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Japan's Finance Ministry launches expert panel on tokenizing government bonds

  • —Finance Ministry panel to study on-chain issuance of Japanese government bonds from October
  • —Digital Agency to assess stablecoins and tokenized deposits for public payments
  • —Bank of Japan to run a DLT sandbox for on-chain settlement of current deposits
  • —Interim report and public-private roadmap due in early next year
Why it matters: A major economy is formally exploring tokenized sovereign debt and public payments, signaling institutional demand for blockchain infrastructure.
Source: TokenPost
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