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Bitget Universal Exchange (UEX) Whitepaper: Blueprint for Financial Technologies in Crypto, Stocks, Commodities, and Emerging Markets Written By: Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst, Bitget Research
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Every industry has a defining moment when evolution gives way to transformation. For exchanges, that moment is now. When I first described the idea of a Universal Exchange (UEX), I called it our “seventh gear”, a metaphor for breaking limits that once seemed mechanical, even impossible. In the early days, centralized exchanges were praised for speed and trust, while decentralized exchanges were praised for freedom and transparency. E
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- Bitget February 2026 Protection Fund Remains Strong with $447M Average Value
Victoria, Seychelles, March 5, 2026 — Bitget, the world's leading Universal Exchange (UEX), has released its February 2026 Protection Fund update, reporting an average monthly valuation of approximately $447 million, backed by a consistent holding of 6,500 BTC throughout the month.
February's Protection Fund valuation tracked closely with Bitcoin price movements, reflecting transparent, market-based asset backing. The fund peaked at $511,992,000 on February 2, when Bitcoin traded near $78,768, 2026-03-06
- Bitget Lists USDGO (USDGO) for Spot Trading
Victoria, Seychelles, March 5, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced the addition of USDGO (USDGO) in the Innovation Zone for spot trading. Trading for the USDGO/USDT and USDGO/USDC pairs opened on March 4, 2026, 08:00 (UTC), with withdrawals available from March 5, 2026, 09:00 (UTC).
To celebrate the listing, Bitget will run a USDGO/USDT and USDGO/USDC zero-fee promotion starting March 4, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC) until further notice. During this period, all eligib2026-03-05
- Bitget Challenges Crypto’s ‘Mass Adoption’ Narrative With Anti-Bias PledgeVictoria, Seychelles, March 4, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has unveiled its Crypto Anti-Bias Pledge as part of its International Women’s Day initiatives, raising a fundamental question for the blockchain industry: how can digital assets reach mass adoption while half of the global population remains underrepresented?
Women account for roughly half of the world’s population and are expected to control more than $83 trillion in global wealth by 2030 as part of the 2026-03-04
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- Press releaseBitget Universal Exchange (UEX) Whitepaper: Blueprint for Financial Technologies in Crypto, Stocks, Commodities, and Emerging Markets Written By: Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst, Bitget Research Foreword Every industry has a defining moment when evolution gives way to transformation. For exchanges, that moment is now. When I first described the idea of a Universal Exchange (UEX), I called it our “seventh gear”, a metaphor for breaking limits that once seemed mechanical, even impossible. In the early days, centralized exchanges were praised for speed and trust, while decentralized exchanges were praised for freedom and transparency. E2026-01-21
- Press releaseBitget Opens TradFi Trading to All Users After Record-Breaking Beta DemandVictoria, Seychelles, January 5, 2026—Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has officially opened its TradFi trading suite to all users, following a private beta that drew overwhelming interest and delivered standout trading activity across gold, forex, and global macro assets. The public launch marks a key milestone in Bitget’s evolution into a Universal Exchange (UEX). After opening beta access in December, more than 80,000 users joined the waitlist to explore trading beyond c2026-01-05
- Press releaseBitget Launches Gold, Forex and Commodities Markets for Crypto Users Victoria, Seychelles , December 1 5 , 2025 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has announced the launch of the private beta for Bitget TradFi, a new cross-market feature that gives crypto users direct access to global forex, metals, commodities, indices, and stock CFDs using USDT as margin. Selected users are now able to test this new feature with limited early-access capabilities. The addressable marke2025-12-15
Press releaseBitget Appoints Ignacio Aguirre Franco as Chief Marketing Officer to Drive Global Growth and UEX EvolutionVictoria, Seychelles, November 7, 2025—Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has strengthened its leadership in global brand narrative and user engagement strategy with the appointment of Ignacio Aguirre Franco as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Ignacio brings over fifteen years of experience across technology, fintech, and blockchain, with a career that bridges engineering and marketing. Before joining Bitget, he held senior roles at Adobe, SAP, Scorechain, and Xapo Bank2025-11-07
Press releaseBitget to Transfer 440 Million BGB to Morph Foundation, Accelerating BGB as Gas and Governance Token of Morph ChainKey Highlights Bitget will transfer all BGB tokens that it controls, 440 million in total, to the Morph Foundation, with 220 million burned immediately and the remaining 220 million locked with gradual release to support ecosystem growth. The Morph Foundation will oversee BGB as the gas and governance token of Morph, powering payments and utility across the layer. Bitget and Bitget Wallet’s 120 million users will gain direct access to the innovative decentralized protocols built on2025-09-02
