Laser Digital Japan Registers as Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider in Japan

Laser Digital Japan has completed its registration as a Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider under Japan's Payment Services Act, according to Nomura's August 21 release.

The company plans to provide liquidity services for domestic virtual-asset service providers before expanding into institutional trading opportunities.

The six assets included in the initial scope are Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Shiba Inu (SHIB), although SHIB's inclusion is based on secondary reporting and not directly stated by Nomura.