what's bitget?
Bitget is a prominent cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 platform founded in 2018, offering a comprehensive suite of trading services for users worldwide. It supports spot trading, futures, margin trading, and copy trading features, enabling users to buy, sell, and hold over 500 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and various altcoins. The platform emphasizes user security with a protection fund exceeding $300 million and integrates tools like P2P trading for fiat-to-crypto conversions. Beyond traditional exchange functionalities, Bitget provides access to decentralized finance (DeFi) through its wallet (formerly BitKeep, acquired in 2023), which supports multi-chain operations across Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and over 100 blockchains. This allows seamless asset management, swaps, staking, and interactions with decentralized applications (DApps). Bitget also innovates with features like tokenized stock trading, AI-powered trading assistants, and on-chain trading without requiring external wallets. The exchange's native ecosystem is powered by the Bitget Token (BGB), which offers benefits such as reduced trading fees, participation in launchpads, and staking rewards. Bitget serves over 100 million users in more than 150 countries, focusing on accessibility, low fees, and advanced trading tools to bridge centralized and decentralized finance.
BGB staking is live on Morph L2; Bitget holds 9.5% market share and churns reserves fast.
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x.com/bitgetglobalBGB staking went live on Morph L2 with the first native staking pool now open for holders to earn yield.
Holds 9.5% market share of cryptocurrency trading volume according to CoinGlass data as of Q1 2026.
RAVE deposited 30.58 million RAVE tokens ($42 million) between April 10-13, 2026, as part of a manipulation scheme to bait short positions, then withdrew 31.94 million RAVE tokens.
Churns reserves 3-5x faster than Coinbase and Binance according to onchain reserve analysis.
Launched IPO Prime for tokenized SpaceX pre-IPO shares (preSPAX) on Solana blockchain on 2026-04-18, tied to SpaceX's post-IPO performance. Airdropped 950 preSPAX units valued at $617,500 to VIP users.
Former executive Vugar Usi departed from Bitget to become CEO of MEXC.
Featured in a podcast episode titled "Woman Are Better than Men at Investing! - Bitget CEO | E166" on the Kevin WSH Podcast.
Has 25 million users.
Processes $20 billion in daily trading volume.
Employs 2,200 workers remotely.
Has over 40% of its management team consisting of females.
Teases a major launch scheduled for 2026-04-10 through a "New Opportunity Awaits" campaign, hinting at an upcoming product or ecosystem expansion without specifying details.
Bitget wallet integrated support for MANGA token.
Dragonfly holds $107.29M of BGB as their largest crypto position, representing the vast majority of their known crypto holdings outside of a recent $2.12M MNT outflow.
Requires $30,000 to qualify for VIP status on the exchange.
Six Bitget-funded wallets deposited $1.5M to Hyperliquid and Aster, opened $10M+ long positions in XPL, withdrew approximately $3M in unrealized profit, and were subsequently liquidated triggering over $10M in liquidations and ADL backstop on XPL.
Listed RIVER token for trading.
Participates as a reward sponsor in a 5-week KRWQ trading competition on Morph starting on 2026-03-30, with BGB tokens distributed weekly to top traders.
Tops derivatives depth liquidity according to TokenInsight report.
Bitget Wallet launches Onchain Payments Matrix integrating Ripple, Mastercard, and Tether for global stablecoin settlements.
Market data shows Circle (CRCL) trading at $102.58 with an intraday range of $101.89 to $126.52 and market capitalization of approximately $31.26 billion on March 24, 2026.
Whale address 0x7143 withdrew 10,000 ETH ($21.59M) from Bitget on 2026-03-24 and now holds 41,308 ETH ($89.23M).
Ranks 4th among perpetuals venues with $6.69B in perpetuals open interest as of March 21, 2026.
Trading volume decreased by 30% in 2025, with tradfi business providing new growth offsetting the decline.
Perpetual trading for PEAQ is being removed from the platform.
Lists the KAT token on 2026-03-18 at 13:00 UTC.
Plans to enter the U.S. market according to statements from GracyBitget.
Holds 37,200 BTC, 277,000 ETH, and $1.86 billion in stablecoins as platform reserves as of February 2026, with a reserve ratio of 169%.
Derivatives trading volume decreased by 6% month-over-month in February 2026.
Transferred 5,300 ETH (worth $10.75 million) to Coinbase Prime on 2026-03-09.
Purchased 61,000 ETH (worth $123 million) in early March 2026.
Goes live on Orbiter Finance with support for USDT, USDC, BGB, and ETH.
Added support for ERC-20 NIL token.
Posted $8.0T derivatives trading volume in 2025, with 90% from perpetual futures, offsetting weak spot trading share with strong derivatives market positioning relative to mid-tier exchanges.
