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01:50 PM EDT, 10/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Alaunos Therapeutics (TCRT) said Tuesday it completed its acquisition of Velaris Therapeutics, a privately held biotech company developing treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension and related cardiopulmonary diseases. The company raised about $350 million in a concurrent private placement of Series C non-voting convertible preferred stock led by Fairmount. Alaunos shares jumped about 225%, with intraday trading volume catapulting to over 211 million from a daily average of about 851,000. Bumble (BMBL) said Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Ithaca Holdings in an all-cash deal valuing the dating app at $1.3 billion. Shares surged 56% as intraday trading volume soared to 85.3 million from a daily average of roughly 2.99 million. BIO-key (BKYI) said Tuesday it signed up a new Middle East government security agency as a customer for its security platform. Shares surged 78% as intraday trading volume jumped to more than 75.1 million, versus a daily average of about 2.81 million. Price: 3.42, Change: +2.37, Percent Change: +225.24