[Japan Plans to Promote the Legalization of Crypto Asset ETFs] According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on July 10, as reported by Nikkei News, Japan's financial information service provider QUICK discussed the challenges of implementing crypto asset ETF trading at the 'Open QUICK2026' seminar. Japan's Minister of Finance and Financial Services, Katsuyuki Katayama, stated that as the scale of overseas crypto asset ETF trading expands, Japan will also advance research and institutional arrangements toward the legalization of crypto asset ETFs. This move suggests that Japan may formally position crypto asset-related ETFs within the financial product framework for the first time.