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Zero Hash Secures Virtual Asset Service Provider Registrations in both the Netherlands and Poland

Zero Hash establishes licensed on-shore presence in European Union and prepares for MiCAR licensing

AMSTERDAM, March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zero Hash, the leading infrastructure for crypto and stablecoins, today announced that its Dutch and Polish subsidiaries have successfully received registrations as Virtual Asset Service Providers (“VASP”). Zero Hash Europe B.V. received its VASP approval from the Dutch Central Bank and Zero Hash Europe Sp. Zoo was authorized by the Tax Administration Chamber of Poland.

The VASP registrations deepen Zero Hash’s global regulatory stack which already includes licenses and registrations in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Zero Hash is the world’s leading infrastructure provider for crypto assets and stablecoins, powering groups including Stripe, Shift4 and Interactive Brokers.

Zero Hash has established a local European team and on-shore presence, including compliance staff, in the Netherlands. Leveraging its European registered entities, Zero Hash plans on receiving the necessary MiCAR license to continue to service over 740m Europeans. Beginning December 30, 2024, MiCAR licensed entities will be able to leverage a harmonized regulatory framework by passporting their licenses across the European Union.

“As a compliance-first company, trust is at the heart of how Zero Hash operates. We are pleased to expand our regulatory footprint in the European Union with our Dutch and Polish entities’ VASP registrations,” said Stephen Gardner, Chief Legal Officer of Zero Hash. “Our VASP registrations in the EU provide the platform to leverage the upcoming harmonized MiCAR framework, which we believe places the EU as one of the forefronts of the global ecosystem.”

“Partners choose us for our regulated, proven and flexible API and SDK infrastructure. Our registrations reinforce Zero Hash’s position as the leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure. Businesses who want to offer digital assets and stablecoins leverage Zero Hash as the one-stop global infrastructure solution, with the ability to integrate once and secure global access,” said Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO of Zero Hash.

Alchemy Pay partners with Zero Hash for a seamless crypto on-ramp, including ACH payment rails

CHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zero Hash, the leading crypto infrastructure platform, today announced that Alchemy Pay is leveraging Zero Hash’s full-stack technical and regulatory API to enable their users to purchase digital assets quickly, compliantly and securely. Alchemy Pay is also leveraging Zero Hash’s Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments solution.

Alchemy Pay supports fiat-to-crypto purchases from 173 countries, delivering global reach with 50+ fiat currencies supported and access to an extensive array of 300+ global and local payment channels. Alchemy Pay has quickly become one of the leading platforms for leading web3 businesses that want to connect to local fiat payment rails to provide a fast and seamless on and off-ramp experience.

By natively embedding Zero Hash’s crypto infrastructure, Alchemy Pay has control over the customer experience. Through APIs, Zero Hash manages the identity verification of users, the fiat-crypto conversion and ACH on-ramping rails.. Leveraging Zero Hash’s expansive regulatory stack, Alchemy Pay has unlocked compliant access to 51 US jurisdictions.

“Our expansion of services and licensing in the USA has been facilitated by Zero Hash’s licensing and technology stack,” commented Alchemy Pay Ecosystem Lead, Robert McCracken. “Zero Hash’s full stack crypto infrastructure provides our US ramp users with the ability to use domestic ACH transactions for speed, efficiency, and security when purchasing digital assets.”

“Zero Hash aligns with Alchemy Pay’s mission to connect the fiat and crypto economies,” said Mark Daly, SVP Head of Global Revenue at Zero Hash. “Leading web3 infrastructure companies, like Alchemy Pay, partner with Zero Hash because of our high throughput technology to process transactions at scale and our expansive regulatory licensing, enabling a fast and compliant go to market launch.”

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Zero Hash joins United Bitcoin Companies Netherlands (VBNL) to promote trust, reliability, and best practices for the Netherlands crypto market

Zero Hash will partner with VBNL to advocate for fair and responsible regulation of crypto

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zero Hash, the leading global crypto infrastructure platform, today announced that it has joined VBNL, the Netherlands’ leading trade association for crypto and digital asset industry, established to promote higher standards of conduct.

Zero Hash looks forward to bringing its experience of adhering to the highest standards with regulators in the U.S to the Netherlands community while joining forces to build trusted bridges between members, industry participants, regulators, and policymakers.

