Las Vegas, NV

As global financial markets become increasingly interconnected and technology-driven, EverForward Trading continues to expand its commitment to data-driven research, quantitative analysis, and global market intelligence to better understand evolving investment opportunities across international markets.

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and real-time data analytics has transformed how market participants evaluate risk, identify emerging trends, and navigate changing economic conditions. In response to this evolving landscape, EverForward Trading is further enhancing its research capabilities and analytical frameworks to support informed market evaluation and strategic decision-making.

The firm’s research-focused approach integrates quantitative modeling, market analysis, and disciplined evaluation methodologies to monitor market developments and assess potential opportunities across global equities and other financial sectors. By leveraging advanced technologies and continuously refining its analytical processes, EverForward Trading seeks to strengthen its ability to interpret complex market data and adapt to shifting market environments.

According to founder Brian Ferdinand, the future of investing will be increasingly shaped by the ability to transform vast amounts of information into meaningful insights while maintaining a disciplined approach to risk management and market assessment.

“Today’s global markets generate an extraordinary volume of information every second,” Ferdinand said. “Organizations that can effectively analyze data, identify meaningful patterns, and remain disciplined during periods of market uncertainty will be best positioned to navigate long-term opportunities.”

As part of its ongoing development, EverForward Trading continues to explore emerging technologies, advanced quantitative methodologies, and innovative research initiatives designed to deepen its understanding of market behavior and broader economic trends. The firm believes that combining human expertise with sophisticated analytical capabilities provides a stronger foundation for evaluating opportunities within today’s dynamic financial landscape.

Looking ahead, EverForward Trading remains focused on expanding its research infrastructure, refining its analytical methodologies, and monitoring developments across global markets. Through a continued emphasis on innovation, disciplined research, and data-driven market intelligence, the firm aims to remain adaptive and informed within an increasingly complex investment environment.

About Brian Ferdinand — Portfolio Manager & Trader, EverForward:

Brian Ferdinand is a Portfolio Manager and Trader at EverForward, where he is responsible for portfolio construction, active trading, and firm-wide capital deployment. He leads EverForward’s trading operations with a disciplined focus on execution quality, structured risk management, and consistent performance across varying market environments.

His work centers on identifying asymmetric opportunities, managing drawdowns, and enforcing strict risk parameters while adapting dynamically to evolving market conditions. EverForward operates with a performance-driven mindset, prioritizing clarity of strategy, capital preservation, and scalable trading frameworks.

Brian plays a central role in shaping EverForward’s trading philosophy, ensuring that decision-making remains data-driven, accountable, and aligned with long-term objectives.

He is also a newly selected member of the Forbes Business Council, a prestigious, invitation-only community of senior executives and business leaders. You can review his published insights and contributions here:

About EverForward: 

EverForward is a trading firm focused on portfolio construction, active trading, and execution across liquid global markets. The firm emphasizes clarity of strategy and scalable trading frameworks designed for consistent performance.

London, UK

New platform connects climate hazard data, government disclosures, and AI-powered insights to support smarter, investment-ready resilience planning

CDP (NYSE:CDP), the global non-profit that runs the world’s largest independent environmental disclosure system, today announced the launch of the CDP Adaptation & Action Explorer, an AI-powered platform designed to help cities, states, and regions better understand climate risk, prioritize adaptation actions, and unlock finance for resilience planning.

Developed with support from Google.org through its Fellowship program, the CDP Adaptation & Action Explorer brings together climate hazard data, local government disclosures, and artificial intelligence in a single, accessible platform. Built on CDP data from more than 1,000 subnational governments across over 80 countries, representing 16% of the global population, the platform provides decision-makers with actionable and investment-relevant insights.

Cities, states, and regions are increasingly exposed to climate hazards including flooding, extreme heat, drought, and wildfires. In 2025, more than 94% of disclosing governments reported being impacted by climate hazards. With more than 55% of the world’s population already living in urban areas, and the United Nations projecting that figure to reach nearly 70% by 2050, the resilience of subnational governments is becoming increasingly critical.

