PANews reported on October 20th that, according to The Block, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to discuss revising regulatory guidelines at a Financial Services Council meeting to allow domestic banks to buy, sell, and hold crypto assets , with risk management similar to that of stocks and government bonds. The FSA is also considering allowing banks to register as crypto exchanges, facilitating retail investors' access to the market through banks. The FSA also plans to propose legislative amendments to explicitly prohibit trading using non-public information, with penalties proportional to improper gains.