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OSL Group has signed an agreement to acquire over 80% of Japan’s FSA-licensed crypto exchange CoinBest, marking its entry into the Japanese crypto market.
<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/hong-kong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Hong Kong</a>‘s licensed crypto operator OSL Group has announced plans to acquire an 81.38% stake in CoinBest, a <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/japan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Japan</a>-based crypto exchange licensed by the Financial Services Agency.
In a Nov. 4 <a href="https://osl.com/press-release/osl-group-acquires-regulated-crypto-exchange-coinbest-japan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">press release</a>, OSL said the acquisition, led through its Japanese subsidiary, marks the group’s “strategic step” into the Japanese market, which is seeing rapid growth in crypto adoption and boasts over 5 million active crypto accounts as of 2023.
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 “Through the acquisition of CoinBest, OSL Group aims to create business synergies by fostering product and service innovation, sharing resources and best practices, as well as enhancing global trading liquidity across its member platforms […].”
 OSL Group
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="osl-seeks-valuable-insights-from-japanese-market">OSL seeks ‘valuable insights’ from Japanese market</h2>
The move is part of OSL’s global expansion strategy to increase its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region as Ivan Wong, chief investment officer of OSL Group, calls the acquisition a “pivotal milestone” for the group. Although the financial details of the deal were not revealed, Wong expressed optimism about gaining “valuable insights and cutting-edge technologies from those markets to enhance our offerings and strengthen our competitive edge across the board.”
The acquisition comes amid anticipated legislative changes in Japan that could shape the region’s crypto landscape. As crypto.news <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://crypto.news/major-japanese-companies-want-to-prioritize-bitcoin-and-ether-for-crypto-etfs/">reported</a> earlier, a group of Japanese financial institutions urged the Japanese government to focus on major tokens such as Bitcoin (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/bitcoin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) and Ethereum (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH</a>) in talks of allowing exchange-traded funds for cryptocurrencies. Additionally, the group is also calling for a review of Japan’s taxation system, specifically recommending a separate tax on income earned.
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Hong Kong’s OSL Group acquires Japanese crypto exchange CoinBest

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