SBI FXトレード株式会社（BI FXTRADE）— Japan crypto-asset-derivatives operator overview
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FSA Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) 第2635号 · JVCEA Type I member #1026 (crypto-asset derivatives trading only) · Established 2011年11月
1. Corporate / shareholders
- Trade name (JP): SBI FXトレード株式会社 (JVCEA registered name: BI FXTRADE Co., Ltd.)
- Trade name (EN): SBI FXTRADE Co., Ltd.
- Established: 2011年11月
- Head office: 〒106-6019 Izumi Garden Tower, 1-6-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo (same address as SBI VC Trade / SBI Securities)
- Capital, etc.: 9億6,000万円 (including capital reserve)
- Shareholder: SBI Liquidity Market Co., Ltd. 100% (an SBI HD consolidated subsidiary)
- Listing status: Unlisted (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SBI HD group)
Note: In the JVCEA member list it is written as “BI FXTRADE Co., Ltd.,” but the corporate site, the Kinsho registration (第2635号), and the location (Izumi Garden Tower) match, confirming it as the same legal entity as SBI FXトレード株式会社.
2. License / registration status
- Financial instruments business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) 第2635号 (Type I financial instruments business)
- Crypto-asset exchange business (FSA): not registered (does not hold a spot-trading / exchange-business license)
- JVCEA Type I member #1026: crypto-asset derivatives trading (Cryptocurrency derivatives trading) only
- Associations joined: Financial Futures Association of Japan (member number 1588), Japan Virtual and Crypto assets Exchange Association (member number 1026)
3. Handled currencies
- Number of handled instruments: 6 instruments (derivatives only; no spot trading)
- Instruments: BTC/JPY, XRP/JPY, ETH/JPY, BTC/USD, XRP/USD, ETH/USD
- Characteristics: Crypto-asset CFDs (contracts for difference) offered against both the yen and the dollar. No spot holding / wallet. Positioned as a crypto-asset-derivatives add-on service by an FX-focused operator.
4. Scope of operations
The company is an FX (foreign-exchange margin trading) specialist firm, and crypto assets are provided as a derivatives service (SBI Bitcoin FX) added onto the same account base as FX.
| Service | Availability |
|---|---|
| FX (over-the-counter foreign-exchange margin trading) | ✓ Main business / 34 currency pairs |
| Accumulation foreign currency (accumulation FX) | ✓ Foreign-currency accumulation service |
| SBI Bitcoin FX (crypto-asset CFD) | ✓ 6 instruments / leverage up to 2x (individuals) |
| Crypto-asset spot trading | ✗ None |
| NEOBANK | ✓ Bank agency business (SBI Sumishin Net Bank) |
| Crypto-asset lending / NFT / staking | ✗ None |
| Electronic payment instruments trading business | ✗ None |
Deposit channels (crypto-asset CFD): quick deposit (SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Rakuten Bank, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Japan Post Bank, Mizuho Bank, PayPay Bank), instant deposit from SBI FXトレード NEOBANK. No convenience-store payment / crypto-currency deposit.
Main specs of the crypto-asset CFD: trading type = over-the-counter crypto-asset margin trading; leverage = 2x for individual accounts (corporations separately); loss-cut level = margin maintenance ratio 50% or below; trading fees, loss-cut fees, and account-maintenance fees all free; variable funding rate.
5. Market share / trading volume
- Trading volume / number of accounts: not published (no regular disclosure for the crypto-asset CFD alone)
- Customer base: mainly existing FX customers (retail-centered). No description of a dedicated program for institutional investors.
- Position: no published trading-volume ranking for the crypto-asset CFD. In the FX division it touts “industry-narrowest-class spreads” and “Oricon Customer Satisfaction FX-beginner category No. 1位”. An FX specialist with the name recognition of the SBI Group as a backdrop, its customer base is mainly the retail FX trader segment.
6. History / major incidents
| Year/Month | Item |
|---|---|
| 2011年11月 | Established |
| 2012年5月 | SBI FXTRADE service launched |
| 2015年12月 | Accumulation FX (accumulation foreign currency) provision started |
| 2017年4月 | Overseas business started |
| 2018年10月 | Option FX started |
| 2020年8月 | Accumulation FX trading costs abolished; crypto-asset CFD trading (SBI Bitcoin FX) handling started |
| 2021年11月 | 10th anniversary of establishment |
| 2023年1月 | SDGs business partnership with Tabechoku |
| 2024年12月 | (As of 2026-05-18; details unknown because the end of the official history was obtained midway) |
| 2026年4月 | 15th-anniversary special page published, foreign-currency delivery service started |
No published records of administrative actions, hacks, or large-scale system failures were confirmed within the public information as of 2026-05-18.
7. Strategic trends
- 2026年4月: “Foreign-currency delivery service” launched (delivery of foreign-currency cash to FX-account customers)
- 2026年4月: 15th-anniversary special page published, anniversary campaign rolled out
- 2026年5月: reduction of the benchmark spread of a new currency pair (Turkish lira/yen) (1.28 sen)
- For the crypto-asset CFD, since the 2020年8月 launch, the instrument expansion (in the order BTC→XRP→ETH) is complete, and the against-the-dollar instruments have also been added. No new-expansion announcements for the crypto-asset division were confirmed in the most recent 12 months.
- The overall crypto-asset strategy of the SBI Group is led by the group holding company (SBI HD) and Jp Exchange SBI Vc Trade, and the company is positioned as a complementary one on the retail FX base. For the derivatives / spot-concurrent structure of JP VASPs, see Japan Domestic Crypto Asset Derivatives Business Regime — FIEA × Payment Services Act Dual Registration.
8. Related people
- Representative Director and President: Yukio Fujita (as of 2026-05-18)
- Directors: Marito Ueda, Hidehiro Nakamura, Yuichi Kato
- Outside director: Joseph Kraft
- Auditors: Yoshio Nakata, Takeki Saito
- Founding background: nothing published (the SBI Group established it as an FX-specialist subsidiary)
Organization of the crypto-asset license structure within the SBI Group (as of 2026-05-18):
| Entity | JVCEA # | Crypto-asset Spot | Crypto-asset Derivatives | Electronic payment instruments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBI VC Trade | 1011 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SBI FXトレード (BI FXTRADE) | 1026 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| SBI Securities | 1041 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Within the SBI Group, spot trading is consolidated at SBI VC Trade, while SBI FXトレード and SBI Securities each provide crypto-asset derivatives as an add-on for their respective retail FX / securities customers, in a division of roles.
Related
- jp-exchange-sbi-vc-trade — the SBI Group’s core spot-trading company (JVCEA #1011)
- japan-financial-regulation — Japan financial regulation overall
- japan-stablecoin-regulatory-landscape — related stablecoin system
- sbi-hd — SBI Holdings parent-company profile
- jp-vasp-derivative-license-system — JP VASP derivatives license system
- jp-vasp-parent-company-map — JP VASP parent-company map
Sources
- SBI FXトレード company overview (obtained 2026-05-18)
- SBI FXトレード corporate site (obtained 2026-05-18)
- SBI Bitcoin FX features page (obtained 2026-05-18)
- SBI Bitcoin FX handled crypto assets (obtained 2026-05-18)
- SBI Bitcoin FX trading rules (obtained 2026-05-18)
- JVCEA member list (obtained 2026-05-18)