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Wells Fargo Partners with Kresge Foundation to Launch the Environmental Protection Profit Initiative

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Wells Fargo today announced a partnership with the Detroit-based philanthropic organization, the Kresge Foundation, to jointly launch a new phase of the “Environmental Protection Profit Initiative.” The program will operate through Wells Fargo’s institutional investment platform, utilizing Pre-Market Trading strategies. Five percent of participants’ returns for the current cycle will be allocated to support environmental protection projects in the Detroit area.

This collaboration integrates professional capital market operations with a philanthropic mission, aiming to explore a new dual-driven model of “profit + philanthropy.” While pursuing stable return objectives, the initiative also seeks to contribute to urban environmental improvement and sustainable development.

Focus on Environment and Opportunity Equity

As a widely influential philanthropic institution in the United States, the Kresge Foundation focuses on six core areas:

  • Arts & Culture
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Human Services
  • American Cities Program

 

Its funding strategy emphasizes the principle of “Opportunity Equity,” working to expand social and economic opportunities for low-income and historically marginalized communities, and to promote sustainable and inclusive development in urban areas.

This partnership will primarily support environmental protection and urban sustainability projects in Detroit, with particular attention to green infrastructure development, climate resilience enhancement, and community environmental improvement initiatives.

An Innovative Mechanism: Integrating Pre-Market Trading with Philanthropy

The “Environmental Protection Profit Initiative” will execute pre-market trading operations through Wells Fargo’s institutional accounts. Pre-market trading is characterized by concentrated liquidity, early price discovery, and clear volatility structures, providing a more professional operational framework for institutional strategy deployment.

According to the program guidelines:

  • Participants will follow unified pre-market trading strategies executed through institutional accounts;
  • Five percent of each participant’s investment returns for the current cycle will be allocated;
  • The allocated funds will be dedicated specifically to environmental protection donations in Detroit;
  • Donations will support urban ecological improvement and community environmental enhancement projects.

 

This mechanism not only strengthens investment discipline and team coordination but also transforms each profitable outcome into a tangible contribution to the city’s ecological well-being.

Responsibility and Vision

Wells Fargo stated:

“We believe that capital should not only create wealth, but also generate value. Through our collaboration with the Kresge Foundation, we aim to achieve investment results while continuously supporting environmental and community development in Detroit. This is not merely an investment program, but a practice of social responsibility.”

Looking ahead, both parties will continue exploring innovative pathways that integrate capital markets with philanthropy, striving to build a sustainable investment model that balances financial returns with social impact.

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is one of the leading diversified financial services institutions in the United States, committed to providing comprehensive banking, investment, and wealth management services to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients, with an emphasis on risk management, long-term value creation, and community responsibility.

About the Kresge Foundation

Founded in 1924 and headquartered in Detroit, the Kresge Foundation is a national philanthropic organization that advances equity and sustainability in American cities through multi-sector grantmaking and investment initiatives.

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Florida Homeowners Are Transforming Backyards with Custom Patio Tiki Huts

Ocala, FloridaGrowing interest in outdoor living projects is prompting more Florida homeowners to invest in custom patio tiki huts, creating shaded, resort-inspired backyard spaces that enhance entertainment, comfort, and year-round outdoor enjoyment while contributing to broader outdoor living trends.

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Growing interest in outdoor living projects is prompting more Florida homeowners to invest in custom patio tiki huts, creating shaded, resort-inspired backyard spaces that enhance entertainment, comfort, and year-round outdoor enjoyment while contributing to broader outdoor living trends.

Outdoor living continues to be a major focus for homeowners across Florida, with growing interest in projects that enhance backyard entertainment, comfort, and functionality. As more property owners invest in patios, pools, outdoor kitchens, and gathering spaces, custom patio tiki huts are emerging as a distinctive way to create shaded, resort-inspired outdoor environments. Industry trends point to continued demand for outdoor living improvements, and Tiki Palm Huts is seeing increased interest from homeowners seeking customized backyard solutions

Florida homeowners are reimagining how they use their outdoor spaces, turning traditional patios and backyards into functional extensions of the home. Outdoor living areas have become increasingly important for entertaining, relaxing, and spending time with family and friends, particularly in a state known for its year-round outdoor lifestyle.

Industry data reflects this growing interest. According to Fixr’s 2025 Outdoor Living Trends Report, 56% of architecture, construction, and remodeling professionals reported that homeowners are more willing to invest in outdoor spaces than they were the previous year. The same report found that 98% of experts believe updated outdoor spaces can have a significant impact on home value.

One trend gaining attention is the use of custom patio tiki huts as part of larger outdoor living projects. Homeowners are increasingly incorporating covered outdoor gathering spaces into backyard designs that often feature pools, patios, outdoor dining areas, landscaping improvements, and outdoor kitchens.

