In a significant report outlining the year's progress, Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has detailed its 2025 performance, highlighting a powerful trend: the accelerating convergence of cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets under a single, unified trading platform.
Record Volumes and Institutional Adoption
According to data from CoinGlass's 2025 Crypto Derivatives Market Annual Report, Bitget secured the position of the fourth-largest derivatives exchange by trading volume last year. The platform recorded a staggering $8.17 trillion in total volume, translating to an average daily volume of $25.20 billion.
Bitget's internal review attributes this massive scale to significantly improved liquidity and a dramatic shift in its user base. The share of institutional spot trading volume on the platform skyrocketed from 39.4% in January 2025 to 82% by December. Similarly, institutional market makers' share of futures volume exploded from a mere 3% to 60% over the same twelve-month period.
Expansion Beyond Centralized Crypto
The review emphasized that Bitget's UEX model expanded aggressively beyond traditional centralized cryptocurrency markets. Its Bitget Onchain product, launched in April 2025, facilitated over $2.4 billion in cumulative trading volume by year's end by providing multichain access and onchain tooling.
Parallel to this, tokenized finance emerged as a major growth engine. Trading volume for Bitget's tokenized stock futures surpassed $15 billion in 2025. The public introduction of traditional finance (TradFi) markets—including stocks, indices, commodities, and foreign exchange—quickly drove daily trading above the $2 billion mark.
AI, Payments, and the 2026 Roadmap
Bitget also reported strong adoption of its artificial intelligence and consumer payment products. Its AI agent, GetAgent, surpassed 500,000 users and facilitated two million conversations focused on investment strategy. The Bitget Wallet Card saw spending increase 28 times year-over-year across more than 50 markets.
Looking forward, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated the company's 2026 focus will remain on UEX, AI, and compliance. The goal is to expand compliant access to tokenized markets, advance AI-driven trading workflows, and scale the UEX as a unified layer for trading, payments, and onchain activity across all asset classes.
The full report, which details Bitget's partnerships with entities like Ondo Finance for tokenized stocks and its global educational initiatives, is available on the company's official website.
