Japan 2026 huge crypto overhaul: tightening oversight, slashing taxes, insider trading law
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is weighing a major overhaul of cryptocurrency oversight that would classify digital assets as financial products subject to insider-trading rules, according to a report in the Asahi newspaper. The proposed framework would cover roughly 105 cryptocurrencies listed in Japan, including bitcoin and ethereum, and would require exchanges to provide clearer disclosures about price-volatility risks and other material information.
- The plan would also broaden distribution channels. Banks and insurance companies would be allowed to sell cryptocurrencies to customers through their securities subsidiaries — a significant expansion of access that would bring digital assets more in line with traditional investment…
