July 12 (Reuters) - Ceres Inc 3696.T
* Says it will sign a business and capital alliance
agreement with bitbank Inc, on July 14
* Says two entities will cooperate on virtual currency and
block chaining related business
* Says it will acquire shares of bitbank Inc for 850 million
yen, effective July 31, and raise voting power to 29.9 percent
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