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VICTORIA, Seychelles, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), is marking its eighth anniversary under the theme “8uilt for Perfect Trades,” celebrating eight years of trading innovation as the platform enters its next phase of growth across crypto, traditional markets and institutional trading.
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This comes a year in which Bitget accelerated its Universal Exchange strategy, bringing a wider range of global markets into one trading platform. At the peak, non-crypto assets accounted for 40% of total trading volume, while both TradFi perpetual contracts and CFDs have surpassed $10 billion in daily trading volume.
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Over the past year, Bitget launched stock perpetual contracts, US stock options and Hong Kong stock Quanto contracts, while rToken surpassed $100 million in AUM within five weeks and has now recorded more than 3 million cumulative transactions. One in four new Bitget users now begins their trading journey with rToken. Bitget has also expanded its AI trading capabilities with AI Playbook, its autonomous trading agent.
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“Eight years in crypto feels a lot longer than eight years anywhere else. We’ve lived through multiple cycles, watched entire narratives come and go, and seen the market grow up very quickly,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “The exciting part is that we’re still early in what trading can become. Crypto and traditional markets are converging, AI is changing the trading experience, and institutional participation is accelerating. UEX is our bet on where all of that is heading, and the next chapter for Bitget will be much bigger than crypto alone.”
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Bitget is also expanding the infrastructure supporting that growth. For its eighth anniversary, Proof of Reserves coverage will increase from four to 24 verifiable assets, while its Protection Fund maintained an average valuation of approximately $382 million in August 2026. The expansion comes alongside continued investment in security, market integrity and compliance as the range of assets available through Bitget grows.
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Institutional trading will be a major priority as Bitget enters its ninth year. As of Q2 2026, institutional client net assets had grown 45% compared with the end of 2025, while core active market makers increased from 90 to 248 firms. Bitget plans to further strengthen execution quality, API and quantitative trading infrastructure, institutional services and its cross-asset account capabilities.
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The eighth anniversary will be celebrated across Bitget’s global community through KCGI 2026, featuring a 3 million USDT prize pool, alongside VIP programs, product-community activities and offline events across multiple regions.
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As Bitget enters its ninth year, the focus remains on the idea that has shaped its development from the beginning: improving how people trade. UEX brings that ambition across a much larger universe of markets, with the next phase focused on making that experience deeper, more efficient and accessible at scale.
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Read CEO Gracy Chen’s letter on our vision for our ninth year.
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About Bitget
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Bitget is the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 500+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships such as MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry’s lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.