Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is likely to add exchange traded products for cryptocurrencies to the allowed list of assets, potentially enabling trading of crypto ETFs by 2028, the Nikkei reported.
The likely first issuers include Nomura Holdings and companies within the SBI group. When the United States first allowed spot cryptocurrency ETFs in January 2024, Bitcoin’s price was $44,000 but reached an all time high of $126,000 in October 2025.
While ETFs certainly make access easier, especially for those who don’t wish to manage cryptocurrency private keys, current US Bitcoin ETFs total around $122 billion, or less than 7% of Bitcoin’s $1.75 trillion market cap. However, this represents substantial institutional adoption since their January 2024 launch.
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