Japan's 2026 Crypto Law Overhaul: Major Tax Cuts, New Rules, and Fresh Restrictions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Japan's 2026 overhaul marks a rare moment in global crypto regulation.
56% : Japan is tightening several parts of its regulatory framework to bring crypto closer to the standards of traditional finance.
53% : Under the reforms, profits from approved cryptocurrencies will be taxed at a flat 20% rate, mirroring the tax structure applied to stock trading.
53% : Closer to Japan's TradFi Japan's new rules go well beyond taxation.
52% : * Japan's notoriously steep 55% crypto tax rate will drop to a flat 20% for qualifying assets.
48% : Japan is preparing to implement the most significant update to its crypto rulebook in more than five years -- a shift that will reduce taxes, expand institutional access, and apply traditional financial-market standards to the country's most actively traded digital assets.
48% : Profits from digital assets are currently treated as "miscellaneous income," taxed at progressive rates that can reach 55% when national and municipal taxes are combined.
48% : higher-risk tokens, such as memecoins, may continue to fall under the higher miscellaneous tax category.
43% : New Restrictions and Stricter Oversight The overhaul isn't simply a tax cut or a loosening of rules.
43% : Lower-cap tokens that don't meet the new standards may not qualify for reclassification at all, leaving them under the older, less favorable tax rules and potentially exposing them to delistings as exchanges adapt to the updated regime.
30% : A Major Tax Overhaul for Japan's Crypto Investors For years, Japan's crypto traders have been subject to one of the harshest tax regimes in the developed world.

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