Bitgate 소개
Bitgate is a Japanese crypto asset exchange service provider whose operating entity was founded in 2017. It holds crypto asset exchange registration number 00012 from the Kanto Local Finance Bureau and a separate investment advisory and agency business registration. Its product design follows the asset segregation requirement under Japan's Payment Services Act: client assets are managed separately from proprietary assets, and in September 2020 it adopted BitGo's self-managed custody, using multi-signature and tiered approval to distribute private key control beyond the operator itself, addressing the structural weakness of concentrated internal permissions at early exchanges.
On the asset side Bitgate has long handled Bitcoin spot only and was among the earlier platforms licensed by the Financial Services Agency. In late 2019 the original shareholders transferred a 58.1% stake to Tokyo-based financial information services company Daiko Holdings, retaining 41.9%, with Daiko appointing two executives to the board. The platform has since been positioned as a Bitcoin channel for local retail customers and financial businesses inside the group.