What you need to know about us

Blockchain – is one of the largest technological innovations, changing the face of our society. Today the entire financial infrastructure is being rebuilt from scratch on the basis of blockchain technology. An asset stored on blockchain cannot be changed or manipulated. But it can be fractionalized and traded globally. The P2P nature of transfer - enables instant settlement, at the fraction of cost of traditional financial system. The result - a new highly efficient, low-cost financial system, open and accessible to everyone, including the 1,7 billion unbanked.

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That’s why the crypto industry with its 200 million users, is now at an inflection point. That’why crypto market capitalization reached 2.7 trillion today, up from just one 1 billion 7 years ago. That’s why crypto trading volumes will reach 12 trillion USD this year. At this growth rate (170% p.a.) crypto will be the size of all the worlds technology stocks, 20 trillion USD in several years time. So the time to act is now!

It is a unique point in time, when on one hand you have exponential growth in this industry and on the other there is limited competition. Why? Because ninety nine percent of banks do not or can not offer crypto. So rapid growth combined with limited competition – this is the window of opportunity we embrace.

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ABOUT SMART VALOR

SMART VALOR was founded in 2017 in Switzerland, one of the worldwide largest hubs for blockchain technology. We became the first digital asset exchange in the region. Today we are established as a technology leader.

This has been recognised by both the Swiss government, who selected us for an Innovation Grant and by Forbes who nominated us as one of Europe’s ten most exciting technology businesses. Our management team is recognised as one of the leading team in the industry - highly experienced in crypto technology, regulation and the financial sector and backed by well-known Swiss and international investors.

What SMART VALOR does

We serve two group of customers: retail users (B2C) and financial institutions (B2B). Retail customers use us to buy and sell digital assets, but also trade and store them in a secure and compliant way. Today we offer 120 trading pairs focused on decentralized finance, blockchain protocols and cryptocurrencies.

Our users come from over 130 countries and are growing rapidly, so transaction volumes have increased more than 5,000% in the last year. On the B2B side, we enable banks and fintech’s to offer digital assets to their customers. Banks today do not have the capability to do this themselves. But by partnering with SMART VALOR, they can:

• reduce their time-to-market from two year down to sixty days
• reduce the investment costs from 10 million dollars, to zero, and
• leave the regulatory authorization and operational expertise to us.

SMART VALOR Competitive advantage

In terms of competitive advantage, SMART VALOR stands out with its

1. ??Technology leadership
2. Regulatory expertise
3. Synergetic Business model and
4. Capital efficiency

#1 Technology Leadership. Crypto is a complex technology. For different groups of our users we have build everything from a simple buy and sell interface to the advanced trading with open API. The ultra-high-performance exchange engine is capable of settling one million?orders per second. Our technology allows our customers to tap into the global liquidity pools. 24/7, 365 days a year. Crypto never sleeps.

To ensure the safely of our clients digital assets, we operate an enterprise-grade storage solution, In partnership with global leaders in the security space. ?

As a crypto-native company, we constantly innovate and lead the way with new services. For example, on behalf of our customers, we run nodes in distributed networks, validating transactions and securing the blockchain. Recently we launched a beta version of the NFT marketplace, VALOR Prime. Currently, we are rolling out services connected to liquidity mining on decentralized exchanges and lending protocols.

#2 Our second competitive advantage is our leadership in the regulatory space. SMART VALOR was one of the first companies to receive a financial intermediary license in Switzerland back in 2018. Last year the Financial Market Authority of Liechtenstein gave Smart Valor one of the first exchange and custodian authorization under the new blockchain act, one of the most advanced regulatory frameworks in Europe.

During the last 7 years we have been consulting governments and regulators, leading the conversation at the highest political level. We have passed 5 compliance audits since 2018 and proved that we operate in accordance with regulatory requirements.

We consider regulation our competitive advantage, because it creates trust for our customers. And trust is especially important in such an early-stage industry such as crypto.

#3 Our third competitive advantage is our unique Business Model, loaded with synergies. Our go-to-market strategy is based on two pillars: B2C and B2B business. We are leveraging the same technology and products for both channels - our retail investors and financial institutions.

The combination of highly scalable technology, expanding asset space and customers on both B2C and B2B side create a powerful fly wheel, driving the growth of our business. The more new products we add, the more retail users come to use it, the more attractive this offer becomes to financial institutions.

#4 The forth competitive advantage is our Capital efficiency. Most companies with technology based, scale-oriented business model invest heavily in infrastructure and have losses and low revenues at the beginning of their journey.

SMART VALOR stands out as a highly capital efficient company. We managed to deliver positive operating profit in every year since inception. The operating profit margin reached 36% this year. And our revenues grew by 730% in the first half of this year in comparison to 2020. The important point is that going further, this business does not need much capital: the core technology stack is build and its highly scalable.

As one of co-founders of SMART VALOR, I am very proud of what we have achieved in such a short time. The blockchain technology, being one of the key building blocks on our way to metaverse, will play a significant role. And will we.