• SRAX, via its BIGtoken platform, has developed a consumer-managed data marketplace
• The Company also has its BIGresearch program that extracts data and insights from its BIGtoken audience
• In addition, SRAX has its Lightning Insights program that gives businesses knowledge by returning first-rate audience insights

In today’s economy, personal data has become an incredibly valuable commodity. Companies that are able to walk the tightrope of leveraging consumer data while upholding stringent privacy expectations are hard to find. However, SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX) is at the vanguard of developing a consumer-managed data marketplace that gives consumers control over their information. SRAX, a digital marketing and consumer data management technology enterprise, offers consumers the ability to own their own data and get paid for its release. Additionally, the Company’s technology and tools unlock data to reveal core consumers and their characteristics across marketing channels for brands in a variety of verticals. Through several new initiatives, SRAX continues to leverage consumer data to innovate in the evolving economic landscape.

One of SRAX’s latest initiatives is its web portal for the research side of BIGtoken – BIGresearch. Fundamentally, BIGresearch connects businesses to global first-party data that is uniquely consumer verified and opted in. With a nod to data’s increasing value in today’s economy, BIGresearch extracts data and insights from the Company’s BIGtoken (consumer-managed data marketplace) audience of more than 16 million registered users and enable businesses to obtain answers to any market, brand, customer, and product questions from various panels (http://ibn.fm/d8yDB). This data represents users in more than 40 countries with more than 10,000 populated segments. The panels categories include B2C Panel (Business to Consumer), B2B Panel (Business to Business), and Healthcare Ailments Panel.

Another recent initiative is the promotion of BIGtoken’s Lightning Insights solution. Lightning Insights allows brands to quickly access research and surveys regarding their brand, product, or industry. It returns valuable audience insights quickly to the brands that need them (http://ibn.fm/T3U4s).

Offering an accelerated road to data acquisition, Lightning Insights has the ability to activate research and surveys and get results in hours. Therefore, in times of uncertainty and change, brands can come to better understand how circumstances are affecting their target audience so they can act accordingly. With Lightning Insights, brands get access to SRAX’s global bank of consumers, targeted research and surveys to gain insights about their audience, and a rich data graph including location and transaction history.

Consumer data is of great value to businesses in this day of market fragmentation, and brands need to better understand their target audiences. The CDP (Consumer Data Platforms) Report 2020 notes that “Businesses are feeling the very real effects of fragmented customer data every day. IBM (http://ibn.fm/B5a57) estimates that bad data costs the US $3 trillion each year.” The report also notes that “There was a time when businesses were happy to collect simple vanity metrics like new signups, downloads, or pageviews… Nowadays, the appetite to understand the entire customer journey extends way beyond that.”

SRAX’s focus is its consumer-powered data management platform that rewards consumers while enabling businesses to obtain fully informed consumer opted-in data. Also, issues of privacy and data ownership are of increasing concern to consumers. They expect to keep data private, privacy laws on both the state and federal level are putting the value and control of data back in the hands of consumers. Social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn and others are facing backlash from consumers over privacy concerns.

SRAX’s BIGtoken solution enables consumers to own their own data and get remunerated for the release of their data. With BIGtoken’s secure platform, consumers have control over what data is shared, who can buy it, and how it’s used (http://ibn.fm/OOVY2). Furthermore, businesses gain consumer data that is passed through numerous layers of verification for premier accuracy.

With the Company’s BIGtoken platform, consumers receive rewards (cash or gift cards) when they opt to share their data (http://ibn.fm/jY5nq). Of note to investors is that SRAX is building technology that is creating proprietary data for the Company, posing the benefit of long-term recurring revenue.

