- Nomura Holdings reportedly wants to launch crypto exchange by end of 2026.
- Daiwa Securities Group and SMBC Nikko Securities also allegedly mulling moves.
- Firms have an eye on corporate clients, Japanese newspaper reports.
Three Japanese securities giants with a combined market cap of around $48 billion say they are considering launching crypto exchange businesses, with the largest of the trio aiming to provide crypto-trading services by the end of 2026.
Nomura Holdings, Japan’s biggest securities provider, which manages around $673 billion in clients’ assets, says it will launch its operations via its Swiss crypto subsidiary Laser Digital, Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
The other two firms named were Daiwa Securities…
