{"id":630801,"date":"2026-07-17T13:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/sbi-acquires-singaporean-crypto-platform-coinhako-after-mas-approval\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:53:34","slug":"sbi-acquires-singaporean-crypto-platform-coinhako-after-mas-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/sbi-acquires-singaporean-crypto-platform-coinhako-after-mas-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"SBI acquires Singaporean crypto platform Coinhako after MAS approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-sbi-virtual-currencies-the-bank-backed-japanese-exchange-with-big-plans.jpg\" alt=\"SBI acquires Singaporean crypto platform Coinhako after MAS approval\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SBI Holdings received regulatory approval to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako as it expands into stablecoins, onchain finance and tokenized assets.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings has acquired a majority stake in Holdbuild, the parent company of Singaporean crypto platform Coinhako, after receiving regulatory approval from Singapore\u2019s central bank.<\/p>\n<p>The approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) enabled SBI to acquire company shares from existing shareholders through a capital injection, making Coinhako a consolidated subsidiary of SBI, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbigroup.co.jp\/english\/news\/pdf\/2026\/0717_a_en.pdf\">announced<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Coinhako holds a Major Payment Institution license under MAS through its subsidiary, Hako Technology Pte. Ltd. <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sbi-holdings-majority-stake-singapore-crypto-exchange-coinhako\">SBI announced<\/a> its intent to acquire a majority stake in the Singaporean crypto exchange in February.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sbi-receives-mas-approval-to-acquire-singaporean-coinhako\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBI Holdings received regulatory approval to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako as it expands into stablecoins, onchain finance and tokenized assets. Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings has acquired a majority stake in Holdbuild, the parent company of Singaporean crypto platform Coinhako, after receiving regulatory approval from Singapore\u2019s central bank. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-630801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}