According to Tiki Palm Huts (Native American Chiki Huts/Tiki Huts LLC), interest in patio tiki huts has continued to grow as property owners search for unique ways to maximize the enjoyment of their outdoor spaces. Unlike conventional patio covers, patio tiki huts offer a distinctive tropical appearance while also providing shade and functional gathering areas.

“Many of the homeowners contacting us are looking for ways to make better use of their outdoor space,” said the owner of Tiki Palm Huts. “We’re seeing increased interest in patio tiki huts as part of larger backyard improvement projects that include pools, patios, outdoor kitchens, and entertainment areas.”

Patio tiki huts have become one option for homeowners seeking a balance of functionality, shade, and visual appeal. These structures are commonly incorporated into poolside environments, outdoor dining areas, waterfront properties, and residential entertainment spaces designed to accommodate family gatherings and social events.

Florida’s climate plays a significant role in the trend. With abundant sunshine and favorable outdoor conditions throughout much of the year, homeowners continue to seek improvements that help maximize comfort while encouraging greater use of outdoor spaces.

As interest in outdoor living continues to evolve, patio tiki huts remain one of many ways Florida homeowners are enhancing their properties while creating additional functional living space. 

For more information about patio tiki huts, tiki bars, repair and re-thatching services, synthetic huts, or to request a no-cost estimate, contact Tiki Palm Huts at (352) 881-2124, email [email protected], or visit TikiPalmHuts.com.

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TKSoftware Launches ICONIC Pro, Uniting Practice Management and Clearinghouse in a Single System

Carmel, IndianaTKSoftware Inc. today announced ICONIC Pro practice management, a single platform that carries a patient visit from the appointment book to the payer and back again. An appointment booked in ICONIC Scheduling opens as the encounter in the ICONIC Scribe app on the provider’s iPhone. What the provider says in the exam room becomes a […]

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TKSoftware Inc. today announced ICONIC Pro practice management, a single platform that carries a patient visit from the appointment book to the payer and back again. An appointment booked in ICONIC Scheduling opens as the encounter in the ICONIC Scribe app on the provider’s iPhone. What the provider says in the exam room becomes a structured note, then coded charges, then — after one approval by a billing specialist — a built claim sitting in the clearinghouse.

That last step is what separates ICONIC Pro from the rest of the category. TKSoftware is the clearinghouse. Claims are not handed to an outside vendor for delivery, and remittances do not come back through one. The company that writes the software also holds the payer connections, runs the enrollments, and programs the edits.

No third-party clearinghouse. Not a reseller agreement, not a pass-through.

Most billing software connects to a clearinghouse someone else operates. When a claim stalls, the practice calls the software vendor, who calls the clearinghouse. TKSoftware removed that hand-off by being both ends of it — the company has operated as an advanced medical claims clearinghouse for 24 years, and ICONIC Pro is the practice management software built on top of its own pipe.

About TKSoftware Inc.

TKSoftware Inc. is a provider of healthcare revenue cycle management solutions, specializing in medical billing software and its own medical claims clearinghouse. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, the company helps practices across the United States shorten the revenue cycle, reduce denials, and accelerate reimbursements. For more information, visit www.tksoftwareinc.com or call 317-228-0857.

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Nullmask Passes $50 Million in Private Volume and Launches Points Season 1

London, UKThe zero-knowledge privacy protocol runs inside the wallets people already use. It is live on Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain, with Solana and private perpetuals coming next.

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The zero-knowledge privacy protocol runs inside the wallets people already use. It is live on Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain, with Solana and private perpetuals coming next.

 Nullmask, a zero-knowledge privacy protocol for private transfers and swaps, has processed more than $50 million in private volume since 1 October. The protocol was founded by Tomas Krnak, whose team of Zcash developers built shielded transaction support into Trezor hardware wallets on a Zcash Foundation grant. Nullmask averages about $3 million a day, and its busiest day so far saw roughly $4.5 million move through the pool in 24 hours.

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The growth comes as privacy has become the largest narrative in web3. It is what is bringing institutions and large funds on-chain, because they need to move capital without exposing positions, counterparties or strategy to the public. Nullmask gives them that confidentiality while keeping deposits screened and activity auditable for the people who need to see it.

Nullmask has distributed about $1.5 million in ZEC rewards and $1.5 million to $MASK holders, and has burned 2.15% of the $MASK supply. All figures are on-chain and can be verified on Dune and DefiLlama.

The team is now launching Nullmask Points Season One, which goes live on 19 October and runs for 90 days. Points reward one thing: moving money privately. Every withdrawal from the pool earns. Through the Early Adopters Program, activity from before Season One is credited retroactively.

