Analysis
The crypto industry in Japan is poised for a surge in growth among retail investors, observers say, as the government plans to introduce a moderate 20% tax.
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Located in East Asia, Japan is a top 20 country in the world in terms of population. Japan has the third-largest economy by nominal gross domestic product and the fourth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. Tokyo is the country’s capital. Bitcoin in Japan has a notable following, as does cryptocurrency and blockchain as a whole.
The country’s regulators have deemed Bitcoin an approved money type. Japan hosts a number of crypto exchanges, and the country has regulatory requirements around the industry, creating a scene more favorable for compliant crypto-asset entities. Bitcoin’s anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, is thought to be from Japan, although little is confirmed about Nakamoto’s identity.
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Japan has taken another step to reform its crypto taxation, replacing its tiered system that can reach as high as 55%.
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Bitcoin’s decline to $84,000 was driven by US dollar stablecoin concerns, a weakening global macroeconomic outlook and other factors beyond Japan’s bond market stress.
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Sony Bank is reportedly pursuing a US license and partnering with Bastion as it develops a 2026 dollar stablecoin connected to its growing Web3 unit, BlockBloom.
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Japan’s 10-year bond yields surged to 1.86%, the highest since 2008, threatening to unwind the yen carry trade that funneled trillions into risk assets.
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The fresh debt draw shows how Metaplanet is using both debt and preferred equity to accelerate Bitcoin purchases and income-generation strategies.
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An advisory body to Japan's FSA will release a report recommending that crypto companies hold reserves to compensate users for events such as hacks.
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Japan’s stimulus package has shaken global markets, including Bitcoin, while the UK cracks down on Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion with crypto.
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Operated by SoftBank, the backer of one of the world’s top 10 public Bitcoin holders, PayPay is integrating with Binance Japan ahead of its expected US IPO in December.
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Metaplanet plans to raise $135 million through the issuance of new Class B perpetual preferred shares as part of a broader restructuring tied to its Bitcoin treasury strategy.
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The new omnichain token brings fully backed dollar liquidity to Hyperliquid, Plume and Aptos while keeping a single regulated supply across networks.
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Japan’s FSA plans to reclassify crypto as financial products, enforce new disclosure and insider trading rules, and cut the crypto tax rate from 55% to a flat 20%.
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The October market crash depressed corporate Bitcoin treasuries, as BTC fell under the average acquisition cost of multiple treasury companies.
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Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said JPX’s concerns are with companies that feature poor approvals and insisted the critique doesn’t apply to them.
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Japan’s first yen stablecoin issuer, JPYC, said growing demand could make stablecoin reserves a new force in the country’s bond market.
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