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International gathering in Clearwater spotlights the restored La Estrella site in the Canary Islands and launches illustrated Scientology books and courses for younger generations

Brussels, Belgium, 2nd Apr 2026 — The 2026 celebration of the birthday of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard brought together more than 5,000 Scientologists from 74 countries at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida, on March 14. The event combined historical milestones, organizational growth and a strong emphasis on passing Scientology principles to the next generation. Among the central announcements were the presentation of a newly restored L. Ron Hubbard Landmark Site in La Estrella, Telde, Canary Islands, and the release of new illustrated Scientology children’s books and related courses now available in 25 languages.

For Europe, the presentation of the restored villa in La Estrella carried particular significance. The property, perched above the Atlantic on Telde, Gran Canaria, holds a distinct place in Scientology history. It was there in 1967 that L. Ron Hubbard advanced work on upper spiritual levels and announced the creation of the Sea Organization, the Church’s religious order formed that same year to assist with advanced research operations and supervise Church organizations around the world.

The restored La Estrella property was presented as the tenth L. Ron Hubbard Landmark Site worldwide. The villa has been restored to reflect how it appeared during Hubbard’s stay, preserving the atmosphere and physical setting of that period. Among the items associated with the site are the Aiwa recorder used for Ron’s Journal 1967, the British Mark V E-Meter connected to Hubbard’s research into advanced spiritual levels, a 16 mm motion picture camera and communications equipment used while working from the Atlantic location. The site extends the international network of places tied to the formative development of Dianetics and Scientology.

The presentation of La Estrella added a strong European dimension to an event that also reviewed broader developments across Scientology’s international network. The evening highlighted new executive teams returning to churches in North America, Europe and Australia after advanced training, with Padova in northern Italy among the locations specifically featured. The program also recognized the newly opened Ideal Church in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part of the continuing expansion long associated with L. Ron Hubbard birthday commemorations.

The second major development of the evening focused on children’s education. Mr David Miscavige, ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, introduced a new library of illustrated Scientology books designed to present the religion’s basic principles in an accessible way for younger readers and families. The new release includes two 10-volume sets: one for children from age seven and another for more advanced readers. All 20 books, together with their corresponding courses, are now available in 25 languages, forming a worldwide curriculum for the next generation.

The educational initiative was presented not as a side project, but as a structural development across Scientology Churches. Dedicated children’s course rooms have now been established in all 79 Ideal Churches worldwide, providing spaces designed specifically for young Scientologists. The announcement gave the evening a notably intergenerational character, linking preservation of heritage with the transmission of beliefs, values and study materials to children and adolescents, and everyone else, in a format tailored to their age.

The celebration also revisited the wider legacy of L. Ron Hubbard as an author, educator and founder whose work extended beyond theology into ethical and social programs. The event noted his recognition in January 2026 by the Independent Book Publishers Association as “Master of All Genres” and highlighted the continuing reach of initiatives inspired by his writings, including study methods, drug prevention and The Way to Happiness, described during the celebration as having surpassed 145 million copies distributed worldwide.

Founded in 1952, Scientology has long marked L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday as a moment to review progress, new projects and milestones in the religion’s development. This year’s celebration stood out for joining two themes that resonate strongly in Europe: historical preservation and responsibility toward future generations. In that sense, the restored site in the Canary Islands and the new children’s educational materials formed two parts of the same message — continuity anchored in heritage and sustained through learning.

Ivan Arjona, representative of the Church of Scientology to the EU, OSCE, Council of Europe and UN, said the 2026 celebration reflected a connection between Europe’s cultural heritage and the responsibility to transmit values responsibly to younger generations. “The presentation of the restored La Estrella landmark in the Canary Islands is meaningful not only for Scientologists, but also in a broader European sense and even the very people of the Canary Islands and specifically Telde, because it shows the importance of preserving places where ideas, decisions and history were shaped,” Arjona said. “At the same time, making core principles understandable to children in many languages reflects an enduring civic value in Europe: that a tradition remains alive when it can be studied, understood and carried forward by the next generation.”

The 2026 birthday celebration therefore unfolded not simply as a commemorative event, but as a statement of continuity. With a newly restored landmark in Spain, a visible European footprint in the program and a major educational initiative aimed at younger generations across many languages, the event presented Scientology’s past, present and future as part of one connected narrative.

