BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group Issues Shareholder Update Providing Highlights of Recent Activities and Agreements

BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group (CSE:BIGG, OTC:BBKCF, WKN:A2JSKG) (“BIG” or “the Company”), a leading developer and provider of blockchain and cryptocurrency search, risk-scoring and data analytics tools and investigation services, provides the following corporate update.

The Company is pleased to provide an update on its recent activities toward increasing shareholder value by expanding BIG’s presence and market share in the cryptocurrency security and forensic investigation space.

BIG is well financed to continue its planned expansion and operations efforts. Over the last several months, the Company has initiated negotiations and finalized agreements across multiple cryptocurrency sectors including cryptocurrency exchanges, RegTech, FinTech, investment and ICO sectors, security, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and digital identities.

Among the highlights were:

• client agreements signed with two major exchanges: full-suite agreement with Canada’s Einstein Exchange (leading cryptocurrency exchange and one of the world’s largest and fastest growing exchanges by trading volume), and transaction risk-scoring agreement with Japan’s QUOINE (successfully launched one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, QUOINEX and QRYPTOS, representing over $12 billion USD in annual transactions);
• client, reseller and referral agreements signed with KYC/AML/CTF specialist, Data Zoo;
• reseller agreements signed with Securrency (RegTech/FinTech), Hilltop Cybersecurity, SHS VIVEON (risk & credit management), and our Japanese territory agreement with Blockchain Next Corporation;
• partnership agreements signed: with the AML Shop, to jointly deliver forensics services and for the AML Shop to act as a distributor of BIG’s QLUETM product and our forensic services; with global real estate investment platform, Reitium, to integrate BIG’s cryptocurrency transaction risk-scoring BitRank Verified® Service; and with mobile payments solutions leader Glance Technologies to explore mutual marketing and promotion efforts; and,
• a purchaser agreement signed with Coinme (Bitcoin ATMs).

The Company has several other partnerships and agreements currently in the pipeline, and details will be released as soon as practicable.

BIG welcomes our new Value Added Reseller for QLUETM, Binary Solutions. Based in Hong Kong, Binary Solutions’ team of experienced investigators and forensic consultants manage and conduct complex corporate investigations across the Asia Pacific Region.

SingularDTV — a blockchain entertainment studio laying the foundation for a decentralized entertainment industry — is now implementing our BitRank Verified® API into its platform as part of its robust compliance program to provide risk scoring for due diligence at initial investment as well as ongoing transaction monitoring.

BIG also engaged two strategic advisors — Manie Eagar and Daniel Sax — to assist in strategy development; to help with execution related to ongoing efforts to expand BIG’s international presence and to continue growing the Company’s market share; and to identify and review strategic and corporate opportunities. Manie Eagar is a digital currency entrepreneur and an internationally recognized thought leader and speaker on the latest ICO, cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology business models and trends. Daniel Sax is an entrepreneur, the Founder of Sauvage Capital, and an active investor in cryptocurrencies, utility tokens, security tokens and ICOs.

Meanwhile, key appointments in our sales and strategy team enabled us to attend and present at a significantly greater number of conferences, trade shows and private meetings with potential clients (see further details in the list below).

BIG’s President, Shone Anstey, and CEO, Lance Morginn, have attended and presented at various events over the past several months, receiving positive feedback and strong expressions of interest in the Company’s products and services. Networking activities included the LendIt FinTech event in San Francisco, two trade shows in Hong Kong, a presentation at the NAI 500 Global Chinese Financial Forum, attendance at the Crypto Valley Conference in Zug, Switzerland, and presenting at Webit.Festival Europe on the topic of Cryptocurrencies and Compliance: Enabling Regulators and Industry To Navigate Beyond Traditional Regulatory Requirements.

As the blockchain and cryptocurrency market continues to expand and accelerate, BIG is continuing to see more opportunities and partnerships take shape. With its comprehensive suite of tools and forensic services, BIG is well positioned to take advantage of this new era of digital currencies (see the list below for links to press releases from the past months).

Stock Option Grant

The Company announces that, pursuant to its stock option plan and subject to regulatory approval, it has granted 3,486,225 options to directors, officers, consultants and employees at an exercise price of $0.20 per common share. A total of 3,019,250 options have a 5-year term, with 1,135,000 vesting upon grant and the remaining 1,884,250 vesting over a period of 12 months. The remaining 466,975 options have a 1-year term, with 316,975 vesting upon grant and 150,000 vesting over the term. The securities represented by this grant will be subject to a four-month hold period.