Privacy without a new wallet

On a public blockchain, every payment, balance and counterparty is permanent and searchable by anyone with your address. Scrutiny is also increasing: since January, exchanges in 75 countries have been collecting transaction data that tax authorities will begin sharing in 2027.

Earlier privacy tools asked users to give something up. That could mean a new wallet, a new seed phrase, hours of setup, or handing funds to a third party mid-transfer. As a result, privacy stayed a niche for technical power users.

Nullmask takes a different approach. Users add it to MetaMask, Rabby, Ledger, Trezor or any wallet that supports a custom network, and connect once. From then on, tokens, native ETH and NFTs can be shielded in a single click, and private transfers complete in under 30 seconds.

  • No new wallet or seed phrase. Privacy keys are derived deterministically from a signature by the user’s existing wallet, so there is nothing extra to back up.
  • No custody. Funds never leave the user’s control, and no third party holds them mid-transfer.
  • Standard signing. Shielded transactions are authorized with a standard EIP-1559 transaction from the user’s own wallet, including hardware wallets.

This used to be impractical. Proving a normal wallet signature inside a zero-knowledge proof once required enormous files and hours of compute. Advances in proof systems have brought that down to a couple of seconds on a laptop or phone.

Wave Batching: hiding the last link

A privacy pool breaks the direct path between a deposit and a withdrawal, but three clues can still connect them: the address, the amount and the time. Nullmask steers users toward a fresh withdrawal address and standard amounts, such as 500 or 1,000 USDT, so withdrawals blend in with many others.

Time is the last link, because every on-chain withdrawal carries a public timestamp. Nullmask’s Advanced mode addresses this with Wave Batching. Withdrawals are signed and queued, then sent together at a scheduled wave in shuffled order. The timestamp on-chain shows the wave, not the moment the user acted. Users can also split a withdrawal into two to five parts, each with its own amount, address and wave, up to 24 hours ahead.

Fast mode remains available for users who need funds right away. Both modes carry the same 0.5% protocol fee.

Compliance built in

Nullmask is designed to keep illicit funds out of its pool:

  • Every deposit waits as pending until it is approved.
  • Depositing addresses are screened against the OFAC SDN list, the Chainalysis sanctions oracle, EU and UK sanctions lists, USDT and USDC issuer blacklists, and public scam lists, and are risk-scored by AMLBot.
  • Funds linked to sanctions, hacks, darknet markets, scams, ransomware, terrorism financing or child exploitation are refused and refunded automatically.
  • Approved addresses remain under continuous AMLBot monitoring.

Users can share their history with an accountant, institution or regulator through viewing keys, without publishing it. Every approved deposit also carries a revocation key pair. If a deposit is flagged after it enters the pool, the secret half is published, and every other user can prove their funds were never linked to it.

Contract source code is verified on Etherscan, and all protocol addresses are published with a signed proof of ownership at nullmask.io/compliance. Verified law enforcement requests sent to [email protected] are acknowledged within 72 hours.

Integrations and partners

  • NEAR Intents: private cross-chain bridging, live
  • Uniswap: private ETH ⇄ USDT swaps, live
  • Aerodrome and PancakeSwap: private swaps on Base and BNB Chain
  • Gate Wallet: integrated, with a MetaMask integration in talks
  • AMLBot: screening on every deposit
  • DefiLlama: listed

Nullmask has also partnered with Beldex, Dash Pay, QUAI and THORChain. It reaches users through social trading apps such as Fomo and through exchange listings including Aster perps.

“[Quote placeholder. Suggested: Privacy shouldn’t require a new wallet or a leap of faith. Nullmask works inside the wallet you already use, it screens every deposit at the door, and it gives users a way to prove their funds are clean. Fifty million dollars in a few weeks shows people want that.]” said Tomas Krnak, founder of Nullmask.

The team

Nullmask was founded by Tomas Krnak, whose team of Zcash-focused developers spent two years bringing private transactions to hardware wallets. On a Zcash Foundation grant, they built shielded support into Trezor firmware, covering key derivation, shielded addresses and on-device signing, and moved the work onto Orchard, Zcash’s newer privacy design. The team’s changes to the transaction format were accepted into Zcash itself.

What’s next

Nullmask is live on Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain. Next on the roadmap are Points Season One, Solana support and private perpetuals.

About Nullmask

Nullmask is a zero-knowledge privacy protocol for private transfers and swaps that works inside users’ existing wallets, with no new wallet, seed phrase or custody. Deposits are screened before entering the shielded pool, and users keep full control of their funds. Learn more at nullmask.io.

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Nothing in this release is financial or legal advice. Use of privacy tools remains subject to the laws of your jurisdiction.

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