitget Launches VIP Fast Track Program Across Futures, Spot and Asset Holdings

VICTORIA, Seychelles, April 6 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today launched the VIP Fast Track Program, a new campaign designed to help users reach higher VIP levels through personalized trading routes across futures, spot, and asset holdings. The launch marks the first phase of Bitget’s broader UEX VIP season, a platform-wide initiative built around the principle of maximum perks and minimum fees for high-value users.

Unlike traditional exchange VIP systems that rely primarily on fixed asset thresholds, VIP Fast Track introduces progression paths based on trading activity and account growth. Futures users can unlock up to 300 USDT in cash vouchers, spot users can receive up to 120 USDT in fee rebate vouchers, and asset-focused users can access up to 7% USDT yield booster vouchers while advancing toward official VIP status.

Bitget has also launched a new VIP Detail Page inside the app, allowing users to track progress toward the next tier through a mobile-first dashboard. The page calculates qualification requirements in real time and displays available benefits across tiers, including fee reductions, airdrops, and global lifestyle rewards.

“VIP systems have traditionally focused on static thresholds, but user growth on a platform is more dynamic than that,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “The Fast Track program is designed to make progression more practical by linking trading activity directly to immediate rewards and clearer upgrade paths.”

Each progression milestone under the campaign includes what Bitget defines as a settlement-based reward structure, where users receive immediate bonuses upon reaching designated qualification targets. These rewards are designed to partially offset trading costs during the upgrade process and reduce friction for users moving from temporary VIP access toward official V1, V2, and V3 status.

The launch also precedes the next phase of UEX VIP Season, which will introduce a dedicated airdrop campaign between April and May with a total prize pool of 1 million UEX alpha assets, including tokenized stock distributions and an additional project to be announced later. Individual campaign rounds are expected to include prize pools of up to 500,000.

Bitget’s VIP ecosystem continues to expand as the platform increases its focus on retaining high-frequency and high-value users through a combination of trading incentives, fee efficiency, and access to exclusive experiences linked to future seasonal campaigns.

About Bitget

Bitget is the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 100+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships with LALIGA and MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry's lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.

For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord

For media inquiries, please contact: media@bitget.com

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SOURCE: Bitget Limited

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Bitget Brings Crypto Into Everyday Spending With APAC Launch of Bitget Card

VICTORIA, Seychelles, April 6 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), in partnership with Visa and DCS, launched the Bitget Card across selected markets in Asia Pacific (APAC), extending crypto out of exchanges into everyday spending and marking another step toward a more unified financial experience where digital assets work quietly in the background of daily life.

The initial rollout makes a virtual Bitget Card available to APAC users, with a physical card set to follow in the coming months. Issued in collaboration with DCS and powered by Visa’s global payments network, Bitget Card enables users to convert crypto into fiat for everyday spending across merchants across APAC. Payments are processed instantly and feel no different from a standard card transaction, removing the friction typically associated with off-ramping or manual conversion. Crypto operates quietly in the background while users transact through familiar payment rails, supporting seamless everyday adoption

“Partnerships across the ecosystem are key to bringing digital assets into everyday payments,” said Joan Han, COO of DCS and DeCard. “By combining Bitget’s ecosystem with DCS’s issuing infrastructure and Visa’s global acceptance network, the Bitget Card enables users to move from crypto holdings to everyday spending through a familiar card experience.”

To accompany the launch, Bitget Card offers one of the most competitive reward structures in the region, with up to 20% cashback on eligible spending, capped at $800. Low foreign exchange fees further position the card for globally mobile users who expect spending tools to work across borders without friction.

“For crypto to become truly mainstream, it can’t ask people to constantly think about it,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “It should operate quietly in the background while people go about living their lives. Bitget Card reflects the shift where crypto becomes infrastructure, not an interruption.”

The launch aligns with Bitget’s Universal Exchange vision, which brings crypto, derivatives, and tokenised traditional assets into a single ecosystem. By extending that framework into payments through partnerships with Visa and DCS, Bitget is narrowing the gap between digital assets and real-world commerce, allowing users to move between markets and everyday spending without switching contexts.

Additional features include enhanced benefits for VIP members, including higher rebates and complimentary physical card issuance once available.

