​ 🟢 Sony plans to launch its crypto exchange

Sony is preparing to launch its own cryptocurrency exchange in Japan 🇯🇵 via the takeover of local exchange WhaleFin.

WhaleFin was renamed S.BLOX Co. The exact launch date of the S.BLOX crypto exchange has not been announced.

WhaleFin used to be called DeCurret. In 2022, it was acquired by the market-making company Amber Group.

In August 2023, the site was sold to a subsidiary of Sony.