U s e l o c a l t r a n s f e r s . T r a d e w o r l d w i d e .,Founder,Aurélien MENANT,Founder & CEO,Former investment banker:• Société Générale CIB, HK, acquisition finance• JPMorgan, London, M&A• BNP Paribas, Paris, Leveraged finance• CACIB, Paris, M&A,Founding member of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong,Gatecoin: regulated bitcoin exchange,Money Service Operator licensed,Currently serving Hong Kong and EuropeGlobal expansion plan with a strong focus on Asia,Two segments: •Speculation• Payment and remittance,What is bitcoin? Money over IP,Satoshi Nakamoto,2008,Open source value transfer protocol,DistributedP2P network,Math-based currency,Bitcoin features, Cheap, direct payments , Accessible, Decentralized, Non-reversible, Counterfeit resilient, Limited Supply,Bitcoin Trading Market,US$ 23 billion,>50% Increase,Both in bitcoins and volumes,Total bitcoin trading volume (BTC),Total bitcoin trading volume (USDbn),80,51,90,80,70,60,50,40,30,20,10,0,25,20,15,10,5,0,23,15,2013,2014,2013,2014,Bitcoin regulation,Permissive,Contentious,Hostile,Undefined,Source: Gatecoin market data, 25/10/2015,Financial institutions integrating digital currencies ,VCs and firms investing in bitcoin startups,Problem,Exchanges are the main entry point to the Bitcoin ecosystem, and they present major flaws,Exchanges,$,Ƀ,COUNTERPARTY RISK,The Bitcoin exchange counterparty risk,IT security risk,Compliance risk,Operational risk,Solution,IT security,Compliance,Operations,• Multisig cold storage•Secured platform• Database encryption,•,•,Strict AML-KYC policiesProper regulatory licensing,•,•,Transparent segregated bank accountsReconciliation processes,Gatecoin.com,Market Landscape,Bankingpartners,Multiple countries,1 country,None ,Unregulated,Regulated,Regulation,Our Differentiation,SECURED SOLUTION,• Multisig cold storage,• Database encryption,• Isolated back-end,UNRIVALLED EXPERTISE,UNIQUE BANKING PARTNERSHIPS,• 30 years banking experience,• Transparent segregated accounts,• Extensive network,• 40 countries,Our Business Model,Seller,Transaction,Buyer,Trading Fees,(0.05% - 2.0%),Pre-launch achievements,Geographical expansion plan,Timeline,May 2013,July 2013,May 2014,Nov 2014,Jan 2015,A.Menant full time on the project ,Registration,HK-MSO licensed,Banking agreement,Public release,2013 – 2014 Achievements,2013,2014,A. Menant Full-time,Company registration,Core design of the IT infrastructure,Post-launch achievements,Timeline,Jan 2015,July 2015,November 2015,Public release,Ethereum,Where we are,Advanced trading orders,Merchant solutions,Daily volumes(USDk) ,1,200,2,500 users and USD40M traded in 9 months,2,500,Users,1,000,800,600,400,200,0,HK hottest startups,Launch,1st OTC trade,Jan 15 Mar 15,Apr 15 May 15,Jun 15,Jul 15,Aug 15,Sep 15,2,000,1,500,1,000,500,0,Next steps,Geographical expansion plan,Timeline,November 2015,December 2015,January 2016,2016,Advanced trading orders,Leveraged products ,Where we are,Merchant solutions,Prepaid cards,BTCCNY,Trading,Digital stocks and commodities,Q3 2015 – 2016 Next steps, Closing funding round of HKD30m, Derivatives release, Advanced trading orders, Gatecoin Mastercard program,,,Leveraged product release,,Trading app,BTCCNY Currency pair,Core team and advisors,Business,IT ,William PIQUARD,Business DeveloperStrategy consultant XP,Khalid MAZOUZ,Compliance OfficerLawyer and CFO XP,Simon LEONG,Andres Aragoneses,CTO9-year XP,Senior Architect12-year XP,Xavier Delestrade,Inggrid Yonata,Business developer EUEx investment banker,PR & Communications Former NBC Anchor,Sumedha Saxena,Back end developer5 year experience,Roy Pun,Front end developer3 year XP,Advisors,Albert FRANCOIS,George POPESCU,Luis BELLVER,Jacques TEPE,J.M. MOGNETTI,Head of Electronic market making APAC,Partner at LunaCapVentures, Founder of Boston Technologies,Director Financial Institution Group at BNP Paribas,CIO Newedge,Director of GABI, the 1stBitcoin Hedge Fund,Summary and call to action, We have raised HKD5m so far, We are now raising HKD30m, Recruit additional staff Expend geographically across Asia Apply for a HKMA SVF license Apply for European licenses, We intend to close that round in December 2015,THANK YOU !,For more information:contact@gatecoin.com,