“As digital assets become more widely held, consumers increasingly expect simple and reliable ways to use that value in everyday life,” said Adeline Kim, Country Manager for Singapore & Brunei at Visa. “The Bitget Card reflects how payments are evolving — enabling a seamless move from digital assets to everyday spending through a familiar Visa card experience, at scale and across borders.”

Looking ahead, Bitget plans to expand the Bitget Card with premium physical designs, fee-free ATM withdrawals of up to $100 per month, and access to a global network of airport lounges, reinforcing its positioning as a long-term lifestyle payment tool.

As financial systems continue to converge, the line between crypto and traditional finance is becoming less visible to consumers. With Bitget Card, digital assets integrate seamlessly into everyday payments, allowing users to spend, travel, and move globally through familiar card experiences.

To apply for a Bitget card, please visit here.

Disclaimer: This is for information only, not investment advice or solicitation to trade or use any service. Our services may not be available in certain jurisdictions or for users in certain regions.

About Bitget

Bitget is the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 100+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships with LALIGA and MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry's lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.

For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord

For media inquiries, please contact: media@bitget.com

Risk Warning: Digital asset prices are subject to fluctuation and may experience significant volatility. Investors are advised to only allocate funds they can afford to lose. The value of any investment may be impacted, and there is a possibility that financial objectives may not be met, nor the principal investment recovered. Independent financial advice should always be sought, and personal financial experience and standing carefully considered. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Bitget accepts no liability for any potential losses incurred. Nothing contained herein should be construed as financial advice. For further information, please refer to our Terms of Use.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/0418876f-89ee-4aa8-af05-e55f92e05b50

SOURCE: Bitget Limited

DISCLAIMER: BERNAMA MREM are not accountable for any causes of website defacement, misuse, or illegal activities connected to cryptocurrency, blockchain, tokenisation, or bitcoin. This material should not be considered as guidance or an opinion, as it does not constitute financial or investment advice. Use this information at your own risk; we are not liable for any losses or damages caused by the republication of this article.

--BERNAMA

Mavenir Recognised With MSUA President’s Award For Outstanding Innovation

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Mavenir, the software company building artificial intelligence (AI)-by-design mobile networks, has won the President’s Award for Outstanding Innovation at the 2026 Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards organised by the Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA).

According to a statement, with this year’s theme highlighting sat-cell connectivity, Mavenir was named along with 10 other Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) innovators at a ceremony during the Satellite 2026 event in Washington, DC.

“We are delighted to receive this recognition from the MSUA for our work. Non‑terrestrial direct‑to‑device services unlock a new era of connectivity, delivering ubiquitous outdoor mobile coverage worldwide, even in the most remote locations.

“At Mavenir, we work with both mobile and satellite operators to accelerate the convergence of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks, with our AI-by-Design NTN architecture delivering not just coverage but also a scalable service platform for continuous innovation,” said its Executive Vice President and General Manager for NTN Solutions, Sachin Karkala.

Meanwhile, MSUA President, Roger Lanctot added that Mavenir’s heritage from the cellular world and ground-breaking work with satellite players to bridge the gap between terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks made them the obvious choice for the President’s Award for Outstanding Innovation.

Mavenir provides satellite operators with proven, standards-compliant packet core and NTN RAN solutions optimised for cloud-native deployment environments.

The company has successfully demonstrated the first voice over NB-IoT call using non-terrestrial mobile infrastructure, a milestone that has transformed the NTN mobile industry and created significant momentum for its advancement.

With a range of satellite operator customers, including Iridium and Terrestar, Mavenir is bridging non‑terrestrial networks with mainstream mobile services, enabling operators to deliver ubiquitous coverage, strengthen network resilience, and create new revenue opportunities.

-- BERNAMA

AM BEST AFFIRMS CMB WING LUNG INSURANCE RATINGS WITH STABLE OUTLOOK

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (Bernama) -- Global credit rating agency, AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a” (Excellent) of Hong Kong’s CMB Wing Lung Insurance Company Limited (CMBWLI), with a stable outlook.

In a statement, AM Best said the credit ratings (ratings) reflect CMBWLI’s very strong balance sheet strength, strong operating performance, neutral business profile, and appropriate enterprise risk management.

The company’s balance sheet strength is underpinned by its robust risk-adjusted capitalisation, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio. Capital and surplus recorded mid- to high-single-digit growth in 2024 and 2025, benefiting from partial retention of its sustained and stable operating profits.

