NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--tZERO, a leader in blockchain innovation and liquidity for digital assets, announced today that it has partnered with ROI Group™, a global real estate development company, to digitize up to $50 million of preferred equity in a luxury hotel and residential development located in downtown Dubai on the Tezos Blockchain. The partnership represents ROI Group™’s first digital security project of what could be one of many future digital security offerings. Headquartered in New York, ROI Group™ has multi-billion dollars in assets under management, with properties in the United States, Canada, and the Middle East. It specializes in land development, real estate investments, and passive co-investing.
The digital security will use tZERO’s smart contract technology, Megalodon’s management consultancy services, and will be built on the Tezos Blockchain. ROI Group™ expects to issue the digital securities, subject to applicable law and separate documentation, in Q3 of 2021, and the development of the building is expected to be completed in Q4 of 2023. It is further expected that the digital security will become tradeable on the tZERO ATS, subject to legal and regulatory due diligence, offering investors secondary liquidity.
tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi stated, “Our partnership with ROI Group™ has the ability to transform the real estate sector and builds upon our momentum in the space. We are excited about our project to digitize and trade up to $50 million in this landmark luxury hotel and residential development.”
A real estate digital security offering is the process of raising capital and issuing digital securities representing ownership and economic interests in an underlying asset. The ability to provide secondary liquidity for investors on a regulated trading platform is an important differentiator for traditionally illiquid assets, such as real estate.
ROI Group™ CEO Martin Scholz said, “We partner with the world’s leading real estate companies, brands, financial institutions, and now technology firms. We are excited to utilize tZERO’s smart contract technology on the Tezos Blockchain for our first digital securities offering to provide access and liquidity to commercial real estate. We look forward to collaborating with tZERO on future real estate projects.”
tZERO is a technology firm with the goal of democratizing access to private capital markets. tZERO is a subsidiary of Medici Ventures, the blockchain-focused, wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK).
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About tZERO
tZERO Group, Inc. and its broker-dealer subsidiaries (tZERO) provide an innovative liquidity platform for private companies and assets. We offer institutional-grade solutions for issuers looking to digitize their capital table through blockchain technology, and trade on a regulated alternative trading system. tZERO democratizes access to private assets by providing a simple, automated, and efficient trading venue to broker-dealers, institutions, and investors. For more information on tZERO, please visit https://www.tzero.com/.
tZERO is not a registered broker-dealer, funding portal, underwriter, investment bank, investment adviser or investment manager, and is not providing brokerage, investment banking or underwriting services, recommendations or investment advice to any person, and does not provide any brokerage services. tZERO takes no part in the negotiation or execution of secondary market transactions for the purchase or sale of securities and at no time has possession of investor funds or securities in connection with such transactions.
About tZERO ATS
tZERO ATS, LLC is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA and SIPC. More information about tZERO ATS may be found at https://brokercheck.finra.org/. Digital securities that trade on tZERO ATS are conventional uncertificated securities. Ownership of such securities is reflected on the traditional books and records of regulated market participants. At this time, the term "digital" refers to the blockchain technology elements of a security that are intended to enhance investor experience through added transparency. tZERO ATS, LLC operates the alternative trading system known as the tZERO ATS and has the right to determine which digital securities may be traded on the tZERO ATS by its subscribers, in its sole and absolute discretion. No investor should rely upon this press release as evidence that a secondary market or any liquidity for the securities will exist.
About ROI Group™
Incorporated 2013 in Nevada, ROI Land Investments Ltd. and its subsidiaries and affiliates - branded ROI Group™ - is a global real estate development company focused on land development, passive co-investing, and active lead real estate investments. Headquartered in New York, with subsidiaries in Montreal, Dubai, Luxembourg, and Nürtingen, ROI Group™ specializes in unique international real estate investment opportunities. For more information, please visit: https://roigroup.com/.
About Tezos
Tezos is smart money, redefining what it means to hold and exchange value in a digitally connected world. A self-upgradable blockchain with a proven track record, Tezos seamlessly adopts tomorrow's innovations without network disruptions today. To learn more, visit Tezos.com.
About Megalodon
Megalodon is a boutique management consultancy firm. The firm is specialized on consultancy services focusing on fintech and (digital) securities. For more information, please visit: https://megalodon.ae/.
