As Japan’s major brokerages gradually expand toward digital assets, crypto increasingly continues to move deeper into mainstream financial infrastructure.

Earlier adoption had already remained concentrated around crypto-native exchanges rather than traditional brokerage investment products.

That structure now appears to be shifting since SBI and Rakuten accelerated preparations for Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH] focused investment trusts.

Nomura, Daiwa, and several Mizuho-linked firms also continue studying similar offerings beneath evolving Financial Services Agency regulatory frameworks.

Institutional conviction, meanwhile, strengthened after Nomura’s 2026 survey showed nearly 80% of professional investors planning…