BITFIRE GROUP (01611): Significant growth achieved in core digital asset management and trading businesses

BITFIRE GROUP (01611) announces that, as of September 30, 2026, the Group's core digital asset management and trading businesses have achieved significant growth. The key operating data currently disclosed regarding assets under management (AUM), trading volume, and number of clients are as follows: The Group conducts its asset management business (Asset Management) through Bitfire Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited (Bitfire Asset Management, a limited company incorporated in Hong Kong that may carry on Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 4 (advising on securities), and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Ordinance, Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and Bitfire Quantum Ltd. (a limited company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and registered as an approved manager with the Financial Services Commission under the British Virgin Islands Investment Business (Approved Managers) Regulations). As of September 30, 2026, the Group's digital asset AUM reached approximately US$221 million. Compared with June 30, 2026, this represents a quarter-on-quarter increase of approximately 60.1% (as of March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2026, the Group's digital asset management AUM was approximately US$85 million and approximately US$138 million, respectively). The Group provides off-market virtual asset trading services through Bitfire Asset Management and Bitfire Trust Company Limited (a company incorporated in Hong Kong, registered as a trust company under section 78(1) of the Trustee Ordinance, Chapter 29 of the Laws of Hong Kong, and issued a certificate of registration by the Registrar of Companies), and conducts virtual asset trading on crypto asset exchanges (Crypto Asset Trading). For the month ended September 30, 2026, the Group's crypto asset trading volume reached approximately US$117 million. For the three months ended September 30, 2026, the Group's crypto asset trading volume reached approximately US$342 million. Compared with the three months ended June 30, 2026, this represents a quarter-on-quarter increase of approximately 362.2% (for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Group's crypto asset trading volume was approximately US$124 million and approximately US$74 million, respectively). As of September 30, 2026, the number of clients of the Group's asset management and crypto asset trading businesses reached 1,058. The Group's Japan-compliant digital asset exchange BitTrade Inc. (BitTrade) focuses on the crypto asset trading business, including automated crypto asset trading, crypto asset listing, and crypto asset wallet-related services. As of September 30, 2026, the total assets under BitTrade's custody and assets in client wealth management amounted to approximately US$113 million, with registered users reaching 306,358.