SRAX continues to focus on building the most valuable opted-in consumer data set in the world. The Company’s mission is to provide consumers choice, transparency, and compensation for their digital data. For investors, SRAX is formally launching BIGtoken into a number of global markets as it works to monetize its data sets, growing multiple recurring revenue streams through its different platforms.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SRAX.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SRAX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SRAX

• InsuraGuest Technologies uses its insurtech software platform to supply digital insurance to multiple sectors, including its proprietary hospitality liability policies to the hotel and especially the vacation rental industry
• InsuraGuest is seen as poised to benefit with vacation rental revenues set to top the hotel industry by 2020; Europe accounts for 60% of all vacation rental properties, which is nearly triple the size of the US market
• Stock market posted a significant recovery during the week of March 22 with travel and hospitality companies highlighted amongst the top value picks

With over 297 million guests in 2019, the vacation rental space has benefitted from a stratospheric growth trajectory, and 2020 bookings expected to outpace hotel reservations for the first time. With close to 115,000 vacation rental companies dotted around the globe and a revenue growth rate of 6.9% over the last 12 months, InsuraGuest Technologies Inc. (TSX.V: ISGI) is a unique listed proxy for investors looking to capitalize on the anticipated recovery of the vacation and hospitality industry.

In 2019, the vacation rental industry generated revenues of $57.7 billion (http://ibn.fm/EucbN), with sales expected to rise to $97.01 billion by 2023 (http://ibn.fm/1NIOH). Increasingly, travelers are opting for vacation rentals rather than hotels during their trips, with 71% of travelers with children saying that the ability to cook their own meals was a major draw. However, despite the rising penetration rate of vacation rentals, growth rates in the United States have still lagged those seen elsewhere, with European vacation rentals and holiday lets outnumbering those in the United States by nearly 300%. Nonetheless, the striking growth rates enjoyed by the industry have not been without their challenges.

Over 70% of global vacation rental companies manage 1-19 units (http://ibn.fm/C7nbp), with their limited scale severely constraining their ability to respond to unforeseen circumstances and liabilities. It is in the context of this challenge that InsuraGuest’s unique proprietary insurance software has gained particular prominence within the sector. One of InsuraGuest Technologies focused sectors helps provide specialized hospitality liability insurance coverage to both vacation rentals and the hotel industry through their digital insurance platform. The Hospitality Liability coverages provides a layer of protection for the property which benefits the guests and their occupants, including in-room damage and lost or stolen goods as well as coverage for accidental, medical, death or dismemberment.

The Company’s digital insurance product offerings seeks to address important coverages, including the gaps suffered by conventional travel insurance policies whilst simultaneously catering to increased demand from the vacation industry for integrated support services (http://ibn.fm/UsVRD). Moreover and following the launch of its new division, InsuraGuest Risk Purchasing Group, LLC (http://ibn.fm/9lQaw), Insuraguest is well positioned as an insurtech digital insurance company, while it assist travelers in reducing the financial burden and stress arising from unforeseen events while also reducing the potential liability borne by hospitality providers, providing a differentiating selling proposition just when needed.

Prominent investors have long touted the growth of the combination of insurance, technology, and hospitality with companies such as the Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (OTC: FRFHF), Booking Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: BKNG), and Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) becoming behemoths within their respective sectors. As Pershing Square’s CEO, Bill Ackman recently stated, “we became increasingly positive on equity and credit markets last week… and began redeploying our capital in companies we love” after Pershing announced that it had invested $2.6 billion into a number of companies (http://ibn.fm/rGmSv), including Hilton Worldwide Holdings (NYSE: HLT). With the growth of insurtech in a digital insurance marketing place, and a focus on the vacation industry’s success, a direct corollary of a rebounding economy, InsuraGuest Technologies (ISGI) and its innovative digital insurance offerings, are poised to capitalize on a global economic recovery later this year.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.InsuraGuest.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to ISGI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/ISGI

• Industrial hemp market estimated at $4.7 billion in 2019, expected to grow 15.8% by 2027
• Company plans to capitalize on convergence of CBD within nutrition, health products market
• CIIX uniquely positioned to target China’s consumer base of nearly 2 billion people as CBD oil market becomes more mainstream

As the leading financial information website for Chinese-speaking investors in the United States and China, ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) recognized early on the growing opportunity in the cannabis and industrial hemp industries. In a few short years the cannabis industry has grown rapidly and is expected to reach $2.1 billion in consumer sales this year. Similarly, the industrial hemp market was estimated at $4.7 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow 15.8% by 2027. Due in large part to the demand for hemp oil and fibers in various industries in emerging regions such as Asia Pacific, this market growth bodes well for CIIX.

CIIX is hard at work in becoming a recognized leader in the hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD) oil industry. CBD is the natural ingredient extracted from the hemp plant and is devoid of harmful ingredients, medically beneficial, and non-addictive.

