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Japan's Crypto Market in 2026: Digital Asset Regulation, Stablecoins, Tokenization, and the Digital Yen
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Japan’s Crypto Market in 2026: Digital Asset Regulation, Stablecoins, Tokenization, and the Digital Yen
Japan’s digital asset market continues to grow and is gradually becoming part of the country’s traditional financial system. According to official data from Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), about 7.3% of Japanese individual investors with investment experience held crypto assets in 2025. By mid-2026, 31 Japanese crypto asset operators had opened more than 14.4 million accounts. Against this backdrop, Japanese authorities continue to reform crypto market regulation, develop a separate regulatory framework for stablecoins and the tokenization of financial assets, and test infrastructure for the...
5 days ago
Nataly Antonenko
Nataly Antonenko
Journalist @ CoinsPaid Media
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