About Us FIDELITY INVESTMENTS is a subsidiary of operates as a separate business dedicated to digital assets. Building the Future of Finance FIDELITY INVESTMENTS is dedicated to building products and services that help institutions adopt digital assets and innovate within the increasingly digital world of finance. FIDELITY INVESTMENTS began researching blockchain technology and digital assets solutions more than seven years ago, resulting in the creation of a dedicated business for this innovative asset class, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS. Our years of research and development have provided us with the deep expertise necessary to educate our clients and remove the obstacles of investing in the digital asset market. A FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Business FIDELITY CRYPTO is a subsidiary of FIDELITY INVESTMENTS and operates as a separate business dedicated to digital assets. Our team combines the operational and technical experience that institutions and investors have grown to expect from a FIDELITY INVESTMENTS business to deliver a completely new offering for this asset class. Our history FIDELITY INVESTMENTS began researching bitcoin and developing blockchain solutions in 2014. After seeing demand from its clients, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS developed a dedicated business, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS. Today, we service hundreds of institutions globally. 2014 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS began researching digital assets and blockchain technology FIDELITY INVESTMENTS was one of the first traditional financial firms to formally research bitcoin and blockchain technology. This work laid the foundation for our business today. 2015 Dedicated blockchain incubator formed The FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Center for Applied Technology formed a dedicated blockchain incubator and bitcoin mining operation. 2015 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Charitable® accepts first bitcoin donation The first donation in bitcoin to donor-advised funds is made in FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Charitable, a trend that continues to grow with $330 million in cryptocurrency donated in 2021. 2016 Bitcoin custody proof of concept initiated FIDELITY INVESTMENTS released its first proof of concept for an in-house custody solution to securely store the bitcoin being mined by the FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Center of Applied Technology. 2017 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CEO speaks at Consensus CEO of FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Abby Johnson spoke at the digital asset conference Consensus sharing her early belief in the industry. “Blockchain technology isn’t just a more efficient way to settle transactions, it can fundamentally change market structures and perhaps even the architecture of the internet itself,” she remarked. 2018 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS announced FIDELITY INVESTMENTS announced its plans to launch a dedicated subsidiary in the U.S., FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, to offer bitcoin custody and execution services to institutional investors. 2019 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Services, LLC receives NY Trust Charter The New York State Department of Financial Services granted a charter under New York Banking Law to FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Services, LLC. 2020 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, Ltd. launches in Europe With the demand for digital assets increasing around the world, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS℠ expanded to Europe and FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, Ltd. was later registered with the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority for certain cryptoasset activities under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017. The Financial Ombudsman Service and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme do not apply to the cryptoasset activities carried on by FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, Ltd. 2021 Collateral agent offering launches To continue the development of a full-service digital assets platform, we launched a collateral agent capability to help clients access cash loans through third-party lenders using their bitcoin held with FIDELITY INVESTMENTS as collateral. 2022 Launched Ethereum Capabilities FIDELITY INVESTMENTS launched ether custody and execution support. 2022 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Crypto℠ launches FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, LLC provides crypto trading and custody services for FIDELITY INVESTMENTS Crypto.