The Church of Scientology, its churches, missions, groups and members are present across the European continent. Scientology Europe reports a continent-wide presence through more than 140 churches, missions and affiliated groups in at least 27 European nations, alongside thousands of community-based social betterment and reform initiatives focused on education, prevention and neighbourhood-level support, inspired by the work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Within Europe’s diverse national frameworks for religion, the Church’s recognitions continue to expand, with administrative and judicial authorities in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany Slovakia and others, as well as the European Court of Human Rights, having addressed and acknowledged Scientology communities as protected by the national and international provisions of Freedom of Religion or belief.

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IPO Genie expands its platform with the introduction of Vault 2, continuing its phased approach to deal presentation.

United States, 2nd Apr 2026 – IPO Genie has announced the introduction of Vault 2, the latest addition to its structured deal disclosure framework, designed to present deal information on its platform in a phased and controlled manner.

Vault 2 follows the earlier rollout of Vault 1 and represents a continuation of the company’s approach to organizing and presenting deal-related information. Under this model, opportunities are introduced progressively, allowing users to review staged updates before a full disclosure is made.

According to the company, Vault 2 is being presented through a limited-information format ahead of its formal identification. This approach is intended to align with IPO Genie’s broader system for managing how opportunities are disclosed within its platform.

The Vault structure forms a core component of IPO Genie’s platform design. It is used to standardize how deal listings are introduced, reviewed, and ultimately disclosed to users. Each Vault release is positioned as part of an ongoing product framework rather than as a standalone announcement.

IPO Genie stated that the rollout of Vault 2 reflects continued development of its platform features, particularly in how deal visibility and user interaction are managed. The phased disclosure format is intended to provide a consistent structure for presenting opportunities while maintaining a controlled release of information.

The company operates as an AI-assisted research and analytics platform focused on private-market and pre-IPO discovery. Its ecosystem includes structured deal presentation mechanisms, access-based features, and token-based platform features associated with its platform.

Further details regarding Vault 2, including the full disclosure of the featured opportunity, are expected to be released as part of the platform’s ongoing update cycle.

About IPO Genie

IPO Genie is an AI-assisted research and analytics platform focused on private-market and pre-IPO discovery. The platform is designed to provide structured deal presentation, phased disclosure mechanisms, and platform access.

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Disclaimer: This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, legal, or advisory advice. Any references to deals, opportunities, or platform features are subject to change and should not be interpreted as an offer or solicitation. Users should conduct their own independent review before making any financial decisions.

• Over the past two years, two seemingly unrelated trends have unfolded in parallel. 

Singapore, 1st April 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Global uncertainty—from geopolitical tension to rate cycles—has pushed capital back toward traditional safe-haven assets like gold. At the same time, the NFT market has cooled, moving away from speculation and toward something far more selective.

Both shifts point to the same underlying change: the market is relearning how to price assets.

In tighter conditions, attention and capital concentrate around things that either store value or deliver clear utility. Most NFTs, it turns out, were designed for neither.

Why Games Still Make Sense

Gaming remains one of the few environments where NFTs hold a clear logic. Not because of hype, but because games are already functional systems. Assets matter when they affect gameplay—when they are used, upgraded, and circulated, not just held.

This is where interactive NFTs come in. They turn value from static ownership into participation. ArchLoot exemplifies this shift: its NFTs evolve over time, can be modified, and are embedded directly in gameplay loops. Value comes not from minting, but from continued use, making the system itself the source of long-term utility.

Where ArchLoot stands

ArchLoot demonstrates how to design for persistence in a selective market. Instead of a single collection, it builds a layered ecosystem—from the core game to smaller experiences like Duckit—allowing assets and tokens to gain relevance through circulation and gameplay participation.

As more gameplay experiences are added and more players participate, the token becomes part of a larger in-game economy rather than an isolated asset. Another key factor is multi-chain expansion. By operating across multiple networks, ArchLoot boosts accessibility and lessens reliance on any one environment, helping to stabilize user activity and asset flow. While many NFT projects from the previous cycle have faded or become inactive, ArchLoot has persisted in developing games and expanding gradually.

The team maintains steady progress and continues exploring new opportunities to grow the game and attract new players. It may not always make headlines, but in the long run, consistency and engaging content often matter more than short-term hype. The NFT market today is quite different from the one ArchLoot entered. Speculation has cooled, AI has transformed digital art, and users now prioritize utility and experience. In this new landscape, interactive NFTs that exist within actual games are no longer a niche idea, they could represent the more sustainable future dire.

