TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–smartTrade Technologies, a pioneer in multi-asset electronic trading solutions, announces today an expanded partnership with SBI Liquidity Market, a Japanese leading FX infrastructure solution and liquidity provider.

smartTrade will provide support for SBI FXTRADE’s cryptocurrency derivative trading operations, which complement the existing FX business of SBI Liquidity Market. As part of the agreement, SBI has also moved its trading facility into smartTrade’s Tokyo data center to ensure its infrastructure is constantly monitored and refreshed as their business grows, as well as to take advantage of smartTrade’s fully managed services including enhanced security and redundancy capabilities.

The expansion comes as both retail and institutional interest in cryptocurrency trading continues to soar in the Japanese market.