Japan’s Biggest Financial Institutions to Launch 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading in 2026
Major Japanese financial institutions will launch 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks starting in 2026 with minimum purchases as low as 1 JPY.Summary
A consortium of Japan's largest securities firms, led by SBI Holdings, and trust banks is set to revolutionize equity trading by launching 24/7 trading of tokenized public company shares starting in 2026. This initiative involves transforming existing listed equities into Security Tokens (STs) and trading them on an industry-wide infrastructure, representing one of the most significant regulated uses of blockchain in traditional finance. The system will allow retail and institutional investors to trade with minimum purchase sizes as low as 1 Japanese yen (JPY), enabling fractional ownership and challenging traditional minimum lot sizes. Experts view this as a major step in accelerating Real-World Asset (RWA) adoption and potentially serving as a global blueprint for bringing traditional securities on-chain at scale, especially given the lack of comparable regulated 24/7 on-chain equity venues worldwide.
(Source：BeInCrypto)