Animoca Brands Japan has partnered with RootstockLabs to introduce Bitcoin-native decentralised finance tools for Japanese companies and institutions.
The partnership will focus on Bitcoin treasury management, enabling firms to deploy and manage BTC onchain using Rootstock-based infrastructure secured by Bitcoin’s proof-of-work network.
“In Japan, an increasing number of companies are beginning to utilise cryptoassets as part of their financial and treasury strategies,”
Said Animoca Brands Japan chief executive Kensuke Amo.
Rootstock is a Bitcoin sidechain that supports Ethereum-compatible smart contracts through merged mining, allowing decentralised applications to settle on Bitcoin while retaining its security model.
The companies said Japanese firms will be able to explore tools such as Rootstock Bitcoin (rBTC) and the Rootstock Infrastructure Framework (RIF) to improve treasury efficiency within regulatory boundaries.
Animoca Brands Japan may distribute the offering through its Digital Asset Treasury Management Support Service as institutional demand for Bitcoin-linked yield and liquidity grows.
The move comes as Japanese companies such as Metaplanet, Nexon and Remixpoint continue to build sizable Bitcoin treasuries, signalling broader corporate adoption across the market.
At the time of reporting, Bitcoin price was $89,110.31.