Animoca Brands Japan and RootstockLabs will explore Bitcoin-native treasury tools for Japanese corporates.
Animoca Brands K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has announced a strategic collaboration with RootstockLabs to bring Bitcoin-native financial solutions to Japan’s institutional and corporate market in 2026.
Both parties will work to localise and deploy Rootstock’s institutional programme to support Japanese corporations that are managing Bitcoin as part of broader digital asset treasury strategies.
The initiative is positioned as a way for companies to move beyond passive Bitcoin holdings by accessing Bitcoin-native on-chain financial tools while remaining secured by Bitcoin’s proof-of-work.
Rootstock, a Bitcoin sidechain secured by more than 80% of Bitcoin’s total hash power through merged mining, inherits Bitcoin’s security while supporting Ethereum-compatible smart contracts.
The collaboration will explore bringing Bitcoin treasury infrastructure, BTCFi strategies, and Rootstock Institutional to Japanese corporations, while also assessing treasury optimisation and Web3 transition opportunities. At the same time, both parties will evaluate the regulatory framework and technical infrastructure required to support compliant, enterprise-ready services aligned with Japan’s regulatory environment.
The partnership will also explore potential access to Rootstock-based assets, including rBTC, a one-to-one Bitcoin-pegged asset used within Rootstock’s ecosystem of around 200 apps and protocols, as well as RIF, described as the Bitcoin scaling token, to broaden exposure to Bitcoin DeFi within the Rootstock ecosystem.
Through this partnership, Japanese corporations would be able to evaluate Bitcoin-based approaches aligned with financial objectives, governance requirements, and internal risk frameworks.
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