bitFlyer and T-Point Japan announce business partnership

2019.08.20 Press Releases
bitFlyer Inc. / T Point Japan Inc.

- Use T Points to receive Bitcoin -

bitFlyer Inc. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yoshio Hirako; hereinafter "bitFlyer") and T Point Japan Inc. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and COO: Kazuhiko Kitamura; hereinafter "T Point Japan") have entered into a business partnership agreement and are pleased to announce that today they have launched the "T Point Program," which allows users to earn and use "T Points" on bitFlyer.

This means that T Points can be used to earn the virtual currency "Bitcoin," and bitFlyer customers can earn T Points when purchasing products and services with Bitcoin.

To commemorate the launch of this points service, we will also be running a "bitFlyer campaign to give a total of 100,000 T points to first-time customers," where you can earn T points when you open a bitFlyer account.

■T points can be used
You will be able to earn Bitcoin by using T Points.
Point unit: T-points. For every 100 points, you will receive 85 yen worth of Bitcoin.

■ Earn T points
When you pay with Bitcoin using your bitFlyer Wallet at participating stores, you will earn 1 T-Point for every 500 yen you spend.

*Participating stores: Bic Camera, Yamada Denki, HIS, etc.

For details of the service and participating stores, please check the website below.

■ Campaign period: August 20th (Tuesday) 2019, 10:00 AM to September 30th (Monday) 23:59 PM
During the campaign period, customers who create a new bitFlyer account and meet all of the following eligibility conditions will be entered into a lottery to win 1,000 T-Points, for a total of 100,000 T-Points.

■Eligible conditions:
(1) Create your first free bitFlyer account during the campaign period.
(2) Complete the identity verification process at bitFlyer.
(3) After logging in to bitFlyer, complete the T-Point usage procedure on the partner service screen.

*Web: Select "Partner Services" from "Settings" on the home screen.

App: Click "≡" and select "Partner Services."

For more details about the campaign, please check the following website.

bitFlyer's motto is "Make the world easier with blockchain.""We will continue to contribute to the healthy development of the virtual currency exchange industry.

T Point Japan will continue to aim for T Points to be a familiar point system for many people, and to be "a point that connects people and society" for the benefit of people.

Bitcoin is a type of virtual currency. Bitcoin is expressed in units of BTC and can be sent between individuals and companies via the network. Opportunities for its use as a means of payment are also expanding.

T-Points is a common points service used by 69.61 million people, more than one in two Japanese people. Now in its 15th year since its launch, the service can be used in all aspects of daily life at over 1.06 million stores nationwide, including convenience stores, supermarkets, drug stores, restaurants, clothing stores, electronics retailers, mobile phone stores, online shopping, electricity and gas stores, and more.

■ bitFlyer, Inc.
Established: January 2014
Head office location: Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Capital: 4,102,380,000 yen (including capital reserves)
Representative: Representative Director Hirako Yoshio
Business: Cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain development and services
Registration number: Virtual currency exchange business registration (Registration number Kanto Regional Finance Bureau No. 00003)

■T Point Japan Co., Ltd.
Established: October 1, 2012
Head office address: 16-17 Nanpeidaicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Capital: 100 million yen
Representative: Kazuhiko Kitamura, President and COO
Business: T-Point program management business

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bitFlyer and T-Point Japan announce business partnership

Inquiries regarding this matter
bitFlyer Inc. Public Relations
TEL: 03-6447-5596

T-Point Japan Co., Ltd. Public Relations Officer
TEL: 03-6800-4464