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Overview of the Report of the Financial System Council's Working Group on the Cryptoasset System (published on December 10, 2025)
On December 10, 2025, the Financial Services Agency compiled and published the "Report of the Financial System Council’s Working Group on the Cryptoasset System" (the "WG Report"). To summarize the course of events thus far, the Financial Services Agency reviewed the state of regulatory systems related to cryptoassets based on cryptoasset transactions in recent years, and as a result of their review, on April 10, 2025, published the "Discussion Paper: Examination of the Regulatory Systems Related to Cryptoassets", seeking public comments on it. In July of the same year, the Financial Services Agency established the "Working Group on the Cryptoasset System" (the "WG") within the Financial System Council to review regulations related to cryptoassets. The WG Report summarizes the results of the deliberations by the WG...To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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