Coincheck Group N.V. (NASDAQ:CNCK), the holding company of Coincheck, Inc., one of Japan’s leading crypto asset exchanges, today announced that on February 28, 2026 it completed the acquisition of approximately 99.8% beneficial ownership of 3iQ Corp., one of the world’s leading alternative digital asset managers.

3iQ is based in Ontario, Canada. The signing of the stock purchase agreement for the acquisition had been announced January 8, 2026.

The 3iQ acquisition represents another important step in Coincheck Group’s strategy for global expansion, including in the institutional space. The 3iQ acquisition follows Coincheck Group’s October 2025 acquisition of Aplo SAS, a registered crypto prime brokerage for institutional investors headquartered in Paris, France, and its March 2025 acquisition of Next Finance Tech Co., Ltd, a staking platform services company.

Coincheck Group intends to explore potential revenue synergies, including 3iQ and Aplo offering value-added services to each other’s institutional clients and Next Finance providing staking services to or for 3iQ, Aplo and Coincheck. The transaction also enables Coincheck Group to spread its public company costs over a larger and more diversified revenue base.

Oppenheimer & Co. served as financial advisor, and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Netherlands), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (U.S.) and Stikeman Elliott (Canada) served as counsel, to Coincheck Group. Cinaport Capital served as financial consultant, and Wildeboer Dellelce served as counsel, to Monex Group.