Japan Declares War On Crypto Insider Trading – Details

Japan’s top financial authorities are pushing to tighten rules on cryptocurrency trading with plans that would make buying or selling tokens on the basis of undisclosed information ￰1￱ to Nikkei and other reports the Financial Services Agency (FSA) is discussing reclassifying some crypto assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act so they carry the same insider-trading rules as stocks and ￰2￱ Group Sets Deadlines Based on reports the FSA has laid out a rough timeline for ￰3￱ of a government working group on crypto systems have been held this year

and minutes show the agency aims to firm up details by the end of ￰4￱ plan would then move toward a bill to amend relevant laws as early as ￰5￱ to ban cryptocurrency insider trading with new rules ￰0￱ — Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) October 14 2025 If lawmakers sign off the Securities And Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) would gain new powers to probe suspicious crypto trades levy penalties tied to illicit gains

and refer serious cases for criminal ￰6￱ shift would let regulators treat certain crypto deals the same way they treat securities trades including the power to track unusual profit patterns and seek ￰7￱ Moves to Ban Crypto Insider Trading with Upcoming Regulations The Nikkei detailed plans by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) to introduce new rules explicitly banning insider trading in ￰8￱ builds on earlier proposals from March 2025 to reclassify… — MartyParty (@martypartymusic) October 14 2025 Why Regulators Are Pushing Now Reports have disclosed that Japan’s crypto user base has grown fast — to about 12.4 million users as of May 2025— which has increased pressure on regulators to protect ordinary investors and the market’s ￰9￱ the same time

current rules under the Payment Services Act are seen as weaker when it comes to insider-type ￰10￱ Challenge Of Tracking Trades Unlike a company with officers and board members many tokens aren’t tied to a single clear ￰11￱ will have to decide who counts as an “ insider ” for a given ￰12￱ trades across wallets and proving a trader acted on non-public information are both tough ￰13￱ records are public but linking addresses to people often requires more traditional investigative ￰14￱ say regulators will also need clear rules on what information is “material” and how to trace gains from suspect trades before penalties can be ￰15￱ image from 4K Wallpapers

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