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BUILDING THE WORLD'S LEADING PRIVACY INVESTMENT VEHICLE - INVESTOR PRESENTATION January 2021 - Cypherpunk Holdings
BUILDING THE WORLD’S LEADING PRIVACY INVESTMENT VEHICLE
Presentation Subtitle 2020

                                Cypherpunk
                                Holdings Inc.
                                 CSE: HODL

                                 INVESTOR PRESENTATION
                                 January 2021

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BUILDING THE WORLD'S LEADING PRIVACY INVESTMENT VEHICLE - INVESTOR PRESENTATION January 2021 - Cypherpunk Holdings
Investor Presentation January 2021

                                              DISCLAIMER - CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING
                                                  FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This presentation 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 Company’s goal of making
investments in, crypto-currencies, digital currencies and assets, the blockchain, software and other sectors, financial information and enhancing
value. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans or objectives 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 and 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. 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.

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                EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

               Cypherpunk Holdings enables you to invest in
               Bitcoin (BTC) and Privacy Technology

               Cypherpunk Holdings is listed on the
               Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) under the
               ticker HODL

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                               MISSION

     VISION                                                 VALUES

                                NAV to
                              outperform
    To build the                Bitcoin                      Privacy
  world’s leading                                           Integrity
privacy investment                                        Transparency
      vehicle

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                                     OUR THESIS

                                                               Privacy Is Undervalued
                                                               It Has Been Mis-Priced By The Market

                                                               Attitudes Are Changing
                                                               Many Are Waking Up To Its Importance

OUR INVESTMENTS                                                Tech And Coins With Strong Privacy Will Have
Are Centred On The Thesis That In                              Strong Market Demand
The Coming Years, Privacy Will
Become One Of The Most                                         Privacy Is Economical Necessity For Fungibility For
Important Narratives In Technology                             Peer To Peer Payments

                                                               Public Awareness & Importance Of Privacy Increases
                                                               Furthering Demand, Many Will Pay Premium To Protect Their
                                                               Privacy

                                                               Privacy Is The Narrative Which Will Drive The Next
                                                               Bull Market In Tech

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                       WHY PRIVACY &
                       PRIVACY TECH

                       Protecting your privacy limits the scope others have to use
                       your info beyond the purpose for which it was supplied

                       Protecting your privacy protects you

                       New technologies, protocols, companies and coins are
                       emerging with the shared goal of protecting privacy

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          Technologies we invest in:

                               Password
                               Managers
                                                         Universal
           VPNs                                           Identity
                                                         Platforms
                                                                     Messaging
Wallets
                                                                      Security

                  AREAS OF FURTHER INTEREST:

                    NFTs - Non Fungible Tokens

                                  DeFi

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                                               Equity Strategy
That enhance overall privacy of the internet or enable
   further decentralisation of blockchain networks
                                                             We like early opportunities
                DELIVERING PRODUCTS
                                                                     EARLY STAGE
                       OR SERVICES

                                             MANAGEMENT                                        LIQUIDITY
                                      Management with proven track                    Ideally with clearly defined access
                                              records                                  to liquidity within 12-18 months

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             Fundraise: Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
                                          FUNDRAISING - DEC 2020/JAN 2021

                                      Subscription
                                                         $0.15 CAD            Per Unit
                                         Price

                                        Warrant          $0.25 CAD       Per Warrant

                                          Unit             1 Share + 1/2 Warrant

                                     Min Investment            $100k CAD

                                     Fund Raise of              $2m CAD

                                                                     Company’s Financials

                                                               Share Price               $0.19 CAD

                                                               Market Cap            $19.05m CAD

                                                              Outstanding
                                                                                          100.27m
                                                                Shares

                                                             Min Investment              $100k CAD

                                                              Fund Raise of              $2m CAD

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                                                                 TEAM

ANTANAS “TONY” GUOGA                       MOE ADHAM                                JON MATONIS                       VERONIKA OSWALD
       Director & CEO                      Director & CIO                    Director & Chief Economist             Director of Investor Relations
      A well-known investor,         An engineer and businessman                A monetary economist with a              Has as a diverse financial
businessperson, high stakes poker    with a passion for privacy and           particular focus on non-political       background including investor
player, and former member of the    number theory. A self-professed             digital currencies and privacy        relations in private and public
 European Parliament. His diverse     Cypherpunk, Moe first learnt            tech. His career includes senior             companies, corporate
 accomplishments include being      about bitcoin in 2010. In 2012 he        influential posts at VISA, VeriSign,         development and asset
     named as one of Politico        began mining in his free time,            Sumitomo Bank and Hushmail.           management. She is a partner in
  Magazine’s 28 people who are       while completing a Masters in             He was a founding director of            fintech and venture capital
   shaping, shaking and stirring    Nanotechnology at Swiss Federal                the Bitcoin Foundation.           investing, expanding innovative
          Europe in 2016.            Institute of Technology (EPFL).                                                   funds and finance platforms

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                Board of Directors and Officers
                   25+ years of experience as a senior executive, board member, and principal investor in public companies,
MARC HENDERSON
                   mostly in the resource sector. These include Minefinders, Lydian International, Treasury Metals, Laramide,
DIRECTOR           Midpoint, and most prominently Aquiline Resources, which was sold to Pan American Silver in 2009. Marc
                   holds an economics degree from the University of Colorado and is a CFA charterholder.

