ChainCatcher reports that, according to CoinPost, Japan’s Financial Services Agency has announced support for an empirical experiment on anti-money laundering (AML) measures for crypto assets (virtual currencies). The experiment, applied for by Hitachi, involves 13 companies including GMO Coin, Chainalysis Japan, NEC, JPYC, Bitbank, and others.
The experiment will take place from March to May 2026, primarily testing the effectiveness of sharing suspicious wallet address information among multiple cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin operators, aiming to build a more efficient industry-wide AML system.
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