{"id":15762,"date":"2026-05-02T05:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/15762\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T05:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:57:20","slug":"sbi-holdings-moves-to-acquire-bitbank-as-japan-crypto-consolidation-accelerates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/15762\/","title":{"rendered":"SBI Holdings Moves to Acquire bitbank as Japan Crypto Consolidation Accelerates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SBI Holdings said it has entered talks on a capital and business alliance to acquire cryptocurrency exchange bitbank.<br \/>\nThe company said it plans to acquire bitbank shares after completing due diligence and internal procedures.<br \/>\nbitbank has been preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since mid-2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_feedSummaryContent-module-scss-module__B3djzW__newsAnalyticsTitle\">Forecast Trend Report by Period<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Indicator.png\" alt=\"Loading Indicator\" data-hide-on-theme=\"light\" class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" style=\"animation:var(--animate-spin)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Indicator-dark.png\" alt=\"Loading Indicator\" data-hide-on-theme=\"dark\" class=\"h-full w-full object-cover\" style=\"animation:var(--animate-spin)\"\/>See more mid- to long-term trend analysis<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0ed9ef8e-412f-41fe-8246-938630fdb03a.webp\" alt=\"Photo: SBI Holdings logo\" width=\"646\" role=\"presentation\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Photo: SBI Holdings logo<\/p>\n<p>SBI Holdings is in talks on a capital and business alliance aimed at acquiring cryptocurrency exchange bitbank, according to foreign media reports.<\/p>\n<p>BlockBeats and other outlets reported on May 1 that SBI Holdings had submitted a letter of intent to acquire shares in bitbank Inc., the operator of bitbank, and had officially begun discussions on the proposed tie-up. The company said it plans to acquire the shares after completing due diligence and internal procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The timing and structure of the acquisition have yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>SBI Group has been stepping up integration of its cryptocurrency businesses in Japan. On April 1, its subsidiary SBI VC Trade absorbed Bitpoint Japan, expanding its business base.<\/p>\n<p>bitbank, meanwhile, has been preparing for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since mid-2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SBI Holdings said it has entered talks on a capital and business alliance to acquire cryptocurrency exchange bitbank.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[2670,2664,2674,2662,217,215,2663,2669,2668,2666,2665,2667,2673,2671,214,216,2672],"class_list":{"0":"post-15762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-bitcoin","9":"tag-bitcoincommunity","10":"tag-blockchain","11":"tag-bloomingbit","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-business-of-japan","14":"tag-coincommunity","15":"tag-coininfo","16":"tag-coininvest","17":"tag-coinnews","18":"tag-coinreview","19":"tag-coinstats","20":"tag-cryptocurrency","21":"tag-ethereum","22":"tag-japans-business","23":"tag-japanese-business","24":"tag-solana"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}