Company: DAAQ
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-011355
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Company: Digital Asset Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form: S-1
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 Mr. Tuder is currently an Operating Partner at Atlas Merchant Capital. Mr. Tuder received a B.A. in English Literature from Yale College. We believe Mr. Tuder is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive business experience. Kristin Smith,43, will serve on our board of directors upon the consummation of this offering. Ms. Smith has been the chief executive officer of the Blockchain Association since September 2018. Ms. Smith has also served on the board of directors and also as an audit committee member of Skybridge Opportunity and GII Funds since January 2022. Some of Ms. Smith’s achievements include being named the Washingtonian’s Most Influential People in 2023 and 2024 and named as Fortune’s 40 Under 40 in Government and Politics in 2020. We believe Ms. Smith is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her extensive cryptocurrency experience. Rebecca Rettig,45, will serve on our board of directors upon the consummation of this offering. Ms. Rettig is a legal veteran in the digital asset space, having transitioned to the industry in 2017, after a number of years as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Rebecca has worked on legal and policy issues in the digital asset space for a number of years, first as a partner at a number of AmLaw firms and then as in house counsel at some of the largest software developers in the space, including but not limited to the Aave Companies (now Avara) (from March 2021 to March 2024), Polygon Labs (from January 2023 to January 2025) and now at Jito Labs (since January 2025),

144 where she oversee the global legal, policy and compliance work. Rebecca currently serves as a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trade Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee Subcommittee on Digital Assets as well as the New York Department of Financial Services Virtual Currency Advisory Board. She also serves as an advisor to a number of prominent digital asset companies across various parts of the industry. Rebecca has pioneered legal and regulatory solutions in permissionless and decentralized software systems and has worked with global regulators and policymakers on developing sound laws and regulations for the digital asset industry that both protect consumers and allow for continued innovation. We believe Ms. Rettig is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her digital asset policy experience. Thomas Trowbridge,50, will serve on