Yahoo! Japan has acquired 40% of the already well-established local exchange BitARG, hoping to open a full-scale exchange operation within 12 months.
All set to roll out in April 2019, the new exchange will be built upon the BitARG system. Yahoo! Japan is set to make additional purchases in BitARG, which will register with the Financial Service Agency (FSA), early 2019.
Yahoo! Japan made the purchase through Tokyo’s YJFX, a foreign exchange transaction subsidiary that operates foreign exchange transactions services. Its cost has been reported to be JPY 2 billion (USD 19 million) for a 40% stake in BitARG. Newly-issued stock has been purchased to cover any outstanding shares.
YJFX has already planned the next stage of this business execution, sending executives and engineers to be dispatched to BitARG, where they will look in depth into the systems and administration over the next 12 months till the official platform is launched.
A statement published by the FSA on Friday suggested Binance was being held under the microscope and was about to receive an official warning, given its lack of registration with the FSA.
Zhao Changpeng, Binance CEO stated: “No need to worry. Some negative news often turns out to be positive in the long term. Chinese have a proverb for this. New (often better) opportunities always emerge during times of change.”
This latest developmentcould give the community a clearer outlook on the future of cryptocurrency, but could as easily be the pullback before the market moves forward. The speculation is that imposing regulations could present opportunities for big conglomerates to buy in at low prices before a parabolic rise within the ecosystem.
