ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

26 February 2015

Significant Increase in Global Bitcoin Transactions, Capital Investment and Merchant Adoption in 2014

Emerging digital payments company Digital CC Limited (trading as digitalBTC, ASX: DCC) is pleased to report that recent market statistics have confirmed the significant growth in volume of transactions, sector investment and broader merchant adoption during 2014 across the digital currency eco-system.
Key statistics1 detailing this exponential global growth phase for Bitcoin during 2014 include:

o Bitcoin trading volume increased 57% in 2014 to US$23b, from US$15b in 2013; o Increase of 342% to US$335m of venture capital investment in Bitcoin in 2014; o Global merchants accepting Bitcoin now include:

PayPal, Microsoft, Dell, Expedia, Webjet and Dish

o User wallets increased 149% in 2014 to 7.95 million compared to 3.19 million in 2013;

o The US is the main market for bitcoin transactions while the UK, Germany and the

Netherlands were the top European countries

o Merchants accepting the digital currency increased to a record 100,000

In early February Webjet, Australia & New Zealand's leading online travel agency, also announced the introduction of digital currency Bitcoin as a payment method on its website. Webjet is now the first online travel agency in Australia to accept digital currencies. CEO of Webjet Exclusives Paul Ryan said the company had more new payment methods in the pipeline in the realm of mobile wallets.
digitalBTC sees these developments as further evidence of the continued growth and uptake of digital currency payment methods in Australia and beyond, and the potential of the underlying technology. The Company will soon launch its first FinTech product, digitalX Mintsy (https://www.mintsy.co/), to provide users with the tools to support digital currencies.
For more information please see following page or click on this link http://digitalbtc.com/bitcoin-in-review-2014-infographic/
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For further information, please contact:

digitalBTC

Zhenya Tsvetnenko Executive Chairman Tel: +61 8 9389 2000
Alex Karis
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +1 (617) 544-3150 (x) 1010

Media

Shane Murphy, FTI Consulting
Direct: +61 8 9485 8804
Mobile: +61 420 945 291
Email: shane.murphy@fticonsulting.com
Skype: shane.murphy999

1 Sources: Coindesk "State of Bitcoin 2015" Report and Bitpay

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