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Mr. Pyshnyy’s Fragile Mandate: How ICU Maintains Control For Poroshenko.

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When the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine imposed sanctions against Petro Poroshenko in February 2025, the list included the International Investment Bank (IIB), a key asset of his business empire. The law requires the immediate owner deprivation and transfer of control over the bank to an authorised representative of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). However, the regulatory authority’s reaction was unusually sluggish: the actual deprivation took place after more than two months.

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Andriy Pyshnyy NBU Governor

Such procrastination cannot be explained solely by bureaucratic inertia. It looks particularly discordant against the backdrop of public rhetoric by NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy, who is known for his declared policy of “strict compliance with the sanctions regime” and institutional reform.

Financial Red Flags

During the first five months of 2025, IIB’s financial condition deteriorated sharply. According to the National Bank’s data:

  • Funds held by individuals in accounts fell by almost half;
  • Corporate funds fell by a third;
  • The bank’s total assets decreased by 15.9%;
  • The bank passed from being profitable to UAH 27.2 million loss;
  • At the same time, transactions on correspondent accounts rose sharply, from UAH 3.5 billion to UAH 5.8 billion.

Against the backdrop of sanctions and deferred regulatory response, this dynamic looks like a predictable scenario of hasty capital withdrawal. The key question is not why it happened, but who enabled it.

The Role of ICU and the Shadow Architects

According to industry sources, Poroshenko’s long-time partners in ICU financial group, Makar Pasenyuk and Konstantin Stetsenko, played a central role in maintaining Poroshenko’s influence over the bank. They allegedly coordinated the process of circumventing sanction restrictions, using both personal connections and institutional contacts.

An interesting element is Mr. Pasenyuk’s family background. His mother-in-law is Vera Ivanovna Ulyanchenko, once the head of the Secretariat of President Viktor Yushchenko. It was during her tenure that Petro Poroshenko served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. This fact alone does not incriminate anyone, but it does underscore the stability and depth of social ties unaffected by electoral cycles or political sanctions.

The Institutional Obscurity Phenomenon

Over the past ten years, criminal investigations have been conducted in Ukraine infringing on the interests of such figures as Sergei Kurchenko, Viktor Medvedchuk, Rinat Akhmetov, and Poroshenko himself.  In many cases, the companies served by ICU were involved. However, a striking feature of these cases is the complete lack of attention to the owners of this financial group itself. Despite the scale of its activities, ICU remains institutionally obscure to the Ukrainian law enforcement system. And this obscurity seems too systematic to be accidental.

According to industry sources, Mr. Pasenyuk may own, informally and through proxies, a stake in IIB’s capital. Such an arrangement would allow him to influence the bank’s operations even after formal restrictions were imposed. In this context, the NBU’s behaviour looks not like negligence, but like the result of an informal consensus in which politics, business and regulatory authorities don’t so much clash as act in concert.

The British Connection: FPP and GLAS

ICU’s activities outside Ukraine are of particular interest.

FPP Asset Management LLP was founded in 2008 in London and is formally regulated by the British FCA as a boutique manager of emerging market bonds. According to Companies House. ICU Holdings was its main shareholder (more than 50% of shares) in 2018–2019. This connection was subsequently disguised through offshore companies in the Cayman Islands. In professional circles, FPP was considered a proxy structure for ICU and a formally independent holder, but in reality it voted in sync with ICU on debt restructuring issues. According to insiders, Makar Pasenyuk himself once admitted: “FPP is us.”

Equally curious is the role of Global Loan Agency Services Limited (GLAS), a British trustee involved in the management of international debt structures. On paper, GLAS acts as an independent representative of investors” interests, but its behaviour in a number of cases has raised questions: decisions formally taken on behalf of security holders actually coincided with ICU’s interests. Attempts to replace GLAS with a more neutral agent were blocked, and the company’s legal rhetoric almost verbatim repeated ICU’s arguments.

This coincidence naturally raises a logical suspicion: could it be that GLAS forms part of ICU’s network of “captive” services embedded within British jurisdiction to legitimise control over Ukrainian assets?

Is The State Watching — Or Participating?

