Herford, February, 16, 2018 – In order to avoid possible future conflicts of interestarising from his recent assignment to the Finance Committee of the GermanBundestag, Mr. Frank Schäffler resigns his mandate as a member of the Board ofDirectors of Bitcoin Group SE at the end of today. The Board of Directors would like tothank Mr. Schäffler for his valuable contribution to the Board of Directors andexpresses its sincerest understanding for his decision.

The Board of Directors today filed a motion for the court of competent jurisdiction toappoint Mr. Alexander Müller, member of the German Bundestag, resident inNiedernhausen, as a new member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Müller is a graduatecomputer scientist, publicly appointed and sworn IT expert and has been working as aself-employed software consultant and developer since 1989. He is also a member ofthe Board of Directors of Nassauische Sparkasse Wiesbaden. Mr. Müller has alreadydeclared in writing that he will accept his mandate as a member of the Board ofDirectors of Bitcoin Group SE in the event of his appointment by the court.