Bitget Wallet, the leading self-custodial crypto wallet for everyday finance, has joined the Blockchain Collaborative Consortium (BCCC), Japan’s largest blockchain industry consortium, as the country enters a new phase of digital asset regulation. The membership brings Bitget Wallet, a global self-custodial wallet serving more than 100 million users, into Japan’s industry policy discussions for the first time, while regulators and market participants are increasingly examining how services that let users directly control their own assets should be treated.
Founded in 2016, BCCC was Japan’s first blockchain industry association and brings together more than 270 companies and organizations across the country’s blockchain ecosystem. Its committees cover areas including technology, financial services, DeFi and stablecoins, providing a forum for industry participants to develop use cases, discuss regulatory issues and engage with policymakers.
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The move comes as Japan refines its regulatory framework for crypto services. New rules covering cryptocurrency service intermediaries took effect in June 2026, bringing renewed attention to the distinction between custodial platforms, which hold assets on users’ behalf, and self-custodial platforms, where users retain control of their private keys. Through BCCC, Bitget Wallet plans to contribute operational experience from supporting users across global markets and integrations with more than 130 blockchains, while participating in discussions around wallet standards, DeFi regulation and consumer understanding of self-custody.
“Japan is one of the few markets where technology development and regulatory clarity are advancing in parallel,” said Alvin Kan, COO of Bitget Wallet. “As self-custody becomes part of the formal policy discussion, the industry needs standards that protect users without losing sight of how these products actually work. We want to bring practical experience from global markets into that conversation and help build frameworks that are useful for users and workable for the industry.”
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