Japanese cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer has confirmed it will begin supporting Solana trading on June 24, a move that significantly expands the seventh-largest cryptocurrency’s footprint in Asia’s most regulated digital asset market.

The Tokyo-based exchange, founded in 2014, announced the listing in an X post, stating that SOL would be available for buying and selling through its retail platform.

The exchange described Solana as a blockchain that combines Proof-of-Stake consensus with its proprietary Proof-of-History technology, a combination it said enables high-speed, low-cost transaction processing across a wide range of applications.

Why the bitFlyer listing matters

Japan operates one of the world’s most…