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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cathay Securities, Inc. is a private company based in New York, NY.

IMI Exchange, Inc. provides software solutions to integrate databases and applications. The company was founded by Brock Pierce, Alan Debonneville and Alice H. Muntz in 2004 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Lucrative Gaming, Inc. operates a gaming platform FlashGameLicense.com (FGL). It develops and sells games and game content to international buyers and distributors. Flash, HTML5, iOS, Android, and several other platforms are also accommodated. The company was founded by Chris Hughes and Adam Schroeder and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets.

Chongqing Yahu Information Development Co. Ltd. is an American online company that sells prepaid computer game time credit. The CEO of the private company is Tao Fan.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

MUFG Bank Ltd. provides financial and banking service. It offers syndicated and bilateral loans, project finance, corporate finance and advisory, public finance, leasing, and treasury management services. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Hubei Kaile Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Changsha Kaile Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. develops real estate properties and distributes construction materials. The private company is based in Changsha, China.

Spicy Horse is the largest Western AAA game development studio in China. Founded by a rag-tag collection of game industry vets, creative artists and adventure-seeking expats in late 2006. Spicy relies on a unique production model, strong culture, and interesting location to inspire and drive development of its game titles. Its production model utilizes local, outsourced content production (near-sourcing) to reduce turn-over and keep their studio headcount low. Only 'core development' groups exist within Spicy Horse - made up of designers, programmers, animators, producers, and concept artists. Large scale asset production is always handled externally. Its studio is actively engaged in development of content for a variety of platforms and markets.

Playsino, Inc. develops gaming software solutions. It offers gaming companies an effective and complete gaming platform which enables skill-based matchmaking, tournaments and points or cash competitions. The company was founded by Francisco Diaz-Mitoma and Brock Pierce in 2006 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

The Bitcoin Foundation, Inc. provides social services. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Peter J. Vessenes, Jon Matonis.

GoCoin Pte. Ltd. provides bitcoin payment processing services. Its payment gateway makes it easier for online and retail merchants to accept bitcoin as a payment method. The firm enables international merchants to reap the benefits of accepting Bitcoin, while taking away the perceived risk of accepting digital currency. The company was founded by William Edward Quigley, Kevin Beauregard, Steve Beauregard and Brock Pierce on July 4, 2013 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Glory Sky Group Ltd. provides traditional and online investment services to retail customers, corporate clients, funds, and financial institutions in Asia Pacific region. The firm also offers one-stop shop for local securities, foreign exchange, futures, and precious metals in markets located in New York, Europe, and Asia. It engages in the manufacturing and design of gold products, golden handicrafts, and jade products. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Tether.to operates as a blockchain-enabled platform. The private company is based in Santa Monica, CA. The company was founded by Reeve Collins and Brock Pierce.

EverTune offers a guitar bridge that keeps guitar instruments in tune regardless of the temperature, humidity, and other factors. The company was founded by Cosmos Lyles and Brock Pierce in 2009 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Noble Markets LLC operates a banking platform. The company was founded by John Betts, Chris Betz and Brock Pierce in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Phoenix Acquisition Ltd. operates as a blank check company. It engages in effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on July 14, 2021 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Fluidity Operations LLC provides blockchain technology services. The company was founded by Michael Oved and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Part of Star Choice Investments Ltd., Golden Bull USA, Inc. operates as a holding private company that engages in digital asset mining business and Ethereum staking activities. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Bryan Bullett. Golden Bull USA was acquired by Star Choice Investments Ltd. from Bit Digital, Inc. on March 16, 2022 for $0.0 million.

Kirobo Ltd. provides tutorials on how to use their FCT system, including features such as simulate swap and inheritance protection from frontrunner bots. The company is based in Kfar Yona, Israel and was founded by Yonatan Kagansky, Asaf Naim, Nati Mark Schlesinger, and Tal Asa. The Israeli company also offers software development outsourcing services and a smart contract platform that allows businesses to build their logic on the blockchain quickly and easily. Asaf Naim has been the CEO since incorporation.