CMBWLI maintains a prudent investment strategy, enhancing bond portfolio quality while keeping cash and cash equivalents as its largest asset class. Additional supporting factors include its strong regulatory solvency position, positive liquidity, and comprehensive reinsurance programme with moderate dependency.

Its operating performance remains strong, with high-single-digit average returns on equity over the past five years (2021 to 2025). Despite a slight decline of topline in 2025 due to competitive market conditions, the company maintained a net/net combined ratio consistently below 90 per cent, outperforming the broader market.

CMBWLI’s investment performance also improved, supported by stable interest and dividend income, fair value gains on listed securities, and recovery of impairment loss.

As a medium-sized non-life insurer in Hong Kong, CMBWLI is one of the major market players in the employees’ compensation segment, with a diversified portfolio spanning motor and property damage lines.

Backed by China Merchants Group Limited, the company expects further growth in marine insurance and is exploring opportunities in inward property damage business beyond Hong Kong.

-- BERNAMA

VISUAL BANK EXPANDS AI TRAINING DATA SOLUTION FOR JAPANESE SPEECH MODELS

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- Visual Bank Inc, via its subsidiary amanaimages Inc, has announced the expansion of its Qlean Dataset, a premium artificial intelligence (AI) training data solution for developers building high-performance Japanese speech foundation models.

The expansion strengthens its position in providing rights-cleared datasets for research and development and large-scale AI applications.

“As demand for culturally contextualised foundation models grows, high-quality, legally compliant Japanese training data is becoming increasingly critical.

“Visual Bank is committed to bridging the gap between raw content and production-ready AI systems through rigorous data preparation and engineering,” said its chief executive officer, Saneyuki Nagai, in a statement.

The datasets are fully rights-cleared for commercial use and aligned with global compliance standards such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

They include high-fidelity audio assets recorded at 48 kilohertz (kHz)/16-bit or higher, enabling capture of both studio-quality speech and diverse acoustic environments.

In addition, the datasets support detection of harmful language, including hate speech and abusive prompts, and include evaluation datasets aligned with international benchmarks such as MMSU to assess reasoning and linguistic nuance in Japanese.

The solution also incorporates Japan-specific audio, including traditional and urban sound environments, to support multimodal and spatial AI applications.

The datasets are available through AI Data Recipe, which offers both ready-to-use datasets and customised data production, including speaker casting, recording and annotation tailored to specific development needs.

-- BERNAMA

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT REPORTS RECORD 2025 GROWTH, EXPANDS SECURITYTECH

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) reaffirmed its position as a global leader in SecurityTech for mission-critical infrastructure in fiscal year 2025, achieving revenue of 3.2 billion euros despite exchange rate effects. (1 Euro = RM4.65)

The company achieved a record order intake of 3.6 billion euros, while adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) reached 211 million euros. The substantial free cash flow of 119 million euros provides additional leeway for future investments.

“SecurityTech forms the indispensable foundation of modern societies. Record-breaking order intake and profitability and pioneering customer projects in critical security areas highlight the company’s current performance and future relevance.

“G+D is investing decisively, transforming with a clear vision and bringing innovations into real-world applications quickly, reliably, and securely,” said G+D Group chief executive officer, Ralf Wintergerst.

In a statement, G+D said its diverse portfolio across digital security, financial platforms, and currency technology continues to deliver resilience against market volatility.

The company is investing in next-generation security technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security architectures, cybersecurity solutions, and secure identity technologies. A new AI hub in Canada is accelerating the transfer of innovative AI solutions into market-ready products.

Strategic acquisitions, such as Xtec Inc, a United States specialist in digital identity and access management, are expanding G+D’s capabilities in high-growth sectors and supporting its long-term transformation strategy.

G+D is also demonstrating technological leadership in major projects, including being the first-ranked contractor in the ECB framework for offline digital euro payments, actively contributing to the future of digital currencies in Europe.

-- BERNAMA

Cloudera Brings “AI Anywhere” Innovation to Global AWS Summit Series

Cloudera will showcase its hybrid data and AI capabilities across eight global summits, emphasizing how organizations can unlock the full value of enterprise data while maintaining sovereignty, governance, and control

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 1 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today announced its participation as a sponsor across the 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit series, including events in Paris, Sydney, Hamburg, Madrid, Washington, D.C., Jakarta, Zurich, and Tokyo. At each event, Cloudera will demonstrate how organizations can operationalize “AI Anywhere” by running AI workloads seamlessly across hybrid and multi-cloud environments without compromising governance, security, data portability, or sovereign cloud requirements, including residency, control, and compliance in specific countries or regions.

