At the WebX 2026 forum, Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker and Liberal Democratic Party finance committee chair Seiji Kihara said that the amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act currently being deliberated by the Diet will further shift crypto assets from being classified as a means of payment toward investment-commodity regulation, and will lay the institutional foundation for blockchains to enter the traditional financial system. Seiji Kihara and other attendees said that measures such as crypto-asset ETFs, separating crypto-asset returns from other income and taxing them at an approximately 20% tax rate, and allowing trading losses to be used to offset future profits will help attract traditional financial institutions and institutional investors to the market. Attendees also discussed issues including requirements for liability reserves and relaxing the current limit on 2x leverage. (CoinPost)