Despite this growing need, climate risk and resilience data has often remained fragmented, technical, and difficult to interpret without specialist expertise. Subnational governments have also lacked consistent ways to communicate their priorities, needs, and investment opportunities to funders and partners, slowing collaboration and adaptation efforts.

The CDP Adaptation & Action Explorer addresses this gap by integrating CDP disclosures with high-quality climate hazard data from Google Earth Engine and AI-driven analysis running on Google Cloud. The platform enables users to move from understanding climate risk to identifying practical actions, funding needs, and investment opportunities.

Through the CDP Adaptation & Action Explorer, users can:

Assess climate risk by location: Explore reported climate hazards, at-risk sectors and populations, and barriers to adaptation across cities, states, and regions. The platform also integrates map-based hazard data from Google Earth Engine covering eight major climate hazards.

Understand adaptation plans and project pipelines: Review the goals governments have set, the actions already underway, and climate-related projects identified for implementation and financing.

Identify solutions and peer best practices: Discover adaptation measures disclosed by governments facing similar risks, helping inform decision-making and support collaboration, finance, and partnerships.

Use AI-powered insights: Query complex datasets through an integrated AI assistant to uncover location-specific insights and support evidence-based planning and prioritization.

By combining CDP’s Cities and States & Regions disclosures with climate and nature hazard data and AI-powered analysis, the CDP Adaptation & Action Explorer provides tailored intelligence to support resilience planning. The platform is designed to help governments prioritize interventions, strengthen the case for investment, and engage more effectively with funders and partners.

The launch builds on the Google.org Fellowship previously announced by CDP. The six-month project brought together a dedicated team of Google AI specialists, UX designers, and software engineers to support CDP on a pro-bono basis. The collaboration focused on integrating Google’s AI and Cloud technology with CDP’s environmental dataset to build the new open-source platform.

“Cities and regions don’t just need data — they need clarity on what to do next,” said Sherry Madera, CEO of CDP. “This is a transformational tool that harnesses CDP’s powerful data to accelerate real-world action. It brings together risk, action, and opportunity in one place, helping subnational governments prioritize, plan, and communicate with confidence. By making data usable and actionable, we are supporting earth-positive decisions that translate into real-world resilience.”

Katie Walsh, Global Director of Cities, States & Regions at CDP, said access to finance remains one of the most significant barriers to climate adaptation for subnational governments.

“In 2025, cities, states, and regions reporting through CDP identified 2,871 projects requiring a total of $114.3 billion in investment,” Walsh said. “The CDP Adaptation & Action Explorer brings this pipeline into focus, making it easier to surface investable projects, understand what peer governments are doing, identify funding needs, and connect opportunities with the partners required to deliver them. This is about turning ambition into funded, on-the-ground action.”

Maggie Johnson, Global Head at Google.org, added, “When we assisted CDP with this Fellowship, our goal was to show how AI can fundamentally transform complex data into actionable insights. By applying Google’s AI and Cloud technology to CDP’s unparalleled environmental dataset, we’ve helped to develop an open-source platform that empowers subnational leaders to move decisively from climate risk to resilience.”

The CDP Adaptation & Action Explorer is now available to support governments, funders, and partners working to strengthen climate resilience and accelerate adaptation action.

About CDP

CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system. As the founder of environmental reporting, CDP believes in transparency and the power of data to drive change. Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy, and science, CDP surfaces the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions. CDP partners with organizations and campaigns around the world to support disclosure from cities through CDP-ICLEI Track and from states and regions. Aligned with the ISSB’s climate standard, IFRS S2, as its foundational baseline, CDP integrates best-practice reporting standards and frameworks in one place. CDP’s global team is united by a shared goal to build a world where people, planet, and profit are truly balanced.

DOVER, DELAWARE

UK Financial Ltd, creator of The Maya Preferred Project and Maya Preferred PRA, today announced LTNS 1 on CATEX Exchange as part of the continued expansion of the Maya Preferred PRA ecosystem and the company’s broader real-world asset tokenization strategy.