Cloudera’s presence at AWS Summits builds on its longstanding collaboration with AWS, helping enterprises modernize their data architectures and accelerate AI adoption in increasingly complex hybrid environments. As organizations continue to balance cloud innovation with existing on-premises investments, hybrid cloud strategies are becoming the norm, enabling greater agility, scalability, and cost efficiency.

AWS is also a key member of Cloudera’s growing AI ecosystem, supporting customers as they deploy scalable, open, and secure AI solutions across diverse environments.

Engaging the Global Cloud Community

Across AWS Summit events, Cloudera will host interactive booth experiences featuring live demonstrations, expert consultations, and giveaways, offering attendees hands-on insights into real-world AI and data use cases.

Event Highlights Include:
 

• Paris, April 1: Cloudera will be holding live demos at Booth P4. Additionally, as a platinum sponsor, Cloudera will be hosting the session Accelerating Life-Saving Aid with Private AI, sharing how Mercy Corps uses Cloudera AI powered by NVIDIA to equip humanitarian teams with secure, AI-driven tools that accelerate life-saving aid delivery.
  • Time: 11:15 a.m., Location: Salle Passy L1
• Sydney, May 13–14: As a gold sponsor, Cloudera is hosting the lightning talk Cloud Anywhere: Architectural Freedom for Unified Data and AI, exploring how organizations can avoid vendor lock-in and unify data and AI across AWS and on-prem environments.
  • There will also be a networking reception at the Cloudera booth on May 13, 5:15–6:00 p.m., featuring games and prize drawings.
• Hamburg, May 20: As a platinum sponsor, Cloudera will be hosting a breakout session, as well as scheduled demos and giveaways at its booth.
• Madrid, June 4: In its session Psychology for Robots: Cognitive Biases and Bacon in Your Ice Cream, Cloudera will do a deep dive into cognitive bias in AI systems and how Cloudera ensures production-ready AI anywhere.
• Additional Event Presence at:
  • Washington, D.C., June 30
  • Jakarta, August 6
  • Zurich, September 2
  • Tokyo, June 25

“Our collaboration with AWS is central to delivering on the promise of AI Anywhere,” said Michelle Hoover, SVP of Global Alliances and Channels at Cloudera. “Customers shouldn’t have to choose between innovation and control. By combining Cloudera’s hybrid data platform with AWS’s cloud capabilities, we’re empowering organizations to run AI workloads wherever they need—while maintaining governance, security, and portability.”

Learn More
To learn more about Cloudera’s presence at upcoming AWS Summits, including AWS re:Invent in November, visit: https://www.cloudera.com/events.html

About Cloudera
Cloudera is the only hybrid data and AI platform company that large organizations trust to bring AI to their data anywhere it lives. Unlike other providers, Cloudera delivers a consistent cloud experience that converges public clouds, on-prem data centers, and the edge, leveraging a proven open-source foundation. As the pioneer in big data, Cloudera empowers businesses to apply AI and assert control over 100% of their data, in all forms, improving security, governance, and real-time and predictive insights. The world’s largest brands across all industries rely on Cloudera to transform decision-making and ultimately boost bottom lines, safeguard against threats, and save lives.

To learn more, visit Cloudera.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X. Cloudera and associated marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cloudera, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact
Jess Hohn-Cabana
cloudera@v2comms.com

SOURCE: Cloudera, Inc.

Bitget Leads BTC and ETH Futures Liquidity in TokenInsight March Report

VICTORIA, Seychelles, April 1 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), ranked first in BTC and ETH futures liquidity in TokenInsight’s March 2026 Crypto Exchange Liquidity Report, leading all surveyed exchanges in both market depth and execution quality.

The ranking comes at a time when market volatility is driving larger and more frequent trades across digital assets. In this environment, liquidity is no longer just a benchmark, it directly impacts trading outcomes. According to the report, Bitget led cumulative BTC and ETH futures depth at both the 0.05% and 0.1% market depth bands. In futures execution quality, Bitget recorded the lowest slippage for $1 million BTC futures sell orders at 0.014% and for $1 million ETH futures sell orders at 0.025%, reinforcing the platform’s strength in handling larger trade sizes under live market conditions. Bitget also posted the tightest BTC futures bid-ask spread among all exchanges surveyed.

