GreenBank Portfolio Company Announces Investment in US$3.2M of AuBit’s Freeway Tokens
GreenBank Capital (CSE:GBC, OTCMKTS:GRNBF) announced that its 19%-owned subsidiary, Staminier Limited, has acquired 400 million Freeway Tokens as part of a collaboration with AuBit. This investment is valued at approximately US$3.2 million based on the market price of tokens. The Freeway Tokens will be locked until April 2021, with subsequent access to portions of the tokens over time. CEO David Lonsdale expressed optimism about AuBit’s potential to revolutionize asset management through technology. GreenBank also holds interests in several other companies, indicating a diverse investment strategy.
- Staminier's acquisition of Freeway Tokens valued at approximately US$3.2 million enhances GreenBank's asset portfolio.
- The collaboration with AuBit could position GreenBank favorably in the evolving asset management sector.
- Staminier's tokens are subject to a lock-in period, delaying potential liquidity until April 2021.
- GreenBank's ability to acquire the remaining 81% of Staminier is conditional upon regulatory approvals, introducing uncertainty.
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TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / November 12, 2020 / GreenBank Capital Inc. (CSE:GBC)(OTCMKTS:GRNBF)(FRA:2TL) ("GreenBank" or ".the Company") is pleased to announce that its
Freeway Tokens are traded on crypto currency platforms Bithumb Global (www.bithumb.pro) and Uniswap (uniswap.org) and have a strictly limited maximum supply of only 10bn. Based on the midmarket price at 8 am GMT on 12 November 2020 reported on CoinGecko (https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/freeway-token), Staminier's holding of Freeway Tokens had a market value of approximately US
AuBit intends to use disruptive financial technology to harness the power of network effects to generate increased returns for its user base by distributing up to
In traditional asset management, the gold volume in a holder's account would remain unchanged. With the AuBit network-enhanced model, an AuBit holder's gold would instead grow in volume over time as a result of ongoing redistributions of gold-trading revenues, bringing greater risk-adjusted total returns. This powerful network effect grows exponentially as more and more users join and trade on the platform. Network effects have been identified by some as a key factor in the stunning success of the so-called "tech unicorns" in the last 23 years and have been said to be responsible for
AuBit's management team and advisors have worked at some of the largest financial, legal and technology companies in the world including Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Fidelity, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Google, McGuireWoods and The Prudential.
Staminier's holding of Freeway Tokens is subject to certain lock-in provisions which mean that it cannot dispose of any part of its holding until April 2021 (when 60m tokens become saleable), with subsequent tranches becoming available for disposal on a quarterly basis and the final tranche of 50m tokens becomes freely saleable in January 2023.
As previously announced, GreenBank owns a
Commenting on the transaction, David Lonsdale CEO of GreenBank said "As one of the first public companies to recognise the importance of blockchain technology in relation to financial transactions, GreenBank Capital is hugely excited about the prospects for Staminier's long term Freeway Token investment. The multi-trillion-dollar global asset management industry continues to grow each year, but has barely changed in decades and is ideally suited for AuBit's new technology that could change asset management forever by building a true bridge from the traditional world of capital markets to the new world of digital and decentralized finance and make mass global adoption a reality. We intend to help AuBit in that quest by pursuing with them projects to list special purpose vehicles on internationally-recognised stock exchanges as a way of allowing a wider audience of investors to gain exposure to AuBit's revolutionary products.Here at Greenbank, one of our declared objectives (and the objectives of the investment companies in our portfolio) is to invest in and work with companies that can scale globally and have a valuation potential of at least
About GreenBank
GreenBank is a merchant banking business listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (trading symbols CSE: GBC and OTCMKTS: GRNBF and FRA: 2TL). GreenBank's
For more information please see www.GreenBankCapitalInc.com, or contact Mark Wettreich at (647) 693 9411 or by email Mark@GreenBankCapitalinc.com
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