The DOJ memo halts prosecutions of crypto tools for user crimes, but leaves developers like Samourai Wallet in legal limbo ...

Japan’s securities industry group is urging brokerages to tighten identification requirements for client accounts following a ...

New appreciation for the importance and broader application of blockchain technologies has raised expectations that the US will become “the crypto capital of the world.” ...

The Financial Services Agency of Japan presents a regulatory framework that divides crypto assets between financial products ...

The regulatory framework, detailed in a 32-page document released on April 8, addresses the diverse nature of crypto ...

Japan's financial regulator is set to propose new legislation that would reclassify crypto assets like bitcoin (BTC-USD) and ether (ETH-USD) as financial products, according to a media report ...

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to revise the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to give crypto assets a legal status as financial products, the Nikkei business daily said on ...

TOKYO -- Japan is poised to categorize cryptocurrency assets as financial products under the law, expanding the scope of insider trading restrictions to include such assets, Nikkei has learned.

The move comes as part of a broader effort to strengthen oversight in Japan's crypto ecosystem, which has witnessed growing adoption alongside a rise in fraudulent activities. The FSA intends to ...

companies offering crypto would have to register with the FSA. Nikkei reported that the regulator plans to enforce the new rules regardless of whether a company operates in Japan, but it was ...

Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption "may occur". There was, however, no ...