Laser Digital Japan will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned to follow as the appetite for crypto in Japan grows.
- Laser Digital, backed by Nomura, became the first new crypto asset exchange service provider registered in Japan in four years, marking its entry into the country’s digital-asset market.
- The firm will initially provide liquidity services to domestic virtual-asset service providers and plans to expand into digital-asset trading for institutional investors at a later date.
- Japan recently reclassified cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, paving the way for potential crypto ETFs and new tax treatment from 2027, as institutional demand for digital assets continues to grow.
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