While widely known and accepted in the United States, the benefits of CBD oil have not been widely recognized in mainland China. By establishing a three-year development plan, the company plans to capitalize on the convergence of CBD within the nutrition and health products market. According to an article published by Grand View Research (http://ibn.fm/gbPGA), “Rising awareness regarding the dietary advantages of its oil, coupled with the growing demand from the cosmetics and personal care industries is expected to drive the market growth.”

As a part of its three-year strategy, CIIX recently launched a new media campaign to highlight the benefits of CBD oil. CEO Warren Wang stated in an interview with MoneyTV that an infomercial will run in China for one month to raise awareness and explain the health benefits of CBD oil (http://ibn.fm/EZBb7).

The company has also successfully laid the groundwork to capitalize on the growing demand for CBD-based nutrition and health products. A mobile app called Da Ma Dian Ping, currently in development, will be available to review and discuss various cannabis products for Chinese-speaking customers worldwide. CIIX is uniquely positioned to target China’s consumer base of nearly 2 billion people.

CIIX owns and operates ChineseHempOil.com Inc. and is working towards benefiting from the production and sourcing of hemp from Asian nations rather than relying on U.S. and Canadian facilities for its sale of hemp-based health products in China and the U.S. (http://ibn.fm/jSoX7). China is currently the largest producer of industrial hemp products, primarily in the hemp textile industry due to well-established spinning facilities. The country has never banned its cultivation, and the supply chain is well-established, as it already sources cost-effective textile products worldwide. CIIX is working hard to make sure that CBD oil gains the same traction.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ChineseInvestors.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to CIIX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/CIIX

• Cannabis infusion technology innovator Cannabis Global dedicates its business production activity to developing clean infusion techniques for cannabinoid extracts, making it easier to manufacturer toxin-free food shelf items with cannabis’ benefits
• The company’s Hemp You Can Feel (TM) branded products utilize infusion technology that Cannabis Global is also making available to other companies on a white label basis to ensure the quality of their products
• Cannabis Global recently announced the rollout of its new EZ Hemp Infusions product line, which uses its 100 percent water-soluble technology to simplify the process of cannabinoid infusion with minuscule dosing
• The EZ Hemp Infusions line is designed to benefit cannabis product manufacturers at both the large corporation and small store levels
• The EZ Hemp technology underlies the infusion process for Cannabis Global’s own Hemp You Can Feel(TM) Coffee and its soon-to-be-released Hemp You Can Feel all-natural cocktail mixers

Not only has MCTC Holdings Inc. (OTC: MCTC), now doing business as Cannabis Global, been rolling out new products and filing patent claims on the technology that underlies them, but the cannabinoid and hemp extract science innovator continues producing infusion-ready powders that other companies can use on a white label basis to ensure that they can produce cannabis-improved products with a clean label.

The company recently announced that it has created a new product line called EZ Hemp Infusions, based on patented and patent-pending 100 percent water-soluble technology, which will enable the production of infused food and beverage industry products using ultra-low doses of hemp extracts and cannabinoids that could be effective in promoting relaxation.

The new hemp extract infusion technologies are designed to make hemp infusions simple for both small and large beverage manufacturers. Alcoholic beverage sales, in particular, have been in decline for years amid the rise of legalized cannabis and concerns about the negative effects of alcohol consumption (http://ibn.fm/U1m4U), and the effects of cannabis are similar enough to beer that the leafy green plant’s rising star in North American society has garnered attention from established breweries.

EZ Hemp Infusions technology is revolutionary because of its water solubility, which makes it possible for minuscule amounts of hemp extracts to be used to great effect. Manufacturers gain flexibility in dealing with product labeling because the cannabinoids test below detectable levels.

“The days of beverage manufacturers struggling with high dose hemp extracts and cannabinoids infusion technologies are over,” Cannabis Global CEO Arman Tabatabaei stated in the news release. “Manufacturers do not need to add dozens of milligrams of cannabinoids to beverage and struggle with all of the chemicals that are required to stabilize the infusions. … At a time when beverage and food companies seek to offer hemp extract beverages but are unsure of the regulatory framework, EZ Hemp Infusion is a new alternative.”

