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SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd. (株式会社SBI証券) — Japanese crypto-asset-derivatives transaction operator overview

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-18 Review by 2027-05-18 Sources 5 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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FSA registration number: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) 第44号 · JVCEA member #1041 · holds only the crypto-asset-derivatives transaction business

1. Corporation / shareholders

  • Trade name: 株式会社SBI証券 (SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.)
  • English name: SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.
  • Established: 1999年4月26日 (date of trade-name change). The corporate entity originates from the former Osawa Securities and transitioned through ETRADE Securities → SBI ETRADE Securities → the current trade name
  • Head-office location: Izumi Garden Tower, 1-chome-6-1号 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 〒106-6001 (the same building as SBI VC Trade)
  • Capital: 54,323百万円 (as of 2025年3月31日)
  • Number of employees: 997名 (as of 2025年3月31日)
  • Shareholder: SBI Holdings, Inc. 100% (TSE Prime, securities code 8473)

Division of business among the crypto-asset-related 3 corporations within the SBI Group (see §4 ):

CorporationJVCEA #Main businessCrypto-asset service
SBI VC Trade Co., Ltd.1011Crypto-asset specialistspot + derivatives + electronic payment instruments (USDC)
SBI FX Trade Co., Ltd.1026FX specialistcrypto-asset CFD “SBI Bitcoin FX” (BTC/XRP/ETH × 2 currencies = 6 tokens)
株式会社SBI証券 (this article)1041full-line securities / FXonly crypto-asset CFD trading via the OTC CFD “SBI CFD” (started 2025年8月)

SBI Securities centers on securities, FX, and commodity futures, and does not handle crypto assets themselves on a spot basis. Crypto assets are positioned as an ancillary business handled as OTC CFDs (financial instruments).

2. License / registration status

Business typeRegistration numberRemarks
Type I Financial Instruments BusinessDirector-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Kinsho) 第44号Stocks, FX, derivatives, etc.
Commodity Futures Business—Conducted in a form included in 第44号
Crypto-asset-derivatives transaction businessSame as Kinsho 第44号 (additional-authorization form)JVCEA Type I #1041
  • JVCEA member type: Type I (member number 1041)
  • Held business categories (JVCEA classification): crypto-asset-derivatives transaction business only (does not hold the crypto-asset exchange business or the electronic-payment-instruments transaction business)
  • Associations joined: Japan Securities Dealers Association, Financial Futures Association of Japan, Type II Financial Instruments Firms Association, Japan Investment Advisers Association, Japan STO Association, Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association

3. Handled currencies

It does not offer spot transactions in crypto assets. It offers crypto-asset CFDs as OTC CFDs (SBI CFD):

  • Number of handled tokens (as of 2026年5月): 20 tokens across the entire OTC CFD account (the total combining stock-index CFDs, commodity CFDs, and crypto-asset CFDs). For crypto-assets alone, the major tokens confirmed from the official site are Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL). The exact number of crypto-asset-only tokens should be confirmed on the company’s service page
  • Features: the “one-stop CFD” configuration, in which stock-index, commodity, and crypto-asset CFDs can be traded together in 1 account, is a first among major net securities firms (per the 2025年8月 press release)

4. Scope of business

The company’s main business is securities, FX, and commodity futures. Crypto assets are an ancillary service added in 2025年8月.

Main serviceOverview
Stock trading (domestic / foreign)Domestic No. 1 net securities firm (on an account-count basis)
Investment trustsHandles over 2,700 funds
FX (foreign-exchange margin)24-hour trading
Exchange CFD (Click Kabu 365)Nikkei 225, etc.
OTC CFD “SBI CFD”Offers stock-index, commodity, and crypto-asset CFDs in 1口座. Service started 2025年8月22日
NISA accountReached 500万 accounts in 2024年6月
iDeCoIndividual-type defined-contribution pension

Institutional positioning of the crypto-asset CFD (SBI CFD):

  • “OTC CFD” is a derivatives transaction under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. It is a contract-for-difference product, not spot crypto assets
  • Margin rate for crypto-asset CFDs: 50% of the consideration (the highest level compared with commodities 5% and stock indices 10%)
  • Trading hours: crypto-asset CFDs can be traded almost 24 hours, including weekends

