日本將加密貨幣視為金融產品，賦予它們與股票和債券相同的法律地位

日本金融服務局有望實施與虛擬資產有關的法律修正案。該修正案包括將虛擬資產視為金融產品。

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is set to introduce legal changes that will provide virtual assets with the same legal status as financial products.

日本金融服務局（FSA）將引入法律變更，以提供與金融產品相同的法律地位的虛擬資產。

The agency plans to submit an amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act by 2026 that will include recognizing virtual assets as financial products, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Thursday.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun週四報導說，該機構計劃在2026年之前對《金融工具和交流法》提交一項修正案，其中包括將虛擬資產承認為金融產品。

The FSA intends to announce the policy for institutional amendments in June and finalize the submission to the National Diet after discussions on the amendment at the Financial System Council.

FSA打算在6月份宣布製度修正案的政策，並在對金融系統委員會的修正案進行討論之後，最終確定國家飲食的提交。

Since last October, the FSA has been reviewing the current system through closed expert meetings.

自去年10月以來，FSA一直通過封閉的專家會議來審查當前系統。

Currently, virtual assets are only defined as a means of payment under the "Payment Services Act." But once this legal amendment is completed, virtual assets will be recognized as financial products, like stocks and bonds.

當前，虛擬資產僅定義為“付款服務法”下的付款方式。但是，一旦完成該法律修正案，虛擬資產將被視為金融產品，例如股票和債券。

As the FSA recognizes virtual assets as legal financial products, it plans to establish related laws to prevent unfair trading and strictly crack down on insider trading.

由於FSA將虛擬資產承認為合法金融產品，因此計劃制定相關法律，以防止不公平的交易並嚴格打擊內幕交易。

Moreover, the FSA is reportedly discussing the possibility of lowering the tax rate, which is up to 55%, to 20%, the same as financial income.

此外，據報導，FSA正在討論降低稅率的可能性，該稅率高達55％，至20％，與財務收入相同。