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VASP Compliance Summary — Coincheck

Coincheck, Inc. (Monex Group) · Exchange · Japan

Exported 2026-08-25

Data reviewed 2026-08-11

Overview

Compliance snapshot

Overall regulatory statusAuthorized

EU MiCA statusNot in scope

JFSA crypto-asset exchange service provider registration
Owned by Monex Group; US-listed holding structure since 2024
Trustpilot 3.5/5 · 480 reviews
January 2018 NEM theft of USD 530m; customers reimbursed

Medium concern

JFSA-registered and owned by a listed financial group, with remediated controls; the 2018 NEM theft remains the largest single incident on file for the venue.

Authorizations

Licenses & registrations

Jurisdiction	Regulator	Authorization	Status	Reference	Granted
Japan	Financial Services Agency JFSA · https://www.fsa.go.jp/en/regulated/licensed/index.html	Crypto-asset exchange service provider registration	Authorized	Kanto Bureau 00014	2019-01-11

Reputation

Reputation scores

Trustpilot-style score3.5 / 5

Reviews480

App Store4.3

Google Play3.8

12-month trendflat

Press sentiment (12m)+4 / ~4 / −3

Media

Recent press

Date	Source	Headline & summary	Sentiment
2026-06-30	Reuters	Coincheck parent reports steady crypto revenue Monex Group cited stable domestic trading volumes.	Neutral
2026-04-11	Bloomberg	Nasdaq-listed structure completes first full year The holding company published its first annual report since listing.	Neutral
2026-01-28	CoinDesk	Coincheck adds institutional reporting tools Portfolio reporting for corporate clients was launched.	Positive
2025-09-17	Financial Times	Japanese venues raise cold-storage ratios Coincheck said the majority of customer assets sit offline.	Positive
2025-05-23	Reuters	Marketing practices reviewed by regulator A routine supervisory review covered advertising disclosures.	Neutral

Risk events

Incidents & enforcement

Date	Type	Amount	Description
2018-01-26	Hack	USD 530,000,000	Theft of NEM tokens from an internet-connected wallet; all affected customers were reimbursed by the operator.
2018-03-08	Enforcement	—	JFSA business improvement orders following the theft; remediation completed before registration was granted in 2019.

Profile

Key facts

Founded2012

Websitecoincheck.com

Fiat currenciesJPY

Proof of reservesPartial

Custody modelMajority cold storage under listed-group oversight

Legal entitiesCoincheck, Inc. (JP) · Coincheck Group N.V. (NL)

Coincheck

AuthorizedNot in scopeESMA register

Coincheck, Inc. (Monex Group)

Exchange🇯🇵 Japan Founded 2012coincheck.com

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Last reviewed

2026-08-11

Compliance snapshot

JFSA crypto-asset exchange service provider registration
Owned by Monex Group; US-listed holding structure since 2024
Trustpilot 3.5/5 · 480 reviews
January 2018 NEM theft of USD 530m; customers reimbursed

Overall concern

Medium concern

JFSA-registered and owned by a listed financial group, with remediated controls; the 2018 NEM theft remains the largest single incident on file for the venue.

Regulatory

Licenses & registrations

Jurisdiction	Regulator	Authorization	Status	Reference	Granted
🇯🇵 Japan	Financial Services AgencyJFSA	Crypto-asset exchange service provider registration	Authorized	Kanto Bureau 00014	2019-01-11

🇯🇵 Japan
Authorized
Crypto-asset exchange service provider registration
Financial Services AgencyJFSA
Kanto Bureau 000142019-01-11
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User signals

Reputation

Trustpilot-style score

3.5/ 5

3.5

480 reviews

Stable (12m)

App ratings

App Store: 4.3
Google Play: 3.8

Press sentiment (12m)

Positive4

Neutral4

Negative3

Media

Recent press

2026-06-30
Coincheck parent reports steady crypto revenueNeutral
Reuters — Monex Group cited stable domestic trading volumes.
2026-04-11
Nasdaq-listed structure completes first full yearNeutral
Bloomberg — The holding company published its first annual report since listing.
2026-01-28
Coincheck adds institutional reporting toolsPositive
CoinDesk — Portfolio reporting for corporate clients was launched.
2025-09-17
Japanese venues raise cold-storage ratiosPositive
Financial Times — Coincheck said the majority of customer assets sit offline.
2025-05-23
Marketing practices reviewed by regulatorNeutral
Reuters — A routine supervisory review covered advertising disclosures.

History

Incidents & enforcement

2018-01-26HackUSD 530,000,000
Theft of NEM tokens from an internet-connected wallet; all affected customers were reimbursed by the operator.
2018-03-08Enforcement
JFSA business improvement orders following the theft; remediation completed before registration was granted in 2019.