“We believe uniting Zero Hash’s voice with the members of VBNL provides the best forum to achieve the right regulatory outcomes for the Netherlands and, more broadly, the EU crypto economy,” said Célie Verstelle, EU Non-Executive Director at Zero Hash and ex Chief Compliance Officer at Mollie. “We look forward to collaborating with the VBNL community on how we can collectively adhere to new MiCA regulations and move the EU towards greater harmonization of crypto standards.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Zero Hash as a member and a dedicated contributor to VBNL and the Netherlands’ crypto community,” expressed Bert de Groot, President at VBNL. “Zero Hash shares a common DNA and commitment to advancing standards and promoting trust within the crypto industry. Together, we look forward to fostering fair and responsible regulations that safeguard customers without impeding innovation.”

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Tap, the all-in-one crypto app launches crypto on-and-off ramp in the U.S. in partnership with Zero Hash

CHICAGO, Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zero Hash, the leading crypto infrastructure platform, today announced that Tap, the regulated cryptocurrency app bridging the gap between traditional finance and blockchain technology has leveraged Zero Hash’s full-stack API to expand into the U.S.

Tap has built a significant waiting list in the U.S. and through the partnership with Zero Hash can now offer these customers a sophisticated and flexible crypto on-and-off-ramp experience, with access to 24 digital assets, including BTC, ETH, XRP and USDC.

Tap can facilitate P2P transfers, deposit crypto from an external wallet, withdraw crypto to an external wallet, crypto swaps and crypto rewards, using Zero Hash’s building blocks of liquidity, custody, and settlement. The crypto on-and-off-ramp front end customer experience is controlled by Tap, with Zero Hash managing the technical infrastructure and providing its regulated liquidity, custody, and settlement services.

“Tap has built a reputation in Europe as a safe, secure, and reliable platform for users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies. Zero Hash’s technology and high regulatory standards made them the perfect partner for us to build the same reputation in the U.S. market,” said Arsen Torosian, Chief Strategy Officer, Tap. “Our mission is to provide customers with the freedom to control their crypto assets, Zero Hash’s flexible and modular platform enables us to deliver on this promise.”

Tap is available in 45 countries and has amassed over 200k users. Its’ customers benefit from a sophisticated money app that grants global access to investing and democratized access to finance, all designed to revolutionize how customers manage their money and trade.

As part of the partnership with Zero Hash, Tap will launch a fiat-to-crypto on-and-off-ramp later in 2023. Tap’s customers will in due course be able to buy and sell crypto via ACH bank transfers. Customer trades will be enabled by Zero Hash’s bank account linking, funding and ACH transfers functionality.

“Tap has established itself as a leading money app in Europe, onboarding hundreds of thousands of users to the crypto economy,” said Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO, Zero Hash. “We are pleased that Tap has chosen to partner with Zero Hash for their expansion to the U.S., reinforcing our position as the most trusted and sophisticated B2B2C crypto-as-a-service infrastructure for global innovators.”

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Zero Hash is a founding infrastructure partner for Universal Money Addresses

Zero Hash will facilitate access to Universal Money Addresses (UMAs) to send money instantly and settle via the Lightning Network — a step forward for international payments and money transfers

CHICAGO, Oct. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Zero Hash, the leading crypto infrastructure platform, announced it is a founding infrastructure partner of Universal Money Addresses (UMAs). The Universal Money Address (UMA) standard is a new open-source standard. It combines human-readable Lightning Addresses with real-time, global payment rails to make sending money, fiat or crypto as easy as sending an email.

This is a step forward for international payments and money transfers. UMA is just like e-mail, but for money. Zero Hash will provide its trusted and sophisticated crypto infrastructure to enable companies to embed UMAs into their customer experience, offering near real-time, low-cost, cross-border payment rails for their users.

Zero Hash’s full stack API provides regulated liquidity, custody and settlement to enable end users to onramp to UMA seamlessly and compliantly.

“We’re excited to bring Universal Money Addresses to our customers,” said Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO of Zero Hash. “Zero Hash has been an innovator in building crypto infrastructure that enables any platform to embed crypto products natively and control their customers’ experience. Being invited as a founding infrastructure partner to UMA, is further validation of Zero Hash’s trusted and innovative capabilities in the crypto-as-a-service category.”

“Zero Hash has proven capabilities and will play a vital role in simplifying the journey for users to onramp to UMA to experience the transformational benefits of 24/7, near real-time instant money movement worldwide,” said David Marcus, Co-Founder and CEO of Lightspark.

