SBI Global Asset Management (SBI GAM), a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, and DigiFT, a regulated digital asset exchange, have announced the launch of the SBI Japan High Dividend Equity Strategy Token (JX token). This token provides accredited or institutional investors with on-chain access to a Japanese high-dividend equity fund strategy managed by SBI Asset Management. The launch is the first time a Japanese asset manager’s listed-equity strategy has been brought on-chain through DigiFT’s regulated tokenization and distribution infrastructure.
The launch comes amid renewed investor interest in Japanese equities, driven by the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s push for listed companies to improve capital efficiency and focus on share-price performance. It also reflects a broader evolution in tokenization, where the value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on public blockchains grew from USD 5.9 billion to USD 21.9 billion globally in 2025, moving beyond cash-like instruments into actively managed public-market strategies. DigiFT has been an early mover in this shift, having launched a tokenized U.S. equity income fund developed with BNY in January 2026.
DigiFT holds dual regulatory standing with Capital Markets Services and Recognised Market Operator licences from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Type 1 and Type 4 licences from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. This has made it a tokenization and distribution partner for global and regional asset managers, including UBS Asset Management, Invesco, BNY and Franklin Templeton. With the JX token, DigiFT extends its roster into Japan, adding a Japanese listed-equity strategy. The JX token is launching on Solana, expanding the availability of regulated RWAs on-chain, with ecosystem participants including Solana Company, Huma Finance and Plume.
SBI Holdings brings its own on-chain track record to the collaboration, with consolidated revenue of JPY 1.90 trillion for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2026 and its Crypto-asset Business segment generating JPY 89.6 billion in revenue. SBI Holdings has taken stakes across the region’s tokenization infrastructure, including leading a $50 million investment in Startale Group and holding a majority stake in Osaka Digital Exchange.
The JX token is structured around the underlying strategy managed by SBI AM, following an authorized, manager-referenced model. This is critical as regulators increasingly distinguish tokenized securities developed with issuer or manager alignment from products providing only indirect economic exposure. In a joint staff statement on 28 January 2026, the U.S. SEC staff drew a line between issuer-sponsored tokenized securities and third-party products offering synthetic exposure, signaling intent to encourage the former.
Henry Zhang, Founder and Group CEO of DigiFT, said, ‘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.’
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