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December 1st, 2004 Company established.
January 5th, 2005 Press Conference held to announce Rakuten Inc. and Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. as investors in Dot Commodity Inc.
March 15th, 2005 Tokyo Commodity Exchange Broker Membership Approved
April 22th, 2005 Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) license approved.
May 1st, 2005 Dot Commodity Inc. officially starts business.
September 30th, 2005 Dot Commodity acquires the online trading division of Globally Inc.
October 1st, 2007 Dot Commodity, Himawari CX and Astmax Futures integrate their online trading operations.
September 12th, 2008 Tokyo Grain Exchange broker membership approved.
September 26th, 2008 Japan Commodity Clearing House (JCCH) membership approved.
September 29th, 2008 Tokyo Grain Exchange brokerage services officially began.
October 22nd, 2008 Dot Commodity acquires the online trading division of Tokyo Comwealth, Inc.
November 28th, 2008 Dot Commodity acquires the online trading division of Yutaka Shoji Co., Ltd.
November 28th, 2008 Dot Commodity acquires the commodity futures business of United World Securities Japan KK.
March 27th, 2009 Dot Commodity acquires the online division of Star Asset Securities Co., Ltd.
April 13th, 2009 CFD trading services begins.
April 27th, 2009 Dot Commodity acquires the online trading division of Taicom Securities Co., Ltd.
April 30, 2009 Began providing clearing services on TOCOM and TGE for Taicom Securities.
August 24, 2009 Began providing clearing services on TOCOM and TGE for Kyoei Bussan.
September 28, 2009 Began providing clearing services on TOCOM and TGE for Daiki Sangyo.
March 12, 2010 Began providing brokerage and clearing services on TOCOM for Meiji Bussan.
March 23, 2010 Began providing clearing services on TOCOM and TGE for Himawari Securities Inc.
March 26, 2010 Dot Commodity acquires the online trading division of Invast Securities Co., Ltd
March 29, 2010 Began providing clearing services on TOCOM and TGE for Kanetsu Shoji Co., Ltd.
March 29, 2010 Began providing clearing services on TOCOM and TGE for Imamura Securities Co., Ltd.
August 18, 2010 Overseas commodity futures brokerage service begins.
October 28, 2010 Dot Commodity acquires the commodity futures business of Mitsubishi Corporation Futures Ltd.
June 29, 2011 Admitted as Trading Member of Singapore Exchange (SGX) Derivative Markets.
March 29, 2012 Licensed as Financial Instruments Intermediary Service Provider.
April 2, 2012 Began providing spot trading brokerage services for physical gold, platinum and silver.
April 9, 2012 Began Nikkei 225 Futures & Options brokerage services.
July 9, 2012 Established a subsidiary Market Brokerage & Futures Systems, Inc.
July 25, 2012 Jointly hosted FIA Japan Conference with four other exchanges.
July 30, 2012 Introduced Ultra-Low Latency and Proximity Solutions for High Frequency Traders (HFT) through KVH.
August 25, 2012 Jointly hosted Global Investment Conference on Precious Metals with Xinhu Futures.

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