Global Blockchain Mining Corp.
Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. Joins Hyperledger Foundation, Partners with Wachsman PR
DGAP-News: Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. / Key word(s): Miscellaneous Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 1, 2017) – GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (TSXV: BLOC) (FSE: BWSP) (OTC Pink: BLKCF) (‘GBT’ or the ‘Company’) announces today two new alliances that add to the increasingly global scope that the company has planned. First, it has joined the Hyperledger Foundation, an open-source collaborative effort to create enterprise-level, cross-industry blockchain technologies. In addition, Global Blockchain Technologies has established a strategic partnership with Wachsman PR, the world’s largest public relations firm specializing in the blockchain industry. These partnerships will provide GBT with guidance on blockchain development and media relations. Global Blockchain Technologies Corp.’s addition to the Hyperledger Foundation represents an important step forward in its plan to build a team and community comprised of the best developers in the Hyperledger, Stellar, Graphene, NEO, and Ethereum ecosystems. The Hyperledger Foundation works with some of the world’s most important brands, including Airbus, American Express, Baidu, CISCO, Daimler, NEC, IBM, and many more, providing Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. with a valuable knowledge base for future investments. Powered by the non-profit Linux Foundation, the Hyperledger Foundation is a collaborative software development platform that engages some of the top blockchain consultants such as R3, Digital Asset in efforts designed to facilitate the mainstream commercial use of blockchain technologies. Based in New York and Dublin, Wachsman PR is the largest public relations firm specializing in media relations and strategic brand development for digital currency and blockchain-based companies. Since its inception in 2015, Wachsman has crafted and led public relations campaigns for more than 50 of the most successful and innovative companies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency spaces, including Steemit, Lisk, Kik,, Agentic Group, and Kraken. Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. CEO Rik Willard said: ‘We are proud to establish these critical relationships with the Hyperledger Foundation and Wachsman PR. As a new entrant in the space led by seasoned veterans from various areas of the blockchain industry, we will remain open and eager to explore and enhance our understanding of a variety of distributed platforms. We feel that there is room for multiple decentralized and distributed solutions, so we are very excited by the opportunity to work with the Hyperledger Foundation, which offers a diverse set of software options for enterprise applications. Additionally, our collaboration with Wachsman PR will allow us to better engineer the growth of prominent blockchain startups and allow GBTC to effectively communicate its mission to promote some of the world’s most promising companies in this rapidly-developing space.’ Wachsman PR CEO and Founder David Wachsman said: ‘Wachsman PR is thrilled to be working with Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. Its team has demonstrated continuous dedication to the innovation and development of blockchain since its early days. The need for educated investors in the space who are willing support early-stage blockchain companies will only multiply, and GBTC has proven itself to be a committed advocate of such startups.’ ———————————————————————— Global Blockchain Technologies CEO Rik Willard is available for interview. For more information, please contact info@globalblockchain.io About Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. is an investment company providing investors access to a basket of holdings within the blockchain space, managed by a team of industry pioneers and early adopters of all major cryptocurrencies. GBT is focused on streamlining the current arduous, lengthy and complicated process that interested investors need to undergo in order to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency space with a view to becoming the first vertically integrated originator and manager of top-tier blockchains and digital currencies. GBT is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and its common shares trade under the ticker symbol ‘BLOC.’ Other information relating to GBT is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com as well as on the Company’s website at www.globalblockchain.io. On behalf of: Shidan Gouran Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information This news release contains ‘forward-looking information’ within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Generally, any statements that are not historical facts may contain forward-looking information, and forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as ‘plans’, ‘expects’ or ‘does not expect’, ‘is expected’, ‘budget’, ‘scheduled’, ‘estimates’, ‘forecasts’, ‘intends’, ‘anticipates’ or ‘does not anticipate’, or ‘believes’, or variations of such words and phrases or indicates that certain actions, events or results ‘may’, ‘could’, ‘would’, ‘might’ or ‘will be’ taken, ‘occur’ or ‘be achieved’. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to the impact of the appointments on the Company, the Company’s projected asset allocations; business strategy and investment criteria; the timing for implementation of financial auditing and corporate governance standards applicable to cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (‘ICO’s’); the rate of cryptocurrency adoption and the resultant effect on the growth of the global cryptocurrency market capitalization. The Company has no assets and its business plan is purely conceptual in nature and there is no assurance that it will be implemented as set out herein, or at all. Forward-looking information is based on certain factors and assumptions the Company believes to be reasonable at the time such statements are made, including but not limited to: statements and expectations regarding the ability of the Company to (i) successfully engage senior management with appropriate industry experience and expertise, (ii) gain access to and acquire a basket of cryptocurrency assets and pre-ICO and ICO financings on favourable terms or at all, (iii) successfully create its own tokens and ICO’s, and (iv) execute on future M&A opportunities in the cryptocurrency space; receipt of required regulatory approvals; the availability of necessary financing; permitting and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: risks related to changes in cryptocurrency prices; the estimation of personnel and operating costs; general global markets and economic conditions; risks associated with uninsurable risks; risks associated with currency fluctuations; competition faced in securing experienced personnel with appropriate industry experience and expertise; risks associated with changes in the financial auditing and corporate governance standards applicable to cryptocurrencies and ICO’s; risks related to potential conflicts of interest; the reliance on key personnel; financing, capitalization and liquidity risks including the risk that the financing necessary to fund continued development of the Company’s business plan may not be available on satisfactory terms, or at all; the risk of potential dilution through the issuance of additional common shares of the Company; the risk of litigation. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information set out in this presentation, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by law. Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Language: | English |
Company: | Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. |
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ISIN: | CA37958L1076 |
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