Japanese Crypto Exchange BitTrade to Relaunch Under Huobi

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange BitTrade, one of the 16 licensed digital asset exchanges in the country, announced via a statement that it is closing its trading platform to relaunch its operations under the Huobi Group brand.

The move is largely regarded as a direct result of Huobi Japan Holding Ltd purchasing a controlling stake in the crypto exchange. This is because Huobi had to stop its business in the country because it was not regulated, whereas BitTrade is currently licensed to provide cryptocurrency trading services in Japan.

BitTrade Customers Need to Re-Register with Huobi

Furthermore, BitTrade is no longer working with Bitbank Corp, a trading infrastructure provider. As a result, the crypto exchange informed its clients that their accounts wouldn’t be automatically transferred to its new system and they will have to re-register with Huobi.

"Please prepare your identity confirmation document again … from the viewpoint of thoroughly pursuing the criminal profit transfer prevention law, please register new accounts," the statement says.

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The exchange wrote: “We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by the termination of the Bittrade service and updating to the Huobi new system. In the new system, we will continue to offer more Liquidity Liquidity The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent Read this Term and convenience services, so we appreciate your patronage.”

As of November 30, 2018, BitTrade has ceased registering new accounts. The acceptance of cryptocurrency and fiat deposits will only be available until December 14, 2018, and accounts will be closed altogether on January 18 next year.

However, BitTrade clarified that: “[Their] assets will not be lost due to the termination of this service. However, after January 18, it is only possible to withdraw the full balance of both virtual currencies and Japanese yen.”