TOKYO -- Major asset management players in Japan are planning to develop the country's first investment trusts that incorporate cryptocurrencies as the top financial regulator here weighs allowing such funds.
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Reforms to Japan's laws next year could reclassify cryptocurrencies as financial products, lowering the tax rate on gains. (Nikkei montage/Reuters)
TOKYO -- Major asset management players in Japan are planning to develop the country's first investment trusts that incorporate cryptocurrencies as the top financial regulator here weighs allowing such funds.