Valour Hedera ETP secures $11 million investment originating from Abu Dhabi Insight Symposium

DeFi Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “DeFi Technologies”) (Nasdaq: DEFT) (CBOE CA: DEFI) (GR: R9B), a financial technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance (“DeFi”),announced that its subsidiary, Valour Inc., and Valour Digital Securities Limited (together, “Valour”), a leading issuer of exchange traded products (“ETPs”), secured approximately US$11 million in aggregate institutional investment across two separate transactions, based on execution value at the time of purchase, including US$10 million into its Valour Hedera (HBAR) ETP listed on Börse Frankfurt and US$1 million into Valour Hedera SEK on Sweden’s Spotlight Exchange.

The investments originated through strategic engagement at DeFi Technologies’ Abu Dhabi Insights Symposium, where the Company featured its DEFT Valour Investment Opportunity Index (“DVIO Index”) as a framework for identifying digital assets gaining traction with sophisticated allocators. The resulting institutional participation in Valour’s Hedera ETP underscores how DeFi Technologies is leveraging its product platform, market intelligence, and investor network to help drive adoption across the digital asset sector.

The Abu Dhabi edition of the DeFi Technologies Insights Global Symposium was held on December 8, 2025, at Emirates Palace. The Abu Dhabi session followed the inaugural Frankfurt Symposium of September 25, 2025, and continued the global series designed to bring together institutional investors, regulators, innovators, and technologists to explore how decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi) are converging to redefine capital markets.

The DeFi Technologies Insights Global Symposium is a curated series of high-level, in-person gatherings fostering trusted conversations on the future of global finance. Backed by DeFi Technologies and supported by its ecosystem partners — Valour, Stillman Digital, Reflexivity Research, Neuronomics, SovFi, and BTQ Technologies — the series convenes decision-makers and thought leaders to examine emerging trends in tokenization, structured instruments, and digital asset infrastructure.

The investments were made by institutional investors with a bullish view on Hedera (HBAR) and reflect growing demand for regulated, exchange-traded access to digital assets through traditional market infrastructure. The transactions represent a pivotal step in expanding Valour’s assets under management in Germany, one of Europe’s most important markets for exchange-traded investment products.

TLaunched January 2026, this institutional-grade benchmark tracks the top 50 crypto assets by AUM within Valour’s ETP ecosystem. Weights are adjusted weekly based on actual regulated investor capital allocation and net flow momentum, providing a real-time barometer of where institutional and retail money is positioned across digital assets.

“The strength of our ETP platform is not only in providing regulated access to digital assets, but in helping surface where institutional demand is forming,” said Andrew Forson, President of DeFi Technologies and Chief Growth Officer of Valour. “These investments into Valour’s Hedera ETPs demonstrate how the combination of our product suite of a world leading 102 digital asset underlying ETPs, and the DVIO Index can translate conviction into capital formation. We believe this is a strong signal for Hedera (HBAR) and a meaningful step forward in the continued growth of our AUM in Germany. This significant institutional injection of capital qualifies Hedera (HBAR) for extended research coverage in the periodic DVIO Index InFocus reports as well as intensive analysis during our live, in-person, DeFi Technologies Insights Global Symposia Capital Markets Roadshow sessions. The Capital Markets Roadshow is an informational session that takes place during symposia which analyzes and highlights the investment and technological value of digital assets that underpin select Valour ETPs.”

The DVIO Index is designed to identify opportunity and relative momentum across Valour’s regulated ETP platform by tracking signals derived from market activity, product engagement, and capital allocation trends. DeFi Technologies believes the investments provide a strong example of how these signals can align with institutional demand and support broader digital asset adoption through regulated investment vehicles.

For the Hedera ecosystem, the transactions represent a meaningful signal of increasing institutional recognition. As more professional investors seek targeted exposure to digital assets through transparent and familiar structures, regulated ETPs can play an important role in broadening access, increasing visibility, and deepening market credibility for emerging ecosystems such as Hedera.

Valour’s Hedera ETPs provide investors with exchange-traded exposure to HBAR, the native token of the Hedera network, through a regulated product available via traditional brokerage and banking platforms. By pairing regulated product issuance with differentiated market intelligence tools such as the DVIO Index, DeFi Technologies continues to strengthen its position at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets.