Bitget has marked its eighth anniversary by looking back on eight years of trading product development and setting out the next stage of its Universal Exchange, or UEX, strategy. The company said the plan is aimed at bringing crypto markets, traditional finance products and institutional trading services onto the same platform.
UEX strategy expands beyond crypto
Over the past year, Bitget said it accelerated the rollout of UEX by integrating more global markets into one venue. During periods of peak trading activity, non-crypto assets made up 40% of the platform’s total trading volume. It added that daily volume for TradFi perpetual contracts and contracts for difference, or CFDs, each exceeded $10 billion.
The company said it has rolled out stock perpetual contracts, U.S. stock options and Hong Kong stock Quanto contracts. It also pointed to growth in rToken, its tokenized stock product. According to Bitget, rToken passed $100 million in assets under management within five weeks of launch, and cumulative trades have now moved past 3 million. The exchange said one out of every four new users on Bitget now begins trading with rToken.
Bitget also said it is expanding AI-powered trading features through its in-house AI trading agent, AI Playbook.
Gracy Chen says the next phase goes beyond crypto
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said, “In the crypto industry, eight years can feel much longer than eight years in other industries. We have lived through multiple market cycles, watched different narratives rise and fade, and seen the market mature quickly. What is exciting is that the future of trading is still in its early stage. Crypto and traditional financial markets are gradually converging, AI is changing the trading experience, and institutional participation is continuing to accelerate. UEX is Bitget’s choice in response to where these trends are heading, and Bitget’s next chapter will go far beyond crypto.”
Proof of Reserves coverage widened to 24 assets
As part of the anniversary update, Bitget said it expanded the range of verifiable assets in its Proof of Reserves program from four to 24. The company also said the average valuation of its Protection Fund was about $382 million in August 2026.
Bitget added that as the number of tradable assets on the platform continues to rise, it is also refining its security, trading and compliance systems to support a broader multi-asset trading infrastructure.
Institutional trading set as a ninth-year priority
Looking into its ninth year, Bitget said institutional trading services will become one of its main development priorities. As of the second quarter of 2026, net assets from institutional clients were up 45% from the end of 2025, while the number of core active market makers increased from 90 to 248.
The exchange said it plans to keep improving execution quality, API and quantitative trading infrastructure, institutional services and cross-asset account capabilities to support more professional and institutional trading demand.
Global anniversary campaign to include KCGI 2026
Bitget said its eighth anniversary campaign will roll out across its global community and include KCGI 2026 with a total prize pool of 3 million USDT, a VIP program, product and community events, and in-person events in multiple regions.
The company said that as it enters its ninth year, it will remain focused on the same core goal it has had since launch: improving the user trading experience. Through UEX, Bitget said it is extending that goal to a broader set of markets while improving depth, efficiency and accessibility in its trading services.
Company profile and Bitget Wallet figures
Bitget said it was founded in 2018 and now serves more than 125 million users. The company said it offers trading in more than 2 million crypto tokens, along with over 500 tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, foreign exchange products and precious metals including gold. It said its ecosystem is built to help users trade more intelligently through AI agents that assist with trade execution.
The company also said it continues to promote crypto adoption through strategic partnerships including MotoGP. Bitget added that it is working with UNICEF with a goal of providing blockchain education support to 1.1 million people by 2027. It said it currently holds a leading position in tokenized TradFi markets and offers competitive fees and liquidity services across 150 regions worldwide.
Bitget Wallet, the company’s self-custodial Web3 wallet, was described as serving more than 100 million users. It supports more than 130 major blockchain networks and millions of crypto assets, while offering asset management, multichain trading, staking, payments, market data, DApp browsing and wealth features. The wallet also provides direct access to more than 20,000 decentralized applications.
Bitget said the wallet aggregates hundreds of decentralized exchanges and cross-chain bridges, supports multichain swaps and cross-chain interactions, and includes advanced swap tools and market insight features. It also said Bitget Wallet has set up a $300 million user protection fund.