Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment to Host the Great Online Sale in TerraZero’s Intraverse

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BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG; OTCQX: BBKCF) has announced that its subsidiary TerraZero Technologies will host the Great Online Sale 2025 in collaboration with Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE) and Seed Group. The event launches on March 27, 2025, in TerraZero's Intraverse platform.

The third edition features an interactive hub connecting users to over 80 e-commerce platforms, including major brands like Amazon, LEGO, Puma, and Steve Madden. Shoppers can explore virtual stores through avatars, accessing exclusive deals across electronics, fashion, homeware, and beauty products. Participants can win up to AED 100,000, with additional bonus prizes of AED 50,000 for visiting five or more category stores.

The collaboration, facilitated through Seed Group, a company of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, represents Dubai's commitment to digital transformation and e-commerce growth. The event runs from March 27-30, 2025, accessible worldwide via www.greatonlinesale.com.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (“BIGG” or the “Company”) (CSE: BIGG; OTCQX: BBKCF; WKN: A2PS9W), a leading innovator in the digital assets space and owner of TerraZero, Netcoins, and Blockchain Intelligence Group is pleased to announce TerraZero’s collaboration with Seed Group and Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment to host the Great Online Sale 2025 in TerraZero’s Intraverse.

TerraZero Technologies, a leader in immersive virtual experiences, is proud to announce its collaboration with Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), an agency of Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), to host the highly anticipated Great Online Sale 2025 in the Intraverse, TerraZero’s state-of-the-art virtual platform. This cutting-edge collaboration — made possible through TerraZero’s relationship with Seed Group, a company of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum — marks a significant step forward in Dubai’s commitment to innovation, e-commerce, and global connectivity.

Launching on 27 March 2025, the third edition of the Great Online Sale introduces an all-new interactive hub environment for the first time where users worldwide can access a vibrant, fully immersive space that connects them to virtual environments hosting more than 80 e-commerce platforms. Building on the success of past editions of the citywide sale, this year promises to redefine the shopping experience by making it more engaging, interactive, and globally accessible than ever before. Massive savings will be found across a wide range of categories, including electronics, fashion, accessories, homeware, beauty, and children’s products. This year’s participating brands include Amazon, Beverly Hills Polo Club, Centrepoint Crate & Barrel, LEGO, Namshi, Noon, Nysaa, Puma, Steve Madden, and many more leading retailers.

Users have the ability to select avatars and explore uniquely designed brand spaces that showcase exclusive product offerings and special deals. From the comfort of their mobile devices, tablets, laptops, or desktops, shoppers can seamlessly navigate their favourite brands’ virtual stores. Through the immersive shopping space, online customers can enjoy even greater savings through exclusive discount codes on sought-after products in an environment that feels as real as the in-person experience, while also standing the chance to win AED 100,000. Shoppers can also unlock bonus cash prizes worth up to AED 50,000 when they visit five or more categories of the virtual stores.

A Milestone in Virtual Commerce Innovation

Brandon F. Johnson, President & COO of TerraZero Technologies, commented: “The Intraverse allows an event like the Great Online Sale to push the boundaries of virtual retail, creating a platform where users can interact with brands and fellow shoppers in a shared, immersive environment. This activation is a testament to Dubai’s visionary approach to embracing future technologies and establishing itself as a global leader in digital transformation. DFRE is the perfect group to execute on this vision.”

Global Adoption and Unprecedented Reach

The Great Online Sale 2025 is more than just a shopping event — it’s a global celebration of innovation and connectivity. Through its collaboration with Seed Group, TerraZero’s Intraverse is gaining adoption as a versatile platform for hosting large-scale global events. In turn, the event will bring people together and transform how businesses connect with their customers.

Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of Seed Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, expressed his strong support for TerraZero’s significant milestone. He stated, “The partnership between TerraZero and DRFE aims to engage local shoppers in the most immersive way possible. As our strategic partner since 2023, the Group is proud to support TerraZero in introducing their groundbreaking Intraverse platform to the region. We are fully confident that the immersive Great Online Sale 2025 will establish a new benchmark for digital commerce.” He concluded, “We are excited to see TerraZero collaborate with leading businesses in the country in the coming months and open up new opportunities in this vibrant market.”

Ahmed Al Khaja, CEO of Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), said: “With e-commerce increasingly shaping ever-evolving consumer preferences, initiatives like the Great Online Sale play a pivotal role in accelerating robust growth across Dubai’s dynamic retail landscape. The launch of our all-new Intraverse this year sets a new benchmark for digital-first shopping experiences, driving innovation to the forefront of the sector by seamlessly integrating cutting-edge technology. Our collaboration with TerraZero Technologies and Seed Group marks a strategic step forward in cementing e-commerce as a key pillar of the city’s sustainable growth strategy in line with the objectives of the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33).”

The Great Online Sale 2025 is accessible worldwide. Shoppers can join the action from 27 to 30 March by visiting www.greatonlinesale.com on their mobile devices, tablets, laptops, and desktops.

On behalf of the board:

Dan Reitzik
Interim CEO
ir@biggdigitalassets.com
778.819.3890

About Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment

Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), an agency of Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), is responsible for developing Dubai’s retail and festival sectors and supporting the positioning of Dubai as a world-class tourism destination with year-round family entertainment, shopping and events.

About SEED Group

For over 20 years, Seed Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East and North Africa region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the Seed Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organisations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. Seed Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region, helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria. For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com.

About BIGG Digital Assets Inc.

