SatoshiPay Update

30 September 2025

Blue Star Capital plc

("Blue Star" or the "Company")

SatoshiPay Update

Blue Star Capital plc (AIM: BLU), the investing company with a focus on blockchain, payments and esports, announces that, further to the announcement on 24 September 2025 regarding Vortex, a decentralised exchange platform incubated by SatoshiPay Ltd ("SatoshiPay") and following upgrades to its website, widget and API platform, Vortex has launched its Version 2 API interface in Brazil.

The updated Version 2 API interface will provide enhanced user experience, security and performance features to the site, and following the launch will bring updates, including partitioning the platform services into quote and widget pages, enhanced focus on the widget interactions for business clients, and defining a clear on- and off-ramp service, to Vortex's Brazilian users.

The Company currently has an approximate 50 per cent. shareholding in SatoshiPay.

The Directors of the Company take responsibility for this announcement.

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About Blue Star

Blue Star is an investing company with a focus on new technologies. Blue Star's investments include SatoshiPay Ltd, an experienced blockchain company with a strong track record in innovative payment solutions; Dynasty Media & Gaming, whose B2B white label platform is a full-stack gaming ecosystem; and Paidia, a female focussed gaming platform.

About SatoshiPay

SatoshiPay is a blockchain technology company building software solutions at the intersection of fiat and decentralised finance. The company is driving ecosystem growth through strategic projects and incubations including Pendulum (www.pendulumchain.org), a Polkadot-based network connecting stablecoins and traditional currencies to DeFi; Nabla Finance (www.nabla.fi), a next-generation decentralised exchange; and Vortex Finance (www.vortexfinance.co), a ramping platform providing widget and API solutions for seamless fiat-to-crypto access. SatoshiPay holds strategic token positions, leveraging synergies across its portfolio, deploying liquidity and earning yield to strengthen its ecosystem and shareholder value.

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