The company has filed patents on six different technologies related to cannabinoids, extracts and delivery systems. Its EZ Hemp infusion tech has already been put to work in the company’s new Hemp You Can Feel(TM) Coffee, which it rolled out in January (http://ibn.fm/9FaKU), and will play a part in the company’s soon-to-be-released Hemp You Can Feel™ all-natural cocktail mixers.

The cocktail drinks were the centerpiece of a product launch party hosted by Cannabis Global and its strategic partner, Marijuana Company of America (OTCQB: MCOA) on March 12 as a public unveiling of the product in Los Angeles with media agencies present.

“This drink is groundbreaking because of the nanotechnology that allows the body to absorb the ingredients quickly and provide a sense of well-being without the ugly ‘hang-over’ effect,” Marijuana Company of America CEO Jesus Quintero stated in a news release about the event (http://ibn.fm/pPKyr). “This innovative beverage could revolutionize the organic drink marketplace – you can have fun and simultaneously nourish your body.”

Cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the most popular and well-known cannabis extracts, sought after because of their reputation for possibly relieving pain and anxiety. Cannabis Global has previously announced its plans to also conduct trials on exotic and lesser-known cannabinoids like cannabinol (CBN) and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THC-V) this year to investigate their reputation for controlling insomnia and appetite.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.CannabisGlobalInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to MCTC are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/MCTC

• Trxade Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, Bonum Health, allows patients to access medical advice from the comfort of their homes
• Telemedicine is getting its moment in the clinical spotlight as COVID-19 contagion fears are being addressed by limiting face-to-face human interaction
• Congress has recently approved an $8.3 billion package which includes provisions for Medicare providers to provide telehealth services to their patients

With large swathes of the population increasingly concerned about leaving their homes and medical practitioners swamped amidst the ongoing viral crisis, telemedicine is getting its moment in the clinical spotlight. Bonum Health (http://ibn.fm/yvrNY), the wholly owned subsidiary of Trxade Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDS), is a virtual telehealth provider which helps patients easily and affordably access board-certified physicians and receive medical prescriptions from the comfort of their homes.

Telemedicine has gained particular prominence in recent days given the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, which is primarily being tackled by limiting human face-to-face interaction. Telemedicine boasts a number of virtues – namely, the ability to offer customers a simplified and affordable manner in which to access medical professionals via their laptop or smartphones. However, it also enables patients who may be feeling unwell to avoid hospitals and teeming patient waiting rooms where the risk of COVID-19 contagion is significantly heightened.

“What telehealth can do is help both the clinicians as well as the consumer have access to service without actually getting exposed to the virus,” Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), stated in a recent interview with ABC News. “It mitigates the risk. So in that regard it’s incredibly valuable.”

On March 4, 2020, Congress approved an $8.3 billion package (http://ibn.fm/G8r6e) in emergency aid to combat the novel coronavirus, which included provisions for Medicare providers to administer telehealth services so that elderly patients, a particularly vulnerable demographic, could receive care at home. The aid package was summarily followed by a coalition of private health insurers, who after a meeting at the White House on March 10, 2020, stated that they would pay for ‘virtual visits’ for patients who may have coronavirus so as to improve access to care for their customers (http://ibn.fm/QK8pG).

In light of the news, Trxade Group is leveraging upon Bonum Health’s unique healthcare platform to assist their members in gaining medical assurance in a quick, easy and relatively inexpensive manner. “With the seasonal flu outbreaks and the current coronavirus surge, patients are quick to brush off common symptoms, include cough, fever and body aches, as signs of a common cold”, Trxade Group’s news release states. “Telemedicine removes the barrier of self-doubt and complacency in the current climate of world-wide viral infections”. In an effort to further increase accessibility to their services, Trxade Group announced the recent launch of a new membership service from Bonum Health on March 10, 2020. The new service would allow subscribers to obtain three premium medical teleconferencing visits and free prescription delivery per month (http://ibn.fm/SFeSY).