According to information from several sources, the State Bureau of Investigation has joined the investigation. The reports have been forwarded to the Office of the President. However, no final decision on Mr. Pyshnyy has yet been made. In the event of his dismissal, his deputy Dmytro Oliynyk is considered the most likely successor. Mr. Oliynyk, previously considered Mr. Pyshnyy’s man, is now building direct ties with Bankova Street [Office of the President — translator’s note].

The situation surrounding IIB and ICU is not just NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy’s professional resilience test. It is a test for the entire Ukrainian regulatory system, where offshore structures and British “boutique brokers” are still the tools for preserving the power and influence of elites established back in the early 2000s.

As long as ICU and its partners remain beyond the reach of law enforcement and operate without any risk to themselves, any statements about financial sector reform sound more like PR than reality.

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WealthCraft Capital to Acquire Less-Lethal Conducted-Energy Patent Portfolio, Anchoring the War Labs Defense Technology Platform

LAS VEGAS, NevAcquisition brings a novel, untethered, multi-shot electric shock projectile portfolio into the combined company, uniting less-lethal engagement and counter-drone protection from a single ecosystem. WCCP will enter a binding LOI for a share exchange with XLabs and a corporate rebrand to War Labs Defense Technologies, Inc. WealthCraft Capital, Inc. (OTC PINK: WCCP), a publicly traded […]

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Acquisition brings a novel, untethered, multi-shot electric shock projectile portfolio into the combined company, uniting less-lethal engagement and counter-drone protection from a single ecosystem. WCCP will enter a binding LOI for a share exchange with XLabs and a corporate rebrand to War Labs Defense Technologies, Inc.

WealthCraft Capital, Inc. (OTC PINK: WCCP), a publicly traded holding company pending rebrand to War Labs Defense Technologies, Inc., today announced that XLabs has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of intellectual property covering a novel, untethered, multi-shot electric shock projectile engineered for law enforcement, military, homeland security, correctional, and allied government end users. The acquired portfolio is expected to be contributed to the combined company on completion of the contemplated share exchange described below.

War Labs 556 WealthCraft Capital to Acquire Less-Lethal Conducted-Energy Patent Portfolio, Anchoring the War Labs Defense Technology Platform

This acquisition represents the next step in the Company’s strategy to build a full-stack defense technology platform that spans non-lethal munitions and counter-UAS effects — connecting the moment a use-of-force decision is made to the tools available at the point of engagement. The acquired portfolio consists of an issued U.S. utility patent and design patent, a corresponding international patent application, and associated know-how and trade secrets covering a battery-powered, self-contained, launcher-independent conducted-energy projectile designed to be fielded from platforms already in service — including standard-issue 5.56 × 45mm NATO service rifles and .68 caliber launchers.

“This transaction is intended to place a USPTO-protected less-than-lethal platform inside a public company built to scale it,” said David N. Spriggs, Chief Executive Officer, WealthCraft Capital, Inc. “The rebrand to War Labs Defense Technologies gives shareholders exposure to an intellectual-property-first defense business at a moment when law enforcement and military end users are demanding proportional, accountable, and interoperable use-of-force technologies — engineered to work with the launcher, weapon, and magazine platforms already in the field.”

By combining an untethered, multi-shot electro-muscular incapacitation round with the Company’s 40mm high-power microwave (HPM) counter-UAS munition, the Company intends to offer end users a single ecosystem across less-lethal engagement and counter-drone protection. Following completion of the transactions contemplated by the announced binding letter of intent (described below), the Company’s product ecosystem is expected to include:

  • 5.56 × 45mm NATO electro-muscular incapacitation round — designed for standard-issue 5.56 / .223 service rifle platforms, allowing operators to deploy the round from a weapon they already carry. As designed, delivery is via a dual barbed probe, with a target neuromuscular incapacitation effect of approximately 500 mA for 10–30 seconds, fed from a charged smart magazine with at-a-glance status indication. Performance characteristics reflect current design targets and are subject to ongoing testing and qualification.
  • 68 caliber electro-muscular disruption round — a launcher-compatible variant intended to support patrol, tactical, corrections, and training applications from widely fielded .68 caliber launchers.
  • 40mm high-power microwave (HPM) counter-UAS round — a 40mm munition intended to be compatible with widely fielded 40mm launcher platforms and engineered to defeat hostile small unmanned aerial systems at standoff through a directed HPM effect, providing dismounted units and installation-protection teams a soft-kill counter-drone capability from a launcher already in the field. Product capabilities are in development and subject to testing and qualification.

