🇯🇵 Japan officially moves to put its $8 TRILLION government bond market on blockchain. The Financial Services Agency, Ministry of Finance, Bank of Japan, and the country's three megabanks are building a system for INSTANT 24/7 settlement of stocks and government bonds, per Nikkei. JPMorgan and BlackRock Japan are already testing rival blockchain settlement systems for the same market. This comes weeks after Japan ended its 4-year crypto freeze and moved to treat digital assets as financial products.(Coin Bureau)