{"id":57045,"date":"2022-02-02T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57045"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:32:00","slug":"amber-group-acquires-japanese-bitcoin-exchange-decurret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/amber-group-acquires-japanese-bitcoin-exchange-decurret\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Group acquires Japanese Bitcoin exchange DeCurret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency company Amber Group announced the acquisition of the regulated Bitcoin exchange DeCurret from Japan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are excited to announce our acquisition of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeCurret?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeCurret<\/a>. As one of the 30 registered CAESPs, this marks our operational entry into Japan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hn0B4JRU0C\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hn0B4JRU0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amber Group (@ambergroup_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ambergroup_io\/status\/1488456035354349568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DeCurret is one of 30 holders of the Crypto-Asset Exchange Service Provider (CAESP) license from the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA).<\/p>\n<p>Backed by 35 shareholders, including leading banks and corporations in the country, DeCurret has become a pioneer in the new industry in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is expected to create synergies by bringing together the WhaleFin tools for institutional-grade investment in digital assets developed within <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/amber-group-launches-whalefin-platform\">WhaleFin<\/a> and DeCurret&#8217;s access to the Japanese crypto market.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Deloitte <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/amber-group-wins-deloitte-technology-fast-award\">named<\/a> Amber Group a technology leader in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the crypto-derivatives platform FTX <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ftx-agrees-to-acquire-liquid-the-bitcoin-exchange\">agreed<\/a> to acquire the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid and its subsidiaries.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency company Amber Group announced the acquisition of the regulated Bitcoin exchange DeCurret from Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2259,2288,1235],"class_list":["post-57045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-amber-group","tag-decurret","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57047,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57045\/revisions\/57047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}