Bitbank, Inc. — Japan crypto-asset exchange operator overview

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FSA registration number Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00004号 · JVCEA member #1004 · registration date 2017-09-29

Trade name: bitbank Inc. (English: Bitbank, Inc.)
Corporate number: 1010801024625 (confirmed in the National Tax Agency corporate-number DB)
Corporate-number assignment date: 平成27年10月5日 (2015-10-05)
Established: 2014年 (month and day unconfirmed because the official website could not be accessed directly)
Head-office location: Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Yaesu Central Tower 10F, 2-2-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (relocated from Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku as of 2026年2月6日)
Parent company / shareholder structure: Independent. Unlisted. Detailed shareholder structure not disclosed.
Corporate site: https://bitbank.cc/

Crypto-asset exchange business: Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00004号 (registration date 2017-09-29)
Financial instruments business: Not registered (no derivatives-business registration)
Electronic payment instruments business / funds-transfer business: Not disclosed
JVCEA membership type: Type I, crypto-asset exchange business only (confirmed in the JVCEA member list; no derivatives-exchange certification)

Number of handled tokens: Exact latest count unconfirmed because the official website could not be accessed directly
Major tokens (publicly known): BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, BCC (BCH), MONA, XLM, QTUM, BAT, IOST, XEM and many others
Characteristics: A relatively large number of altcoin listings, led by XRP, among domestic exchanges; said to rank among the domestic leaders in altcoin trading volume. Spot-only (no margin / derivatives handling).

Spot trading: Spot buy/sell (exchange / brokerage)
Margin / derivatives: Not handled (no derivatives-exchange certification in the JVCEA membership category)
Crypto-asset lending: Not disclosed
NFT / staking: Not disclosed
Fiat-deposit channel: Bank transfer / quick deposit (Sumishin SBI Net Bank, etc.) supported (official information could not be directly confirmed)

Trading volume: Per-member trading volumes are disclosed in the JVCEA monthly statistics, but as of 2026-05-18 the specific figures are left blank because that Excel file could not be accessed directly.
Number of accounts: Not disclosed
Customer base: Centered on retail (individual investors). Corporate services are also offered.
Competitive positioning: Said to rank among the domestic leaders in altcoin trading volume, but the specific JVCEA-statistics values serving as the basis require separate confirmation. Relative to BTC-centric bitFlyer / Coincheck, it has a structure where trading volume in multiple currencies such as XRP is relatively high. For an industry comparison of spot trading volume, see JVCEA Domestic Spot Trading Volume Statistical Analysis (2017-2026).

Year-Month	Item
2014年	Established (month and day unconfirmed on the official website)
2015-10-05	Corporate number assigned (confirmed in the National Tax Agency DB)
2017-09-29	FSA crypto-asset exchange business registration (Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00004号)
2022-11	Collapse of the FTX group (FTX Trading Ltd., parent of FTX Japan K.K., went into a chain bankruptcy). FTX Japan, as a Japanese legal entity, segregated customer assets and survived independently.
2024年	bitbank Inc. absorbs FTX Japan K.K. The scheme (whether share transfer or business transfer) and the formal announcement date require confirmation because the official website could not be accessed. Drew industry attention as a case of achieving a phased soft landing through segregated management of customer assets.
2026-02-06	Relocated head office from Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku to Yaesu, Chuo-ku (Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Central Tower 10F)

Absorption of FTX Japan (2024年): Carried out a customer-protection-type takeover of a failed exchange (see FTX Japan customer-asset 100% return case — the world's first immediate full-return case and Domestic Crypto Asset Exchange M&A and Consolidation History (2018-2026)). Expansion of account numbers and handled currencies is expected.
Head-office relocation (2026年2月): Relocated to Tokyo Midtown Yaesu. Seen as a consolidation into a major exchange-hub area.
No public announcement regarding IPO or external capital raising has been confirmed.

Representative Director CEO: Noriyuki Hirosue. Recognized as public information.
Founder: Noriyuki Hirosue is regarded as the founding CEO, but details at the time of establishment remain within the range of public information because the official IR page could not be accessed.
Details of other officers / major shareholders: not disclosed.

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JVCEA member list (retrieved 2026-05-18)
National Tax Agency corporate-number disclosure site — bitbank Inc. (retrieved 2026-05-18)
FSA crypto-asset exchange operator registration list Excel (snapshot 令和8年4月1日 = 2026-04-01)
bitbank corporate site (requires separate confirmation because it could not be accessed directly; 2026-05-25 retry was in the same state — confidence continues to be maintained at possible. A description built solely from FSA / JVCEA primary sources)