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Shift4 partners with Zero Hash to build a one stop fiat and crypto solution

Zero Hash provides Shift4 with best-in-class crypto on-ramp infrastructure to safely and compliantly onboard users

CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zero Hash, the leading crypto infrastructure platform, today announced that Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), an Integrated Payments and Commerce Technology platform, has leveraged Zero Hash’s full-stack API to build a fiat-to-crypto on-ramp for web3 merchants.

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Fragmentation of products and providers for web3 merchants has created approval rate challenges and high fees. Shift4 partnered with Zero Hash to build a best-in-class crypto on-ramp, including customer identity verification, liquidity, custody and settlement. By integrating Zero Hash’s crypto infrastructure into Shift4’s fiat payments infrastructure, Shift4 can now provide a one stop fiat and crypto solution for web3 merchants.

“We needed a trusted partner to enhance our onboarding process for crypto merchants. After evaluating all available solutions, we determined that Zero Hash was the right fit for us in terms of their leading expertise, pace of innovation, and overall capabilities,” said Pietro Moran, Director of Crypto of Shift4. “Zero Hash’s end-to-end turnkey crypto infrastructure enables Shift4 to power crypto merchants globally with best in class fees and authorization rates and a product that just works.”

“Shift4 is a leader in offering reliable and trusted traditional payments infrastructure for merchants globally. Zero Hash believes embedding crypto infrastructure into trusted brands like Shift4 will be essential to ushering in the next wave of adoption and unlocking utility for web3 merchants,” said Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO of Zero Hash. “We’re delighted Shift4, a publicly traded company, has partnered with Zero Hash. It’s further validation that global innovators trust Zero Hash with their critical crypto infrastructure.”

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Interactive Brokers Collaborates with Zero Hash to Enhance Crypto Trading

Zero Hash, the leading crypto infrastructure platform, today announced that Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, is leveraging Zero Hash’s full-stack API to offer an additional crypto trading and custody provider. Select types of customers, who are newly enrolling for crypto trading access, will utilize the crypto trading platform and custody services provided by Zero Hash. IBKR was also an investor in Zero Hash’s 2021 Series D fundraise.

“Interactive Brokers has always focused on providing experienced traders and institutional investors with advanced technology, competitive pricing and a wide range of global products,” said Milan Galik, Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Brokers. “Since 2021, clients of Interactive Brokers have been able to trade cryptocurrency alongside the many other asset classes we offer, and the collaboration with Zero Hash underscores our dedication to providing clients the ability to seamlessly allocate part of their portfolio to cryptocurrency.”

Zero Hash’s solution enables IBKR customers to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin through an account they open with Zero Hash. Zero Hash provides IBKR clients access to robust liquidity, crypto custody and market data. Zero Hash manages the complexity of custody, liquidity and licensing of digital assets while IBKR manages the client interaction. IBKR is a Nasdaq-listed, leading trading platform for individual and institutional investors, that lets clients trade stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds, crypto and more on 150 markets worldwide. IBKR is one of the largest online trading brokerages with $377 billion in assets under custody and now offers access to one of the most complete crypto trading experiences to eligible clients.

“IBKR was one of the leading FinTechs before the term even existed, having been founded in the 1970s and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world,” said Edward Woodford, Zero Hash Founder and CEO. “We are pleased that IBKR became a shareholder and partner, cementing Zero Hash as the most trusted and sophisticated B2B2C crypto-as-a-service infrastructure.”

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Zero Hash Australia joins Blockchain Australia as a digital currency exchange member

CHICAGO, May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blockchain Australia announced the joining of a new member, Zero Hash Australia, the one stop global crypto-as-a-service provider. By securing this membership and becoming an active member of Blockchain Australia, Zero Hash Australia, who registered with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (“AUSTRAC”) as a Digital Currency Exchange provider (“DCE”) in 2022, further demonstrates their ongoing commitment to advancing the crypto industry in Australia.

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Zero Hash establishes UK entity and appoints Laura Navaratnam and Keith Grose as Non Executive Directors

Navaratnam and Grose bring a wealth of regulatory and commercial experience to support Zero Hash UK as part of its international expansion

Full press release here: https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/02/07/2602651/0/en/Zero-Hash-establishes-UK-entity-and-appoints-Laura-Navaratnam-and-Keith-Grose-as-Non-Executive-Directors.html

Zero Hash expands further in APAC by securing its registration in New Zealand

Zero Hash Australia successfully registers as a Financial Services Provider (FSP) in New Zealand

Full press release here: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/02/13/2606695/0/en/Zero-Hash-expands-further-in-APAC-by-securing-its-registration-in-New-Zealand.html