Trxade Group is building a growing platform of integrated drug procurement, delivery and healthcare services to facilitate price transparency and increased profit margins for independent pharmacies within its network as well as pharmaceutical product sellers.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.TrxadeGroup.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to MEDS are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/MEDS

• New Boeing 777X aircraft recently took flight and showed further proof of market with many 3D printed parts
• Sigma Labs is the leading provider of third party in-process quality-assurance software to commercial 3D metal printing industry
• Sigma Labs with its patented PrintRite3D(R) software targets an untapped $2 billion market

History was made for the 3D printing industry recently with the first flight of the Boeing 777X aircraft, built using over 300 3D-printed parts – including an inducer never used in a commercial jet engine before 3D printing made it possible (http://ibn.fm/sTFBS). At the forefront of the 3D metal printing industry, Sigma Labs (NASDAQ: SGLB) is the sole provider of the requisite quality control software that’s removing scalability hurdles for the industry, enabling operators of machines to offset emerging quality problems in-process and boosting overall production and profitability.

“The inducer cannot be manufactured any other way, except by 3D printing,” said Zach Studt, senior manufacturing engineer at GE Aviation. “In this way, additive is unlocking performance of the engine.”

In addition to GE, 3D metal printing is also being driven forward by other large aviation-parts players such as Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Honeywell. Sigma Labs has test and evaluation programs in place with Airbus and several other leading aerospace manufacturers. Ever more companies are looking to leverage the additive manufacturing opportunity and the demand for innovative, time-saving solutions that refine the production process and provide cost effective quality control solutions. Sigma Labs provides the industry’s leading third party quality control software solution that addresses these critical issues – a requirement for the industry to move past the prototype phase into its full potential. Once impediments created by post-process, quality-control issues are removed, the industry looks set to grow by leaps and bounds.

Sigma Labs’ patented PrintRite3D(R) software addresses these issues in two ways: first, by enabling real-time, in-process detection of manufacturing irregularities, and then by providing error reporting that gives operators the critical, actionable information needed to address any developing anomalies found during the production process – potentially reducing rejected output and post-production inspection times.

Founded in 2010 by a team of Los Alamos National Labs scientists, Sigma Labs initially developed and licensed advanced metallurgical products for the military and dental industries. Following an assessment of 3D metal printing technology, the company concluded that the enormous potential of 3D metal printing could only scale up if in-process quality-assurance tools were developed to observe, manage and control the manufacturing complexities of the production process. The company’s patented and third-party validated software has achieved this objective, delivering crucial elements required to unleash the potential of 3D metal printing for the highly demanding and precision-dependent environments of the aerospace, defense, transportation, oil, gas, and biomedical industries.

SGLB is in an enviable position with a market projected to exceed $2 billion dollars, based on just the estimated number of 3D metal printers shipped between 2021 and 2027 (http://ibn.fm/tzMu6). What’s even more striking is that there are few known competitors for that $2 billion market (http://ibn.fm/D95aZ). Sigma Labs is leading this market space with technology unsurpassed by others in process quality control software for the metal additive manufacturing market. Beyond the huge existing market, 3D printing is booming, projected to grow at a CAGR of 32.5% from 2019 to 2024 (http://ibn.fm/Kyn7g). With its unmatched in-process quality control software, Sigma should be able ride the crest of that wave as well.

With a robust patent strategy established to protect intellectual property, including seven patents granted, 18 pending, and four under application, SGLB is has become the premier provider of innovative software solutions to what is now being referred to as the fourth industrial revolution.

For more information about Sigma Labs, please visit www.SigmaLabsInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGLB are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGLB

• PowerBand’s recent acquisition of auto-leasing industry technology leader MUSA Holdings positions it as a key fintech player in the new and pre-owned vehicle leasing sector
• The company has great prospects on the $100-billion vehicle auction market, where more than 40-million vehicles are trade annually
• Through Strategic Acquisitions, PBX Will Become a Global FinTech Leader in Automotive Leasing, Lending and Auction Services

PowerBand Solutions Inc. (TSX.V: PBX) (OTCQB: PWWBF) (FRA: 1ZVA) is offering the automotive industry a unique cloud-based platform to allow consumers to buy, sell, lease, and trade vehicles as easily as they now buy a product online or order a car ride on their smartphone.

With a mission to revolutionize the business of acquiring and selling vehicles for consumers, PowerBand has recently invested in a series of strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and joint ventures, with the aim of becoming the leading transaction platform in the automotive retail sector. PowerBand is also in ongoing negotiations to acquire extensive credit facilities that will be available to consumers and dealers on the Power Band transaction platform.

