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

• For the first time, a reputed regulatory authority - the Swiss Financial
  Market Authority (FINMA) - grants a banking licence to a financial services
  provider with main focus on digital assets
• As a licenced and regulated bank, SEBA will be able to start operations
  providing integrated banking and investment products and services in a secure
  environment
• SEBA will enable professional and institutional clients to invest, safely
  keep, trade and borrow against traditional and digital assets, as well as issue
  tokens, in one place
• This represents a significant step forward in the evolution of the digital
  asset market ecosystem

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

With the banking and securities dealer licence granted by FINMA, SEBA is able
to close an important gap between traditional banks and the digital asset
world. The company wants to enable professional individuals and companies as
well as institutional clients to invest, safely keep, trade and borrow against
traditional and digital assets, all in one place. In particular, the future
offering will include custody storage, trading and liquidity management as well
as asset and wealth management. For Swiss Blockchain companies SEBA will
provide accounts and custody for fiat and digital assets. SEBA's team continues
its mission to redefine finance and to set new standards for safety,
transparency and performance. SEBA is developing a comprehensive range of
industry-leading investment products and digital asset tokenization solutions
for professional and institutional investors.

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

Andreas Amschwand, Chairman of the Board of SEBA, commented: "The
banking licence of the Swiss Financial Market Authority FINMA is not only a
milestone for SEBA, it sets a new standard for banking in the Blockchain and
digital asset economy. This moment has significance far beyond the Swiss financial
industry."

Guido B�hler, CEO of SEBA, said: "Today SEBA sets a new standard as a
licenced integrated bank connecting the old and the new world. SEBA is a safe
gateway between traditional banking and the digital asset market. We are proud
to have built, in only 17 months, a licenced bank that fits into the digital
environment 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 come
into effect once SEBA fulfils all the secondary criteria specified by FINMA.
SEBA will not be operational or onboard clients until the criteria are met.