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OSL Group Limited — Capital/Financing Update 2021
Jun 2, 2021
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Capital/Financing Update
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BC TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED BC 科技集團有限公司
(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 863)
BUSINESS UPDATE
ESTABLISHMENT OF
INSTITUTIONAL DIGITAL ASSET TRADING VENTURE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STANDARD CHARTERED
The board of directors (the ‘‘Board’’) of BC Technology Group Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) is pleased to announce that on 2 June 2021 (after trading hours), the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the ‘‘Group’’) has entered into a partnership with SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, to jointly establish a digital asset brokerage and exchange platform for institutional and corporate clients in the UK and Europe (the ‘‘Joint Venture Company’’).
The Group Chief Information Officer Mr. Usman Syed Ahmad will become the Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Venture Company, and Mr. Nick Philpott of SC Ventures will be the Chief Operating Officer of the Joint Venture Company.
Based in the UK, and initially targeting the European market, the Joint Venture Company is expected to connect institutional traders to counterparts across markets, delivering access to deep pools of liquidity in Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets. The Joint Venture Company aims to launch in the fourth calendar quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals.
The Board believes the partnership is a major positive milestone for the digital assets business segment of the Group and the longer term expansion of the Group’s institutional client base.
By order of the Board BC Technology Group Limited Lo Ken Bon Executive Director
Hong Kong, 2 June 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Lo Ken Bon, Mr. Ko Chun Shun, Johnson, Mr. Tiu Ka Chun, Gary, Mr. Madden Hugh Douglas and Mr. Chapman David James, and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Chau Shing Yim, David, Mr. Chia Kee Loong, Lawrence and Mr. Tai Benedict.