HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 12 April 2024 - Today, IX Asia Indexes announced the 2024 1^st quarter review of ixCrypto Index ("IXCI"), ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes and ixCrypto Stablecoin Index (IXSCI). The constituent changes will be effective on 19^th April, 2024 (Friday). The results of the constituent review and exchange review are as follows: 1. Constituent Review – ixCrypto Index Series1.1 ixCrypto Index The number of constituents cryptos will decrease to 23 constituents with 2 additions and 4 deletions. Additions

1. Toncoin
2. Internet Computer

Deletions

1. Monero
2. Hedera
3. Lido DAO
4. VeChain

After the change, the free float adjusted market capitalization coverage is 80.94%*, while the 90-day-average volume is 73.25%* (excluding stable coin which has 6.48% market capitalization coverage). The constituents change above and recapping at 40% will be effective on 19 April 2024 (Friday). Since the last review, there has been an increase in the crypto total market capitalization from USD1.37tn to USD2.03tn (+48.05%)^#, and an increase in the daily volume from USD52bn to USD89bn(+70.97%)^#. Bitcoin remains as the largest crypto in the constituent list, with its price has gone up by 65.20% since the last review. 1.2 ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes There's no constituent change to ixCrypto 5 EW Index ("IXEW5") and ixCrypto 5 SR Index ("IXSR5"). Addition No addition Deletion No deletion The following constituent changes will be made to ixCrypto 10 EW Index ("IXEW10") and ixCrypto 10 SR Index ("IXSR10"). Addition

1. Polkadot

Deletion

1. Polygon

There's no constituent change to ixCrypto Altcoin 10 EW Index ("IXAEW5") and ixCrypto Altcoin 10 SR Index ("IXASR10"). Addition No addition Deletion No deletion 1.3 ixCrypto Stablecoin Index The number of constituent cryptos will decrease to 3 with no additions and 2 deletions. Stablecoin comprises 6.64% of the total crypto universe, and ixCrypto Stablecoin Index covers around 97.48% of the 90-day average market capitalization in stablecoin universe. Addition No addition Deletions 1. True USD 2. BUSD 2. Exchange Review As a result of exchange review, the selected 10 exchanges to generate each of the fair average prices for the constituents are as follows: Selected Exchanges

1. Binance
2. Upbit
3. Bitrue
4. DigiFinex
5. Coinbase Exchange
6. Huobi Global
7. OKX
8. P2PB2B (New)
9. Gate.io (New)
10. BitMart

For more details about our exchange selection criteria, please email info@ix-index.com More details about the ixCrypto index, including their constituents, constituents' weight are provided in the Appendices, or refer to the website https://ix-index.com/*Exclude stable coins and exchange coins (based on conflict of interest rule methodology effective Oct 2, 2020)#As of 31 March 2024, based on past 90 days averageAppendix 1ixCrypto Index ("IXCI")

Universe	All crypto coins traded in at least two different exchanges around the world
Selection Criteria	Cryptocurrencies ranking in the top 80% of cumulative full market capitalization ("MC") coverage and within an acceptable range in accordance with the Volume Buffer Rule in terms of 90-day average trading volume
Number of Constituents	Variable/23 in Q1 2024
Launch Date	12th December 2018
Base Date	3rd December 2018
Base Value	1,000
Reconstitution Rule	If the coverage is below 75% or any of constituents is not within an acceptable range in accordance with the Volume Buffer Rule in terms of 90-day average trading volume, IXCI will be reconstituted to bring MC coverage back and do liquidity screening.
Reconstitution and Rebalancing Frequency	Quarterly and with a fast entry rule
Weighting Methodology	Free float adjusted market capitalization weighted with a cap of 40%
Currency	US Dollar
Dissemination	Every 5 seconds for 24x7
Website	https://ix-index.com/

Appendix 2 Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Index

Crypto	90-day-average- Market Cap	90-day-average-volume *	Cut-off Price	Cumulative Market Coverage before Cap	Weighting (%) After 40% Cap#
1	Bitcoin	$1,369,892,136,469	$17,130,241,883	$69,645.31	51.63%	40.00%
2	Ethereum	$421,201,618,786	$9,389,066,783	$3,507.94	68.87%	33.16%
3	Solana	$86,381,585,800	$2,999,311,846	$194.39	71.52%...