                   Previously director and chairman of Aquiline Resources, which was acquired in 2009 by Pan American
BLAISE YERLY       Silver; served until 2018 as director of Treasury Metals. Chairman of family holding company since 2008.
DIRECTOR           Active in public companies for past 20 years. Has run in parallel several private companies in domains
                   such as heavy equipment distribution, asset based finance & financial services.

                   CFO of Laramide Resources since 2006, also CFO of Treasury Metals. Held various senior financial
DENNIS GIBSON      positions for the past 30 years, including CFO of Aquiline Resources and Forrester Metals, which was
CFO                acquired by Zinc One. CPA, CGA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University.

                   Partner in Irwin Lowy LLP, focused on securities law and corporate finance law, including public and private
ERIC LOWY
                   equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, stock exchange listings etc. Serves on boards and
LEGAL
                   acts as corporate secretary to several public and private companies

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                               Why Invest in HODL

FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE           FAST GROWING SECTOR                       DEAL FLOW
                                                                          Unique network in cryptocurrency &
    Unique strategy, unique     Privacy is undervalued. The sector is     blockchain. Superior deal flow; sometimes
    opportunity. First-mover    destined to grow.                         preferential access to cryptocurrencies,
    advantage.                  This is early - the company is young.     equity deals and notes not generally
                                                                          available.

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                                          Our Edge

OUR STRUCTURE                             TEAM                                EXPOSURE

                                                                              Easy exposure, both retail and
Minimum overheads, minimal
                                            We have the ability to evaluate   institutional, to an obscure but
headcount & streamlined
                                            specialised deals                 exciting sector.
operations. Clean capital structure
                                                                              Direct exposure to cryptocurrencies

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                                     “Privacy is necessary
                                     for an open society
                                     in the electronic age.”
                                     Eric Hughes - Cypherpunks

                          INVESTMENT
                          PORTFOLIO

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EQUITY STAKE: WASABI WALLET

                             WASABI IS THE MARKET-LEADING, DESKTOP
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                             PRIVACY WALLET FOR BITCOIN.

                             It implements trustless coin shuffling with mathematically
                             provable anonymity, also known as Chaumian CoinJoin.

                             We are lead investor and own 4.5% of the company.
                             2019 revenues were 107btc with impressive growth,
                             roughly doubling from H1 to H2 (70 BTC in H2).

                             Rare for tech to be so profitable at such an early stage.

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EQUITY STAKE: SAMOURAI WALLET

                              THE MOST SECURE AND PRIVACY-CENTRIC
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                              BITCOIN WALLET CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR
                              MOBILES.
                              50,000+ users and already profitable.

                              Dev team were key players at blockchain.info
                              Groundbreaking tech includes Open Exploration Tool,
                              Whirlpool, Ricochet and Dojo. Revenue model is in-app
                              premium transactions. 15,000 premium transactions
                              during 2019. Revenue growth of 300+%

                              Also launched commercial partnership with nodl.it to
                              deliver Samourai-branded hardware. We are lead investor
                              and own 1.4%.

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EQUITY STAKE: CHIA

                        DEVELOPER OF A TRANSACTION
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                        PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE INTENDED TO
                        TRACK AND OPTIMISE BITCOIN TRANSACTIONS.

                        Founded by Bittorrent inventor, Bram Cohen, Chia has a
                        groundbreaking approach to building a decentralised
                        blockchain network: proof of space.

                        Chia released a test network in late 2019 with a full launch
                        planned for 2020.
                        USD$300K convertible note

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EQUITY STAKE: HYDRO66

                04        HYDRO66 (CSE:SIX) IS A DATACENTER, BASED
                          IN SWEDEN.
                          It provides IT infrastructure, cloud computing, and crypto
                          mining services, as well as running its own crypto mining
                          operations.

                          It has access to low cost energy, and is well-placed to
                          benefit from the Nordic cloud.
                          We have 4.4M shares and 5M warrants at CAD$0.75.

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Cryptocurrency Holding: Bitcoin

                               WE ARE THE 9TH LARGEST PUBLIC BITCOIN
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                               HOLDER*         *Source: https://bitcointreasuries.org

                               Bitcoin (BTC) is a digital currency, which is used and
                               distributed electronically.
                               Bitcoin is a decentralised peer-to-peer network. No single
                               institution or person controls it.
                               Bitcoins can’t be printed and their amount is very limited –
                               only 21 mln Bitcoins can ever be created.

    We are holding:
    276.48 BTC

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   We want to hear from you:
                                                  team@cypherpunkholdings.com

Toronto - Canada   London - United Kingdom        cypherpunkholdings.com

                                                      Cypherpunk Holdings Inc.

                                                      Tel: 1-416-599-8547

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