The announcement follows the recent update of Maya Preferred PRA and comes as UK Financial Ltd finalizes its CoinMarketCap filing milestone connected to the company’s long-standing digital asset history, project documentation, token structure, and public reporting efforts.

LTNS 1 is being introduced as one of the most advanced ERC-3643 security token infrastructures developed by UK Financial Ltd to date. The LTNS 1 framework was designed to demonstrate how compliance-focused security token architecture, blockchain-recorded asset documentation, and public Etherscan verification can operate together inside the Maya Preferred PRA ecosystem.

The LTNS 1 complete package consists of 11 blockchain components:

• One main LTNS 1 contract
• Five verified compliance registries
• Five blockchain proof-of-asset deployments

The LTNS 1 Main Contract Address is: 0x6A10C44B1878d1594A9191BC677a4282941CC7C1

Etherscan Link: https://etherscan.io/token/0x6A10C44B1878d1594A9191BC677a4282941CC7C1

The five compliance registry components connected to LTNS 1 include:

1: ClaimTopicsRegistry

Address: 0x8b498f66c05c3b8009cd5f621d2a2e6376d0f5ef
Deployment Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x81ef99103a2f5c9cc937faeccb1df5255859e648cdc2b494c0fe0c51c4fd08a3
Add Claim Topic Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x21d6423fa3f5c4216b98984ea2aac07785d30de2c3f7e239987ef7110d016150

2: TrustedIssuersRegistry

Address: 0xfeb3ba023922ff29782c48f64ba87d46ae063d43
Deployment Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xbe06de4c187aac1e28bca281ac5b3d3433053849558b363a4fb7c184a95a398c
Trusted Issuer Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x9c64db557b65d131d978fa4081aef3efba89fcf894a8b1ed2787342f10a9e4f1
Set Issuer Topic Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x43b2ef32973b675772ebd4737d1c8abfe62f5b50a1804267ceb7da6bee

3: IdentityRegistryStorage

Address: 0x6757914786ee23e3316afa3dc4e04fac78e56279
Deployment Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xfb8ecf4946e897b682db6dc3f9f28d6656fd4d54c5e572a44bcd781831e41255

4: IdentityRegistry

Address: 0x8da1ccd089115beccb575663aa085ad6ccf692d7
Deployment Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x0095ce49cb67fcfc7927e9f4b377b4f2153455795cdd1a7cc28a4f6167616847

5: Compliance Contract

Address: 0x80a75ed880b79de3194a6e1f1f149d0379ffe74d
Deployment Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5e674d4baaa5f5061e25571465889790fefaf916c4a720f9c64c2ba9bfd8f5e6

In addition to the ERC-3643 compliance framework, UK Financial Ltd also deployed five blockchain proof-of-asset records connected to LTNS 1. These records use Ethereum and IPFS references to create publicly viewable proof-of-asset documentation.

The five blockchain proof-of-asset deployments include:

1: LTNS1 Assignment Addendum

IPFS URI: ipfs://bafkreig7zkl4jtsjbesfx2bno47bbkwstalbjfgx3bizcqwpt34ryfogwi
Hash: 0xff39542c755288aac60ebfa86b1a7f12b8daf90788fbba71ffcf404330f4e896
Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x314c21db2bbcf237c40e7326d03ffcd20ab16163eb1a1828b90b53377fd518bd

2: LTNS1 Master Certificate

IPFS URI: ipfs://bafkreieohxjysfhhcjdjx63axlreu2yzruv4wuddhnioa5kmxrazkue7qa
Hash: 0xc0ea63a94888bd9d7aee94a705476d1aba20b30d258ae2da426d858c5146a322
Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc12fd92311f742c4b43cc989e890acd7da6825134d0ab58549b98a625674df47

