CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY

Resolution of the Board of Directors

of

The Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers, Inc.

Article I

Purpose

The purpose of the conflicts of interest policy (the “policy”) is to protect the interests of the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers, Inc. (the “organization”) when it is contemplating entering into a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest of an officer or director of the organization.This policy is intended to supplement but not replace any applicable state laws governing conflicts of interest applicable to nonprofit and charitable corporations.

Article II

Definitions

1. Interested Person

Any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with board delegated powers, member, employee having responsibilities similar to a director or principal officer, substantial donor to the organization, or any person in a position to exercise substantial influence over the affairs of the organization, regardless of whether such person is compensated by the organization, and any Family Member of such person who has a direct or indirect Financial Interest, as defined below, is an interested person.

2. Family Member

A person’s brothers and sisters (including half siblings and step-siblings), children, grandchildren, great grandchildren (including step-children, step-grandchildren, and step-great grandchildren), ancestors (parents, grandparents, etc., including step-parents and step-grandparents) and spouses (of the person and any person in the foregoing categories). Family Members shall include siblings, descendants and ancestors by adoption.

3. Financial Interest

A person has a financial interest if the person has, directly or indirectly, through business, investment or family:

An Ownership or Investment Interest in any entity (traditional or blockchain-based) with which the organization has a transaction or arrangement;

A compensation arrangement with the organization or with any entity (traditional or blockchain-based) or individual with which the organization has a transaction or arrangement; or

A potential Ownership or Investment Interest in, or compensation arrangement with, any entity or individual with which the organization is negotiating a transaction or arrangement.

Compensation includes direct and indirect remuneration as well as gifts or favors that are substantial in nature, including payments, allocations or extensions that may be denominated in cryptocurrencies or crypto assets.

A Financial Interest is not necessarily a conflict of interest. Under Article III, Section 2, a person who has a Financial Interest may have a conflict of interest only if the appropriate board or committee decides that a conflict of interest exists.