Bitget has published its Q1 2026 Transparency Report, outlining a notable shift in how users are trading on the platform. According to the company, non-crypto assets accounted for 20% to 40% of total trading volume by the end of March, a sharp change from early January, when crypto represented nearly all activity on the exchange.
The report frames this development as evidence that users are increasingly allocating capital across both digital and traditional markets within a single account environment. Rather than remaining concentrated in crypto, traders appear to be rotating into a wider range of instruments as market access broadens.
Commodities drove the change in volume mix
Bitget said the expansion in non-crypto trading was driven largely by commodities. While crypto dominated trading at the start of the quarter, its share eased to roughly 60% to 80% through much of March. That left a growing share of volume coming from non-crypto products, suggesting that multi-asset participation is becoming more central to user behavior on the platform.
The company presents this as a broader diversification trend rather than a temporary rotation. In its view, traders are becoming more dynamic in how they deploy capital, shifting between asset classes instead of treating crypto as a standalone market silo.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said the trend reflects a deeper structural change in market design. In her assessment, the distinction between crypto and traditional markets is fading as users increasingly expect to trade both side by side. She also linked the trend to the growth of CFD-style access and to Bitget’s longer-term effort to build what it calls a Universal Exchange.
AI trading tools move closer to execution
Beyond trading volume, the report highlights several product and infrastructure initiatives introduced during the quarter. Bitget said it expanded its AI trading stack through the launch of Agent Hub and GetClaw. These tools, according to the company, mark a transition from AI systems that merely assist users toward systems that can participate more directly in trade execution.
Bitget described the new capabilities as allowing intelligent agents to access real-time market data, interpret signals, and execute trades autonomously within predefined parameters. The company positions this as part of a larger shift toward agent-based market participation, where AI is not limited to analytics or interface support but becomes embedded in execution workflows.
The report does not claim that autonomous trading has replaced manual activity, but it makes clear that Bitget sees AI-native execution as a major pillar of its future platform model. That strategy is aligned with a wider industry push to combine market access, automation, and user-facing intelligence in a single environment.
Universal Exchange roadmap expands beyond crypto
Bitget also used the quarter to further articulate its platform vision through the release of a Universal Exchange whitepaper. The document, as summarized in the report, lays out a roadmap in which crypto assets, tokenized assets, and AI-driven trading converge within a unified architecture.
The company argues that this convergence is no longer theoretical. Instead, it describes the current period as a turning point in which AI-native interfaces and multi-asset access are beginning to move into mainstream use. That framing is important because Bitget is not just presenting itself as a crypto exchange adding adjacent products; it is positioning itself as an integrated venue where users can navigate digital assets, tokenized finance, and traditional market exposure from one place.
According to the company’s background information, Bitget now serves more than 125 million users and offers access to over 2 million crypto tokens, as well as 100-plus tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, foreign exchange products, and precious metals including gold. It further claims to lead the tokenized traditional finance market with low fees and high liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.
Wallet business pushes into real-world payments
The report also emphasizes growth outside pure trading. Bitget Wallet, the company said, expanded into real-world financial usage through its Onchain Payments Matrix. This network reportedly connects 90 million users with more than 150 million merchants across over 50 markets.
Bitget added that integrations with networks including XRP Ledger and Stellar have expanded cross-border payment functionality. In the company’s framing, these integrations help position digital assets not as isolated speculative tools, but as embedded infrastructure for everyday financial activity.
That messaging fits with the broader strategic theme running through the report: the company wants to link trading, asset access, and payments into one scalable ecosystem. Instead of separating exchange activity from wallet utility and settlement rails, Bitget is presenting all three as parts of the same product architecture.
What the report signals
Viewed as a whole, the Q1 2026 report suggests that Bitget is trying to capitalize on a market structure in which users increasingly expect cross-asset access, AI-assisted or AI-executed trading, and practical payment connectivity within the same platform. The most eye-catching figure is the rise of non-crypto trading to as much as 40% of total volume by late March, because it points to a meaningful shift in user activity mix over a relatively short period.
At the same time, the report should be understood in context: the source material is a sponsored press release provided by Bitget, and the statements largely reflect the company’s own disclosures and positioning. Still, the figures and product updates outlined in the release provide a useful snapshot of how one major exchange is trying to redefine itself beyond a crypto-only venue.
If Bitget’s thesis proves correct, the next stage of competition in digital asset markets may center less on simple spot trading volume and more on who can best combine traditional exposure, tokenized products, automated execution, and real-world payments into a single user experience.