“We have created a platform that takes out unnecessary middlemen and allows consumers to buy, sell, lease and trade their vehicles as easily as the buy a product on Amazon or order an Uber on their smartphone,” PowerBand CEO Kelly Jennings stated in a news release. “This ease of purchase, so simple you will be able buy or lease a car or truck from your home, is the future of the automotive sector.”

To this end, the company last year acquired a majority stake in MUSA Holdings, LLC, an auto-leasing industry leader. The transaction was sealed by PowerBand Solutions’ wholly owned subsidiary Powerband Solutions U.S. Inc., which acquired 60% of MUSA Holdings in July 2019.

The innovative technology prompted Tesla Motors to make MUSA its national leasing partner. During the 2018 testing phase with Tesla, MUSA demonstrated the company’s cloud-based platform can take an application, calculate a lease, decide on the application in an automatic process, provide approval and prefill a lease contract in seconds. Tesla offered MUSA approximately $90 million in leasing contracts during the test phase.

Since then, PowerBand has kept the MUSA’s leadership in place to continue to develop the game-changing technology and grow PowerBand’s footprint.

PowerBand is also a significant player in the North American vehicle-auction sector. In addition to its operations in Canada, PowerBand owns 50 percent of D2D Auto Auctions LLC (“D2D”) with Arkansas-based financier Bryan Hunt, Director of J.B Hunt Transport.

The automotive dealership and commercial fleet vehicle auction industry is a $100-billion sector with more than 40 million used vehicles transacted in the U.S. each year. A quarter of those are sold through auctions. Online-only auctions experienced a 33% compound annual growth rate between 2013 and 2017, far outpacing that of physical auctions, which was just 2%.

PowerBand is also well positioned to actively participate in the $10-billion cross-border used vehicle export market with receipt of its Exporter License. The company’s leading-edge used-vehicle online remarketing auction platform incorporates inventory management, the latest auction technologies in the industry, appraisal processes, and market intelligence. The company’s long-term strategy and goal is to provide the global automotive industry with an effective, innovative alternative to physical auctions as a method of purchasing and selling vehicles by offering access to extensive credit facilities.

According to PowerBand’s CEO, the acquisition of MUSA and the partnership with Bryan Hunt in D2D are transformative for the company. Jennings noted, “By combining MUSA’s industry-leading leasing platform with PowerBand’s comprehensive used-vehicle online remarketing auction platform, we are transforming the automotive retail sector.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.PowerBandSolutions.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to PWWBF are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/PWWBF

• In recent MoneyTV interview, CIIX CEO reveals new hemp-based health and wellness, financial products
• New products leverage current surge in demand for personal protection supplies as well as increased retail investors’ activity
• CIIX already launching YouTube channel revenue upswing from new product lines

ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) CEO Warren Wang announced during an interview with MoneyTV host Donald Baillargeon the launch of new product lines spanning two business segments (http://ibn.fm/TKYyi).

Founded in 1999, California-based CIIX is a premier financial-news and investment platform for Chinese-speaking investors in the United States and China, as well as a leading industrial-hemp retailer for the Chinese-speaking community. Speaking about the company’s latest developments, Wang announced hemp-based additions to its product lines as well as the launch of a new financial product.

CIIX’s China-based subsidiary Hemp Logic Inc., previously known as CBD Biotechnology Co. Ltd., is extending its hemp-infused product line with two new skin-friendly antimicrobial products: Hemp-Infused Personal Area Spray and Hemp-Infused Hand Sanitizer (http://ibn.fm/p80iE).

The new sanitizing products are unique in that, unlike other alcohol-based disinfectants that have a drying effect on the skin, these innovative offerings contain hemp-leaf extract, which is believed to have a moisturizing effect on the skin, while still providing antimicrobial properties as they contain 75% alcohol base.

Hemp-Infused Personal Area Spray, the lead antimicrobial product, contains aloe and a blend of Chinese herbs as well as hemp-seed oil and alcohol. The spray is used to provide a mist, believed to create a breathable film that effectively protects the skin from environmental factors such dust, pm 2.5 pollution, bacteria, smoke and other airborne toxins for up to four hours.

