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A RedotPay help-center notice aimed at Japan residents says the group lacks Japan crypto-asset exchange registration and other required registrations, has stopped new Japan sign-ups and Japan app-store distribution, and will restrict then end Japan-resident services while BTC Box Co. prepares compliant offerings. Deal terms and a launch date are undisclosed.
RedotPay Group says it has acquired BTC Box Co., Ltd. (BTCBOX) and is winding down the services it currently offers to residents of Japan, according to a Japanese-language help-center notice aimed at those users [1]. The company states that the group has not obtained Japan crypto-asset exchange business registration or other required business registrations, and that it recognizes its present Japan-resident services do not meet those registration and related regulatory requirements [1].
The notice says RedotPay has stopped new member registration in Japan and has stopped distributing the RedotPay app from Japan's App Store and Google Play Store [1]. For existing Japan-resident customers, it says services will be restricted in stages and ultimately ended, with further details to follow [1]. A closing note states that the notice is aimed at Japan residents and that customers outside Japan are not affected [1].
To reduce inconvenience while those restrictions phase in, RedotPay says it acquired BTCBOX, a Japan-registered crypto-asset exchange operator, and that BTCBOX will prepare Japan-law-compliant services for domestic customers as part of the group [1]. The notice cites BTCBOX's operating history since 2014 and its September 2017 crypto-asset exchange registration among the reasons for the choice, and says RedotPay Group, as parent, will provide funding, technology and other support [1]. Deal terms and a date for any compliant Japan relaunch are not disclosed in the notice [1].
Japan's Financial Services Agency crypto-asset exchange registration list, current as of Sept. 30, 2026, lists BTCボックス株式会社 under Kanto Local Finance Bureau registration No. 00008, with a registration date of Sept. 29, 2017 [2]. That matches the registration year RedotPay attributes to BTCBOX [1][2]. The notice does not describe any enforcement action, and Le Coin is not asserting one.
RedotPay says further details on the Japan wind-down and on BTCBOX's preparations will come later [1]. Until those updates appear, the public company record is the help-center notice: no Japan exchange registration for RedotPay Group, the stop on new Japan sign-ups and Japan app-store listings, the planned restriction and end of Japan-resident services, the BTCBOX acquisition, and the statement that users outside Japan are unaffected [1].
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