Blackstar included that statement about private placement of stock since 2019 in all their filings. I list all of these in post# 13961 with links. For a stock that is heralded as a "Revolutionary Digital Trading Platform" it isn't attracting any private investment. According to the annual with links to the information in post# 13991 linked below the $400K of new financing for 2023 was "...All of the individuals and/or entities listed above that purchased the unregistered securities were all known to us and our management, through pre-existing business relationships, as long-standing business associates, friends, and employees..." Yes friends and associates and they were handed some sweet notes. 71,250,000 restricted shares vesting between now and the end of June are the free shares and interest issued on those notes. You can bet that the CEO will do what he can to help them out.