Are Japanese government bonds starting to "go on the chain"? Tokyo aunties can trade bonds in the middle of the night, banks are completely unable to sleep

Japanese people have always been unconventional, but this time they truly have the global financial world stumped.
You used to think Japanese only did sushi, anime, and "craftsmanship spirit," but now, Japanese government bonds are directly preparing to be "moved onto the chain" for 24-hour trading. What does that mean? Simply put, in the future, buying Japanese government bonds might be as easy as trading Bitcoin, with orders placed at 3 a.m.
Previously, the bond market was like an old cadres' activity center.
Open in the morning, close in the afternoon.
Institutions quoted slowly, banks sipped coffee and earned spreads.
Now, it’s different.
With blockchain in place, the market has instantly become a "24/7 open izakaya."
Tokyo office workers finish overtime at night, casually buying some Japanese government bonds.
Quant funds in Singapore use robots to arbitrage automatically in the middle of the night.
U.S. hedge funds suddenly dump orders at dawn.
Even Korean retail investors can buy the dip while eating fried chicken.
Traditional banks see this scene and their blood pressure skyrockets.
Because over the past few decades, bond trading was essentially a "fee highway" for financial institutions.
Fees, clearing costs, custody fees—layer after layer of extraction.
What’s the most ruthless part of blockchain?
It may not necessarily increase returns,
but it will definitely reduce middlemen.
In the past, a bond transaction took T+1 or T+2 to settle.
Now, real-time settlement on the chain.
Banks used to be responsible for bookkeeping.
Now, the chain does it directly.
Financial workers suddenly feel like their "workstations are being watched by AI."
Even funnier, Japan has always been the global pioneer of negative interest rates.
Now bonds are also going on the chain.
Netizens joked:
"Buying Japanese government bonds used to lose interest; in the future, you might also lose sleep over them."
Because 24-hour trading means—
volatility 24 hours a day.
You think government bonds are stable?
Wrong.
As global funds start flowing around the clock, Japanese bonds might be more volatile than some cryptocurrencies.
Especially since Japan has the world's largest debt scale.
Once market sentiment amplifies, on-chain liquidity will magnify the fluctuations even faster.
But why does Japan dare to do this?
The reason is quite practical.
Tokyo’s financial markets have been increasingly marginalized in recent years.
Hong Kong and Singapore are competing for funds.
The U.S. is draining liquidity.
Young people are trading AI and cryptocurrencies.
Japan must do some "fintech tough moves."
So:
"Since young people aren’t coming to banks,
then banks will go on the chain."
The most interesting part is, this could completely change the way global government bonds are played.
Because once Japan succeeds:
Will U.S. Treasuries follow?
Will European bonds follow?
Will China explore the digital bond market?
By then, the global bond market might upgrade from an "elderly chess club" to a "Wall Street nightclub."
And the ones who might really find it hard to sleep aren’t retail investors.
It’s the traditional banks.
Because they suddenly realize:
Blockchain isn’t just here to hype air.
It’s starting to move the core cake of the financial system.
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