SEBA receives FINMA banking and securities dealer licence allowing it toclose the gap between traditional and digital asset markets

• For the first time, a reputed regulatory authority - the Swiss FinancialMarket Authority (FINMA) - grants a banking licence to a financial servicesprovider with main focus on digital assets
• As a licenced and regulated bank, SEBA will be able to start operationsproviding integrated banking and investment products and services in a secureenvironment
• SEBA will enable professional and institutional clients to invest, safelykeep, trade and borrow against traditional and digital assets, as well as issuetokens, in one place
• This represents a significant step forward in the evolution of the digitalasset market ecosystem

ZUG, SWITZERLAND - EQS - 26 August 2019 -  SEBA Crypto AG (SEBA) is proud to announce it hassuccessfully obtained a banking and securities dealer licence^[1] from the Swiss regulator FINMA. This represents a milestone for theentire digital asset market ecosystem, as a new secure and integrated accesspoint to the crypto world is now available. The 2018 founded start-up, led byCEO Guido Bühler, has successfully built a licenced and supervised bank within17 months. The official go-live is expected to take place in early October2019. The already announced cooperation between Julius Baer and SEBA will enterinto force at this time.

With the banking and securities dealer licence granted by FINMA, SEBA is ableto close an important gap between traditional banks and the digital assetworld. The company wants to enable professional individuals and companies aswell as institutional clients to invest, safely keep, trade and borrow againsttraditional and digital assets, all in one place. In particular, the futureoffering will include custody storage, trading and liquidity management as wellas asset and wealth management. For Swiss Blockchain companies SEBA willprovide accounts and custody for fiat and digital assets. SEBA's team continuesits mission to redefine finance and to set new standards for safety,transparency and performance. SEBA is developing a comprehensive range ofindustry-leading investment products and digital asset tokenization solutionsfor professional and institutional investors.

SEBA is well capitalized with the CHF 100 million raised in the September 2018funding round. Currently, SEBA's team consists of more than 60 experts in thearea of technology, information security, Blockchain and finance.

Andreas Amschwand, Chairman of the Board of SEBA, commented: "Thebanking licence of the Swiss Financial Market Authority FINMA is not only amilestone for SEBA, it sets a new standard for banking in the Blockchain anddigital asset economy. This moment has significance far beyond the Swiss financialindustry."

Guido Bühler, CEO of SEBA, said: "Today SEBA sets a new standard as alicenced integrated bank connecting the old and the new world. SEBA is a safegateway between traditional banking and the digital asset market. We are proudto have built, in only 17 months, a licenced bank that fits into the digitalenvironment of the 21^st century."

For further information and the press kit, please visit our website www.seba.swiss.

^[1] The licence is granted on a conditional basis and will comeinto effect once SEBA fulfils all the secondary criteria specified by FINMA.SEBA will not be operational or onboard clients until the criteria are met.