Seven Stars Cloud Announces New JV, Red Coin Chain, Ltd.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSC) ("SSC" or the "Company"), today announced an agreement to establish a Joint Venture ("JV"), Red Coin Chain, Ltd. ("Red Coin"). SSC will be a 60% owner of the JV.

Mr. Jitter Xu, a world leader in the initial coin offering (ICO) space and the former blockchain chief of Alibaba's, Ant Financial, as well as, Mr. Deng Di, the chairman of Taiyiyun (the leading blockchain-based fintech company in China), will both be parties to the JV in addition to joining management.  A number of other experienced blockchain technology and operations experts will also be joining the management team and will be named at a later date.

Red Coin will operate and focus on SSC's 2^nd Engine, the Digital Asset Tokenization & Exchange Platform, specifically Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and asset-backed financial derivatives.  What will set Red Coin's business apart is that it will be FINRA and SEC-regulated, it will be enhanced through AI + blockchain capabilities and finally, all asset-backed financial derivatives will be backed by real assets   from industries that are partners and users of our 1^st Engine, VPaaS.  These industries include but are not limited to: energy (Ocasia Partnership), cross-border trade, consumer electronics (Wide Angle Group and China Electronic Chamber of Commerce Partnership), big commodities (Beijing Urban Construction Holding Materials Industry Co. Partnership).

About Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc. (http://corporate.sevenstarscloud.com/)

Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSC) is aiming to be a leading Intelligent Industrial internet (3I) platform, creating a simplified fintech-powered, supply chain solution for commercial enterprises.  There are 2 Engines that drive our business platform: 1. VPaaS - Supply Chain Management for key industry sectors and leaders including but not limited to Big Commodities, Cross-Border Trade, Consumer Electronics & Energy; 2. Digital Finance Solutions - Supply Chain Finance underwritten by our Global Cornerstone Funds and Tokenization and Exchange Platforms, which include FINRA and SEC-regulated: Index Exchanges, Initial Coin Offering / Tokenization, ETFs and Derivatives.  Both Engines and their various arms will run on 'BASE' technology and infrastructure (Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain & Exchanges) to power a closed trade ecosystem for buyers and sellers designed to eliminate transactional middlemen and create a more direct and margin-expanding path for principals.  

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CONTACT:
Jason Finkelstein    
VP, Strategy & Investor Relations                  
Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc. 
212-206-1216                                              

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