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GMO Coin, Inc. — Japan crypto-asset exchange operator overview

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-18 Review by 2026-08-07 Sources 7 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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FSA registration number Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00006号 · JVCEA member #1006 · registration date 2017-09-29

1. Corporation / shareholders

  • Trade name: GMOコイン株式会社 / GMO Coin, Inc.
  • Date of establishment: 2016年10月
  • Head-office location: 〒150-0043 Shibuya Fukuras (SHIBUYA FUKURAS), 1-2-3 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
  • Capital: 37.58億円 (including capital reserves; figure published on the 2026年5月 official site)
  • Parent company: GMO Financial Holdings, Inc. (a 100% subsidiary of that company)
  • GMO Financial Holdings is an intermediate holding company positioned under GMO Internet Group, Inc. (TSE Prime 9449). A financial sub-group that brings together the crypto-asset, FX, and foreign-exchange businesses.
  • Listing status: unlisted (the parent GMO Internet Group is listed)
  • Corporate number: 7011001113188

2. License / registration status

  • Crypto-asset exchange business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00006号 (registration date 2017-09-29)
  • Financial instruments business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) 第3188号
    • The Kinsho registration for conducting crypto-asset derivative transactions (crypto-asset FX / exchange leverage)
  • JVCEA member: Type-1 member #1006 (both crypto-asset exchange business + crypto-asset derivative transaction qualifications)
  • Member associations: Japan Virtual and Crypto assets Exchange Association (JVCEA), Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ)
    • FFAJ membership is because it also conducts the foreign-exchange FX business (financial futures business)

3. Handled currencies

  • Sales outlet (販売所): 22 issues (as of 2026年5月 — BTC/ETH/BCH/LTC/XRP/XLM/XTZ/DOT/ATOM/ADA/DAI/LINK/DOGE/SOL/FIL/SAND/CHZ/AVAX/SUI/ZPG/ZPGAG/ZPGPT)
    • First in Japan to handle the Zipangcoin (ZPG) series (linked to gold / silver / platinum) in 2026年4月
    • First in Japan to handle Wilder World (WILD) in 2026年3月
  • Exchange (spot): 19 issues (BTC/ETH/BCH/LTC/XRP/XLM/XTZ/DOT/ATOM/ADA/DAI/LINK/FCR/DOGE/SOL/ASTR/NAC/SUI/WILD)
  • Staking support: the 7 issues ETH/XTZ/DOT/ATOM/ADA/SOL/ASTR (automatic distribution / segregated management)
  • Distinctive feature: claims to have the “most in Japan” for the number of exchange-leverage issues (per its own research 2024年4月12日). Also handles its own IEO issues such as NOT A HOTEL COIN (NAC) and FCR Coin.

4. Scope of business

  • Spot trading: sales outlet (2 Way price) + exchange (order-book trading · Maker negative fee -0.01%)
  • Derivatives: exchange leverage (up to 2x · individuals) + crypto-asset FX (same)
  • Foreign-exchange FX: handled as a financial instruments business. 21 currency pairs (as of 2026年5月), up to 25x leverage.
  • Crypto-asset lending: 2 types — Basic (fixed-term type, up to 10% annual rate) + Premium
  • Staking: 7 issues · automatically distributed monthly on a holdings basis
  • Crypto-asset accumulation (つみたて): accumulation service (from 500円~)
  • IEO: previously conducted with FCR, NAC, and others
  • Corporate services: corporate-account support, API trading (Public/Private), WebTrader (high-functionality trading tool)
  • Deposit channels: bank transfer (GMO Aozora Net Bank recommended), instant deposit (Pay-easy, internet banking, etc.), instant withdrawal (started 2026年2月9日)

5. Market share / trading volume

  • Published monthly trading volume / number of accounts: not disclosed (no standalone IR disclosure)
  • Figures are included as the “crypto-asset business” in GMO Internet Group’s consolidated financial results, but GMO Coin’s standalone trading volume is not regularly disclosed
  • Industry position: with FSA registration number 第00006号 (the 6社 registration), it is in the upper tier in terms of business history and regulatory compliance. The combined structure of spot trading + derivatives + foreign-exchange FX is, together with Jp Exchange Coincheck · bitFlyer · Jp Exchange SBI Vc Trade, thought to be positioned in the upper tier (no numerical basis; awaiting published data). For the regulatory boundary of staking / lending businesses, see Domestic CEX staking / lending services + regulation.
  • Customer base: mainly individual retail investors. Also accommodates trader / institutional demand through corporate accounts and API provision

6. History / major incidents

DateMatter
2016-10GMO Coin, Inc. established
2017-09-29FSA crypto-asset exchange business registration (第00006号)
2020-09First in Japan to introduce the “Post-Only (SOK)” order condition on the exchange
2024-04Announced achievement of the “most in Japan” (per own research) for the number of exchange-leverage issues
2026-01Started handling Sui (SUI) (sales outlet · exchange · accumulation)
2026-02-09Started the instant-withdrawal service for Japanese yen
2026-03First in Japan to handle Wilder World (WILD)
2026-04First in Japan to handle the Zipangcoin (ZPG) series (linked to gold / silver / platinum)
2026-04-30Announced the delisting of Dai (DAI)
2026-05Added 7 currency pairs to foreign-exchange FX (HUF/JPY, etc.)
  • Major hacking / administrative disposition / business-suspension order: none disclosed (as of 2026年5月)
  • Security failures or temporary suspensions due to system maintenance across the GMO group have occurred multiple times, but no large-scale incident such as asset outflow has been confirmed
  • Aggressive addition of new issues: in 2026年 alone, listed SUI, WILD, the ZPG series, etc. in sequence. Strategically promotes first-in-Japan listings
  • Expansion of foreign-exchange FX: in 2026年5月 expanded currency pairs to 21 pairs (adding high-interest / exotic ones such as HUF/JPY · NOK/SEK)
  • AI integration: in 2026年2月 introduced the AI price alert “SignalWise” and provides external linkage with the automated-trading service “GPT-Trade”
  • Instant deposit/withdrawal infrastructure: deposits via linkage with GMO Aozora Net Bank, instant-withdrawal support from 2026年2月
  • Zero staking-fee campaign: continuously rolled out as a user-acquisition measure
  • Group DLT / SC-related: GMO Internet Group issues a USD stablecoin (formerly GYEN/ZUSD) through a separate entity, GMO Trust (US), but this company is not directly involved in their issuance or operation. As for entry into the domestic stablecoin / electronic-payment-instrument trading business, there is no public information at present
  • Representative Director and President: Tomitaka Ishimura (published on the 2026年5月 official site)
  • Director: Tatsuki Yamamoto
  • Director / Audit and Supervisory Committee Member: Yoshiro Nakano, Fumimaro Kumagai, Daigo Hanaki
  • The circumstances of founding / a standalone account of the founder are not disclosed (established in 2016年10月 as a strategic business of the GMO group)

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