 

The global non-lethal weapons market is projected to reach approximately USD 15 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 6% from 2022 to 2030, according to a strategic report distributed by Business Wire on behalf of ResearchAndMarkets (Business Wire / ResearchAndMarkets, 2024). Within that market, the global less-lethal ammunition sub-segment is projected to reach approximately USD 1.49 billion by 2030, at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 4.9% from 2024 to 2030, according to Grand View Research (Grand View Research, 2024). Demand is being driven by heightened public and regulatory expectations around proportional use of force, the operational need for non-lethal options in populated combat and homeland-defense environments, and the rapid proliferation of small unmanned aerial systems that is expanding the counter-UAS munitions category alongside traditional less-lethal use cases.

The Company is focused on developing and commercializing products engineered for rapid deployment to two primary end-user channels: the warfighter and law enforcement. The Company is also evaluating a retail civilian channel that could serve owners of AR-15 platforms and widely fielded less-lethal launchers, subject to applicable U.S. federal, state, and local regulatory frameworks (including ATF, state-level less-lethal restrictions, and export-control laws). By designing rounds and munitions that are compatible with launcher, weapon, and magazine platforms already in service — rather than requiring new hardware — the Company intends to shorten the path from procurement to fielded capability for military and law-enforcement end users. Any civilian distribution would be conducted only in jurisdictions and through channels permitted by law.

Certain of the Company’s products and technologies are or will be subject to U.S. export controls administered under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and their manufacture, sale, and export will require applicable U.S. government authorizations.

Corporate Update

Separately, WCCP will enter into a binding letter of intent (the “binding LOI”) with XLabs for a contemplated share exchange and corporate restructuring, including a name change to War Labs Defense Technologies, Inc. (ticker expected to remain WCCP, subject to FINRA Rule 6490 processing), while definitive documentation is completed. Under the binding LOI framework, WCCP would issue equity for 100% of XLabs, and XLabs would become a wholly owned operating subsidiary. The number of shares to be issued in the share exchange, the resulting pro-forma ownership, any related-party relationships, and other material terms will be disclosed upon execution of definitive documentation and in the Company’s subsequent OTC Markets disclosures. Management believes these steps, together with the less-lethal ammunition patent acquisition, are intended to align the issuer with a USPTO-protected less-than-lethal defense and public-safety technology platform. Closing remains subject to definitive documentation, customary conditions, and any required corporate, regulatory, FINRA, and OTC Markets processes. There can be no assurance that a binding definitive agreement will be entered into or that the transactions contemplated by the binding LOI will close on the terms described or at all.

About WealthCraft Capital, Inc.

WealthCraft Capital, Inc. (OTC PINK: WCCP) is a Las Vegas, Nevada–based publicly traded holding company that acquires and develops controlling interests in operating businesses and strategic intellectual-property assets. Following the transactions contemplated by the binding LOI with XLabs and the pending rebrand to War Labs Defense Technologies, Inc., the Company is being positioned as a U.S. defense technology platform focused on non-lethal and lethal defense systems and counter-UAS munitions for law enforcement, military, homeland security, correctional, and allied government end users. Additional information about the Company is available on the OTC Markets website at otcmarkets.com/stock/WCCP.

War Labs Defense Technologies is the pending rebranded name of the Company’s operating platform, being built around a portfolio of proprietary, patent-protected non-lethal and lethal defense systems and counter-UAS munitions. War Labs’ mission is to deliver proportional, accountable, and interoperable use-of-force technologies to law enforcement, military, homeland security, correctional, and allied government end users — engineered to integrate with the launcher, weapon, and command-and-control platforms already in the field.

Please visit otcmarkets.com/stock/WCCP where WealthCraft Capital, Inc. discloses information about the Company, its corporate actions, and its business.