Press releaseBitget Burns 30M BGB Worth $138 Million for Q2 2025 Victoria, Seychelles, 10th July, 2025 – Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is set to burn 30,001,053.1 BGB (2.56% of total supply) tokens for the second quarter of 2025, equivalent to approximately $138 million based on the Q2 2025 average price. This brings the total burn for the first half of the year to over 5% of the total supply of the BGB token, based on Bitget’s strategy of growing the native ecosystem token. BGB has emerged as one of2025-07-10
Press releaseBitget February 2026 Protection Fund Remains Strong with $447M Average Value Victoria, Seychelles, March 5, 2026 — Bitget, the world's leading Universal Exchange (UEX), has released its February 2026 Protection Fund update, reporting an average monthly valuation of approximately $447 million, backed by a consistent holding of 6,500 BTC throughout the month. February's Protection Fund valuation tracked closely with Bitcoin price movements, reflecting transparent, market-based asset backing. The fund peaked at $511,992,000 on February 2, when Bitcoin traded near $78,768,2026-03-06
Press releaseBitget Lists USDGO (USDGO) for Spot Trading Victoria, Seychelles, March 5, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced the addition of USDGO (USDGO) in the Innovation Zone for spot trading. Trading for the USDGO/USDT and USDGO/USDC pairs opened on March 4, 2026, 08:00 (UTC), with withdrawals available from March 5, 2026, 09:00 (UTC). To celebrate the listing, Bitget will run a USDGO/USDT and USDGO/USDC zero-fee promotion starting March 4, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC) until further notice. During this period, all eligib2026-03-05
Press releaseBitget Challenges Crypto’s ‘Mass Adoption’ Narrative With Anti-Bias PledgeVictoria, Seychelles, March 4, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has unveiled its Crypto Anti-Bias Pledge as part of its International Women’s Day initiatives, raising a fundamental question for the blockchain industry: how can digital assets reach mass adoption while half of the global population remains underrepresented? Women account for roughly half of the world’s population and are expected to control more than $83 trillion in global wealth by 2030 as part of the2026-03-04- Press releaseInternational Women's Day: Bitget's Crypto Anti-Bias Pledge This Women's Day, take your Anti-Bias Pledge. "You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful." -Marie Curie In a world full of shorts and longs, I found people who were shaping the next2026-03-04
Press releaseBitget Introduces Group-Based Maker Rates to Strengthen Spot and Futures Liquidity Victoria, Seychelles, March 4, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has rolled out an upgraded Market Maker Incentive Program that introduces a group-based maker rate structure across all spot and futures trading pairs. The update is designed to deepen order-book liquidity, improve execution quality, and provide a more tailored incentive framework for professional market makers operating on the platform. The updated structure will take effect on March 4, 2026, between 2:2026-03-04
Press releaseBitget Lists Opinion (OPN) for Spot Trading Victoria, Seychelles, March 4, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced the addition of Opinion (OPN) to the Innovation Zone for spot trading. Trading for the OPN/USDT pair opens on March 5, 2026, 13:00 (UTC), with withdrawals available from March 6, 2026, 14:00 (UTC). Opinion is a decentralized prediction market and AI Oracle platform designed to build a "truth machine" that quantifies and monetizes human opinions by combining continuous prediction market models w2026-03-04
Press releaseBitget Lists BlockStreet (BSB) for Spot Trading Victoria, Seychelles, March 4, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced the addition of BlockStreet (BSB) in the Innovation and AI Zone for spot trading. Trading for the BSB/USDT pair opens on March 4, 2026, 12:00 (UTC), with withdrawals available from March 5, 2026, 13:00 (UTC). BlockStreet is a foundational liquidity infrastructure platform powering the next era of on-chain capital markets. As tokenized financial assets, such as equities, derivatives, and securit2026-03-04
Press releaseBitget Marks International Women’s Day by Calling for Women to Shape the Future of Web3Victoria, Seychelles, March 2, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), is glad to celebrate International Women’s Day under its flagship Blockchain4Her initiative, aligned with its beliefs of inclusion and gender diversity as critical drivers of long-term growth in the blockchain industry. Anchored around the question “How can we achieve mass adoption without women?”, the campaign challenges the industry to confront a fundamental reality: excluding half of the global popula2026-03-02
Press releaseBitget Kicks Off MotoGP 2026 Season With 120,000 USDT Smart Speed ChallengeVictoria, Seychelles, March 2, 2026 — Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has unveiled Smarter Speed Challenge 2026, the next edition of its MotoGP-inspired online racing mini-game designed to bring together crypto, stocks, and gold trading in an interactive format. The campaign features a total prize pool of 120,000 USDT and exclusive MotoGP VIP experiences, reinforcing Bitget's strategy of blending sports culture with multi-asset trading. The launch builds on Bitget's MotoGP2026-03-02
