TRON

Japanese Yen

BTCBOX

Bitbank

Binance

Zaif

BitTrade

Started in 2020, OKCoinJapan is the Japan branch of OKGroup, a global cryptocurrency exchange conglomerate that includes OKX and OKCoin.

## What Is Binance?

Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, with $76 billion daily trading volume on Binance exchange as of August 2022, and 90 million customers worldwide. The platform has established itself as a trusted member of the crypto space, where users can buy, sell and store their digital assets, as well as access over 350 cryptocurrencies listed and thousands of trading pairs. The Binance ecosystem now comprises of Binance Exchange, Labs, Launchpad, Info, Academy, Research, Trust Wallet, Charity, NFT and more.


## Who Are the Binance Founders?

The global company was co-founded in China by Changpeng Zhao and Yi He. A Chinese-Canadian developer and business executive, Changpeng Zhao, who goes by CZ, is the company's CEO. He studied at McGill University Montreal and had a successful track record as an entrepreneur. His past experiences include Head of Bloomberg Tradebook Futures Research & Development team, founder of Fusion Systems and Head of Technology at Blockchain.com. 

Yi He is CMO at Binance and Head at Binance Labs, the company’s venture capital arm. Yi was previously Vice President at a leading mobile video tech company, Yixia Technology, and co-founder of digital asset exchange OKCoin.


## When Did Binance Launch?

Binance was launched in June 2017, and within 180 days grew into the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world.


## Binance Restricted Countries

Under the Binance Terms of Use, restricted locations include the United States, Singapore and Ontario (Canada). However, some countries have restricted usage or features might be limited due to regulatory reasons, including but not limited to, China, Malaysia, Japan, UK and Thailand. Futures and derivatives products are also not available in Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. In September 2019, a separate dedicated platform for US clients, Binance.US, was launched.


## How Much Are Binance Fees?

The platform is user-friendly and one of the cheapest with a huge selection of transaction types and an advanced set of trading tools for experienced investors. It charges based on a tiered system, from regular users to VIP 9. For regular users, a 0.10% maker taker fee is charged for spot trading. In July 2022, Binance announced zero-fee trading for BTC spot trading pairs, and in August for ETH/BUSD pair.


## Is It Possible To Use Leverage or Margin Trading on Binance?

Traders can borrow funds and participate in margin trading on Binance Margin, which allows trading cryptocurrencies with up to 10X leverage. Users can also use derivatives products such as Binance Futures, settled in USDT, BUSD or other cryptocurrencies and Binance Options to leverage on their trades.

## What Is Zaif?

Zaif is a Japanese centralized cryptocurrency exchange (CEX). It was one of the first crypto exchanges to obtain a license from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA). As of September 2018, it was ranked as the 35th largest cryptocurrency exchange by turnover. However, on September 14, 2018, the exchange’s hot wallets were hacked, with the equivalent of $60 million in cryptocurrency stolen.

Following the incident, Zaif suspended operations, entering a bailout agreement with FISCO, a Japanese brokerage that injected 5 billion yen ($44.675 million) in financial support. In November, the company was sold to FISCO Digital Asset Group Co. Ltd.


## Who Are the Founders of Zaif?

The company was founded by Takao Asayama, CEO of Tech Bureau. Tech Bureau operated Zaif until FISCO purchased it in late 2018. At the time of publication, Ryuji Yagi headed the platform. Other members of the management team include Toshiya Kotake, Norifumi Imai, Takayoshi Abe, Kenji Yamaguchi, and Osamu Fukami.

CoinMarketCap could not confirm the background of these individuals since the majority of them do not have LinkedIn profiles.


## When Did Zaif Launch?

Zaif made its debut on June 16, 2014.


## Where Is Zaif Located?

The cryptocurrency exchange operates out of Japan’s busy capital city of Tokyo.


## Zaif Restricted Countries

CoinMarketCap has been unable to confirm if any countries are restricted from using Zaif. However, besides the fact that the exchange is mostly in Japanese, an August 2022 announcement from the company said that the platform was “currently not accepting applications for opening an account for customers residing overseas. In addition, even if you are a customer who has completed identity verification in the past, we may refuse to use it at our discretion.”


## What Coins Are Supported on Zaif?

The trading platform offers a limited number of digital assets. With just ten coins and 14 markets, BTC/JPY is the most active trading pair on the exchange.


## How Much Are Zaif Fees?

Zaif charges some of the lowest fees in the cryptocurrency exchange market — 0.10% for takers and free of charge for makers for its spot trading market.


## Is It Possible To Use Leverage or Margin Trading on Zaif?

Users can trade on margin with a leverage of up to 7.7x on the exchange platform.

BitTrade is a legitimate crypto asset exchange in Japan with the top number of coins handled in the country and operates its business around a "localization strategy." BitTrade 's name was used prior to Dec 2018 and is a reissue of the brand name. From Dec 2018 to Feb 2023, the brand name was Huobi Japan. The back-end system and the security technology are equivalent to that of Huobi Group. After rebranding to BitTrade, the company continues its friendly relationship with Huobi Group.
The company offers two types of markets: a simple swap service, which is familiar to the Japanese market, and a regular order book market service. There are no tokens issued by BitTrade at this time. The company is also a financial instruments business operator (License: Type 1 Financial Instruments Business) based on Article 10, Paragraph 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of Law No. 28 of 2049.

Crypto Exchanges For TRON / Japanese Yen

Crypto Exchanges that are offering TRX / JPY market pair.

Crypto Exchanges For TRX / JPY.

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