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CoinEdition reported that Bitget’s institutional spot trading share climbed from 39.4% in January to 72.6% by July 2025, while institutional involvement in the futures market surged from 3% to 56.6% during the same timeframe. These advances have enhanced liquidity, resulting in narrower bid-ask spreads and more robust order books for major trading pairs like BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT, putting Bitget on par with competitors like Binance and OKX, according to a
To better serve institutional clients, Bitget has broadened its offerings, including USDT-based lending programs that provide up to $10 million in loans with adaptable repayment options, according to CoinEdition. The exchange’s partnerships for asset custody with Fireblocks, Copper, and OSL further highlight its commitment to institutional-grade infrastructure, CoinEdition reported. Laser Digital and Fenbushi Capital have become leading sources of institutional inflows, with Laser Digital depositing $2.6 million and Fenbushi achieving a 100% net efficiency ratio, as CoinEdition detailed.
Bitget’s expansion is part of a broader shift in the market. Centralized exchanges are now seeing institutions contribute nearly 80% of total trading volume, the Cointelegraph report revealed. The U.S. spot
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen described liquidity as “the lifeblood of any market,” as reported by BeInCrypto. The exchange’s Universal Exchange (UEX) framework is designed to connect centralized and decentralized finance, providing comprehensive liquidity, institutional-grade tools, and tokenized assets on a single platform, CoinEdition stated. In the first half of 2025, Bitget’s average monthly trading volume reached $750 billion, with derivatives making up 90% of the activity, according to CoinEdition.
The rise in institutional trading has heightened rivalry among exchanges. Binance, the largest centralized exchange, saw its spot trading volume jump by 61% in July to $698.3 billion, the Cointelegraph report indicated. At the same time, OKX’s acquisition of a MiCA license and its partnership with Standard Chartered for institutional custody services underscore the growing appetite for crypto among European institutions, as reported by