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Japan Bitcoin Industry to Raise Approx. 800 Million Yen via In-Kind BTC Contribution, Partners with ANAP-Affiliated Firm
- Japan Bitcoin Industry will issue new shares to Fulgur Japan GK and ANAP Lightning Capital (ALC) for a combined 800,043,580 yen, paid fully in-kind in BTC, with funding scheduled for November 2, 2026.
- The company and ALC signed a basic alliance agreement for a Lightning Network routing business, under which ALC's BTC holdings will serve as liquidity in channels run by Japan Bitcoin Industry to build a domestic routing infrastructure.
- Raised funds will go toward developing the Lightning payment infrastructure 'aurora' (an API-based add-on payment method for merchants), hiring, the routing business, and R&D, addressing card-network-driven payment shutdowns affecting Japanese content sites and, in July 2025, over 100 titles on a major overseas game platform.