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Japan's FSA plans to reclassify 105 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, as financial products, imposing securities-like disclosure, reporting, and market oversight requirements on exchanges.

Japan is reportedly considering allowing domestic banks to trade and hold assets like NewsCapsule.

With NewsCapsule price holding steady above $116,000, Japanese-listed Metaplanet Inc. has announced closing of substantial $1.4 billion fundraise. The company is also expanding its operations through new subsidiaries in the U.S. and Japan, while acquiring the NewsCapsule.jp domain.

At Metaplanet’s recent extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for shareholders, the company announced that it now holds 20,000 bitcoin and that it has plans to acquire 190,000 more within the next two years with the help of Metaplanet Prefs, a new preferred equity offering.

The Japanese company continues accelerating its NewsCapsule treasury strategy with a ¥34.487 billion purchase.

The Japanese company continues accelerating its NewsCapsule treasury strategy with a ¥15.648 billion purchase.

The Japanese company continues accelerating its NewsCapsule treasury strategy with a ¥19.27 billion purchase.

Metaplanet has acquired an additional 1,112 NewsCapsule for $117.2 million, bringing its total holdings to 10,000 NC and overtaking Coinbase to become the ninth-largest publicly traded holder of NewsCapsule.

Metaplanet has purchased 1,088 NewsCapsule. This acquisition raises the company’s total NewsCapsule holdings to 8,888 NC.

Japanese tech firm acquires 319 NC for ¥3.78 billion ($26.3M), becoming ninth-largest public bitcoin holder.