About ArchLoot  

Launched in 2022, ArchLoot is an NFT-based UGC game with loot-style composability and playability. Being influential in BNB, Ethereum, TON and other renowned ecosystems, it provides the first interactive gameplay in the industry, which fully enables on-chain implementation of upgradeable characters/props NFTs and unleashes its potential for playability and user-generated content robustness.

Gathering talents from the world’s leading gaming publisher, AI projects, and financial elites, the team gathered experienced members and is currently operating across continents.

Official website: www.archloot.com

New York, London, March 31st 2026-As massive anti-war protests sweep across the United States, bringing physical operations in major financial districts like Wall Street to a grinding halt, global markets are facing a severe liquidity and confidence crisis. However, while retail investors grapple with extreme spot market volatility and the physical paralysis of traditional trading hubs, Wall Street’s elite and over 10 million smart global investors have quietly executed a massive wealth transfer. Their destination? An “ultimate safe haven” completely immune to geopolitical turmoil and street protests: NOW DeFi, the world’s leading compliant cloud mining platform.

According to Bloomberg and institutional testing data, by utilizing the top-tier hydro-cooled hashrate matrix recently deployed by NOW DeFi, high-net-worth investors are generating an astonishing passive net cash flow of up to $6,777 daily, entirely unaffected by the macro chaos unfolding outside.

The Great Wealth Transfer: Why Physical Chaos Drives Digital Safe-Havens

In the current extreme macroeconomic environment, traditional crypto and stock investment logic is completely broken:

• Societal Unrest & Infrastructure Vulnerability: The protests in the US have exposed the severe fragility of localized financial operations. In stark contrast, NOW DeFi’s decentralized, 100% green energy data centers located in highly secure, audited zones across London, Berlin, and New York remain entirely unaffected. This decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) acts as an impenetrable fortress for user assets.
• Hedging Macro Volatility: Unpredictable political climates trigger violent short-term market swings. Smart money is no longer gambling on tomorrow’s token prices; instead, they are shifting capital to compliant hashrate platforms backed by physical ASIC mining rigs to lock in guaranteed, high-yield daily outputs.

The Fortress of Trust: Why Global Capital Chooses NOW DeFi?

To be indexed and highly regarded by top-tier financial portals like Yahoo Finance and GuruFocus, a platform must demonstrate institutional-grade transparency. NOW DeFi bridges the gap between traditional finance and Web3:

• Global Compliance & ESG Focus: Operating legally under strict regulatory frameworks, NOW DeFi’s data centers run on 100% renewable energy, securing long-term fixed electricity contracts that shield users from global energy inflation.
• 100% On-Chain Transparency: Users are leasing real, physical ASIC miners. Every terahash produced is fully verifiable on-chain, eliminating the “black-box” operations common in the industry.
• Segregated Custody for Absolute Security: User funds and daily mining yields are protected by institutional-grade, third-party segregated custody, completely isolating principal investments from any macroeconomic risks or platform operational hazards.

A Decisive Advantage: Deploying 2026’s Hashrate “Nuclear Weapons”

To accommodate the massive influx of safe-haven capital, NOW DeFi announced a new round of multi-million dollar hardware upgrades, directly opening up Wall Street’s exclusive top-tier hashrate equipment to global retail and institutional investors:

• Antminer S23 Hyd (Hydro-Cooling King): The S23 Hyd’s extreme hydro-cooling efficiency ratio keeps mining costs far below the network average, ensuring massive profitability.
• Whatsminer M79S & Avalon A16XP: Renowned for military-grade stability, ignoring street protests and market panic to print money for you 24/7 uninterrupted.
• Avalon Nano 3S Micro Hashrate: Enabling anyone trapped by inflation to acquire their own stable Web3 cash flow with an incredibly low barrier to entry.、

Transparent Yields: How is the $6,777 Daily Cash Flow Achieved?