BIG’s Recent Highlights

• Dec. 7, 2017: Former Special Agent Robert Whitaker appointed as Director of Forensics & Investigations to lead the charge on QLUE’s worldwide commercialization and implementation focused on the law enforcement sector
• Dec. 12, 2017: Tejinder Basi appointed as Director of Strategy & Corporate Development, with a particular focus on large entities in need of security around cryptocurrency
• Dec. 21, 2017: BIG announces two-stage strategy for working with law enforcement, finance and eCommerce sectors to investigate, track, and monitor illicit activity involving cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin
• Feb. 20, 2018: Partnership with Securrency, Inc to add BIG’s cryptocurrency verification product, BitRank Verified®, to Securrency’s FinTech/RegTech platform to increase transparency and legitimacy of transactions
• Feb. 22, 2018: 25+ year financial sector veteran, Teresa Anaya, appointed as Director of Financial Institution Strategy, targeting FinTech, RegTech and the compliance needs of the financial sector in general
• Feb. 27, 2018: BIG establishes strategic satellite office in Zug, Switzerland, to create a presence in the heart of Crypto Valley’s unprecedented collective of blockchain-related start-ups, entrepreneurs and specialized technical expertise
• Mar. 5, 2018: BIG retains KCSA Strategic Communications, a leading New York-based communications firm, to support the Company’s investor relations program
• Mar. 15, 2018: Reseller agreement with Hilltop Cybersecurity, Inc. wherein BIG receives a fee on transactions processed through Hilltop’s platform that utilizes BIG’s cryptocurrency verification and risk-scoring product, BitRank Verified®
• Apr. 4, 2018: Reseller agreement for the Japanese territory with distribution partner, Blockchain Next Corporation, to market BIG’s BitRank Verified®
• Apr. 17, 2018: BIG’s common shares obtain DTC eligible status (Depository Trust Company), allowing for a simplified and accelerated settlement process for investors trading BIG’s shares
• Apr. 23, 2018: Purchaser agreement with crypto financial services provider Coinme, Inc., wherein BIG will receive a fee on addresses checked by Coinme utilizing BIG’s BitRank Verified®
• Apr. 25, 2018: Reseller agreement with SHS VIVEON to integrate BIG’s BitRank Verified® service into its customer management platform to help assess client risk and provide enhanced virtual currency transaction transparency and confidence
• May 1, 2018: BIG engages ATB Financial in a pilot project that will enable ATB to evaluate BIG’s BitRank Verified® and the Company’s blockchain investigation security platform, QLUETM
• May 8, 2018: Official launch of BIG’s Forensic Services Division, filling a significant gap in the efforts of law enforcement and the finance sector to investigate, track, and monitor illicit activity involving cryptocurrencies
• May 10, 2018: BIG establishes operations in Washington D.C. as the Company ramps up its activities and strengthens its presence in the U.S. capital
• May 15, 2018: BIG comments on top emerging patterns in international cryptocurrency regulation development and offers policy recommendations
• May 24, 2018: BIG sponsors University of British Columbia mini-conference “The Future Of Blockchain Technology”
• May 30, 2018: BIG forms strategic partnership with Anti-Money Laundering experts, the AML Shop, to jointly deliver forensics services and act as distributor of BIG’s QLUETM product and forensic services
• May 31, 2018: BIG presents at the 8th Annual LD Micro Invitational on June 4th
• June 4, 2018: BIG forms partnership with global real estate investment platform, Reitium, to integrate BIG’s cryptocurrency transaction risk-scoring BitRank Verified® service
• June 21, 2018: BIG participates at Crypto Valley Conference in Zug, Switzerland, and presents at Webit.Festival Europe
• June 28, 2018: BIG signs full-suite client agreement with leading crypto exchange, Einstein Exchange
• July 17, 2018: BIG forms strategic alliance with mobile payment solutions leader, Glance Technologies Inc.
• August 2, 2018: BIG signs client, reseller & referral agreements with KYC/AML/CTF specialist, Data Zoo
• September 4, 2018: BIG signs risk-scoring client agreement with major cryptocurrency exchange creator, QUOINE

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