Bitbank, a leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a global investment branch called Bitbank Ventures LLC. The new subsidiary will identify and invest in projects that use blockchain technology and crypto assets. The company says this will help create more open ways to transfer value online and in society.
Bitbank Ventures will also work with other companies in Japan’s cryptocurrency world and connect them to international markets. It will also look at new technologies like AI and crypto to find ways to use them together. The new branch will work with Bitbank’s other businesses to find ways they can work together.
Bitbank says this will help build a better digital economy in Japan and around the world.