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CERES INC.

Ceres Inc. provides mobile and financial services in Japan and internationally. Its services include Points, which operates Moppy, a service that gives points exchangeable for cash or electronic money; AD.TRACK, an ASP connecting advertisements for advertisers' products and services with affiliate media; a D2C business that develops, manufactures, and sells products in-house; and a DX business supporting business operations, business transformation, and customer contact point reform. The company also offers blockchain, online factoring, and investment development services. Ceres Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Setagaya, Japan.

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SBI Completes Full Acquisition of Bitbank; CEO Hirosue to Stay On

Bitbank, which operates a cryptocurrency exchange, announced on October 1 that the procedure to make it a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI Holdings has been completed. The two companies had announced the signing of an agreement toward the full acquisition on June 25, and the series of transactions was completed on October 1 when Bitbank acquired its own shares from existing shareholders MIXI and Ceres. The move will have no impact on Bitbank's services, and users will be able to continue using them as before. Accordingly, SBI VC Trade President Tomohiko Kondo has taken a position as a director of Bitbank. Meanwhile, Noriyuki Hirosue of Bitbank will continue to serve as representative director, president and CEO, and is also set to become an outside director of SBI VC Trade.
SBI Holdings I… ▲MIXI Inc. CERES INC.
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Crypto Exchanges, Custody & Digital-Asset Infrastructure Capital
8473.JP · Capital · Positive SBI completed the acquisition making Bitbank a wholly owned subsidiary.
bitbank · Capital · Neutral Bitbank became a wholly owned SBI subsidiary after buying back shares from MIXI and Ceres.
SBI VC Trade · Capital · Neutral SBI VC Trade's president joined Bitbank's board as part of the integration.
2121.JP · Capital · Neutral MIXI sold its Bitbank shares to Bitbank as part of SBI's full acquisition.
3696.JP · Capital · Neutral Ceres sold its Bitbank shares as part of SBI's buyout, exiting its stake.
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Ceres to Enter Stablecoin Business, Aiming to Become Industry's Second Registered Firm

Ceres, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, disclosed on August 13 that its subsidiary Mercury is aiming to register as an electronic payment instruments transaction service provider in order to handle stablecoins. In its second-quarter earnings presentation for the fiscal year ending December 2026, released the same day, the company explained that it is preparing to become the industry's second registered firm, with an eye toward the spread of stablecoins in Japan. Registration as an electronic payment instruments transaction service provider is required for activities such as buying and selling, exchanging, managing, and brokering stablecoins whose value is linked to legal tender, and the Financial Services Agency's registration list currently includes only one firm, SBI VC Trade. Mercury operates the crypto asset exchange CoinTrade, which handles 24 crypto assets, and also offers services such as staking, lending, and recurring investment. As part of its policy of making CoinTrade a total crypto asset management platform, Ceres has positioned stablecoins as a new area of focus.
CERES INC. ▲MERCURY, Inc. ▲
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Digital Finance & Tokenization › Stablecoin Issuers & Distribution Regulation
3696.JP · Regulation · Positive Ceres aims to become second registered stablecoin firm, expanding business.
5025.JP · Regulation · Positive Mercury, subsidiary, seeking registration to handle stablecoins.
SBI VC Trade · Competition · Neutral SBI VC Trade is currently the only registered firm, but impact unclear.
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