Japan’s SEC Announces Major Reforms for the Country’s Cryptocurrency Sector

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced a comprehensive restructuring of its regulatory structure by announcing its 2026 budget and organizational ￰0￱ changes include the restructuring of the General Policy Office the establishment of the Asset Management and Insurance Supervision Office and special units for crypto assets and cashless ￰1￱ new units include the Crypto Assets and Innovation Office and the Fund Settlement Monitoring ￰2￱ News: Bullish Analyst Tom Lee Says “Ethereum Will Surpass Bitcoin,” Shares BTC Price Forecast In the crypto asset sector the existing “Crypto Asset and Innovation Advisory Office,” “Fund Settlement Monitoring Office,” and “Settlement and Digital Finance Group Monitoring Office” will be merged to create a new department responsible for regular market monitoring

fulfilling disclosure obligations in sales processes implementing adaptive regulations and managing systemic ￰3￱ the tax reform proposals announced on the same day was the exploration of implementing a separate taxation system for cryptocurrency ￰4￱ steps demonstrate that the FSA aims to bring its investor protection system both institutionally and organizationally

to a level comparable to the stock market. *This is not investment ￰5￱ Reading: Japan’s SEC Announces Major Reforms for the Country’s Cryptocurrency Sector