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (BIGG) believes the future of crypto is a safe, compliant, and regulated environment. BIGG invests in products and companies to support this vision. BIGG has three portfolio companies: Netcoins (netcoins.com), Blockchain Intelligence Group (blockchaingroup.io), and TerraZero (terrazero.com).

TerraZero Technologies Inc. is a vertically integrated Metaverse development group and leading Web3 technology company specializing in helping brands create immersive experiences. TerraZero's Metaverse-agnostic vision is to develop and implement products and services with scalable commercial applications to flourish engagement across gamified experiences where enterprise-level businesses, metaverse platforms, and Web3 creators can seamlessly bridge and actionably grow their virtual world and the physical world endeavours together as one. TerraZero owns digital real estate for brands to establish a presence in existing virtual worlds and can also offer brands their own private worlds to provide offices and services to those interested in the metaverse. Furthermore, TerraZero acquires, designs, builds, and operates virtual assets and solutions to monetize the metaverse ecosystem. TerraZero’s businesses are segmented into five (5) divisions which include: (1) immersive experience creation in existing or private virtual worlds; (2) advertising; (3) data analytics; (4) events and marketing; and (5) development of the Intraverse. TerraZero aims to support the community, foster innovation, and drive adoption. For more information, please visit https://terrazero.com/ or contact hello@terrazero.com.

Blockchain Intelligence Group is an industry-leading digital asset forensics, anti-money laundering detection, and cryptocurrency investigations company. At the heart of our operations is a deep-rooted expertise in visualizing digital assets and market-related activities. This expertise is leveraged to monitor transactional data with a constant eye to assist our customers with risk management, due diligence, and forensic services for digital assets. For more information please visit our website www.BlockchainGroup.io.

Netcoins offers secure crypto trading in Canada and the USA, with a mission to make crypto trading easy. Netcoins has a robust product offering with over 50 assets for Crypto Trading, Netcoins Pay Mastercard and Staking (Canada Only). Netcoins facilitates crypto trading via its cutting-edge Mobile and Web applications and its OTC Trading Desk. For more information please visit our website www.netcoins.com.

For more information and to register for BIGG’s mailing list, please visit our website at https://www.biggdigitalassets.com. Or visit SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Future operating results could also be materially affected by the price of cryptocurrency and the demand (or lack thereof) for cryptocurrency. In addition, BIGG’s past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements or information, which include the expected opportunities, outcomes, potential and benefits of the Company’s products and services, working with DFRE, working with Seed Group, and developing products and the expected outcomes and benefits of this collaboration, the continued development of Intraverse PRO, the expected adoption and growth of cryptocurrency and the Company’s products and services, evaluating, researching and predicting market trends, the development and completion of products and services, the launch of products and services, events, plans, courses of action, and the potential of the Company’s technology and operations and other matters. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such information can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking wording such as “may”, “expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “believe” and “continue” or the negative thereof or similar variations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, estimates, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not occur. These assumptions, risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the state of the economy in general and capital markets in particular, the ability to manage operating expenses, which may adversely affect the Company’s financial condition, the ability to remain competitive as other better financed competitors develop and release competitive products, volatility in the trading price of the common shares of the Company, the demand and pricing of cryptocurrency, the Company’s ability to successfully define, design and release new products in a timely manner that meet customers' needs; the ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel; competition in the industry; and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of BIGG. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking information because BIGG can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. The securities of BIGG are considered highly speculative due to the nature of BIGG’s business. For further information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties, refer to the Company’s website and filings on www.sedarplus.ca. In addition, BIGG’s past performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from BIGG’s expectations include consumer sentiment towards BIGG’s products and Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Metaverse technology generally, technology failures, the lack of demand for the company’s products and services, fluctuations in the price of cryptocurrency, the ability to successfully define, design, and release new products in a timely manner that meet customers’ needs; the ability to attract, retain, and motivate qualified personnel; competition in the industry; the ability to obtain and/or maintain licences, permits and approvals that are necessary to operate the business; the impact of technology changes on the products and industry; failure to develop new and innovative products; the ability to successfully maintain and enforce our intellectual property rights and defend third-party claims of infringement of their intellectual property rights; the impact of intellectual property litigation that could materially and adversely affect the business; the ability to manage working capital; increase in costs and expenses; the dependence on key personnel; competition; the demand and pricing of cryptocurrencies and NFTs (including digital assets); litigation; security threats, including a loss/theft of NFTs, cryptocurrencies, and other assets; and failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, BIGG disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additionally, BIGG undertakes no obligation to comment on the expectations of or statements made by, third parties in respect of the matters discussed above.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

FAQ

When does the Great Online Sale 2025 start for BBKCF's TerraZero platform?

The Great Online Sale 2025 starts on March 27, 2025, and runs until March 30, 2025, hosted in TerraZero's Intraverse platform.

How many e-commerce platforms are participating in TerraZero's Great Online Sale 2025?

Over 80 e-commerce platforms are participating, including major brands like Amazon, LEGO, Puma, and Steve Madden.

What is the maximum prize money available during the Great Online Sale 2025?

Shoppers can win up to AED 100,000, plus bonus cash prizes of up to AED 50,000 for visiting five or more category stores.

Which product categories are available in TerraZero's Great Online Sale 2025?

The sale includes electronics, fashion, accessories, homeware, beauty, and children's products.

How can users access TerraZero's Great Online Sale 2025?

Users can access the sale worldwide through www.greatonlinesale.com using mobile devices, tablets, laptops, or desktops.