“Liquidity quality matters most when markets are moving quickly and execution becomes part of the trading outcome,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “What stands out in this report is not only depth, but consistency across major futures pairs where institutional and active traders are most sensitive to execution efficiency.”

Beyond futures, Bitget ranked second globally in BTC and ETH spot liquidity in both order book depth and spot slippage performance across the $500k and $1M order sizes. TokenInsight identified Bitget among the leading venues for tokenized gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) futures, where it ranked within the top tier for market depth and execution quality, reflecting broader user participation across crypto and macro-linked assets.

The findings point to a broader shift in trading behaviour, as trading activity increasingly spans digital assets and commodity-linked instruments. As macro volatility continues to influence capital allocation, deeper liquidity across both digital assets and commodity-linked instruments has become a defining factor in how users and institutions access global markets through unified trading infrastructure.

Bitget's UEX model is designed to support this shift by bringing crypto and tokenized assets into a single trading environment. As users seek more efficient ways to navigate markets, liquidity and execution consistency remain key to delivering a reliable trading experience.

About Bitget

Bitget is the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 100+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships with LALIGA and MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry's lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.

For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord

For media inquiries, please contact: media@bitget.com

Risk Warning: Digital asset prices are subject to fluctuation and may experience significant volatility. Investors are advised to only allocate funds they can afford to lose. The value of any investment may be impacted, and there is a possibility that financial objectives may not be met, nor the principal investment recovered. Independent financial advice should always be sought, and personal financial experience and standing carefully considered. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Bitget accepts no liability for any potential losses incurred. Nothing contained herein should be construed as financial advice. For further information, please refer to our Terms of Use.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/23d6da77-30c5-43e8-ad7c-85b95a71b2c0 

SOURCE: Bitget Limited

DISCLAIMER: BERNAMA MREM are not accountable for any causes of website defacement, misuse, or illegal activities connected to cryptocurrency, blockchain, tokenisation, or bitcoin. This material should not be considered as guidance or an opinion, as it does not constitute financial or investment advice. Use this information at your own risk; we are not liable for any losses or damages caused by the republication of this article.

HOLAFLY REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SUSTAINABILITY GAP IN TRAVEL DECISIONS

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Holafly eSIM & Travel Report revealed that 42 per cent of travellers actively take steps to travel more responsibly, highlighting a growing awareness of environmental impact among global explorers.

However, only 22.5 per cent rank sustainability among their top priorities when planning a trip, indicating that price, convenience, and other practical factors often outweigh environmental considerations.

“The message from travellers is clear: people want to make responsible choices, but those choices need to be simple and accessible. Sustainability will only scale when responsible options are seamlessly integrated into the travel experience,” said Holafly Brand Director, Daniela Prado.

In the report, Holafly, an eSIM provider, revealed new insights into how sustainability is shaping travel decisions worldwide with a clear hierarchy between intention and decision-making.

This gap between values and practical choices reflects a broader trend across the travel industry as travellers widely support sustainable tourism in principle, but translating those intentions into booking decisions remains complex.

In addition, Holafly stated in a statement that many travellers express the desire to reduce their environmental footprint, yet affordability, accessibility and overall travel experience still tend to shape final choices.

Holafly’s eSIM products contribute to more responsible travel by replacing traditional SIM cards, reducing emissions linked to production, packaging, and global distribution.

The company estimates that each eSIM prevents approximately 114.7 grammes of carbon dioxide (CO₂), with over 15 million eSIMs sold worldwide avoiding more than 1,700 tonnes of CO₂.

As the travel sector faces growing climate awareness, the challenge remains turning environmental values into practical, seamless choices that travellers can adopt without friction.

-- BERNAMA

UNIPART POSTS GBP991.6 MLN TURNOVER, STRONG 2025 RESULTS

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Unipart, the supply chain performance improvement partner, has reported a group turnover of GBP991.6 million and an underlying profit before interest and tax of GBP27.9 million in its full-year financial results for 2025. (GBP1 = RM5.31)

The company in a statement said it ended the year with a net cash surplus of GBP9.4 million, demonstrating robust operational efficiency and disciplined capital management.

Its Chief Executive Officer, Darren Leigh highlighted that the company strengthened its order book, achieved solid earnings and cash performance, and made significant progress executing The Unipart Way Forward strategy.