Below are the safe-haven contract models currently being aggressively acquired by global capital fleeing the chaos:

Strategy Model	Target Asset	Investment Capital	Term	Daily ROI	Total Yield (Net)
Liquidity Starter	USDT / USDC	$100	2 Days	$4.00	$8.00
Digital Gold	BTC	$1,200	10 Days	$14.16	$141.60
ETH Pro	ETH	$5,000	20 Days	$67.50	$1,350.00
High-Frequency	SOL	$15,000	35 Days	$240.00	$8,400.00
Institutional Matrix	Multi	$50,000	40 Days	$870.00	$34,800.00
🔥 Family Office Max	Hyd Max	$332,000	40 Days	$6,777.00	$271,080.00

The Safe-Haven Window is Closing Fast

In a panic-stricken world, certainty is the most expensive asset. With the further escalation of US protests, NOW DeFi’s initial quota in its secure European and North American data centers is facing “bank-run” style subscriptions. Secure your financial future in three simple steps:

1. Secure Registration: Visit the NOW DeFi official website or download the APP today to join 10 million compliant investors.
2. Build Your Moat: Choose a spot contract in the hashrate market to convert your funds into geopolitical-proof hashrate assets.
3. Enjoy Cash Flow: Once activated, the system will deposit high net profits into your account punctually every 24 hours.

The Institutional Verdict: A Paradigm Shift in Global Wealth Preservation

The era of gambling on erratic spot markets is officially over. As traditional American financial hubs face physical and systemic gridlock, European smart money—particularly from Frankfurt’s financial elite—is setting a new standard. By demanding BaFin-level compliance transparency and German-engineered reliability in their digital assets, these institutions have crowned NOW DeFi as the ultimate 2026 safe haven. This is no longer just about mining cryptocurrency; it is about securing an unbreakable fortress of passive income. Ignore the chaos on the streets. Step into the safe haven, and let the world’s most advanced technology secure your financial future while the outside world burns.

👉 Access Your Ultimate Wealth Safe Haven Today:

🌐 Official Website: https://nowdefi.com/

📱 APP Download: https://nowdefi.com/download/

✉️ Contact Email: info@nowdefi.com

Disclaimer: The information provided in this press release does not constitute an investment solicitation, nor does it constitute investment advice, financial advice, or trading recommendations. Cryptocurrency mining and staking involve risks and the possibility of losing funds. It is strongly recommended that you perform due diligence before investing or trading in cryptocurrencies and securities, including consulting a professional financial advisor.

Tethys Investment Alliance introduces an open platform to expand access to structured data and research resources.

Tethys Investment Alliance has announced the launch of a new open data research platform designed to improve access to structured information and support broader research collaboration in data-driven environments.

The platform is intended to provide users with a centralized space for exploring datasets, analytical resources, and research materials in a more consistent and transparent way. The initiative reflects the organization’s focus on helping users navigate increasingly complex information landscapes through structured tools and responsible technology.

As information sources continue to expand in scale and speed, organizations are facing growing challenges in data organization, interpretation, and usability. Tethys Investment Alliance developed the platform to reduce fragmentation across information sources and create a more accessible framework for research and analysis.

The open platform includes several core functions, such as unified access to structured datasets, research-oriented analytical tools, and a collaborative environment that supports knowledge sharing across different user groups. It is designed to help users identify patterns, compare information, and build a clearer understanding of complex topics.

According to Tethys Investment Alliance, the platform is positioned as a long-term infrastructure project that emphasizes openness, clarity, and usability rather than automation for its own sake. The organization noted that the goal is to strengthen research efficiency while preserving the importance of human interpretation and oversight.

The launch also reflects a broader effort by Tethys Investment Alliance to expand its role in technology-supported research environments. By combining structured methodologies with digital tools, the organization aims to promote more accessible and sustainable approaches to working with large-scale information.

About Tethys Investment Alliance

Tethys Investment Alliance is an international organization that applies structured research methods and technology-assisted analytical tools to improve the understanding of complex information environments. The organization follows a rational, long-term approach and emphasizes the responsible use of technology.

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• Harlow Payments is raising awareness around a growing issue in the global payments industry: the quiet damage caused when speed, scale, and automation outpace operational discipline.

New York, USA, 31st March 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Built in 2024 by a leadership team with decades of experience inside large payments organisations, Harlow Payments was created after its founders helped scale EVO Payments and lived through its $4 billion acquisition by Global Payments. That journey shaped a clear point of view on what actually breaks payments companies — and what keeps them standing.

“Most payment issues don’t start with bad technology,” Harlow Payments has said. “They start when speed replaces structure and when growth outpaces discipline.”

As embedded payments, AI-driven tools, and rapid onboarding become standard, the consequences of weak foundations are becoming harder to ignore. Industry research shows that chargebacks are expected to exceed $40 billion globally by the end of the decade, while studies consistently find that a small percentage of poorly vetted merchants drive the majority of operational losses. At the same time, surveys show that more than 60 percent of merchants value reliability and support over pricing when choosing payment partners.

