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Hello everyone. It's great to be here. I got the privileged position of moderating this panel

with the standing room only. I'm pretty certain that's not because of who's moderating it.

It's because I'm here with the men of the hour, Kevin, who's always the man of the hour.

Dean Skirka, president, CEO of WonderFi, as you just heard.

Huge news on Tuesday morning, I think it was.

I'm losing track of time.

Dean and Kevin, who's been involved with WonderFie for many years, and Bobby, who's here

in the audience somewhere, have successfully navigated very turbulent waters in crypto generally,

in Canadian crypto waters in particular, and found a great home for Wonderfi in Robin Hood.

Congratulations to Robin Hood and Johan, who may also be here in the audience as well.

So anyway, it's really fun, and I'm excited to get the opportunity to ask these guys some questions about that deal,

about the world at large, and we'll go ahead and dive right in.

Dean, let me start with you. I'll give you a softball.

Tell us about the deal. What did Robin Hood see in this? The Americans are coming. How is this going to change Canadian crypto?

What's the plan? Yeah, absolutely. Obviously, a really exciting week and exciting announcement for us to WonderFi.

You know, I think when they look at WonderFi, they see two of Canada's leading crypto trading

platforms in Bit Buy and Coin Square.

Both platforms have a long-standing track record of trust, transparency, and having a user-centric

approach.

And at the same time, we in Canada, have a unique regulatory framework around digital assets and trading

platforms where we're fortunate to have a regulatory environment that allows platforms like us to be

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