“In 2026, our focus on organic expansion, strategic partnerships, and ongoing investment in our people and technology, combined with our continued diversification, gives me confidence that we can navigate ongoing global supply chain instability and challenges.

“We are fully committed to delivering more efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains for our customers, and long-term sustainable value for our shareholders,” he added.

The 2025 financial year marked a period of strategic transition and expansion under The Unipart Way Forward strategy, supported by customer growth, digital transformation investments, and a commitment to colleagues and sustainability.

Amid global supply chain challenges, Unipart leveraged its breadth of expertise to increase visibility, predictability, and mitigate disruption for its customers. The company expanded its services with existing clients, welcomed new customers, launched new solutions, and formed key industry partnerships.

Unipart reaffirmed its commitment to people, health, safety, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, receiving five stars in the British Safety Council audit for the 15th consecutive year, achieving upper quartile employee engagement, and hosting the Big Charity Challenge, which raised over GBP62,000 for more than 30 charities.

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Abaxx Futures Now Available Through TMX Trayport’s Joule Platform

LONDON and TORONTO, March 27 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial software and market infrastructure company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, together with TMX Trayport, a wholly owned subsidiary of TMX Group, today announced that Abaxx futures are now available for trading through TMX Trayport’s Joule platform.

TMX Trayport’s Joule platform now provides front-end access to Abaxx futures, enabling traders to view markets and execute orders directly within their existing trading environment.

Used by more than 9,800 traders globally across energy, commodities, and environmental markets, Joule integrates Abaxx futures alongside existing gas, power, and environmental contracts, supporting cross-market trading and hedging strategies within a single platform.

"Now that Abaxx’s commodity markets will be available within Trayport's trading screen, our customers will have an even broader set of tools to manage risk,” said Peter Conroy, CEO of TMX Global Insights (Trayport, Datalinx, VettaFi). “At a time of so much volatility and geo-political uncertainty within energy markets like LNG, providing clients with more ways to manage their exposure alongside the existing venues, demonstrates how Trayport supports customers through the power of aggregation.”

“Abaxx futures support price discovery and risk management,” said Shanmei Lim, Chief Markets Officer at Abaxx Exchange. “Availability within TMX Trayport’s Joule platform positions those contracts alongside other benchmarks where cross-market risk is actively managed.”

About TMX Trayport
TMX Trayport is a global software provider for the energy trading market. Headquartered in London and owned by TMX Group, the company develops the electronic platforms used by traders, brokers, and exchanges to facilitate the buying and selling of commodities.

The scale of the network is significant, supporting over 9,800 licensees, 390 trader firms, and 45 brokers and exchanges. Its core product, Joule, aggregates real-time price data for power, natural gas, and emissions onto a single screen.

In 2025, Trayport facilitated over 620 million trades across Europe, nearly 20 trades every second. Supported by 65+ third-party providers, Trayport provides the technical infrastructure that ensures transparency and connectivity across European, North American, and Asian energy markets.

For more information visit Trayport.com or contact us at sales@trayport.com  

Contact Trayport

For more information, please contact:
Trayport
Fay Delavault
Head of Marketing and Communications
media@trayport.com

About Abaxx Technologies
Abaxx Technologies is building Smarter Markets: markets empowered by better tools, better benchmarks, and better technology to drive market-based solutions to the biggest challenges we face as a society, including the energy transition.

In addition to developing and deploying financial technologies that make communication, trade, and transactions easier and more secure, Abaxx is the majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte. Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx Clearing, and the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary Abaxx Spot Pte. Ltd., the operator of Abaxx Spot.

Abaxx Exchange delivers the market infrastructure critical to the shift toward an electrified, low-carbon economy through centrally-cleared, physically-deliverable futures contracts in LNG, carbon, battery materials, and precious metals, meeting the commercial needs of today’s commodity markets and establishing the next generation of global benchmarks.

Abaxx Spot modernizes physical gold trading through a physically-backed gold pool in Singapore. As the first instance of a co-located spot and futures market for gold, Abaxx Spot enables secure electronic transactions, efficient OTC transfers, and is designed to support physical delivery for Abaxx Exchange’s physically-deliverable gold futures contract, providing integrated infrastructure to deliver smarter gold markets.

