bitFlyer Holdings Establishes AI Strategy Office to Build Financial Infrastructure for the AI Agent Era through AI × Blockchain Convergence

bitFlyer Holdings (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Yuzo Kano; hereinafter 'the Company') has established the 'AI Strategy Office' as a new organization directly under the CEO, effective April 1, 2026, to promote R&D of next-generation financial infrastructure through the fusion of AI × Blockchain technology. Simultaneously, the Company has commenced recruitment for specialized AI personnel.

### Background of the AI Strategy Office Establishment
With the rapid advancement of generative AI, 'AI agents' that make decisions and execute tasks autonomously are becoming a reality. We are witnessing the birth of a new form of economic activity where AI carries out tasks and conducts services or transactions without human intervention. In this emerging 'Agentic Economy,' reliable data foundations and transaction record management are indispensable for AI agents to operate safely and autonomously.

The Company believes that the combination of AI × Blockchain provides the answer to this challenge. While AI functions as intelligence for high-level reasoning and decision-making, Blockchain provides a decentralized database with tamper-resistance to permanently record and share transaction histories. By fusing these two technologies, we believe it is possible to establish a foundation for new economic activities where AI agents autonomously handle contracts, settlements, and trades. We see the fusion of AI × Blockchain as a cornerstone technology for next-generation financial infrastructure and are committed to its realization across the group.

Our group has a proven track record of implementing blockchain technology in the systems of financial institutions and enterprises through bitFlyer Blockchain, which develops and provides the enterprise blockchain 'Miyabi.' 'Miyabi' is a high-speed, highly secure enterprise blockchain that ensures finality, and it has been adopted for the underlying system of 'Zipangcoin,' a crypto asset linked to the price of gold, proving its performance in the demanding financial sector. Building on this technical foundation and expertise, we established the 'AI Strategy Office' as a cross-functional organization to accelerate group-wide initiatives in the AI × Blockchain domain.

### Key Initiatives of the AI Strategy Office
The AI Strategy Office, positioned directly under the CEO, will simultaneously drive the enhancement of company-wide operations through AI and R&D/use-case exploration in the AI × Blockchain fusion field. Key initiatives include:
- Promotion of group-wide AI utilization
- Improving operational efficiency and development productivity using AI
- R&D and use-case exploration in the AI × Blockchain domain
- Research into financial infrastructure for the AI agent era
- Preparation of internal AI foundations and data utilization environments
- Technical collaboration with external partners

The office will promote AI strategies across the organization in collaboration with various departments, including product, engineering, legal, and compliance. To advance these initiatives, we have started recruiting specialized personnel such as AI engineers and researchers.

### About bitFlyer Group
bitFlyer, Inc. was founded in 2014 with the mission 'Simplified with Blockchain.' We provide services including crypto asset buying and selling, and have achieved the No. 1 bitcoin trading volume in Japan for 10 consecutive years. Since our founding, we have prioritized security and regulatory compliance to provide safe and easy-to-use services. Along with bitFlyer USA Inc. and bitFlyer EUROPE S.A., we have expanded globally. Furthermore, bitFlyer Blockchain develops and provides the unique 'Miyabi' blockchain. We aim to become Asia's No. 1 while contributing to the social implementation of blockchain and the sound development of the crypto asset market.