Japanese top financial regulator FSA has reported that two new cryptocurrency exchanges have been approved out of 23 new requests for regulation - Rakuten Wallet Co. and Decurrent Co. Ltd..

Japan now has 19 approved crypto exchanges. The number of entities which have expressed interest in entering the market as a virtual currency operator in Japan is more than 140 since last March. The percentage of the Japanese population who owns cryptocurrencies is one of the largest in the world and many companies want to exploit potential of the starting market.