
Financial Services Agency
Japan’s bold move: Reclassification for safer digital economy
Japan's digital asset reclassification aims to boost investor protection and promote transparency in an era where speculation and illegal acts...
Japan may change digital asset classification to ‘investments’
Japan's FCA proposed to place digital or "crypto" assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, similar to company shares.
Ant International, Standard Chartered lay out blockchain pilot
Standard Chartered completed Singaporean dollar-denominated liquidity transfers between its entities across borders on Ant International’s Whale blockchain platform
Japan isn’t banning P2P digital asset transfers, FSA clarifies
The Financial Services Agency recommended that banks prohibit transfers to VASPs if the sender’s name differs from the account name,...
Singapore central bank strikes partnership with foreign financial regulators for tokenization pilots
As part of Singapore's exploration of asset tokenization, the Monetary Authority of Singapore is teaming up with U.K. and Japan...
Japanese regulator proposes digital asset tax reform
The proposed tax revision includes the elimination of year-end "unrealized gains" on digital assets, which Japan's FSA said would help...