Recorded $206 million in net inflows during February 2026, ranking third globally after Binance and Deribit.
Set the base interest rate component of stock futures funding rates to 0%, reducing the funding rate range from ±2% to ±0.5% (with 8-hour settlement periods).
Approximately 45% of perpetual contract volume is in BTC.
Sold 4,000 BTC within a 3-hour period on February 28, 2026.
Generated median volume of $455M per listing from day one to month three in 2025.
Received 1.21 billion PUMP tokens worth $2.57 million from a wallet associated with Pumpfun.
Integrated SwapKit to enable native cross-chain swaps through the Bitget wallet.
Processed approximately $6B in daily volume in January 2026.
Running a stock perpetuals trading activity offering 50,000 USDT weekly in rewards for new users.
Participated in a Lunar New Year special event on Morph Live scheduled for 2026-02-14, with 200 BGB tokens allocated as giveaway rewards.
Participates in an X Space session on 2026-02-11 alongside Aethir, Taiko, The Graph, and Haust Network, discussing how AI is shaping Web3.
Received deposits totaling 354 million RVV tokens (valued at $607,000) from Astra Nova project addresses between February 6 and February 10, 2026.
Has partnerships or ecosystem ties with Doppler Finance, which lists institutional backing and ecosystem connections including SBI Ripple Asia, Evernorth, VivoPower, and Bitget.
Launched TradFi non-crypto trading products in early January 2026, reaching 33% of total platform trading volume by Q1 2026, peaking at 40%. Also launched Stock Futures Championships with 1.55M USDT prize pool, Smarter Speed Challenge (multi-asset game for crypto, US stocks, gold with MotoGP rewards) on February 7, 2026, and CFD Copy Trading for Gold and Forex markets using USDT, enabling expert copy trades.
Listed ZAMA token on Launchpool with a campaign running from February 2 to February 5, 2026, offering users who lock BGB or ZAMA a share of 9,350,000 ZAMA tokens.
Alleged involvement in a pump-and-dump scheme for $BULLA token, with insider wallets reportedly funded by Bitget and coordinated with a team unlock event preceding a 10x price increase followed by a 95% crash within 2 hours.
Has a token unlock scheduled to occur between 2026-02-02 and 2026-02-08, part of over $1 billion in total unlocks across multiple projects during that period.
Joined a regulatory event hosted by SEC and CFTC alongside Avalanche and other participants.
Former Chief Business Officer Min Lin departed from Bitget to join Ondo Finance as Managing Director, Global Business Development.
Launched GetClaw, an AI autonomous trading agent executing trades and stop-loss orders based on user instructions. Offers 24/7 monitoring, backtesting, DCA, adaptive learning, and tracks volatility, funding rates, and liquidations via Bitget App, Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, offered for free.
Verified PREDIC token on the Bitget platform.
Recorded the largest single liquidation order of $13.52M on BTCUSDT_UMCBL in the past 24 hours ending January 20, 2026.
Launches Launchpool campaign for Immunefi (IMU) tokens from January 22 to January 28, 2026, allowing users to lock BGB or IMU to earn a share of 29,100,000 IMU tokens.
Maintains a User Protection Fund valued at over $700 million to protect users in cases of platform failures or losses.
Institutional participation in spot trading volume rose from approximately 39% to over 82% of total spot volume in 2025.
Runs a gold trading competition for XAUUSD and XAUEUR pairs through January 18, 2026, offering additional rewards to participants.
Launched Stock Perps Frenzy program with 90% fee discount, $500 prize pool, $10 first-trade bonus, and reduced trading fees to industry-low levels.
sponsored content promotion on social media by Ember highlighting Bitget VIP program benefits
Sponsored a tweet by EmberCN discussing Ethereum staking data.
Sponsored content featuring whale/institutional trading activity analysis on Ember's platform.
Pivoted to Universal Exchange model, added TradFi tab with 79 instruments (forex, metals, indices, commodities) and stock perpetual futures (AI stocks, TSM, WMT, COST) with 100x leverage, settled in USDT, enabling trading of traditional equities alongside crypto positions. Achieved $4 billion daily TradFi volume in January, launched AI Agent hub, and completed BGB token ownership transfer.
Leads among wallet providers with over 605,000 accounts currently authorizing its EIP-7702 contracts.
Captured approximately 3.36% of offshore exchange fees from South Korean users in 2025, equivalent to roughly $113 million out of $3.36 billion total fees generated by Korean users on overseas platforms.
Integrated as a supported wallet on RocketX exchange alongside Solflare and other wallets during 2025.
Unlocks $485.80M worth of BGB tokens (10.50% of float) on 2026-01-26.
