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SHENZHEN, China, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BIT Mining Limited (NYSE: WBAI) ("BIT Mining Limited" or the "Company"), a leading cryptocurrency mining enterprise, today announced the first closing of its previously announced transactions (the "Transactions") contemplated by the share exchange agreement, as amended (the "Share Exchange Agreement"), dated February 16, 2021, with Blockchain Alliance Technologies Holding Company ("Blockchain Alliance"), a Cayman Islands company and a "Non-U.S. Person" as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company has issued an aggregate of 44,353,435 Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.00005 per share of the Company (the "Class A Ordinary Shares") to Blockchain Alliance in exchange for the entire outstanding share capital of Blockchain Alliance Technologies Limited held by Blockchain Alliance. In accordance with the Share Exchange Agreement, the entire mining pool business of Bitdeer Technologies Holding Company ("BitDeer") operated under BTC.com, including the domain name BTC.com and the cryptocurrency wallet of BTC.com (collectively, the "BTC.com Pool Businesses") have now been transferred to the Company.