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Rakuten Wallet, Inc. — Japan crypto-asset exchange overview

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-18 Review by 2026-08-08 Sources 7 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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FSA registration number Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00015号 · JVCEA member #1018 · registration date 2019-03-25

1. Corporation / shareholders

  • Trade name: Rakuten Wallet, Inc. (English: Rakuten Wallet, Inc.)
  • Date of establishment: 2016年12月15日 (former trade name: Minna no Bitcoin, Inc.)
  • Head office location: 〒107-0062 Rakuten Crimson House Aoyama, 6-21号 Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
  • Capital: 1,850百万円 (18.5億円)
  • Parent company: Rakuten Securities Holdings, Inc. (100% stake). Rakuten Securities Holdings is under Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE Prime 4755).
  • Corporate number: 7010401128837
  • Representative Director and President: Tatsuya Yamada

2. License / registration status

  • Crypto-asset exchange business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00015号 (registration completed 2019年3月25日)
  • Electronic-payment-instrument business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Dendai) 第48号
  • Financial instruments business (Type 1): Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) 第3190号 (registration completed 2020年5月)
  • JVCEA membership type: Type 1, member number 1018. Holds both crypto-asset exchange business and crypto-asset derivatives trading qualifications.
  • ISMS certification: ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (certification registration number IS 510581)

3. Handled currencies

Number of handled currencies: 16 currencies (as of 2026-05-18, from the official-site handled-crypto-asset list)

CategoryCurrencies
With spot tradingBTC, ETH, BCH, XRP, ADA, DOT, XLM, POL, SOL, TRX, AVAX, DOGE, SHIB, TON
Margin trading onlyLTC, XTZ

Margin trading (crypto-asset derivatives) supports the 9 currencies of BTC, ETH, BCH, LTC, XRP, ADA, DOT, XLM, and XTZ.

Characteristics: With its strength in linkage with the Rakuten ecosystem, a balanced currency lineup centered on major coins. Relatively new meme / utility coins such as SHIB and TON are also added sequentially (marked “NEW” as of 2026年).

4. Scope of business

  • Spot trading (spot): yes (smartphone app and web)
  • Crypto-asset margin trading (derivative): yes. Service started 2020年3月. Provides a dedicated website, the “Margin Trading Exchange.”
  • Rakuten Point exchange: Rakuten Points (regular points) can be exchanged for spot-trading currencies at 1 points = the equivalent of 1円 (minimum 100 points). Started 2021年3月 as “Point Bitcoin by Rakuten PointClub.”
  • Rakuten Cash charge: held crypto-assets can be converted and charged to Rakuten Cash and used at Rakuten Pay member stores (started 2021年2月).
  • web3 wallet: separately provides an NFT/web3 wallet app usable with a Rakuten ID (a separate service from the crypto-asset trading app).
  • Corporate accounts: yes (provides a corporate account-opening service).
  • API: provides a trading API for external developers (including “GPT-Trade” linkage).
  • Deposit channels: supports instant deposit linked to a Rakuten Bank account, bank transfer, and deposits/withdrawals supported on weekends and holidays.

5. Market share / trading volume

6. History / major events

DateEvent
2016年12月Traders Holdings established Minna no Bitcoin, Inc.
2017年3月Started a virtual-currency exchange service
2017年9月Submitted a virtual-currency-exchange-operator registration application to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau
2018年4月Received a business improvement order from the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (as a deemed operator before registration)
2018年10月Rakuten Card acquired all shares of Minna no Bitcoin from a Traders Holdings subsidiary, making it a subsidiary
2019年3月Changed the trade name to Rakuten Wallet, Inc. Completed FSA crypto-asset-exchange-operator registration (第00015号)
2019年4月Became a 100% subsidiary of Rakuten Payment, Inc. via reorganization within the Rakuten Group
2019年8月Started a crypto-asset spot-trading service
2020年3月Started a crypto-asset margin-trading service
2020年5月Completed Type 1 financial-instruments-operator registration (Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) 第3190号)
2020年6月Relocated headquarters from Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, to Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
2020年10月Reduced capital to 1億円 (later increased capital, now 18.5億円)
2021年2月Started the crypto-asset → Rakuten Cash charge service
2021年3月Started the Rakuten Point → BTC pseudo-investment “Point Bitcoin by Rakuten PointClub”
2022年7月Became a 100% subsidiary of Rakuten Securities via reorganization within the Rakuten Group
2022年10月Reorganized into a 100% subsidiary of Rakuten Securities Holdings

Major administrative dispositions: the 2018年4月 business improvement order (during the period as a deemed operator before registration, disclosed by the parent company Traders Holdings). No record of administrative dispositions after registration has been confirmed in public information.

  • Deepening Rakuten-economic-zone integration: continuing a strategy of treating the over-2,000万 Rakuten Point members as a potential customer base through linkage with Rakuten Points / Rakuten Cash / Rakuten Pay.
  • web3 wallet expansion: since 2025年, providing NFT / web3-compatible apps as a standalone service. A design that lowers the entry barrier for existing users via single sign-on with a Rakuten ID.
  • GPT-Trade linkage: providing an AI-leveraging trading interface as an official service (as of 2026年).
  • SPU (Super Point Up Program): incorporating the use of Rakuten Wallet into the conditions for boosting the point-reward rate on Rakuten Ichiba purchases, seeking mutual customer referral with other Rakuten services.
  • Handled-currency expansion: added meme / high-liquidity currencies such as SHIB, TON, and DOGE around 2026年, strengthening the lineup.
  • Tatsuya Yamada: Representative Director and President (disclosed information)
  • The original starting point: Traders Holdings (an FX-affiliated corporate group) established the original corporation, but it fully transitioned to the Rakuten Group in 2018年10月. Details of the founder / officers at the time of establishment are not recorded in disclosed materials.

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