As it has been revealed, South Korean exchange Bithumb is planning to expand its geography and open its new offices in Thailand and Japan. These both locations have been included into the company’s global expansion plan.

Bithumb has already applied for licences at the regulatory bodies in the both countries to secure permissions to operate in these markets. And now it is waiting for the approvals from Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) and Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Being the South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb is one of the biggest exchanges in the world. In 2017, it earned 171 times more than it managed to earn in 2016. Moreover, it has successfully passed through a tax audit of the local authorities in South Korea. And it has already begun to implement its expanding plan and has opened its offices in the UK and Singapore.

Nevertheless, there were some difficulties as well. In May, it was enforced to stop supporting a certain cryptocurrency after it had been noticed that it belonged to members of Bithumb staff and was presented on the exchange without going through the usual procedures.

A little bit later in June, Bithumb became a victim of a hack and lost nearly $31 million of customers’ money. Bithumb promised to cover all the loss from its own pocket.

And now the exchange has chosen two new two jurisdictions that are among the most cryptocurrency-friendly in the world.

Bithumb has chosen Thailand not randomly. It is explained by the fact that the country has a rapidly growing and developing e-commerce and fin-tech industry. Moreover, Thai regulators realize the potential of cryptocurrencies and are actively working on the ways of regulate ICOs. It is expected that Bithumb will start its operations in Thailand in October this year.

As for Japan, the country cryptocurrency as a means of payment in April of last year. All companies that want to establish their business in the country and to manage an exchange must get an approval from the country’s top financial regulator, the FSA.

Though the country regularly welcomes new companies dealing with cryptocurrencies, after the hack that happened at Coincheck platform in January, the FSA has introduced a stricter exchange approval process.

In spite of strict rules, Bithumb isn’t going to give up and is already waiting for a permission to open an exchange in Japan. It is said that it could happen in February 2019. But it won’t be just an ordinary platform, Bithumb is planning to create an exchange that will support the biggest number of cryptocurrencies in the country.

Bithumb’s policy for global expansion is not limited to these two jurisdictions.

As it is said in the announcement: “Bithumb is preparing exchange platforms for countries under the global expansion plan and we are looking for great and potential partners (corporation, entity or group) worldwide…The exchange platforms under final development stages are USD / JYP / EUR / CNY / INR / GBP / AUD / CAD / PHP / RUB and [there] will be more soon when there are any service demands.”

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