EQS-News : Press release: Leonteq launches its crypto asset offering in Germany and Austria

EQS Group-News: Leonteq AG / Key word(s): Cryptocurrency / Blockchain/Market launch 
Press release: Leonteq launches its crypto asset offering in Germany and Austria 
2021-08-12 / 07:00 
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PRESS RELEASE | LEONTEQ LAUNCHES ITS CRYPTO ASSET OFFERING IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA 
Zurich, 12 August 2021 
Leonteq today announces that it has launched its extensive range of digital assets in Germany and Austria and that it 
entered into a collaboration with ICF BANK for the structuring and distribution of structured products on crypto 
assets. 
Following the expansion of its digital asset offering in Switzerland, Leonteq is now launching its extensive range of 
crypto assets in Germany and Austria by offering products with Bitcoin and Ethereum as well as Aave, Algorand, Bitcoin 
Cash, Cardano, Chainlink, Cosmos, EOS, Ethereum Classic, Filecoin, Litecoin, Maker, Polkadot, Ripple, Stellar, Tezos 
and Uniswap as underlyings. Tracker certificates on these crypto assets are now available for investors as listed 
products on Börse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG (Open Market). Leonteq thus offers the largest available product universe 
for a total of 18 crypto assets tradeable in a securitised format for both institutional and retail investors in the 
DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). 
In this context, Leonteq has entered into a collaboration with ICF BANK AG, Frankfurt for the structuring and 
distribution of structured products on crypto assets to institutional investors in Germany and Austria. 
Tino Wendisch, Head Crypto Offering at Leonteq, stated: "We are excited to further extend our crypto asset offering to 
the German and Austrian markets and are currently covering approximately 76% of the total market capitalization of this 
emerging asset class with a total of 18 crypto assets. We are proud to offer our clients such a broad underlying 
universe and unique investment opportunities in various themes within the crypto space such as decentralized finance, 
storage or blockchain technologies in a securitised format." 
Björn Geidel, Head Sales Germany and Austria at Leonteq, said: "Leonteq and ICF have been working together for many 
years in the area of market making of structured products and we are looking forward to expanding our crypto footprint 
with one of Germany's leading securities trading banks." 
As a leading provider of innovative investment solutions, Leonteq has been a pioneer in offering structured products on 
crypto assets by issuing tracker certificates and actively managed certificates on the main cryptocurrencies since 2017 
/2018 in Switzerland. Leonteq also offered its clients the world's first short tracker certificate on Bitcoin in 2017 
as well as the world's first reverse convertible on Bitcoin in 2019, and has won the Swiss Derivative Award for 
alternative underlyings two years in a row. 
Sasch Rinno, Management Board of ICF BANK AG: "Through this cooperation with Leonteq, we are meeting the interest of 
both institutional investors as well as private investors in crypto assets. Leonteq is an established issuer that 
stands for excellence and quality in the field of structured certificates and crypto assets, and we are pleased to be 
working with them." 
About ICF BANK AG 
ICF BANK AG is one of Germany's leading securities trading banks. We offer institutional clients professional services 
in all aspects of securities trading and capital markets. In addition to the capital markets division, the main 
business areas are market making, execution sales and sales trading for national and international clients and the 
development and calculation of customized indices. 
Learn more about our crypto assets offering. 
 
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LEONTEQ 
Leonteq is a Swiss fintech company with a leading marketplace for structured investment solutions. Based on proprietary 
modern technology, the company offers derivative investment products and services and predominantly covers the capital 
protection, yield enhancement and participation product classes. Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its own 
products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq further enables life insurance companies and banks 
to produce capital-efficient, unit-linked pension products with guarantees. The company has offices and subsidiaries in 
12 countries, through which it serves over 50 markets. Leonteq AG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: LEON). 
Leonteq Securities AG is the main operating subsidiary of Leonteq AG, is a securities dealer regulated by the Swiss 
Financial Market Authority FINMA and is a member of the Swiss Structured Product Association. 
www.leonteq.com 
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include, but are not limited to: (1) general market, macroeconomic, governmental and regulatory trends, (2) movements 
in securities markets, exchange rates and interest rates and (3) other risks and uncertainties inherent in our 
business. In addition, currently, it is very difficult to provide a meaningful prediction on how the governmental 
actions in response to the ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and other COVID-19 related 
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caused, and may continue to cause, uncertainty, economic instability and a significant decrease of total economic 
output in the affected areas and globally. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the general economic environment in 
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