Japan Crypto Exchange bitFlyer Weighs Acquisition.

"bitFlyer is very well known in Japan, but nobody knows it in Europe or the U.S." the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. derivatives trader said in a separate interview with Bloomberg TV. Kano -- who co-founded bitFlyer in 2014 -- is targetting a 10% share of the cryptocurrency market in the U.S., but is aware that it may be "really difficult" given Coinbase Global Inc.'s dominance there. (Bloomberg) -- Japan's largest Bitcoin exchange, bitFlyer Inc., is considering acquiring a small domestic or foreign rival to scale up its business, according to co-founder Yuzo Kano. [Extracted from the article]

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