SBI to acquire Bitbank in $289M deal creating Japan's biggest crypto exchange
The Japanese financial conglomerate plans to take full control of Bitbank as it expands an ecosystem spanning crypto trading, stablecoins, tokenization and blockchain infrastructure.
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