We’re excited to share that Bitget, a digital asset platform with over 125 million users, has launched Reality, their new real-world asset platform providing access to tokenized US stocks and ETFs, powered by Alpaca.
With the launch of Reality, Bitget now provides their users with crypto and traditional market exposure within the same ecosystem.
Bitget’s Founding and the Universal Exchange
Bitget was founded in 2018 with the belief that cryptocurrency would play an important role in providing financial services for the unbanked. To address market complexities and fulfill their mission to empower the future of finance by ensuring secure, efficient, and smart digital transactions, Bitget developed the Universal Exchange (UEX).
UEX serves as a single gateway between traditional finance (TradFi) and on-chain ecosystems, aiming to reduce the friction and fragmentation that exists between separate crypto exchanges, brokers, wallets, and payment rails. As the demand for tokenized assets has increased, integrating tokenized US equities was a natural next step.
Overcoming Barriers to US Equities Access with Tokenization
Led by their CEO Gracy Chen and the vision that 10% of financial assets could exist in tokenized form by 2030, the launch of Reality is key to the UEX framework. By integrating tokenized US equities, Bitget provides access to some of the most high-growth sectors while reducing the impact of costly, slow, and complex operations when attempting to access US equities.
In regions such as Southeast Asia, for example, investors routinely navigate complex brokerage onboarding processes, expensive fiat currency conversions, extended settlement cycles, and fragmented account structures. These administrative and financial frictions often restrict local market participants from efficiently diversifying their global portfolios.
Built with Alpaca’s infrastructure for tokenization, Bitget’s users can now:
- Invest in tokenized US equities alongside existing crypto assets*
- Respond to global market events and rotate capital using stablecoins
- Access the world’s largest market in a way that feels familiar to their crypto-native users
- Benefit from faster settlements and around-the-clock market availability
This allows investors to build diversified strategies within a unified environment, eliminating the need to manage multiple separate accounts across crypto exchanges, traditional brokerage, and various payment rails.
The Partnership Between Bitget and Alpaca
“The distinction between crypto and traditional finance is becoming less relevant with every market cycle," said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. "Our vision with UEX has always been to reduce the barriers between users and the opportunities they want to access. Tokenized equities are an important step in that evolution, helping bring traditional assets into a more accessible and efficient market environment. By working with Alpaca, we're continuing to build the infrastructure needed for a future where global capital can move more fluidly across markets.
"We focus on building the infrastructure needed to accelerate the adoption of financial services, unlocking market possibilities for global investors," said Yoshi Yokokawa, Co-founder and CEO of Alpaca. "We are excited to support Bitget as they launch tokenized US stocks, aiming to provide more efficient access to global assets."
A Strategic Vision for Integrated Finance
The introduction of tokenized equities marks an advancement in Bitget's broader strategic vision to reduce platform fragmentation and complexity.
The platform has also incorporated agentic trading and intelligence tools, such as GetAgent, to provide personalized strategies and real-time insights for crypto trading. These tools were built to reduce the complexity of markets, empowering users to leverage plain language to establish a more accessible, structured, and efficient global trading environment.
Additionally, Bitget continues to invest in transparency measures, maintaining a 130 percent Proof of Reserves ratio and a user protection fund exceeding 400 million dollars as of May 2026.
Moving forward, the platform will continue to expand into a wider range of assets, including commodities, forex, and on-chain tokens.
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