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Phone: (702) 323-6704

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated closing of the electric shock projectile patent-portfolio acquisition by XLabs and the expected contribution of the acquired portfolio to the combined company; the anticipated entry into a binding letter of intent and definitive documentation for the share exchange with XLabs and the resulting corporate restructuring; the number of shares expected to be issued and resulting pro-forma ownership; the anticipated market opportunity for less-than-lethal electric shock projectiles and related non-lethal weapons; the Company’s pending corporate name and ticker change and related FINRA Rule 6490 processing; product development plans, design targets, and expected capabilities across the Company’s electro-muscular incapacitation product family and its 40mm HPM counter-UAS munition; anticipated expansion into broader counter-UAS systems and adjacent technologies; targeted customer segments (including the warfighter, law enforcement, and any future civilian retail channel); intellectual property strategy; and business strategy and objectives. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including: the ability to execute definitive documentation and satisfy the closing conditions for the contemplated share exchange; the ability to protect, prosecute, and enforce the acquired intellectual property; the success of ongoing product development, testing, and qualification, and whether design targets translate into fielded performance; the treatment of any prior shell-company status of the Company and related resale limitations under Rule 144(i); regulatory approvals and processes (including FINRA Rule 6490 and OTC Markets review of any name and ticker change; ATF classification and state-level restrictions on conducted-energy devices and less-lethal munitions; and DDTC, BIS, and other applicable licensing and export-control approvals under the ITAR and EAR); market and customer acceptance; competition; the availability of capital; and general economic and industry conditions. Third-party market data cited herein is drawn from publicly available industry reports and is included for context only; the Company has not independently verified such data and makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, and no securities may be offered or sold in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. Any offering of securities by the Company will be made only pursuant to definitive offering documents and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

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Astroline Offers Two Free Astrology Calculators for Self-Reflection

Nicosia, CyprusAstroline, an astrology app for personalized self-reflection, offers two free calculators on its website: an astrocartography tool that maps a user’s birth chart onto global locations, and a love compatibility tool that compares two birth charts for relationship patterns. Both tools are available without an account or payment. The astrocartography calculator asks for a birth date, time, and place, then generates a personalized world map showing where the Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, and Imum Coeli lines of each planet fall across different regions. The underlying system was formalized by astrologer Jim Lewis in the 1970s, projecting a natal chart onto global coordinates instead of a single location. Astroline presents the resulting map as a starting point for reflection on relocation, travel, or career decisions, rather than a guarantee of outcomes tied to a specific place. Users can compare regions associated with themes such as career visibility, personal growth, or relationships before making a decision about where to live or work. The love compatibility calculator compares two birth charts and highlights patterns in communication style, emotional needs, and typical responses to conflict between partners. The tool does not label a pairing as destined to succeed or fail. Instead, it describes areas where two people’s tendencies may align naturally and areas that may need more conscious effort. The compatibility calculator also factors in the four classical elements, fire, earth, air, and water, which each birth chart is associated with based on the placement of the Sun, Moon, and other planets. Astroline uses these elements as one layer among several when describing how two people’s communication and emotional styles may interact. Astrocartography and compatibility sit within a wider set of tools on the Astroline platform, which also includes birth chart analysis, tarot-based reflection spreads, palm reading, and lunar cycle tracking. Astroline combines Western astrology, Vedic astrology, Chinese zodiac structures, and tarot archetypes as parallel frameworks for exploring personality patterns, paired with concepts from behavioral psychology. Palm reading on the platform works from a photo of the user’s hand. Astroline does not collect biometric data through this feature: photos are used only to generate the reading and are deleted when the associated account is deleted. “Both calculators are built to support reflection, not to predict a fixed outcome,” said the Astroline Team. “A location comparison or a compatibility reading is one input a person can weigh alongside their own judgment when thinking through a decision.” […]

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Astroline, an astrology app for personalized self-reflection, offers two free calculators on its website: an astrocartography tool that maps a user’s birth chart onto global locations, and a love compatibility tool that compares two birth charts for relationship patterns. Both tools are available without an account or payment.

The astrocartography calculator asks for a birth date, time, and place, then generates a personalized world map showing where the Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, and Imum Coeli lines of each planet fall across different regions. The underlying system was formalized by astrologer Jim Lewis in the 1970s, projecting a natal chart onto global coordinates instead of a single location.

Astroline presents the resulting map as a starting point for reflection on relocation, travel, or career decisions, rather than a guarantee of outcomes tied to a specific place. Users can compare regions associated with themes such as career visibility, personal growth, or relationships before making a decision about where to live or work.