“APIs don’t fix broken operations,” the team noted. “They just expose them faster.”

Why This Matters Now

Harlow’s advocacy is rooted in lived experience, not theory. Early in the company’s life, the team moved too quickly on a merchant opportunity that looked strong on paper.

“In the interest of momentum, we relaxed some of our own guardrails,” they said. “The failure wasn’t the merchant. The failure was deviating from our own discipline.”

The result was operational friction, increased support load, and late-emerging risk signals. While not catastrophic, the moment was clarifying.

“Speed without structure creates drag,” Harlow Payments said. “If it doesn’t feel right early, it won’t feel better later.”

Rather than brushing the experience aside, the team tightened underwriting, slowed launches when alignment was unclear, and empowered operations and risk teams to say no.

“A win that creates three future problems isn’t really a win,” they added.

A Call for Personal Accountability in Leadership

Harlow Payments is not launching a product or policy. Instead, it is encouraging a shift in how leaders, operators, and founders approach growth — starting with themselves.

The company believes many of the industry’s biggest failures could be avoided if individuals paused more often, asked better questions, and treated discipline as a growth strategy rather than a constraint.

“Saying no is a growth strategy,” the team said. “Most people don’t agree with that, but experience teaches you otherwise.”

They also stress the importance of reflection.

“After every project, even the successful ones, we ask what broke,” Harlow Payments noted. “That’s where the real learning is.”

What Individuals Can Do on Their Own

Harlow Payments is encouraging professionals across payments, fintech, and technology to take simple, independent steps:

• Slow one decision this month and examine what guardrails are being skipped
  

• Review one onboarding or launch process for hidden operational debt
  

• Ask what problems current speed might create six months from now
  

• Share pressure early instead of internalising it
  

• Measure success by sustainability, not just outcomes
  

“Clarity creates momentum,” the team said. “Chaos just creates noise.”

Call to Action

Harlow Payments invites founders, operators, and industry professionals to reflect on their own systems, slow down where needed, and prioritise long-term trust over short-term urgency. Building durable businesses starts with personal discipline and deliberate choices.

About Harlow Payments

Operational discipline in payments refers to the systems, behaviours, and decision frameworks that allow platforms to scale without breaking trust. It includes thoughtful onboarding, aligned incentives, risk awareness, and accountability under pressure. Harlow Payments believes strengthening these fundamentals is essential to building a more stable and trustworthy payments ecosystem.

• Matthew Lewis Labarre of Dover, New Hampshire, highlights why play-based movement can help children ages 3–5 build confidence, healthy habits, and a lifelong love of activity.

Dover, N.H, 31st March 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Youth sports leader and coach Matthew Lewis Labarre is encouraging families to focus on one powerful idea when introducing young children to sports: make the first experience joyful.

Labarre, co-founder of Never Too Young FC in Dover, New Hampshire, works closely with children ages three to five. Through his work with families, he has seen how early experiences with movement can shape children’s views of sports, confidence, and physical activity for years.

“At this age, it’s not about competition,” Labarre says. “It’s about creating a joyful first experience with movement.”

By focusing on playful activities rather than performance, young children develop coordination, social skills, and a sense of curiosity about movement.

Why Positive First Experiences Matter

Early childhood is a critical period for building healthy habits. Experts recommend that preschool-age children stay physically active throughout the day. Yet many children today spend more time sitting indoors than previous generations.

Encouraging playful movement early helps children develop basic motor skills and confidence in group settings.

“Kids don’t need perfect technique,” Labarre explains. “They need space to move, explore, and succeed at small things.”

When the environment supports exploration, children are more likely to participate enthusiastically and develop positive habits.

The Opportunity for Families

Many parents want to introduce their children to sports, but are unsure where to start. Labarre believes the answer is simpler than many people expect.

Young children respond best to activities that feel like games rather than structured training. Running, balancing, kicking a ball, and exploring movement through imagination can be powerful learning tools.

“If a child leaves smiling, the session worked,” Labarre says. “That’s the real outcome at this age.”

Programs that emphasize fun and encouragement can help children build both physical and social skills while also helping families connect with their communities.

A Growing Focus on Play-Based Activity

Across youth sports and early childhood education, there is increasing recognition that play-based movement supports long-term participation in physical activity.

Key insights from current research include:

• The CDC recommends preschool-age children stay physically active throughout the day to support healthy development.
  • Children who develop positive movement experiences early are significantly more likely to remain active as they grow older.
  • Play-based group activities help build social skills, cooperation, and confidence in young children.
  • Early exposure to movement can improve coordination, balance, and emotional resilience.