Adaptive Infrastructure closes critical gaps in post-trade infrastructure by providing a unified custodial foundation across environmental markets and digital title assets. Incorporated in Barbados and regulated by the Financial Services Commission of Barbados, the company delivers institutional-grade custody, settlement, and transfer agency services designed to reduce risk and improve reliability across asset classes.

For more information, visit abaxx.tech | abaxx.exchange | abaxxspot.com | basecarbon.com | smartermarkets.media 

For more information about this press release, please contact:

Steve Fray, CFO
Tel: +1 647-490-1590

Media and investor inquiries: 

Abaxx Technologies Inc.
Investor Relations Team
Tel: +1 246 271 0082
E-mail: ir@abaxx.tech

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release includes certain “forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “project”, “intend”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “plan”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “target”, “purpose”, “goal”, “objective”, “ongoing”, “potential”, “likely” or the negative thereof or similar expressions.

In particular, this press release contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, Abaxx’s objectives and future plans, the development and expansion of Abaxx’s market infrastructure and Abaxx’s role in the development of commodities and energy markets. Forward-looking statements are based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analyses and opinions of management made in light of its experience and its perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date that such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. Such factors impacting forward-looking information include, among others: risks relating to the global economic climate; changes in global weather patterns; changes in the price of commodities; capital market conditions; dilution; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; the competitive nature of the industry; currency exchange risks; the need for Abaxx to manage its planned growth and expansion; the effects of product development and need for continued technology change; the effect of government regulation and compliance on Abaxx and the industry; acquiring and maintaining regulatory approvals for Abaxx’s products and operations; the ability to list Abaxx’s securities on stock exchanges in a timely fashion or at all; network security risks; the ability of Abaxx to maintain properly working systems; reliance on key personnel; global economic, financial, energy or commodity market deterioration impeding Abaxx’s operations, growth or access to capital or increasing the cost of capital; and volatile securities markets impacting security pricing unrelated to operating performance. In addition, particular factors which could impact future results of the business of Abaxx include but are not limited to: the failure of collateral use cases for Abaxx Digital Title to develop according to the expectations of Abaxx; Abaxx’s operations in foreign jurisdictions; protection of intellectual property rights; contractual risk; third-party risk; clearinghouse risk; malicious actor risks; third- party software license risk; system failure risk; risk of technological change; dependence of technical infrastructure; restrictions on labor and international travel and supply chains, and the risk factors identified in the Company’s most recent management’s discussion and analysis filed on SEDAR+. Abaxx has also assumed that no significant events occur outside of Abaxx’s normal course of business.

Abaxx cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. In addition, although Abaxx has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. When relying on forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Abaxx has assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous paragraphs will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. The forward-looking statements and information contained in this press release represents the expectations of Abaxx as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Abaxx undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements and information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and information. Cboe Canada does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

SOURCE: Abaxx Technologies Inc.

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HKIA’s Proposed Capital Changes Could Boost Hong Kong’s Reinsurance Market - AM Best

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Bernama) -- The Hong Kong Insurance Authority’s (HKIA) proposed changes to how non-life insurers’ required capital levels are evaluated for natural catastrophes, man-made risks, and offshore reinsurance could strengthen Hong Kong’s position as a global reinsurance and risk management hub, according to a new AM Best report.

The proposed refinements, outlined in a recently released HKIA consultation paper, follow the adoption of the Hong Kong risk-based capital regime on July 1, 2024.

AM Best views the changes as credit positive for the city’s non-life market, as domestic insurers would stand to benefit from improved capital efficiency with the potential to grow offshore business beyond Hong Kong’s competitive local market.

“By better aligning capital standards with local market characteristics and maintaining international prudential benchmarks, the HKIA is trying to balance the non-life segment’s sustainable development with policyholder protection,” said AM Best director, James Chan in a statement.

The HKIA proposals include scaling back several prescribed natural catastrophe risk factors and allowing greater diversification benefits among certain markets in the Greater China region.

Furthermore, eligible Hong Kong insurers or designated insurers belonging to non-Hong Kong insurance groups may apply to exclude offshore non-life reinsurance business from their prescribed capital calculations.

According to the Best’s Commentary, Hong Kong’s direct non-life market remains highly fragmented and competitive, comprising 86 pure non-life insurers as of September 2025.

Growth over the past five years has been subdued, in the low-to-mid single digits, constrained by economic headwinds and the broader slowdown in mainland China.

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