# SBI Global Asset Management and DigiFT Launch JX, Bringing a Japanese Asset Manager’s Equity Strategy On-Chain for the First Time

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- Published: 2026-07-15T08:10:00+07:00
- Author: Media OutReach

SINGAPORE – [Media OutReach Newswire](https://www.media-outreach.com/) – 15 July
2026 – DigiFT, a regulated digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world
assets (“RWAs”), and SBI Global Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“SBI GAM”), a subsidiary
of SBI Holdings, Inc., today announced the launch of the SBI Japan High Dividend
Equity Strategy Token (“JX token”), a token designed to provide accredited or institutional
investors with on-chain access to a Japanese high-dividend equity fund strategy 
managed by SBI Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“SBI AM”) which is a subsidiary of SBI
GAM. The launch marks the first time a Japanese asset manager’s listed-equity strategy
is brought on-chain through DigiFT’s regulated tokenization and distribution infrastructure.

 The launch comes as investor attention returns to Japanese equities, supported 
by the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s continued push for listed companies to improve capital
efficiency and demonstrate greater awareness of share-price performance.^( )It also
reflects a broader evolution in tokenization: the value of tokenized RWAs distributed
on public blockchains grew from USD 5.9 billion to USD 21.9 billion globally in 
2025, moving the category beyond cash-like instruments and into actively managed
public-market strategies. DigiFT was an early mover in this shift, launching a tokenized
U.S. equity income fund developed with BNY in January 2026. This shift is now extending
directly into Japan’s own institutional market, where SBI Group has been among the
country’s most active builders of on-chain financial infrastructure.

 DigiFT holds Capital Markets Services and Recognised Market Operator licences from
MAS, as well as Type 1 and Type 4 licences from the Hong Kong SFC – a dual regulatory
standing that has made it a tokenization and distribution partner for global and
regional asset managers, including UBS Asset Management, Invesco, BNY and Franklin
Templeton. DigiFT’s roster now extends into Japan, through SBI GAM’s participation,
adding a Japanese listed-equity strategy to that lineup for the first time. DigiFT
is launching the JX Token on Solana, further expanding the availability of regulated
RWAs on-chain, with ecosystem participants including Solana Company, Huma Finance
and Plume.

 SBI Holdings brings its own substantial on-chain track record to the collaboration.
The group reported consolidated revenue of JPY 1.90 trillion for the fiscal year
ended 31 March 2026, with its Crypto-asset Business segment generating JPY 89.6 
billion in revenue over the same period. SBI Holdings has taken direct stakes across
the region’s tokenization infrastructure, including leading a $50 million investment
in Startale Group to build a blockchain purpose-built for tokenized securities, 
and holding a majority stake in Osaka Digital Exchange, operator of a secondary 
market for security tokens in Japan.

 JX is structured around the underlying strategy managed by SBI AM. This authorized,
manager-referenced model is critical as regulators are increasingly distinguishing
tokenized securities developed with issuer or manager alignment from products that
provide only indirect economic exposure. In a joint staff statement issued 28 January
2026, the U.S. SEC staff drew a formal line between issuer-sponsored tokenized securities,
which can represent true ownership, and third-party products that typically offer
only synthetic exposure or custodial entitlements – signalling an intent to encourage
the former while curbing the spread of the latter.

 Henry Zhang, Founder and Group CEO, DigiFT: “Our mission at DigiFT has always been
to bring real, institutional-grade assets on-chain through infrastructure that investors
and asset managers can actually trust. JX extends that mission to Japan for the 
first time, opening regulated, on-chain access to Japanese equities. We’re proud
to build this with SBI Group, one of Japan’s most forward-looking financial institutions,
and excited about what this partnership signals for the future of tokenization across
the region.”

Hashtag: #DigiFT

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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