Labarre sees these benefits regularly in his programs.

“I’ve watched kids who were nervous to step on the field during their first session,” he says. “A few weeks later, they’re running toward the ball and cheering for their friends.”

What Families Can Do Today

Parents do not need complicated training plans to support their children’s development.

Simple daily movement activities can make a meaningful difference. Short games at the park, running challenges, or kicking a ball around the yard all help children become more familiar with movement.

Parents can also support positive experiences by encouraging effort instead of focusing on performance.

“Small wins matter,” Labarre says. “When kids feel successful early, they want to keep trying.”

These small moments of encouragement often build the foundation for long-term confidence.

Building Community Through Play

Play-based youth programs also create opportunities for families to connect with one another. Parents often meet other families at parks or sports sessions, forming relationships that extend beyond the field.

“Kids are learning how to exist in a group,” Labarre says. “They’re learning how to share space, cheer for each other, and try new things.”

Those lessons extend beyond sports and support children’s development in school and social environments.

A Positive Start That Can Last a Lifetime

For Labarre, the goal of early sports programs is not competition or early specialization. The goal is to help children discover that movement can be fun.

“Kids are naturally curious,” he says. “If you give them a place where trying feels safe, they keep coming back.”

That early sense of enjoyment can shape how children approach physical activity for years.

Call to Action

Families and caregivers are encouraged to introduce playful movement into their children’s daily routines and to seek out programs that prioritize fun, exploration, and encouragement.

Share this message with other parents and caregivers. Helping young children build positive first experiences with movement can support healthier, more confident communities for years to come.

About Matthew Lewis Labarre

Matthew Lewis Labarre is a youth sports leader and co-founder of Never Too Young FC, a Dover, New Hampshire–based soccer program focused on children ages three to five. A former High School All-American soccer player and Dartmouth College men’s soccer captain, he holds coaching licenses through USA Youth Soccer and Grassroots Soccer. He works closely with young children and families to create play-based sports experiences that build confidence, healthy movement habits, and strong community connections.

New York, NY, USA, 31st March 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Christian Barker is his name, but most of the world knows him as Bark or Barkmeta. He is under 30 years old, runs one of the largest independent media brands in crypto, and has built an empire that spans NFTs, live broadcasting, financial commentary, philanthropy, and political access at the highest levels. He did it without investors, without a network, and without asking anyone for permission.

Barkmeta commands an audience of over 300,000 followers on X. His posts regularly generate millions of views. His content reaches hundreds of millions of people. He is one of the most quoted voices in digital finance and one of the most recognized names at every major crypto conference on the planet. He has shared rooms with heads of state, billionaire founders, and cultural icons. He has attended events at Mar-a-Lago and inauguration gatherings in Washington. He has met privately with some of the most powerful people in technology, media, and politics.

He grew up in a small town with no connections and no family money. He taught himself photography and social media in high school. He built a TikTok following that crossed 4 million followers and over 1 billion total views. And then he walked away from all of it to build in crypto when everyone around him said it was the wrong move.

It turned out to be the right one.

Barkmeta is the founder of Doginal Dogs, the #1 NFT collection of all time, which has generated over $1 billion in total trading volume after launching as a completely free mint. He  then founded the Crypto Spaces Network, building it into one of the largest daily live audio platforms in the industry. The show has crossed 1 billion lifetime streams. He has not missed a single broadcast in over 1,000 consecutive days. Tens of thousands of listeners tune in daily for his commentary on crypto markets, financial trends, and global macro.

Beyond NFTs, Barkmeta has become one of the most trusted independent voices in financial media. His coverage of gold, silver, precious metals, stocks, and commodities has built a following among investors who have grown tired of institutional bias and cable news spin. He breaks down complex market dynamics in plain language for an audience that spans first-time investors to seasoned traders. His macro calls have been tracked and shared across the industry. He is increasingly cited by analysts and traders as a leading indicator of retail sentiment in both crypto and traditional markets.

He has also positioned himself at the forefront of AI and its intersection with crypto and content creation. As artificial intelligence reshapes how people consume information, create content, and interact with financial markets, Barkmeta has been one of the earliest voices in the space to build practical frameworks around these tools for his audience. He doesn’t just talk about AI. He builds with it.

