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Sony plans to restart Whalefin, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange it acquired in 2023.

Whalefin released an announcement saying that parent company Amber Japan will be renamed S. BLOX. The announcement also added that the company was acquired by Quetta Web, a subsidiary of Sony, in August 2023. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sony said in a press release that they plan to restart the cryptocurrency exchange soon and will launch a new app. It is reported that Amber Japan, formerly known as DeCurret, was acquired by crypto finance company Amber Group in 2022.