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• Minister of Finance Katayama said stock and commodity exchanges hold a “crucial” role in opening up public access to digital assets.
• Japan recently announced plans to reclassify 105 cryptocurrencies to treat them as financial products and apply lower taxes.

Japan's Minister of Finance Satsuki Katayama expressed strong support for integrating digital assets into traditional financial systems during her New Year's address at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday.

According to a report from CoinPost, Katayama stated that stock and commodity exchanges play a "crucial" role in providing broader public access to digital and blockchain-based assets.

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