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By Zika Bobby
Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), announces trading in its US stock-linked futures has passed $300 million in cumulative volume on the platform, doubling in just two weeks globally.
The milestone points to fast adoption of stock-style exposure inside a crypto app by users who already fund accounts in USDT and switch between crypto and stock-linked markets on mobile.
Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget said crossing the $1 billion mark in such a short time shows how fast traders are embracing stock futures as part of a unified digital trading experience. “It’s a signal that the line between traditional markets and digital assets is disappearing, and our Universal Exchange model is where that convergence is happening first.
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What happened include: Bitget launched USDT-margined perpetual futures on 25 US stocks for example , Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and later added contracts like NFLXUSDT, JDUSDT and QQQUSDT. The product targets traders who want stocks exposure but prefer a 24/7 crypto interface,” she said.
She added: “The exchange frames the growth as part of a broader “Universal Exchange (UEX)” model that hosts crypto, tokenized/stock-linked products, and on-chain markets in one place. This is necessary because many traders, including those in the African region, have already moved from local fiat to USDT using marketplace sellers on P2P – bank transfer or popular wallets, where supported.
“Trading happened side-by-side with crypto pairs (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Doge), many watch US tech names that trend on finance Twitter and local forums. Bitget’s note links recent activity to the AI-driven equities rally and strong US earnings season. And this is popular because a single app view for crypto + stock-linked exposure reduces app-hopping and lets users reuse their USDT balance across strategies.
Bitget pitches this as the UEX idea: centralized, decentralized, and tokenized markets under one roof, example, If you think NVIDIA will keep rising on AI demand, you can open an NVDA-linked perpetual long with USDT margin; if you’re right, profits come from your margin, not from owning the stock. If you think Apple may pull back after earnings, you can short the AAPL-linked contract. It’s a price view tool, not share ownership.”
