● Fintech expert with high level of digitalization expertise ● Extensive industry network as "door-opener" ● Key connector in the field of cryptobanking for further strategic development Herford, March 22, 2021 - futurum bank, a 100% subsidiary of Bitcoin Group SE (ISIN DE000A1TNV91), has succeeded in recruiting Dr. Markus Pertlwieser for its supervisory board. The 46-year-old will join as the fourth member of the supervisory board. Dr. Pertlwieser, as former Chief Digital Officer of Deutsche Bank, is a proven digital expert who will support futurum bank AG as Germany's first cryptobank on its next expansion steps, especially in the area of digitalization and in the volume business. With his many years of expertise and excellent network within the industry, he will act as an introducer in the field of cryptobanking for both institutional and private customers, helping to set the future strategic course of futurum bank AG. "We are very happy that we could win Dr. Markus Pertlwieser, a proven industry expert. There is definitely no one in Germany who combines experience and network in the areas of digital banking and fintech to the same extent," says Marco Bodewein, Managing Director of Bitcoin Group SE.