3: Appendix A — 60 Notes LTNS 1

PFS URI: ipfs://bafkreiaalcve7bqyemopagoc2ehwandfnrokya4s7l4juat4ogwpee7ije
Hash: 0x647d540f604101c65a7b48a0b1926128927a09c307b67e8fe6b0bb5d58ad9257
Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x97c25954cc1aabd9af7fe5adbd689aa291b7b06e2b0804925d2a3eefd547382f

4: LTNS1 AssetProof Contract

Contract Address: 0x72C2794a97351e6cccaa1dC8328B6295EeA6363E
Deployment Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x2a644bac830a448c85dd33c9bb778e05310169773f1457852afd39dfd91659d3

5: LTNS1 EmitAllNotes Record

Transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xe960729b0848ddc4e019ac01f9a8ae5a564f4faa69f8ad576e53d28be3ef712f

According to the company’s LTNS 1 structure, the asset framework represents 60 long-term notes with a stated maturity value exceeding $1.09 trillion. UK Financial Ltd stated that the purpose of LTNS 1 is to demonstrate a verifiable ERC-3643 security token framework supported by compliance registries, identity infrastructure, blockchain proof-of-asset records, and public Etherscan transparency.

The company emphasized that LTNS 1 is part of the broader Maya Preferred PRA ecosystem and is not being presented as a replacement for Maya Preferred PRA. Maya Preferred PRA remains the flagship Preferred Class asset of The Maya Preferred Project, while LTNS 1 represents an advanced infrastructure and asset-verification component within the company’s larger digital asset strategy.

UK Financial Ltd also acknowledged CATEX Exchange for its long-standing relationship with The Maya Preferred Project and its continued role in supporting the company’s digital asset expansion. The company believes the LTNS 1 listing alone should bring significant recognition to CATEX Exchange, given the scale of the asset structure, the 11-contract ERC-3643 framework, the Etherscan-verifiable compliance infrastructure, and the stated maturity value exceeding $1.09 trillion. In the company’s opinion, hosting an asset framework of this size and sophistication should strengthen CATEX Exchange’s standing within the digital asset exchange industry and highlight its role in supporting next-generation real-world asset tokenization.

The announcement also comes as UK Financial Ltd is finalizing its CoinMarketCap filing milestone for Maya Preferred PRA and the broader Maya Preferred ecosystem. The filing is expected to further document the project’s history, token classes, public market presence, blockchain records, corporate disclosures, and ecosystem development dating back to 2018.

The Maya Preferred Project consists of multiple token classes and ecosystem assets, including Maya Preferred PRA as the Preferred Class asset and Maya Preferred Common Class as the Common Class asset. UK Financial Ltd stated that its long-term objective is to continue aligning these assets with greater transparency, public reporting, exchange visibility, and future ERC-3643 security token upgrade pathways.

“This announcement is about showing the world what has been built behind The Maya Preferred Project,” the company stated. “LTNS 1 brings together Etherscan verification, ERC-3643 compliance infrastructure, identity-aware registry architecture, blockchain proof-of-asset records, and real-world asset documentation inside the Maya Preferred PRA ecosystem.

UK Financial Ltd stated that LTNS 1 represents a major step in the company’s long-term strategy to connect real-world assets, compliance-focused blockchain infrastructure, public verification, exchange access, and future market reporting initiatives.

For more information, visit:

UK Financial Ltd: https://ukfinancialltd.com
Maya Preferred Project: https://mayapreferred.io
LTNS 1 Etherscan Main Contract: https://etherscan.io/token/0x6A10C44B1878d1594A9191BC677a4282941CC7C1
Corporate Assets Wallet: uk-financial-ltd-corporate-assets.eth (0xAF2587b7e09d7816Fc0867Ea3A8B3058bBaAa16F)
Wallet Etherscan Link: https://etherscan.io/address/uk-financial-ltd-corporate-assets.eth

SOURCE: UK Financial Ltd

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future filings, token infrastructure, exchange activity, market visibility, and ecosystem development. These statements are based on current plans and expectations and are subject to change. This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any token, security, or financial instrument.