BOULDER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / September 11, 2023 / BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc. ("BlackStar") (OTC PINK:BEGI) BlackStar continues to move forward with our plans to enable trading of our common shares on a blockchain with our revolutionary software called BlackStar Digital Trading Platform ^TM "BDTP^TM", a peer-to-peer digital trading platform of electronic fungible shares based on the blockchain. The Platform is designed to function in the existing Broker Dealer back-office operations within the confines of existing rules or regulations. A Blockchain First^TM sample transaction is as follows: an investor holding book-entry shares of BlackStar on account at the Broker Dealer enters orders for those common shares through BDTP^TM, which then records the transactions on a centralized private blockchain; the Broker Dealer or ATS hosting BDTP^TM clears and settles all trades generated through them. Other Broker Dealers with Blackstar book-entry share can send orders from their customers over a secure link to the ATS/BD that hosts the blockchain trading system, BDPT. The clearing of the trade may be the responsibility of the broker-dealer that introduces their customer to trade on the B.D.T.P.™ platform.

We believe that if we are able to secure a contract to host our platform in the next three to six months, that the BDTP^TM will be well-timed in the industry; in May 2023, for instance, FINRA approved OTC Markets to permit digital asset securities to be traded by broker-dealers on OTC Link ATS. We currently intend to seek a contractual arrangement such as a license with an existing ATS for a quoting service, similar to the current listing of our common stock with OTC Markets Group. At this time, no ATS has committed to an arrangement. We intend to continue having discussions with various ATS's until we have secured an arrangement that will allow the BDTP™ platform to operate.

Once the BDTP™ platform is live and formal arrangements have been finalized with an existing ATS to execute and reports trades, the Company intends to license the platform to other publicly traded companies as a subscription service with a company specific customizable interface operation through a substantially similar license with the existing ATS. This subscription service, Blackstar's "Blockchain Equity Trading" or B.E.T.™, would enable each subscribing company to have access to their own trading platform, based upon our core platform, where shares of their common stock could be traded, without markup or markdown in true "spot transactions" and without shorting. Additional features of the platform include the indication of interest feature for future offerings, and a corporate governance feature. All transactions, customer data and corporate governance information would be recorded immutably on an Amazon Web Services-based blockchain. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority would have complete and transparent access to the data recorded by the BDTP ^TM, offering a single data interface and consolidated history of transactions; the SEC and FINRA would only become Certificate Holders if they approve and agree to participate in viewing the data, and only if the platform is approved at a future date. BlackStar hopes that this increased transparency will mitigate many of the risks of investing in OTC-listed stocks and restore investor confidence in trading shares of OTC companies.

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BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc. (OTC:BEGI)
WEBSITE: blackstarenterprisegroup.com
EMAIL: info@blackstarenterprisegroup.com

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Bryan P Hemphill….559-359-1480
http://www.blackstarenterprisegroup.com/investor-relations/

More information can be found in the Company's recently filings at the SEC web site: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=BlackStar+Enterprise&match=&filenum=&State=&Country=&SIC=&myowner=exclude&action=getcompany

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SOURCE: BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc.