Announcement of Capital and Business Alliance with THXLAB Co., Ltd. (Tradeworks Co., Ltd.)

Tradeworks Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Masakatsu Saito; hereinafter "the Company"), which provides solutions leveraging cutting-edge technologies including AI, security, and blockchain centered on financial systems development, hereby announces that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with THXLAB Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Kotaro Kondo / Aro Kondo; hereinafter "THXLAB"), the developer and operator of the Web3 as a Service (Web3aaS) platform "THXNET."

[ Strategic Significance of This Alliance ]

Since its founding in 1999, the Company has developed systems for financial institutions—primarily online securities firms—as its core business, while in recent years has been cultivating NFT, Web3, stablecoin, and other digital commerce businesses as a second revenue pillar.

As corporate Web3 adoption enters full swing, the solutions demanded by financial institutions are shifting away from single-function offerings toward vertically integrated, full-stack coverage—from reliable blockchain infrastructure to authentication, wallets, coupons, and payments. However, domestic providers capable of delivering all of this from a single source remain limited, and the Company is working to establish that position.

Through this alliance, by adopting THXLAB's "THXNET." (enterprise-grade Web3 infrastructure capable of building a dedicated corporate L1 chain in as little as one day) as the foundation for the Company's solution suite, the Company will build a structure enabling it to provide an integrated offering spanning blockchain infrastructure, Web3 wallets, My Number Card-linked wallet (MynaWallet) integration, and USDC and other stablecoin payments. This simultaneously enables deeper cross-selling into the financial institution customer base cultivated over many years and accelerates acquisition of new enterprise deals. This alliance is positioned as a central initiative within the Company's medium-to-long-term growth strategy.

The digital asset management, identity authentication, and next-generation payments sectors within financial institutions are expected to see significant growth going forward, driven by regulatory changes and the spread of digital currencies. Through this alliance, the Company will evolve from a financial systems contract developer into a "next-generation digital infrastructure company for financial institutions" providing blockchain infrastructure, authentication, wallets, coupons, and payments in an integrated manner.

[ Key Features and Track Record of THXNET. ]

THXLAB's "THXNET." is an enterprise-grade Web3 infrastructure adopting a Layer 0/Layer 1 architecture, with the following competitive advantages.

Its greatest technical differentiator lies in its "Hybrid AI Architecture," which optimally combines on-chain and off-chain processing. By achieving the low-latency, zero-gas design essential for high-frequency AI agent processing while securing payments, authentication, and audit trails on-chain, it fundamentally resolves the latency and gas fee issues that have been barriers to traditional blockchain adoption. Its plug-and-play design enabling a dedicated corporate L1 chain to be built in as little as one day allows API-first implementation without requiring blockchain specialists. DID verification (ERC-7734), a trustless foundation for AI agents (ERC-8004), ID wallets, hybrid NFTs, and open APIs come as standard equipment, dramatically reducing implementation costs and time.

In terms of adoption track record...