Perpetuals.com executives Gruhn and Nicoletti invited to World Liberty Forum in Mar-a-Lago

Fintech innovator and barrier futures inventor Patrick Gruhn meets leading figures from tech and finance at Trump family event February 19, 2026 -- Perpetuals.com Ltd (NASDAQ:PDC) ("Perpetuals.com" or the "Company") -- a fintech company developing the next generation of crypto derivatives infrastructure -- announced today that its Director and Co-CEO, Patrick Gruhn, along with Director Matthew Nicoletti, have been invited to the inaugural World Liberty Forum in Mar-a-Lago on February 18, 2026. The exclusive, invitation-only event brings together a select group of senior executives, CEOs, and founders from the tech and finance sectors.

The World Liberty Forum is hosted by Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Zach Witkoff, Alex Witkoff, and the co-founders of World Liberty Financial. The full-day program includes discussions on the intersection of technology, finance, and innovation, followed by a closing reception at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Perpetuals.com Ltd is developing a novel approach to crypto derivatives with its barrier futures product. It is a regulated alternative to the contracts-for-difference (CFD) and perpetual swap models that dominate crypto trading today. Barrier futures introduce built-in risk limits through knock-out and knock-in mechanisms, offering traders defined risk exposure without unlimited downside risk and opaque liquidation cascades that undermine existing market structures.

The product is designed to bring institutional risk management to crypto markets while remaining accessible to retail investors. At the heart of Perpetuals.com Ltd's platform is an AI-powered collective intelligence engine trained on a proprietary dataset of over 11.7 billion order book executions, representing more than 22 billion individual trades in cryptocurrency markets.

This system aggregates and weights the predictive signals of thousands of traders, enabling the platform to deliver market intelligence and risk-weighted trading signals in real time and at scale.

"Crypto derivatives markets are currently dominated by unregulated perpetual swaps with opaque funding rates and liquidation mechanisms that can result in significant losses for retail investors," said Patrick Gruhn, co-CEO of Perpetuals.com Ltd. "Our barrier futures product addresses these concerns by embedding risk limits directly into the contract structure, while our AI, trained on over 11.7 billion real-world executions, provides every participant with access to institutional-grade market information. The invitation to the World Liberty Forum is a recognition that this is the kind of innovation that will be required going forward: smarter products, better risk management, and technology that puts the trader at the center." Matthew Nicoletti, Director of Perpetuals.com Ltd, added: "We are honored to participate in this high-profile gathering of global financial and technology leaders. The World Liberty Forum provides an exceptional opportunity to explore strategic partnerships and discuss how compliant, AI-powered market infrastructure can modernize financial systems, improve risk controls, and support seamless integration across traditional and emerging asset classes for broader institutional adoption."

This invitation follows shortly after Perpetuals.com Ltd's major product launch announcement on February 10, 2026, when the company introduced Barrier Futures as a MiFID II-compliant, regulated alternative to offshore perpetual swaps and retail CFDs -- markets that collectively represent an annual notional volume in the multiple hundreds of trillions of dollars. The launch, which emphasizes defined risk trading with no margin calls or financing fees via a CySEC-authorized multilateral trading facility in Frankfurt, has attracted significant attention in the industry and positions Perpetuals.com Ltd to capture market share in high-volume derivatives segments.

With the platform scheduled to launch for qualified brokers in March 2026 and ongoing early partnerships, participation in the World Liberty Forum underscores the company's momentum in promoting regulated innovation at the intersection of crypto, AI, and traditional finance. About Perpetuals.com Ltd

Perpetuals.com Ltd (NASDAQ: PDC) is a financial technology company that combines blockchain infrastructure and artificial intelligence to transform digital asset trading. The company develops and operates Kronos X (R), a proprietary multi-asset trading platform and blockchain-based settlement solution that is fully compliant with European regulations such as MiFID II, MiCA, DORA, and EMIR. The company provides financial market infrastructure as a service from Equinix FR2 in Frankfurt, Germany, alongside Eurex and Xetra, enabling clients to trade crypto spot, derivatives, tokenized securities, and structured products 24/7.

The Perpetuals.com team developed early regulated tokenized financial products, including pre-IPO contracts for Coinbase, Airbnb, and Robinhood--as reported by Forbes--as well as tokenized stocks traded on major exchanges. Building on machine learning analysis of millions of retail trading transactions, the company has developed AI-powered risk intelligence that can analyze trading patterns in real time. For more information, visit www.perpetuals.com.

Brand information: Kronos X (R) is a registered trademark in the European Union under application number 019097099 and a trademark pending in the United States. Perpetuals.com(TM) is the subject of a pending trademark application in the European Union under application number 019186468. Ledgera(TM) is a trademark pending in the United States and Europe. PerpetualsPay.Net(TM) is a registered trademark in the European Union and the United Kingdom. BayesShield(TM) is a trademark pending in the European Union and the United States.

Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements set forth in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Words such as "expect," "will," "position," "drive," "align," and other similar expressions may indicate forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. These statements reflect the company's current view with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including regulatory approvals, completion of the announced transaction, market conditions, and risks detailed in the company's SEC filings, and are necessarily based on a number of estimates and assumptions that, although considered reasonable by the company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political, and social uncertainties and contingencies. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions underlying the Company's forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from those described herein. Individuals are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and accordingly, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as they involve inherent uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the company does not intend and undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Investor Relations: Matthew Nicoletti | ir@perpetuals.com

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