KoinKoin, a Nigerian digital asset company, is plugging into KuCoin’s institutional trading infrastructure as it looks to deepen liquidity for users across Africa.

The partnership gives KoinKoin access to KuCoin’s spot-market liquidity across hundreds of digital assets through its Crypto-as-a-Service offering. KuCoin Institutional will act as one of KoinKoin’s core liquidity providers, with the integration expected to improve trade execution and pricing for customers.

The deal says something about how African crypto companies are choosing to build. KoinKoin doesn’t have to own every part of the trading stack. It can concentrate on the pieces that benefit from having people and infrastructure on the ground, including regulatory…