On Monday, Bitget celebrated its eighth anniversary by announcing that non-crypto assets accounted for up to 40% of its trading volumes, as the platform accelerates its expansion into equities, derivatives products, and services for institutional investors.

Launch of Bitget UEX

The past year has seen the arrival of perpetual contracts on equities, U.S. equity options, and Quanto contracts on Hong Kong equities. Its rToken product surpassed $100 million in assets under management in less than five weeks and now totals more than 3 million transactions. One new user out of four now starts with this product.

According to Bitget, perpetual contracts backed by traditional finance (TradFi) and contracts for difference (CFD) each surpassed $10 billion in daily trading volume. The platform also added an autonomous trading agent called AI Playbook. Its Proof of Reserves coverage is set to be expanded from 4 to 24 assets.

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Institutional appetite

“Eight years in crypto is far longer than eight years anywhere else,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. According to her, crypto and traditional markets are converging, and institutional participation is accelerating. Net assets of institutional clients rose by 45% in the second quarter compared with the end of 2025, while the core of active market makers increased from 90 to 248 firms.

The company protection fund, designed to cover any potential client losses, reported an average of about $382 million in August 2026. The anniversary-related events will run until KCGI 2026, a trading competition with a prize pool of 3 million Tether (USDT).

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