In a significant development for the institutional digital asset trading landscape, Bitget, recognized as the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has entered into a strategic partnership with Arkis, a prominent institutional digital asset prime brokerage. This collaboration, announced from Victoria, Seychelles, on February 25, 2026, is designed to expand capital-efficient trading solutions for professional market participants.
Streamlining Institutional Access and Margin Management
The core of this partnership introduces Direct Market Access (DMA) to Bitget's trading environment within Arkis's established prime brokerage framework. This integration allows institutional clients to execute trades directly on Bitget while utilizing Arkis's unified margin and credit facilities. The system enables financing of positions through a single, portfolio-based margin model that spans multiple centralized and decentralized venues, replacing the traditional isolated margin requirements with more efficient portfolio-level netting.
Operational Benefits for Trading Desks
Through this newly established integration, institutional trading firms can access Bitget using familiar sub-account structures and API-based workflows. The key advantage lies in the ability to borrow against a consolidated portfolio margin that includes positions across Bitget and other supported trading platforms. This structural innovation is engineered to reduce balance sheet friction and allow capital to be deployed more effectively across various active trading strategies.
Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, emphasized the practical implications of this development, stating, "Institutions want to deploy capital where it works hardest, without having to manage fragmented margin across platforms. The integration with Arkis gives institutional traders a more practical way to access Bitget while managing risk and financing at the portfolio level. It's a structure that fits how professional desks actually operate."
Enhancing Capital Utilization and Market Access
For institutional users already active on Bitget, this partnership provides a substantially more flexible mechanism to scale trading activities across both spot and derivatives markets. Positions executed on Bitget can now be financed under Arkis's comprehensive credit framework, facilitating higher capital utilization rates without the operational burden of managing fragmented margin across different trading venues.
Serhii Tyshchenko, CEO of Arkis, highlighted the balance between efficiency and risk management, noting, "Trading firms need capital efficiency without sacrificing risk discipline. By enabling DMA to Bitget within Arkis's unified margin framework, this partnership allows institutions to finance positions holistically across venues while maintaining the controls expected in professional trading environments."
Broader Implications for Institutional Infrastructure
This strategic integration reflects Bitget's ongoing commitment to developing sophisticated institutional infrastructure within its broader Universal Exchange framework. Recent analysis by industry research firm Messari has indicated that institutional participation increasingly favors platforms that successfully combine liquidity, execution capabilities, and financing solutions within a unified operational structure. Portfolio-based margin systems and direct market access are rapidly becoming standard requirements for professional capital deployment in digital asset markets.
By combining Bitget's robust execution environment with Arkis's advanced prime brokerage capabilities, this partnership delivers a streamlined operational framework for institutional traders navigating increasingly complex digital markets. The collaboration addresses two critical performance factors for professional trading desks: enhanced capital efficiency and improved operational clarity across multiple trading venues.
