Investment Firms Authorised in Japan

Every entry FSA list of registered Crypto Asset Exchange Service Providers holds for Japan — what each firm is authorised as, when, and which authorisations have since been withdrawn.

What this register covers. Payment Services Act registration of crypto-asset exchange service providers — a full business authorisation, NOT an anti-money-laundering enrolment. A firm listed here may hold no permission for anything else, and a firm absent from it may be lawfully authorised under a regime this register does not cover. If the firm you are checking offered you crypto, start with the guided check.

An authorisation is not an endorsement. The Financial Services Agency publishes that a provider is registered under the Payment Services Act. That is a record of a permission, not a recommendation, and not a statement that the provider is safe. The Agency's own note on this list adds that it "does not guarantee or endorse the value of these crypto-assets". No firm on this page is scored, ranked or assessed by us, there is no green tick anywhere on this site, and lists are ordered alphabetically so that the order cannot be read as a judgement either.

27 entries · 27 recorded as current · 0 recorded as withdrawn · authorities: Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Financial Services Agency of Japan) · Kinki Local Finance Bureau (Financial Services Agency of Japan)

  • BACKSEAT Exchange Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 16 April 2021Current
  • Binance Japan Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 14 October 2022Current
  • bitbank, inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current
  • bitFlyer, Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current
  • BitTrade Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current
  • Btc Box Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current
  • Coinbase Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 18 June 2021Current
  • Coincheck, Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 11 January 2019Current
  • COINHUB, INC.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 26 December 2017Current
  • Crypto Garage, Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 June 2021Current
  • Custodiem K.K.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current
  • Digital Asset Markets, Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 17 February 2021Current
  • FINX JCrypto Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 1 December 2017Current
  • Gaia Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 18 June 2021Current
  • Gate Japan Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 27 November 2019Current
  • GMO Coin, Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current
  • HashKey Japan Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 18 June 2021Current
  • Laser Digital Japan Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 21 August 2026Current
  • Mercoin, Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 17 June 2022Current
  • MERCURY INC.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 17 February 2021Current
  • MONEY PARTNERS CO., LTD.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current
  • OKCoin Japan K.K.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 30 March 2020Current
  • OSL Japan K.K.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 23 September 2020Current
  • Rakuten Wallet, Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 25 March 2019Current
  • S.BLOX Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 25 March 2019Current
  • SBI VC Trade Co., Ltd.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 1 December 2017Current
  • Zaif Inc.Crypto-asset exchange service provider · authorised 29 September 2017Current

What Grouping by Japan Means Here

This is the jurisdiction whose authority recorded the authorisation — not necessarily the only place the firm operates. A firm authorised here may serve clients elsewhere, and a firm serving clients here may be authorised elsewhere.

So a firm being absent from your own country’s page does not mean it cannot lawfully deal with you, and its being present does not mean it may do everything. The register overview explains what the permissions are and what falls outside them.

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