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  7. Japan\u2019s Remixpoint will pay CEO in BTC, plans to HODL its stash<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    Japanese future-oriented \u201cenergy, Web3 and business resilience\u201d firm Remixpoint<\/a> will become the first listed company in the country to pay its CEO\u2019s full salary in BTC. New leader Taku Tashiro is tying both his and his company\u2019s fortunes to digital assets, as Remixpoint moves into the budding \u201cBitcoin Treasury<\/a>\u201d acquisition business.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThrough Bitcoin, we will build a system to share economic value with shareholders by sharing their economic destiny with them,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

    The concept of a company employee, CEO or otherwise, receiving a salary or partial salary in digital assets is far from new. Since Bitcoin<\/a> first appeared, there have been countless examples of informal arrangements of this nature. However, in modern economies, it remains legally impossible for a registered business to pay salaries directly in anything other than local legal tender, due to taxation and accounting regulations. However, what happens after that is an employee\u2019s choice, and middleman services quickly sprang up to fulfill this need.<\/p>\n

    BitWage, launched in May 2014, pioneered in this field as the first company to formalize and streamline the process. Under a BitWage arrangement, the business relationship is with the receiver and not the payer\u2014you arrange for your salary (or a percentage of it) to be deposited in BitWage\u2019s fiat accounts, and they\u2019ll send you the equivalent in digital assets. The payer doesn\u2019t even need to know about this arrangement.<\/p>\n

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    Remixpoint\u2019s case is a first (in Japan<\/a>) because the company will acquire the BTC and send it to Tashiro\u2019s wallet address. His salary will still be paid in Japanese yen (JPY) on the company\u2019s books. The company will then calculate the equivalent amount in BTC at that day\u2019s market price, buy it, and send it to the CEO.<\/p>\n

    Japanese business culture is notoriously conservative, but Tashiro\u2019s BTC decision probably won\u2019t raise eyebrows as much as it would have a decade ago. This is partly thanks to Bitcoin, blockchain, and digital assets becoming household names and establishing a solid niche in the financial technology world.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Another reason is that \u201ctech CEO\u201d culture is no longer a novelty in Japan. Livedoor founder and former CEO Takafumi Horie<\/a> (aka \u201cHoriemon\u201d) launched his full-frontal assault on the Japanese business world over 20 years ago. His antics included tech-industry classics like wearing T-shirts at work, founding a rocket company, attempting to purchase a major sports team, and even serving a couple of years in prison over stock scandals. Horiemon remains popular in Japan and definitely softened up the crowd for later, less outrageous managers.<\/p>\n

    Remixpoint joins the \u2018Bitcoin Treasury\u2019 trend<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Remixpoint, launched in 2004, is a model of the modern progressive technology firm. Ostensibly an energy company first, its mission is to solve energy problems for its customers related to the economy, environment, and society, while creating \u201ca new standard of value.\u201d Its work primarily involves batteries, renewable energy technology<\/a>, and advising on available subsidies. Remixpoint also lists Web3 solutions<\/a> and \u201cbusiness resilience,\u201d with frequent references to sustainable development goals (SDGs) and corporate social responsibility<\/a> (CSR).<\/p>\n

    Just after his appointment as Remixpoint CEO in June 2025, Tashiro said he planned to \u201cevolve Remixpoint into a next-generation treasury management<\/a> company.\u201d Pivoting to the crypto HODLing business feels like a logical next step for a company with that kind of profile. It reflects an emerging trend kicked off by MicroStrategy\u2019s (NASDAQ: MSTR<\/a>) Michael Saylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s still far too early to tell whether such pivots are wise business or not, but textbook writers of the future will have plenty of case studies to analyze. We\u2019ll leave the last word to Remixpoint:<\/p>\n

    \u201cThis is more than just a financial strategy. We believe that by putting Bitcoin at the core of our financial strategy, we have the potential to further boost our corporate value. This is not speculation, but based on a belief in the changing times.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Watch: Here\u2019s how digital vouchers will boost Japan tourism<\/p>\n