Bitbank

bitbank, inc.File:Bitbank logo.svg

Industry| Cryptocurrency exchange
Founded| 7 May 2014
Founder| Noriyuki Hirosue
Headquarters|

Tokyo

Japan

Number of employees

| 102
Website| https://bitbank.cc/en/

bitbank is one of the cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan. It is run by bitbank, inc. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The exchange primarily offers cryptocurrency spot trading on the order book as well as buy/sell and lending services.

In September of 2017, the firm was licensed by the Financial Services Agency of Japan[1] as a registered cryptocurrency exchange operator.[2]

## Contents

* 1 General information
* 2 Cryptocurrencies
* 3 Core businesses
* 3.1 bitbank.cc
* 3.2 Bitbank Markets
* 4 Member organization
* 5 External links
* 6 References

## General information

bitbank was founded in May 2014 by Noriyuki Hirosue, with its previous name Bitcheck Inc. then subsequently changed to its current name.

In July 2015 bitbank launched a bitcoin futures exchange, called Bitbank Trade (operating until April 2019).

In March 2017, bitbank launched a cryptocurrency spot trading service, bitbank.cc.

## Cryptocurrencies

* Bitcoin BTC
* Ethereum ETH
* Ripple XRP
* Bitcoin Cash: BCH
* Litecoin LTC
* Monacoin MONA
* Stellar lumen XLM[3]
* Qtum QTUM
* Basic Attention Token BAT[4]
* OMG Network OMG[5]

## Core businesses

### bitbank.cc

* Cryptocurrency exchange: Users can buy and sell a variety of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin through the order book.
* Cryptocurrency instant buy and sell: Users can buy and sell a variety of types of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin instantly through bilateral transactions with bitbank.
* Cryptocurrency lending: By lending their cryptocurrency to bitbank, users receive interests at the maturity date.

### Bitbank Markets

* An owned media service, providing news and analysis reports on the crypto-market.

## Member organization

* Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association[6] (JVCEA)
* Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association[7] (JCBA)

## External links

bitbank.cc

## References

1. ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem" (in en-US). https://www.techinasia.com/japan-approved-crypto-exchanges.
2. ↑ "暗号資産交換業者登録一覧". https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/kasoutuka.pdf.
3. ↑ "セレスの持分法適用関連会社のビットバンク、ステラルーメン（XLM）の取扱いを開始" (in ja). https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000222539/.
4. ↑ "ビットバンク、ベーシックアテンショントークン（BAT）の取扱いを開始" (in ja). https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000233033/.
5. ↑ "ビットバンク、オーエムジー（OMG）の取扱いを本日より開始" (in ja). https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000239475/.
6. ↑ "一般社団法人日本暗号資産取引業協会（JVCEA）" (in ja). 2021-08-11. https://jvcea.or.jp/.
7. ↑ "一般社団法人日本暗号資産ビジネス協会（JCBA）" (in ja). 2021-08-20. https://cryptocurrency-association.org/.

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