Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc on Wednesday said it will halt operations in Japan due to volatile market conditions.
All Coinbase Japan customers will have until Feb. 16 to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings, the company said in a blog post.
Coinbase’s decision to exit comes only a few weeks after rival exchange Kraken said it, too, would cease its operations in Japan this month.
Several firms have suffered from waning investor appetite for crypto after major exchange FTX blew up in September. Higher interest rates and worries of an economic downturn have also piled pressure on the crypto industry, as investors flee risky assets.
The crypto sector’s woes have continued this year, marked by plunging deposits, layoffs and multiple legal hurdles.
Coinbase, Crypto.com and Huobi have all announced plans to lay off about 20 percent of their respective staff, while a source told Reuters earlier this month that Genesis, too, had cut jobs, equating to 30 percent of its workforce.
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