Bitget's evolution into a universal exchange could redefine financial markets, bridging traditional and decentralized finance seamlessly. Gracy Chen aims to evolve Bitget into comprehensive financial platform.
Bitget is rebuilding part of its CFD business for traders who care less about a polished interface than what happens after they press “buy” or “sell.” The exchange is adding 100% STP routing, multi-tier liquidity, FIX API connectivity and sub-millisecond order matching for professional clients.
Bitget has launched Project Archimedes, a $300 million institutional capital program for quantitative trading firms, asset managers, and market makers. Project Archimedes will support firms at different stages of growth through two programs: Capital Provider Program ($100 million): Allocated to accelerate emerging and growing quantitative firms running market-neutral strategies. Bitget will provide capital, with returns shared under an agreed structure and risk framework. Interest-Free Lending Program ($200 million): Available to established institutions with mature strategies and existing trading scale. Eligible firms can access interest-free capital by meeting defined trading volume or position requirements, reducing funding costs while increasing the capital available to their strategies.
Bitget's expanded collateral system could enhance liquidity and flexibility in crypto trading, potentially attracting more investors to tokenized assets. Bitget supports 128 stock tokens as collateral for borrowing.
Bitget has introduced a new institutional liquidity service designed to support professional and high-volume traders as the crypto exchange expands its contracts-for-difference (CFD) business. The new offering targets quantitative trading desks, proprietary trading firms, investment funds, brokers and professional traders that require fast execution and reliable access to deep market liquidity.
Bitget published its July 2026 Transparency Report, where rTokens surpassed $671 million in cumulative trading volume. More than 100,000 users traded rTokens during that period, with daily user penetration growing 18 times since launch. Bitget Wallet surpassed 100 million users and added integrations with Robinhood Chain and Assetback to broaden access to tokenized assets.
Bitget is seeing faster adoption of tokenized equities as rTokens move beyond their launch phase. Its July 2026 Transparency Report shows more than $114 million in assets under management, $671.37 million in cumulative trading volume and an 18-fold increase in daily trading-user penetration since launch.
Bitget just signed an agreement with the Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority.
Bitget has signed a cooperation agreement with the Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority in Bhutan. The deal opens a path toward a local legal presence and a future licence application.
Bitget has signed a cooperation agreement with Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority to establish a local presence and pursue a Financial Services Licence under the city's virtual asset framework.
Bitget recorded the lowest median bid-ask spread in the market, at just 0.83 basis points, according to an independent report published by DeFiLlama that analyzes growth in the tokenized stocks sector.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget announced this week that it will stop serving customers in Japan, setting a Dec. 31, 2026, deadline after which any open trading positions will be closed automatically. The company disclosed the phased shutdown in official notices posted Aug. 2, 2026. As of Aug.