FinWiki
日EN中

BTCBOX Co., Ltd. — Japan crypto-asset exchange operator overview

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-18 Review by 2026-08-08 Sources 5 Machine-translated Original (JA)
#fintech#jp-crypto-exchange#vasp
On this page

Wiki route

This entry sits under exchanges index. Read it with FSA crypto-asset exchange registration system — number system / Local Finance Bureau jurisdiction / registration requirements for adjacent context and Japan Financial Regulation — Legal Framework for Tokens, Crypto Assets, and Payments for the broader system boundary.

FSA registration number Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00008号 · JVCEA member #1008 · registration date 2017-09-29

1. Entity · shareholders

  • Trade name: BTCボックス株式会社
  • English name: BtcBox Co.,Ltd.
  • Founded: 2014年3月6日 (established by David Zhang with capital of 500万円)
  • Head office: 〒103-0025 Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi-Kayabacho 2-chome 8-ban 1号, BRICK GATE Kayabacho 5F (relocated in 2018年1月17日 from the former address at Kyobashi 1-chome)
  • Capital: 22億2704万円 (including capital reserves) — the publicly stated figure after the capital increases from 2019年 onward
  • Parent company: TTXHoldings Co., Ltd. (in 2019年3月, David Zhang transferred all shares to make it the full parent. TTXHoldings itself is an unlisted, non-public company)
  • Listing status: unlisted
  • Corporate number: 7020001104824 (National Tax Agency corporate-number disclosure site. Number assigned 2015年10月5日)

2. License · registration status

  • Crypto-asset exchange business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00008号 (FSA, registration date 2017年9月29日)
  • JVCEA membership: Type 1 member #1008 (crypto-asset exchange business only. Does not hold the Type-2-equivalent license related to derivatives transaction business)
  • Japan Payment Service Association: member number 第00745号

3. Handled currencies

  • Number of handled tokens: 7 tokens (as of 2026-05-18, per the official blog history)
  • Main tokens: BTC · ETH · BCH · LTC · DOGE (added 2022年4月) · DOT (added 2022年6月) · TRX (added 2022年7月)
  • Characteristics: a BTC-centric spot-only exchange. BTC has been handled since the very start of the service in 2014年4月. BCH has the track record of being among the first in Japan to begin trading, in 2017年8月. The pace of altcoin additions is relatively slow, maintaining a small-scale spot-specialized policy.
  • Sales counter (Kantan Baibai / easy buy-sell): service began from 2020年10月

4. Business scope

  • Spot exchange: exchange format (order-book trading)
  • Sales counter (Kantan Baibai): began 2020年10月
  • Derivatives / margin trading: none (JVCEA Type 1 · crypto-asset exchange business only)
  • Crypto-asset financing (lending): began 2016年2月. A service allowing borrowing of BTC up to a maximum of 3x total assets
  • Anshin Teiki Kounyu (peace-of-mind recurring purchase): began 2021年9月 (accumulation service)
  • Fiat deposit: bank transfer (no fee from SBI Sumishin Net Bank), instant deposit (began 2020年2月)
  • eKYC: Speedy Identity Verification began 2020年4月
  • Supported languages: Japanese · English · Chinese (3 languages)

5. Market share · trading volume

  • Account count · monthly trading volume: not disclosed (as of 2026-05-18)
  • Past market position: after the service began in 2014年4月, it nearly monopolized domestic BTC/JPY trading volume and remained domestic 1位 until 2015年11月 (Wikipedia description, sourced from a bitcoin Japanese-information site)
  • As of 2019年4月: in CoinMarketCap’s “adjusted trading volume · cryptocurrency exchanges Top100,” it recorded 1位 among Japan’s exchanges (Wikipedia description, sourced from CoinMarketCap)
  • Current position: no latest disclosed data on trading volume · account count. Compared with majors such as bitFlyer · GMO Coin, Inc. — Japan crypto-asset exchange operator overview · Coincheck, it is recognized within the industry as a niche / mid-positioned independent veteran (see JVCEA Domestic Spot Trading Volume Statistical Analysis (2017-2026)).
  • Customer base: domestic individuals (overseas individual · corporate accounts can also be opened)

6. History · major incidents

DateItem
2014-03BTCボックス株式会社 founded (David Zhang, capital 500万円)
2014-04The BTC/JPY exchange “BTCBOX” service began (LTC also began handling at the same time). One of the longest continuously operating crypto-asset exchanges among those existing in Japan
2015-07BTC monthly trading volume exceeded 50万BTC
2016-02Crypto-asset financing service began
2017-08Among the first in Japan to begin BCH trading
2017-09Completed FSA registration as a crypto-asset exchange operator (第00008号)
2017-11ETH handling began
2017-12Relocated to the new Kayabacho office
2018-10TTXHoldings Co., Ltd. founded (Representative Director David Zhang, capital 500万円)
2018-10Announced participation in Liquid Network (Blockstream’s Bitcoin sidechain)
2019-03David Zhang transferred all shares to TTXHoldings → TTXHoldings became the full parent
2019-05Capital increase underwritten by the parent 2億円. President change: David Zhang became Chairman, Harutoshi Tsuji became new President
2019-06Additional capital increase 3億円 (underwritten by the parent)
2020-02Instant deposit service began
2020-04Speedy Identity Verification (eKYC) began
2020-10Kantan Baibai (sales counter) service began
2021-09Anshin Teiki Kounyu service began
2022-04DOGE handling began
2022-06DOT handling began
2022-07TRX handling began
2025-04Reached the 10th anniversary of the service start

Major incidents: since the service started in 2014年4月, no security incidents such as hacks have been disclosed (per official-blog · Wikipedia descriptions, as of 2019年). No FSA administrative disposition has been confirmed in the public record (as of 2026-05-18).

7. Strategic developments

  • Recent public releases are limited to blog.btcbox.jp (mainly informational columns). Public announcements of new-token additions · large-scale capital measures have not been confirmed since 2022年 (not disclosed).
  • Maintains a small-scale, independent, spot-only line. No publicly announced plans for feature expansion such as derivatives or staking.
  • Continues brand messaging emphasizing more than 10 years since the service start (as of 2025年4月).
  • Harutoshi Tsuji: Representative Director and President (took office 2019年5月)
  • David Zhang (Zhang Dawei): founder, former Representative Director. An engineer of Chinese origin. Established the company in 2014年3月. Became Chairman in 2019年5月. Transferred all shares in 2019年3月 to TTXHoldings, which he founded himself.
  • Advising law firm: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
  • Accounting auditor: Zeros Audit Corporation

Sources