(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)

We will seek to capitalize on the operational and investment experience of our management team in the fintech, software and cryptocurrency industries, and to acquire a target company providing advice, support, funding, tools and infrastructure to such assets and businesses.

Joseph Naggar has served as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and a Director since inception. Mr. Naggar currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Republic Digital, positions he has held since March 2024. Previously, Mr. Naggar served multiple roles at GoldenTree Asset Management, including as a member of GoldenTree Asset Management’s Executive Committee and Macro Committee. Most recently, he served as Head of Digital Assets of GoldenChain, a subsidiary of GoldenTree Asset Management until its sale to Republic in 2024. Mr. Naggar has been investing in digital assets personally since 2013, and in a professional capacity since 2022. From 2007 to 2023, under Mr. Naggar’s direction, GoldenTree Asset Management built highly sophisticated, proprietary systems to analyze opportunities in CLOs and, more recently, digital assets. In 2007, Mr. Naggar established a dedicated team focused on structured products at GoldenTree and as of January 2024, structured product investments at GoldenTree had grown to over $7 billion. Prior to joining GoldenTree, Mr. Naggar was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] in its Global Fixed Income Division with a focus on asset backed securities. Mr. Naggar holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Business with a concentration in Financial Engineering and a BS from Pennsylvania State University in Mechanical Engineering through the University Scholars program.

Ian Goodman, our Chief Financial Officer since inception, has served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Republic Digital since July 2024 and Vice President of Finance for Republic since January 2022, leading finance, performance and business management. Prior to joining Republic Digital, from June 2014 to January 2022, Mr. Goodman spent eight years at Blackstone, a global investment firm, within its hedge fund solutions division, and most recently serving as Vice President within Blackstone’s Special Situations investment group. Mr. Goodman holds a BS in Finance from Providence College.

(Note: Republic Digital Acquisition Company filed its S-1 on Feb. 28, 2025, and disclosed the terms of its SPAC IPO: 22.0 million units at $10.00 each to raise $220.0 million. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant.)