BitTrade Inc. — Japan crypto-asset exchange operator overview

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FSA registration number Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00007号 · JVCEA member #1007 · registration date 2017-09-29

1. Corporate / shareholders

• Trade name: BitTrade Inc. (Japanese: ビットトレード株式会社)
  • Former trade names: BitTrade Inc. → Huobi Japan Inc. (renamed 2018-12-17) → BitTrade Inc. (renamed 2023-04-21)
• Established: 2016年9月
• Head office location: 〒105-0003 Nishi-Shimbashi 1-1-1 , Minato-ku, Tokyo
• Capital: 1億円 (as of end-2023年2月)
• Listing status: Unlisted
• Major shareholders (disclosed):
  • SINOHOPE SG PTE. LTD. (presumed top shareholder)
  • Sinohope Technology Holdings Limited
  • Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc.
  • FPG Co., Ltd.

2. License / registration status

• Crypto-asset exchange business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00007号
• Type I Financial Instruments Business: Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Financial Instruments) 第3295号
• JVCEA member: Type I member #1007 (covering both crypto-asset exchange business and crypto-asset derivatives transactions)
• JCBA member: Regular member of the Japan Crypto-asset Business Association
• Fintech Association: Venture member
• Japan STO Association / Japan Security Token Association: Supporting member

3. Listed currencies

• Number of listed assets: 49 assets in total (as of 2026年5月)
  • ※ Notice of planned delisting of BSV (Bitcoin SV) given on 2026年5月8日
• Major assets (examples): BTC / ETH / XRP / SOL / ADA / DOGE / BNB / DOT / LTC / BCH / LINK / TON / APT / SUI / MATIC / ARB / OP, etc.
• Features:
  • Altcoin lineup at one of the largest levels domestically (at launch claimed “No.1 in Japan by number of listed assets”)
  • Also lists several proprietary / project-based assets (JOC, UPC, CRTS, ZPG, etc.)
  • Operates an IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) platform

4. Scope of business

• Fiat-currency deposit channels: Quick deposit (free except Pay-easy) / bank-transfer deposit / Pay-easy deposit / convenience-store deposit
• Banking partners: PayPay Bank, Rakuten Bank, SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Resona Bank, Japan Post Bank, GMO Aozora Net Bank
• Security: Zero hacking incidents since service launch (official statement), crypto-asset 100% cold-wallet management, 24-hour 365-day system monitoring

5. Market share / trading volume

• Account count / trading volume: Not disclosed (no figures stated in disclosure materials)
• Position within the market: A mid-tier exchange whose main axis of differentiation is the breadth of its listed assets. Of the 26社 JVCEA Type 1 members, only 13社 hold both crypto-asset exchange business and derivatives transactions, and this company is one of them (for details see JVCEA: Overview of the Self-Regulatory Framework / Japan Domestic Crypto Asset Derivatives Business Regime — FIEA × Payment Services Act Dual Registration). For altcoin-axis competitors see bitbank; for a full-range industry comparison see Binance Japan.
• Customer base: Mainly individual retail. Also offers corporate-facing services.

6. History / major events

Hacks / major incidents: According to official statements, no hacking since establishment (not disclosed).

7. Strategic developments (recent 12 months)

• 2025年7月: Began joint research with JTB and NTT TechnoCross on regional revitalization through “oshi-katsu” (fan activities) (press release)
• 2025年8月: Concluded a basic agreement with Hokubo Co., Ltd. on crypto-asset / Web3.0-related business
• 2025年11月: Agreed with the ENI Foundation to advance collaboration in the Web3.0 domain (press release)
• 2026年1月: Concluded a strategic alliance with Australian real-estate developer Avantaus Development (ADG) leveraging RWA (real-world assets)
• IEO rollout: Continues regular information disclosure for domestic proprietary assets (such as JOC); the new-listing application window is also open
• Use of Type I Financial Instruments Business: Provides a CFD (crypto-asset derivatives) platform. Discloses its capital-adequacy ratio quarterly (disclosed through end-2026年3月)

8. Related people

• Representative Director and President: Seki Rai
• Directors: Oki Shigeo / Hatsuzawa Keisuke
• Outside Directors: Zhang Li (Chen Lie) / Meng Eric
• Part-time Auditor: Minakata Michio
• Founding: No details on the old BitTrade era stated in public materials

Related

• japan-financial-regulation — Japan financial regulation overall
• japan-bittrade-listing-process — general theory of token listing (separated from this entry)
• japan-stablecoin-regulatory-landscape — related stablecoin regime
• jp-trust-type-sc-architecture — related SC regime
• jp-exchange-binance-japan — peer overview (Binance Japan)
• jp-exchange-gmo-coin — peer overview (GMO Coin)
• jp-ieo-system-and-cases — JP IEO regime / cases
• jp-vasp-derivative-license-system — JP VASP derivatives license regime
• jp-vasp-parent-company-map — JP VASP parent-company map

Sources

• BitTrade company profile (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• BitTrade fee schedule (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• BitTrade disclosure materials (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• JVCEA member list (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• FSA crypto-asset exchange operator registration list Excel (snapshot 令和8年4月1日 = 2026-04-01)
• BitTrade press release list (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• CoinPost “Huobi Japan → BitTrade” article set (retrieved 2026-05-18)
• BitTrade - Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-05-18 · needs cross-check: note of insufficient sources)