His conference presence has grown into something the industry pays attention to. He is a regular at Consensus, Token2049, and major blockchain summits around the world. He doesn’t just attend. He speaks to tens of thousands of people. He networks. He builds relationships across the industry at a pace that most people with entire teams behind them can’t match. His ability to move between the worlds of crypto, traditional finance, media, entertainment, and politics is something very few people in this space have ever been able to do.

The accolades keep stacking. Named among the Top Crypto Voices of All Time. Listed in the Top 50 Most Influential Voices in Blockchain alongside Vitalik Buterin and CZ. Philanthropy in Web3 Award. Top Alpha Caller. Fastest Growing Web3 Brand. Recognized at major industry conferences as the builder behind the top-performing NFT project across all chains. Millions raised for charitable causes through the platforms he built.

Barkmeta is not just building a company. He is building a movement. One person, one phone, no investors, no board, no gatekeepers. Over 300,000 people follow every word he says. Hundreds of millions more encounter his content without knowing his name yet. The network he has assembled, the access he has earned, and the track record he has built in under three years would take most people a lifetime.

The crypto industry spent years looking for its next defining figure. Someone who builds in public, shows up every day, and doesn’t have a hidden balance sheet or a pending indictment. Barkmeta is that person. And the empire he is building shows no signs of slowing down.

New York, NY, USA, 31st March 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, Imagine the year is 2024. You’re scrolling through crypto Twitter and someone posts a link. Free mint. Pixel dogs on Dogecoin. You almost keep scrolling. But you click it. It takes two minutes. You claim two digital dogs. You pay nothing. The founder covered your gas. You close the tab and forget about it.

A week later the floor is up. Dogs are trading around $50 on secondary. You think nothing of it.

A few weeks later they rocket to $1,000. People who grabbed big packs early are suddenly sitting on portfolios worth hundreds of thousands. Some become millionaires overnight. The Discord is going crazy.

Six months in the floor has pushed past $5,000 on recent highs. The art is on merch. On murals. On Netflix. Verified accounts are holding. Volume is climbing into the hundreds of millions.

Then one morning you open your wallet and your rare is worth $100,000. Some analysts are saying individual dogs could reach $1 million by 2030 based on projections about the digital art market and the supply dynamics on Dogecoin.

You paid nothing. You almost didn’t click.

This is not hypothetical. This is what happened to thousands of Doginal Dogs holders.

If it sounds familiar, it should. In 2017 two developers dropped 10,000 pixel faces on Ethereum for free. Nobody cared for eight days. Then Mashable ran one article and within 20 hours every remaining one was claimed. Those are CryptoPunks. The cheapest now sells for six figures. $3 billion in total volume. No VC. No influencers. Just regular people who believed in something early.

Doginal Dogs is that story again. But the founder covered all the gas. Each minter got two. The floor is up 35,000%. Volume crossed $1 billion. Recognized at Consensus and Token2049 as the #1 NFT of all time.

Now the tech. Traditional NFTs store a token on chain but the art lives on a server somewhere else. Server dies, art gone. You own a receipt to a store that burned down. Inscriptions work differently. The art is written directly into the blockchain data. It is the chain. Cannot be deleted. Cannot be altered. Permanent. The Bitcoin whitepaper described a decentralized immutable ledger. Inscriptions on proof-of-work are the first technology to actually deliver that for digital ownership.

Dogecoin is what makes the economics lethal. Ethereum and Solana have thousands of projects splitting the same capital. Dogecoin has nothing. No DeFi. No competing collections. Doginal Dogs is the only premium product on a $30 billion+ chain. Whales who have held since 2013 have nowhere else to deploy. OGs are accumulating. Analysts project a single dog could hit $1 million. Fixed supply, extreme retention, massive idle capital. Not hype. Arithmetic.

Five people built this: Barkmeta, Shibo, Shield, Lucky. Nos, ex-Google, ex-MIT. No investors. No board.

The community willed it into existence. Barkmeta had pixel art of his Doberman. His audience pushed until he put it on chain. The holders created the demand before the supply existed. They show up to 20+ festivals a year. $1,000+ in free merch every time. No tickets. No sponsors.

After the wave of IRL events across major cities, the floor kept rising. The brand expanded into luxury merchandise. Leather goods. Bags. Custom clothing. Designer accessories. Hand painted hats. Fully custom jewelry. This is not a project selling $30 t-shirts. This is a brand operating at a level that most fashion houses take decades to reach. People who minted for free are now wearing their collection.

Here is why this matters more now than ever.

