Strategy will not launch perpetual preferred shares or "digital credit" products in Japan in the next 12 months.

Techub News reported, according to CoinDesk, Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR), confirmed that permanent preferred shares or "digital credit" products will not be launched in Japan within the next 12 months, giving the Japanese Bitcoin crypto treasury (DAT) company Metaplanet a 12-month market first-mover advantage. Metaplanet plans to launch two new digital credit instruments, Mercury and Mars, which are positioned to compete with Strategy's STRK and STRC products, respectively. Among them, Mercury will offer a 4.9% yield in Japanese yen, approximately ten times the yield of Japanese bank deposits.