Unparalleled in the Chinese market, the two new products have been subjected to the regulatory agency’s examination to obtain the necessary clearance. The Hemp-Infused Hand Sanitizer has already received approval from the regulator in Shanghai, while Hemp-Infused Personal Area Spray has received the preliminary examination certification with an expectation to complete the entire approval procedure in the coming weeks.

During the broadcast interview, Wang also announced the launch of CIIX’s new financial product: a YouTube channel called ‘Mr. Crazy Wang’ aimed at Chinese-speaking investors who want to start trading options. The company detected that when online brokers such as Robin Hood, TDM Ameritrade and Schwab introduced zero commission last September, it led to retail investors coming back to the U.S. market, resulting in a significant spike in trading with momentum and penny stock.

Consequently, CIIX identified a huge opportunity, which resulted in the launch of the YouTube channel where Wang will teach Chinese-speaking clients to trade options. “I’ve seen a lot of retail investors, some made nice money on Tesla call options or put options, and few made a few million dollars in a very short period. I believe in the next one to five years option trading can be really huge,” Wang said, adding that he refers only to simple put-and-call option trading, not complex strategies such as straddles, spread or butterfly. “We believe there’s a big market for Chinese influencers on YouTube channel. We launched the product two weeks ago, and we see the revenue spikes. My goal is to minimize our loss and consolidate our business and make revenue grow again.”

As a company with a diversified business model supported by its demonstrated ability to identify and leverage emerging trends successfully, CIIX looks to be a compelling market opportunity for investors seeking companies that offer high-growth potential in good times and limited downside in periods of heightened volatility on the back of its differentiated product lines, diversified income streams and significant addressable market.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ChineseInvestors.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to CIIX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/CIIX

• Laser-based metal-additive manufacturing is the leading technology in the metal 3D-printing space
• LPBF being used in additive manufacturing at increasing rate, allowing users to quickly create prototypes, more complex geometries
• Sigma Labs leads industry in providing invaluable quality-control technology throughout metal AM space

Laser-based metal-additive manufacturing is the leading technology in the metal 3D-printing world, and as scientists learn more about the correlation between laser power, temperature and other effects, Sigma Labs (NASDAQ: SGLB) is at the forefront, providing real time quality-assurance software for the commercial 3D-metal-printing industry.

In recent report from Nature journal (http://ibn.fm/FGOgm), titled ‘Subsurface Cooling Rates and Microstructural Response during Laser Based Metal Additive Manufacturing’, scientists explain that “laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a method of additive manufacturing characterized by the rapid scanning of a high powered laser over a thin bed of metallic powder to create a single layer, which may then be built upon to form larger structures. Much of the melting, resolidification, and subsequent cooling take place at much higher rates and with much higher thermal gradients than in traditional metallurgical processes, with much of this occurring below the surface.”

LPBF is being used in additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, at an increasing rate – at least in part because of the ability it provides for users to quickly create prototypes as well as create more complex geometries. In addition, LPBF allows users to utilize a variety of metal powders that are more efficient for creating objects.

However, because the process involves the rapid melting of powder and then re-solidification, users who choose LPBF must consider several thermal gradients, including cooling rates, which can affect the outcome of structures. In their research, the authors of the Nature study quantified cooling rates and then compared those rates to the quality of the printed product.

The report is worth noting because scientists concluded that their reported results “provide a direct measure of the subsurface thermal history and demonstrate its importance to the ultimate quality of additively manufactured materials.”

As further research is done on LPBF and all types of additive manufacturing, Sigma Labs will continue to lead the way in providing invaluable quality-control technology throughout the 3D-metal-printing industry. The company is the leading provider of in-process, quality-assurance software to the commercial 3D-metal-printing industry that allows operators of machines making 3D metal parts to offset emerging quality problems, sustain part quality, and avoid rejects.

Sigma’s proprietary PrintRite3D(TM) is the first additive manufacturing solution that enables real-time quality control, allowing errors to be detected and corrected in real time, thus saving both money and time. By providing the unique quality-assurance solution that the 3D-metal-printing sector needs, SGLB is set to leverage the latest additive manufacturing research and processes to ensure the highest quality 3D-metal-printing results across a wide variety of sectors, including aerospace, automotive, biomedical and electronics.

