Cointelegraph Japan learned from an agency’s staff that they don’t know who is the person familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg is.
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In December 2018, it was reported that FSA is considering placing cryptocurrencies into a new legal category dubbed “crypto-assets.” The report noted that the government “hopes that traders will no longer purchase [cryptocurrencies] believing that they are legal tender recognized by the government.”
This discussion was initiated after an FSA advisory panel has filed a report that requested them to change the term “virtual currency” to prevent such confusion. Another set of reports suggests that FSA is considering the regulation of unregistered companies soliciting investments in crypto, reportedly in an attempt to close a loophole in the existing local legislation.
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