E-Commerce Giant DMM Quits Cryptocurrency Mining Business

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Japanese e-commerce giant DMM.com is reportedly in the process of withdrawing its cryptocurrency mining business in the country, just months after it set up the operation in early 2018.

A news report from Nikkei on Dec. 30 said DMM made the decision on the withdrawal in September 2018 as the overall cryptocurrency market slump led to deteriorating profitability for its mining business.

The report added the withdrawal process, including the sale of its mining machines, could continue until the first half of 2019. Founded in 1999, DMM is one of the largest e-commerce sites in Japan that launched a cryptocurrency exchange business dubbed DMM Bitcoin in January 2018, which is one of the 16 licensed trading platforms in Japan.

In September 2017, DMM announced its plan to set up a mining farm with a goal at the time to become one of the 10 largest mining farms in the world within 2018, and to eventually reach a top three ranking.

It then began mining cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, ethereum and, litecoin, since February 2018 in Kanazawa, the capital city of the Ishikawa Prefecture, the report said.

The news came just days after Japanese internet giant GMO announced it would halt the business of making its next-generation bitcoin mining machines, after recording an “extraordinary loss” of 35.5 billion yen (or $321.6 million).

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On Dec. 25, DMM also announced it would drop the plan of launching another cryptocurrency trading platform called Cointap to focus on improving trading services on DMM Bitcoin.

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