Founded in 2010, Sigma is a software company that specializes in the development and commercialization of real-time, computer-aided-inspection (CAI) solutions known as PrintRite3D for 3D-advanced manufacturing technologies. SGLB’s advanced, computer-aided software product revolutionizes commercial additive manufacturing, enabling nondestructive quality assurance mid-production, uniquely allowing errors to be corrected in real time.

For more information about Sigma Labs, please visit www.SigmaLabsInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGLB are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGLB

• SRAX leverages powerful momentum in data-driven economy to become leader in nascent global data market
• New international privacy regulation, increasing consumer demand for data ownership fuel SRAX’s growth as competition lags behind
• SRAX poses attractive investment opportunity offering high growth backed by highly valued, data-based business model

Today’s consumers are savvy about their data – recent regulations like California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have given citizens the choice over whether they release their digital data, and many are opting out. This has left brands searching for mechanisms to reveal information about their target audiences and data companies scrambling to comply to new regulations. One company at the forefront of this new data era is SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX), a digital marketing and consumer data management technology company offering a way for all stakeholders – brands, consumers and advertisers – to earn a piece of the data pie.

SRAX’s novel technology is revolutionizing the data collection market. The Company developed two flagship products – BIGtoken, which collects consumer data and SRAX IR, which collects public company data from the stock market. The Company has achieved significant revenue milestones in 2019 and expects to grow on the back of a global momentum underpinning the data collection landscape. The momentum is built upon the growing recognition that data is one of the most valuable resources in the modern economy and, also, that data owners should benefit from the data they create – a movement recognized by new regulations being introduced around the world.

BIGtoken is a unique digital marketing product that leverages consumers’ increasing awareness of the value of their digital data to create a symbiotic relationship with brands hoping to access this data. BIGtoken allows consumers who register with the platform to own and earn from their data, as these datasets are sold to consumer brands’ marketers. Major brands in the CPG, automotive, investor-relations, luxury and lifestyle verticals then utilize this data to understand and serve their target market and core customers. Due to its forward-thinking strategy, SRAX has already attracted leading CPG brands such as Proctor & Gamble, Kraft, Sun-Maid and a variety of others. At the same time, the platform allows consumers to make money from selling the data they are creating as part of their digital footprint.

“We’re getting a lot of brand recognition around BIGtoken because of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is a law that’s been implemented in California for privacy and also GDPR in Europe, and there are thirteen other states that are issuing a similar type of laws,” SRAX CEO Christopher Miglino stated in an interview with NetworkNewsWire’s Stuart Smith (http://ibn.fm/m8gkz). “We are very lucky to be positioned to be able to capitalize on that.”

The CCPA was created in response to the public’s demands. The new law came into effect on January 1 of 2020, granting consumer rights relating to access, deletion and sharing of personal information collected by businesses. By putting power in the hands of the consumer, BIGtoken has been experiencing rapid growth, with three to five thousand new users joining daily. In an environment that is only going to grow in its scrutiny over consumer data collection and management, the addressable market is poised for growth, and SRAX appears to be at the forefront of the trend.

The second flagship product that the Company developed is SRAX IR, a platform that helps public companies communicate with their current shareholders and also engage more effectively with potential investors by leveraging data that tracks investors’ behavior in the stock market. The product collects data about stock buyers’ and sellers’ activities in the market to uncover trends in their behavior over time, helping public companies track return on investor outreach programs.

SRAX’s diversified business model generates multiple income streams across the world’s largest markets, from North America and Europe to massive markets in India and Mexico (http://ibn.fm/coJdl). It has a solid growth foundation backed by the irreversible movement that recognizes the value of data in today’s data-driven economy while acknowledging consumers’ heightened demand for data privacy and ownership. SRAX is a pioneer in this nascent globally scalable market and is uniquely positioned to profit from being at the front of the pack in a space that is yet to experience rapid growth. With a business model that opens up virtually limitless monetization opportunities, SRAX is an attractive investment opportunity for investors who seek growth backed by fundamental driving forces.

“We have some amazing plans for 2020,” Miglino stated, adding that “2020 is when we’re going to start seeing both BIGtoken and SRAX IR starting to contribute to the top line for the Company.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SRAX.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SRAX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SRAX