Reuters: Japanese crypto industry players hope for regulatory easing and vie for market share.

From launching new products and services in Japan to promoting leveraged trading, Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges and financial companies are seizing the opportunity presented by surging investor enthusiasm for digital assets amid expectations of regulatory easing. As of the end of July, Japanese investors' cryptocurrency holdings surpassed a record 5 trillion yen, a 25% increase from just one month prior. During the same period, Bitcoin, a major holding, saw its yen-denominated price rise by only 15%. By the end of September, holdings had slightly decreased to 4.9 trillion yen.