The recently formed Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association has applied with the country’s financial regulator to become recognized as the official self-regulatory body representing cryptocurrency in Japan.
The JVCEA comprises of 16 licensed crypto exchanges, who are self-described as security inspectors of Japan’s cryptocurrency exchanges. The association has gone to great lengths to cover all aspects of how exchanges should function, drawing up nearly 1,000 pages of self-regulatory measures. The JVCEA was formed by Japanese crypto exchanges earlier this year in response to a $534 million heist on the Coincheck platform.
The chairman and president of the organization is Taizen Okuyama of Money Partners. Bitflyer CEO Yuzo Kano is the vice chairman, along with Bitbank president Noriyuki Hiroeno. The other two directors are SBI Virtual Currencies’ Yoshitaka Kitao and GMO Coin’s Tomitaka Ishimura. The JVCEA has said in a statement that it hopes to contribute to “the sound development of the virtual currency exchange industry and the protection of the interests of users.”
Its application for certification filed with Japanese Financial Regulator (FSA) will allow it to become what it calls a “certified fund settlement business association,” which will provide “guidance and recommendations to members to comply with regulations, laws and self-regulation rules.”
The JVCEA is not the only Japanese cryptocurrency association, as two others exist; the Japan Blockchain Association (JBA) and the Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association (JCBA), and most crypto exchanges are members of one of these organizations.
The JVCEA has already proposed regulations in place which it would hope to make official should the application to become the country’s cryptocurrency representative body be accepted by the FSA. The new rules would affect the way exchanges operate, and according to local news sources, privacy coin listings and insider trading will come under the regulatory microscope.
As suggested before, the JVCEA will enforce their 4 times leverage trading cap limit rule and possibly enforce trading restrictions for both the very young and the elderly. It has been reported that the FSA would be entrusting the new body with “the flexibility to rapidly develop technologies and to combine technological innovation and customer protection.”
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