Japan Moves to Treat Crypto Like Stocks, Proposing Insider Trading Ban

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to propose a new set of rules classifying cryptocurrencies officially as “financial products,” according to a Nikkei report.  This move would also expand existing insider trading restrictions to explicitly cover digital assets. The proposed bill aims to revise the country’s Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, with submission to the […] The post Japan Moves to Treat Crypto Like Stocks, Proposing Insider Trading Ban appeared first on Coin Edition.