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The love compatibility calculator compares two birth charts and highlights patterns in communication style, emotional needs, and typical responses to conflict between partners. The tool does not label a pairing as destined to succeed or fail. Instead, it describes areas where two people’s tendencies may align naturally and areas that may need more conscious effort.

The compatibility calculator also factors in the four classical elements, fire, earth, air, and water, which each birth chart is associated with based on the placement of the Sun, Moon, and other planets. Astroline uses these elements as one layer among several when describing how two people’s communication and emotional styles may interact.

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Astrocartography and compatibility sit within a wider set of tools on the Astroline platform, which also includes birth chart analysis, tarot-based reflection spreads, palm reading, and lunar cycle tracking. Astroline combines Western astrology, Vedic astrology, Chinese zodiac structures, and tarot archetypes as parallel frameworks for exploring personality patterns, paired with concepts from behavioral psychology.

Palm reading on the platform works from a photo of the user’s hand. Astroline does not collect biometric data through this feature: photos are used only to generate the reading and are deleted when the associated account is deleted.

“Both calculators are built to support reflection, not to predict a fixed outcome,” said the Astroline Team. “A location comparison or a compatibility reading is one input a person can weigh alongside their own judgment when thinking through a decision.”

Astroline is available in seven languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Arabic, and Japanese, in addition to iOS and Android apps and a web version.

Astroline positions its calculators and reports as tools for self-exploration and education. The company does not claim to predict specific events, and describes its content as reflecting patterns and hypotheses rather than fixed answers. The material is not a substitute for professional financial, medical, psychological, or legal advice.

About Astroline

Astroline is an astrology app that provides personalized readings across birth chart analysis, horoscopes, tarot, palm reading, and compatibility reports, available on iOS, Android, and the web. The platform combines Western astrology, Vedic astrology, Chinese zodiac structures, and tarot archetypes with concepts from behavioral psychology to support self-reflection. More information is available at astroline.today.

Website: https://astroline.today/en-us

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Beautyforever Hair Expands Core Product Line With Next-Generation Meltline Half Wigs

New York, USABeautyforever hair, a prominent e commerce brand specializing in 100% human hair wigs, today announced the expansion of its core product line to address the growing global demand for hyper-realistic and low-maintenance hair solutions. The brand’s latest releases introduce two key technical innovations tailored for fast-paced lifestyles: The melt hairline half wig and the 2-in- […]

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Beautyforever hair, a prominent e commerce brand specializing in 100% human hair wigs, today announced the expansion of its core product line to address the growing global demand for hyper-realistic and low-maintenance hair solutions.

The brand’s latest releases introduce two key technical innovations tailored for fast-paced lifestyles: The melt hairline half wig and the 2-in- 1 headband wig. Both unit designs target a persistent dilemma in protective hair styling—achieving an authentic, scalp-like appearance while providing seamless, glueless daily convenience.

Engineered for an undetectable finish, the meltline half wig incorporates ultra-thin, high-definition lace technology that blends effortlessly across diverse skin tones. The pre-crafted hairline minimizes the need for extensive lace customization, delivering a natural scalp transition straight out of the box without requiring complex salon installation or messy adhesive maintenance. (to learn more about cap construction and maintenance, read our blog.

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Complementing the high-definition lace construction, the 2-in-1 headband wig maximizes versatility and wearability. Built on a secure, glue free internal cap structure, this hybrid model features interchangeable headband options that allow wearers to transform their look within minutes. The design caters specifically to busy professionals, fitness enthusiasts, and protective style wearers who require rapid styling choices that do not sacrifice hair quality or place unnecessary strain on natural edges.

“Today’s consumers demand human hair products that adapt seamlessly into their demanding daily routines,” Noted a spokesperson for beautyforever hair. “Our primary focus is centered on eliminating traditional styling friction through thoughtful cap engineering, premium hair selection, and practical craftsmanship.”

To browse the complete product catalog and explore new hybrid collections, visit the official Beautyforever Hair.

About Beautyforever Hair

Beautyforever Hair is an e-commerce brand specializing in 100% human hair wigs, including lace wigs, half wigs, and headband wigs. The company focuses on realistic, low-maintenance, glueless designs developed through cap engineering and premium hair selection, serving customers internationally through its online store.

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