The encryption path of the United States, Japan is also taking it Around 2013, Japan had a stronger influence on the cryptocurrency market than the United States During that period, various favorable factors in Japan raised the consensus and value of Bitcoin by an unknown number of steps Going back to 2025, Japan seems to have fallen behind, and the former ADA has also disappeared But people may not know that large Japanese companies like Sony have also done a lot in the cryptocurrency market In the camp of Sony investment, Soneium is a typical example, summarizing the changes in data As follows: Soneium TVL has exceeded $150 million, with Astar ecosystem being the main contributor. The ACS ecosystem incentive program has contributed over $100 million to TVL, and the USDC annualized return rate is quite high, exceeding 15% Within four weeks after ACS went live, a total of 4 million on chain wallet addresses participated Soneium settles over 60 million on chain transactions TPS ranks among the top five in Ethereum L2, surpassing OP Mainnet See if this wave of Astar can perform well with the recovery of the market. Those interested can follow, DYOR Astar is a product jointly developed by Sony, LINE, and the Japanese government, and it depends on whether this force can continue to drive it forward.