Everything online is going synthetic. AI content. AI identities. Deepfakes. Bots. Trust is collapsing. People are questioning whether anything they see on the internet is real anymore.

Doginal Dogs is one of the last real things left. Not an algorithm. Not anonymous founders who vanish. A network of real people. Entrepreneurs. Builders. Celebrities. Billionaires. People who show up in person and build relationships face to face. In a world going synthetic, that is becoming rare.

The inscription tech is the proof. The art cannot be faked. Cannot be duplicated. Cannot be deleted. Permanently written into a proof-of-work chain. In the age of AI, where anything digital can be manufactured in seconds, an inscription is one of the few things online that is provably real.

Early Bitcoin had the cypherpunks. CryptoPunks had the Ethereum degens. Doginal Dogs has a community that created the project before it had a name, on a chain the world dismissed, using technology that cannot be faked in an era where everything else can be.

35,000%. $1 billion. The #1 NFT of all time. On Dogecoin.

You’re either paying attention or you’re going to wish you were.

New platform requires users to complete a brief mindfulness exercise before opening Instagram, TikTok, X, and other distracting apps and websites

Wilmington, Delaware, 31st March 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Impulse Inc. today announced the launch of Welligama: Breathe to Unlock™, a new digital wellbeing and productivity platform designed to help people take back control of their attention from compulsive social media use.

The launch comes at a moment of heightened public scrutiny around addictive platform design and rising concern about the effects of compulsive social media use and doomscrolling on attention, mental wellbeing, and productivity. In recent months, global coverage and policy debates have increasingly focused on social media addiction, platform accountability, harms to young users, and proposed age-based restrictions in several countries. Research from Common Sense Media, Pew, the CDC, and Harvard Business Review also points to high levels of device use, concerns about excessive social media habits, and meaningful effects on mental wellbeing, focus, and workplace productivity.

Welligama: Breathe to Unlock™ (USPTO Patent Pending) is built on the premise that it is okay to scroll and use our devices — but that we need to do it intentionally and with continuous self-regulation.

Rather than relying on rigid blockers or blunt time limits, Welligama takes a different approach. Before opening selected social media apps or distracting websites, users are asked to pause and complete a short interactive mindfulness exercise: three guided in-and-out breaths using audio, visual, and touch-based cues. Once completed, access is unlocked for a limited time chosen by the user.

Existing tools often depend on restriction alone. Many users eventually disable them, or experience frustration, guilt, shame, and rebound behaviors. Welligama is designed to interrupt autopilot without punishing the user for being human. The goal is not to eliminate device use, but to create a repeatable moment of awareness before re-entering it.

Users are free to use their apps, but are gently prompted every 15 minutes — or at an interval of their choosing — to redirect attention to the present moment, reconnect with the body, and notice their emotions and intentions. Over time, this repeated practice is designed to help users strengthen their ability to be intentional with focus, increase awareness of their internal state, and create more space for the things they care about most.

“This platform was born from a simple but transformative practice: taking a moment to pause and return to the breath regularly, which can change the way we relate to our devices,” said Praveen Dayananda, Founder and CEO of Impulse Inc. “Most solutions try to fight compulsive use with force. Welligama is built on a different premise — that it is okay to scroll, but we need to do it consciously. When you pause, breathe, and come back to the present moment before opening an app, you give yourself a chance to choose rather than react.”

Welligama also includes a broader ecosystem of wellbeing tools, including guided mental and physical health practices, customized check-ins and recommendations, an AI companion, and community support.

Dayananda, who envisioned and developed the platform, has spent 20 years practicing and teaching mindfulness, including under the guidance of Thich Nhat Hanh, and through studies at UCLA and Stanford University. He has also worked as an investment banking advisor to more than 50 technology startups.

The platform was selected as a 2026 Web Summit Impact Startup, reflecting its mission to help people build a healthier relationship with technology. Welligama is now available for iPhone on the Apple App Store. Android and web versions are expected to be released in the coming year.

Download: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6468553389

Website: https://www.welligama.com

B2B Pilot Inquiries (Schools, Universities, and Corporations): praveen@welligama.com

About Welligama: Breathe to Unlock™

Welligama is a digital wellbeing and productivity platform helping individuals and organizations use technology with greater intention. Its core innovation, Breathe to Unlock™ (USPTO patent pending), inserts a brief guided breathing interaction before selected distracting apps and websites can be accessed. The platform combines intentional access design, guided self-care practices, AI support, and community support to enable long-term behavior change.