Fiat-currency deposit channels: bank transfer, quick deposit via Sumishin SBI Net Bank, Pay-easy, etc. (common with ordinary securities-account deposits)

5. Market share / trading volume

Scale in the securities business (as of 2025年11月):

  • Over 1,500万 comprehensive securities accounts (achieved 2025年11月) — a domestic first and the most domestically. It greatly surpasses Nomura Securities (approx. 539万 accounts) and Rakuten Securities, ranking industry No. 1

  • The account-count share of the exchange CFD “Click Kabu 365” is 87.6% and the trading-volume share is 51.0% (the company’s 2025年7月 press release, market share No. 1)

  • 500万 NISA accounts (achieved 2024年6月)

Trading volume / account count for crypto-asset CFDs alone: not disclosed (a service immediately after the 2025年8月 start, with no periodic disclosure)

Customer base: centered on individual retail. A structure in which cross-selling from securities accounts to crypto-asset CFDs is anticipated, leveraging the securities company’s customer base. Corporate services are also offered.

Position within the competition: from the perspective of a crypto-asset-derivatives specialist, it is one of the Type I members 13 社 alongside Jp Exchange Monex (JVCEA #1024), Jp Exchange Bi Fxtrade (JVCEA #1026), GMO Coin, Inc. — Japan crypto-asset exchange operator overview (JVCEA #1006), etc. (for the background, see Japan Domestic Crypto Asset Derivatives Business Regime — FIEA × Payment Services Act Dual Registration). However, SBI Securities’ main business is securities, and crypto-asset derivatives are positioned as a niche ancillary business.

6. History / major incidents

PeriodEvent
Predecessor (year unknown)Osawa Securities (the origin of the corporate entity)
1999年4月Trade name changed to E*TRADE Securities Co., Ltd. Started services as an internet securities firm
1999年10月Started internet-trading service
2005年12月Trade name changed to SBI E*TRADE Securities Co., Ltd.
2007年Trade name changed to 株式会社SBI証券
End of 2014年12月315万 accounts (net-securities-industry No. 1)
2024年2月Achieved 1,200万 accounts
2024年6月Achieved 500万 NISA accounts
2025年8月22日Launched the OTC CFD “SBI CFD” service — a first among major net securities firms to offer crypto-asset CFD trading on a one-stop basis in the same account as stock-index and commodity CFDs
2025年11月Achieved 1,500万 comprehensive securities accounts (a domestic first and the most in the industry)

System failures / administrative dispositions / major incidents: no major matters published during the research period could be confirmed (not disclosed).

7. Strategic developments

  • Crypto-asset CFD entry (2025年8月): positions crypto assets as a “one-stop CFD in 1 口座” integrated with stock indices and commodities. Cross-selling to the securities company’s 1,500万 customer accounts is a structural advantage. By avoiding spot handling, it avoids crypto-asset-exchange-business registration (separate FSA registration, AML/KYC costs, etc.) and entered within the scope of the existing 第44号 license
  • SBI HD’s crypto-asset strategy (general information): SBI Holdings approaches the crypto-asset market with a multi-layered structure of spot (SBI VC Trade), FX/CFD (SBI FX Trade, SBI Securities), stablecoins (SBI VC Trade’s electronic-payment-instruments transaction business), and XRP-related investment (investment in Ripple Labs). SBI HD absorbed BITPoint Japan into SBI VC Trade (2026年4月), consolidating the group’s spot services into SBI VC Trade, while maintaining a structure in which derivatives are dispersed across multiple securities / FX subsidiaries
  • Interest in promoting crypto-asset ETFs: the SBI HD group has been actively stepping up industry proposals anticipating the lifting of the ETF ban after the transition of crypto-asset regulation under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, such as publishing the “Proposal toward the Formation, etc. of Crypto-Asset ETFs, etc. in Japan” (2024年10月) (the SBI VC Trade-name press release notes SBI Securities’ registration number in a footnote)
  • Representative Director & President: Masato Takamura (髙村 正人) (as of 2025年3月)
  • Chairman (de facto leader): Yoshitaka Kitao (北尾 吉孝) (concurrently Representative Director & CEO of SBI Holdings)
  • Founding-type role under the predecessor trade name: the SBI Group was established as SoftBank’s financial division in 1999年, then became independent from the SoftBank Group in 2006年

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