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Story: Japan Cuts Crypto Tax to 20% as Lower House Backs Securities-Style Rules

By Evie Vavasseur

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Securities-Style Rules Coming for Crypto Trading. The reclassification isn't just about taxes. It's about how the whole market gets watched.

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ETFs and Institutional Money on the Table. One of the bigger downstream possibilities here is exchange-traded products.

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What Passes Next Shapes the Whole Picture. Japan has been here before in a sense — the country was early to regulate crypto exchanges after…

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Japan's Lower House just moved crypto a lot closer to the mainstream. Lawmakers advanced a bill that would reclassify digital assets — Bitcoin, Ether, and the rest — under the…

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That's a massive cut. Right now, Japan has one of the steepest crypto tax rates among developed economies, with gains taxed as miscellaneous income at rates that can climb to 55%…

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The reclassification isn't just about taxes. It's about how the whole market gets watched. Under the proposed framework, crypto assets would face stricter trading rules — the…

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Japan's Financial Services Agency has been pushing for exactly this kind of shift. The agency has been working to bring digital assets under existing securities law, aiming for…

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It's worth being clear about where things stand. The bill still needs Upper House approval. That's not a formality.

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One of the bigger downstream possibilities here is exchange-traded products. If crypto assets sit inside a securities-style regulatory regime, the path toward ETFs linked to…

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More context: Onchain Gambling Clears $51 Billion in 2025 Despite Crypto Market Slump

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Institutional investors care about two things above almost everything else: regulatory clarity and tax efficiency. Japan's proposed changes would deliver both, at least on paper.

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The Financial Services Agency's role in all this seems central. The agency has been the main driver of reclassification efforts, focused on market integrity and transparency as…

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Japan has been here before in a sense — the country was early to regulate crypto exchanges after the 2018 Coincheck hack rattled markets, and it's taken a cautious but engaged…

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And the tax piece matters beyond Japan's borders. A lot of countries are watching how major economies handle crypto taxation.

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