Launched a new on-chain earning product offering 11.55% APY on USDC and 7.68% APY on USDT with flexible deposits and withdrawals, with a deposit limit of $5 million per account.
Holds 11.5% of total BTC market depth and 20% of total ETH market depth for bilateral liquidity on mainstream assets, ranking third after Binance and OKX.
Rolled out support for USDC perpetuals on December 24, 2025, powered by Hyperliquid integration.
Runs a CandyBomb campaign from December 16, 2025 15:00 UTC to December 21, 2025 15:00 UTC, distributing 683,300 $THQ tokens to users who complete tasks.
Expands on-chain trading to Ethereum, BSC, Base, and Morph, integrating USDT0 on Morph Chain. Reached 1.5 million USDT minted.
Bitget Token ranks among top crypto performers over the past 7 days in the exchange tokens and trading activity category, grouped with OKB and KuCoin Shares.
RAVE launches exclusive USD1 trading pair on Aster DEX backed by $200,000 liquidity support and World Liberty Fi partnership, while receiving public support from a Binance Labs team member.
Partnership with Solana launches UEX feature, enabling instant access to all Solana tokens for 100 million users without requiring individual listings.
Records $8.0B+ perpetuals trading volume, a +16% YoY increase, ranking below Binance ($60.14B), OKX ($26.32B), Bybit ($20.81B) but above Coinbase ($6.59B), Huobi ($5.92B).
Belarus blocks residents' access to Bitget, Bybit, and OKX exchanges.
$RAVE token from RaveDAO lists on Bitget along with Binance, Gate, and other Tier-1 exchanges following their TGE announcement.
The Talus token ($US) lists on Bitget, Binance alpha, Kraken, Kucoin, and other exchanges.
Ondo US stock tokens hold 89.1% market share, with $88M trading volume.
Spot trading volume declined 62% in November 2025 compared to October, the worst performance among major exchanges surveyed.
Bitget completes multiple acquisitions including Bitkeep wallet for several million dollars, along with deals involving Foresight/ChainNews, TheBlock, OSL, and Singapore banking relationships.
The platform lists $STABLE token for spot trading following the token's mainnet launch.
Spot trading volume grows from $422B to $750B (77.7% increase), ranking among the top-performing centralized exchanges as total CEX spot volume reaches record $13.1T.
BitgetWallet integrates with Infinit Labs for $IN token distribution rails alongside Google Cloud, Binance Wallet, and Gate as part of DeFAI infrastructure expansion.
The platform lists $POWER token from Fableborne, a mobile gaming project with $250M FDV, alongside Binance Alpha, MEXC, and Ronin DEX.
The platform removes 17 spot trading pairs on December 12, 2025 at 10:00 UTC, affecting tokens including ULTI, ANLOG, NAVX, PONKE, SUP, AVAAI, ORAI, MAVIA, SWEAT, POKT, MAT, CARV, XEM, ELX, PHA, ATOM, and ORDI.
A whale withdrew 10,000 ETH ($31.91M) from the platform 2 hours ago and now holds 34,188 ETH ($108.8M) total.
BGB token lists on Coinone exchange with a 4-day trading competition offering 35,000 USD in rewards.
US stock futures trading volume reaches $10B cumulative milestone, led by Tesla at $2.72B, Meta at $2.14B, and Strategy at $1.45B.
Bitget supports RaveDAO's community-owned entertainment protocol on Base, which reaches more than 100K people through events, on-chain ticketing, and digital collectibles, alongside partners including Warner Music Group and Tomorrowland.
Bitget Wallet launches instant QR payment feature live in Vietnam, Philippines, and Brazil.
Bitget Wallet confirms support for RaylsLabs ($RLS) token ahead of its TGE scheduled for December 1, 2025.
Bitget donates 12 million HKD (approximately 1.54 million USD) to families and community affected by the Hong Kong Tai Po Hung Fuk Court fire disaster, the largest donation among major Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges.
Platform updates November reserve proof at 184% ratio, holding 22,200 BTC ($1.95B) and 152,000 ETH ($448M) in reserves, with user assets growing from 2,500 to 10,000 BTC and $400M to $1.78B in stablecoins since September 2023.
Bitget launches Launchpool campaign for Monad from November 25-30, allowing users to stake $BGB or $MON tokens to earn a share of 25,000,000 $MON rewards.
Bitget ranks 9th with $28m in activity among major exchanges and chains, behind Upbit ($327m), Coinbase ($222m), Bybit ($107m), Bithumb ($62m), Solana ($51m), Gate ($40m), KuCoin ($38m), and Hyperliquid ($35m).
$MON token from Monad launches on Bitget at 3PM UTC alongside 10 other major exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, KuCoin, Upbit, Bithumb, MEXC, Gate, HTX, and CryptoCom.