Press releaseBitget Lists Bitway (BTW) for Spot Trading Victoria, Seychelles, March 2 , 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced the addition of Bitway (BTW) in the Innovation Zone for spot trading. Trading for the BTW/USDT pair opens on March 2, 2026, 9:00 (UTC), with withdrawals available from March 3, 2026, 9:00 (UTC). Bitway is an integrated DeTraFi (Decentralized Traditional Finance) ecosystem and Layer 1 blockchain designed to bridge the gap between fragmented on-chain liquidi2026-03-02
Press releaseBitget Publishes February 2026 Proof of Reserves, Maintaining 169% Total Reserve Ratio Victoria, Seychelles, February 26, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released its February 2026 Proof of Reserves (PoR), reaffirming full backing of user assets amid continued market volatility and cautious investor sentiment across digital asset markets. The February snapshot covers BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC, with corresponding reserve data published on Bitget's Proof of Reserves transparency page. As with previous disclosures, the update includes on-chain wallet2026-02-26
Press releaseBitget and Obside Partner to Launch Live AI Trading Arena for Copy TradingVictoria, Seychelles, February 26, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today announced a partnership with Obside, bringing the AI Trading Arena to Bitget through copy trading. Developed by Obside, the AI Trading Arena is a live environment where advanced AI models trade real markets autonomously using real-time data. The collaboration makes Obside’s AI traders available exclusively for copy trading on Bitget Futures. The AI Trading Arena has been operating for over three2026-02-26
Press releaseBitget Lists Fabric Protocol (ROBO) for Spot Trading Victoria, Seychelles, February 26, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced the addition of Fabric Protocol (ROBO) in the Innovation and AI Zone for spot trading. Trading for the ROBO/USDT pair opens on February 27, 2026, 10:00 (UTC), with withdrawals available from February 28, 2026, 11:00 (UTC). Fabric Protocol is a global, open network for the coordination, deployment, and governance of general-purpose robotics. By integrating high-performance blockchain primiti2026-02-26
Press releaseBitget and Arkis Partner to Expand Capital-Efficient Institutional TradingVictoria, Seychelles, February 24, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today announced a partnership with Arkis, an institutional digital asset prime brokerage providing unified margin and credit across centralized and decentralized venues. The collaboration introduces Direct Market Access (DMA) to Bitget within Arkis’s prime brokerage framework, enabling institutions to trade on Bitget while financing positions through a single, portfolio-based margin model. Through th2026-02-24
Press releaseBitget Positions Itself as an AI-Native Exchange With New Agent Hub LaunchVictoria, Seychelles, February 13, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today announced the launch of Bitget Agent Hub, a new platform designed to support the next phase of AI-driven trading as intelligent agents move from experimentation into real market participation. As AI tools increasingly act on behalf of users, monitoring markets, summarizing research, and executing strategies, trading infrastructure is being reshaped. The key challenge is no longer model intellige2026-02-13
Press releaseBitget Partners with Yuma to Expand Global Access to Bittensor (TAO) StakingVictoria, Seychelles, February 13, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced a partnership with the leading TAO infrastructure provider, Yuma, to deliver TAO staking services on the Bitget platform. Under the collaboration, Yuma will serve as Bitget’s validator service provider, supporting scalable and reliable access to the Bittensor network for Bitget’s global user base. Bitget was the first centralized exchange to introduce TAO staking in 2025, providing early acc2026-02-13
Press releaseBitget Celebrates Lunar New Year With Fortune Card Campaign Highlighting a Unified Trading Experience Victoria, Seychelles, February 13, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announced the launch of its UEX Fortune Card Campaign, a Lunar New Year celebration designed to invite users to explore different markets across the platform while sharing seasonal rewards. Running from February 13, 18:00 to February 21, 18:00 (UTC+8), the campaign allows users to collect Fortune Card puzzle pieces by completing simple daily activities across Bitget’s ecosystem.2026-02-13
Press releaseBitget Targets 40% of Tokenized Stock Trading by 2030, Boosts TradFi with One-Click AccessVictoria, Seychelles, February 12, 2026—Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today announced a major mobile app upgrade that puts crypto and traditional financial markets side by side on the homepage, reflecting how traders are increasingly moving between asset classes in one trading session. The release follows Bitget’s January rollout of TradFi trading, which expanded access to stock-linked products, FX, indices, commodities, and precious metals such as gold and silver, all se2026-02-12
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