Bitget has begun testing a TradFi trading feature that lets users trade forex, gold and stock derivatives on its platform in a USDT-margined environment.
The new offering integrates traditional financial instruments into the exchange environment and uses Tether’s USDT as the margin and settlement currency, bringing major currency pairs (for example, EURUSD), precious metals such as XAUUSD (gold priced in U.S. dollars) and stock CFDs into a single venue. A contract for difference (CFD) is a derivative that tracks the price movement of an underlying asset without transfer of ownership, aligning the product set with established TradFi structures.
Bitget is designed to let crypto traders access traditional markets from a single account, removing the need for separate brokerage relationships, bank transfers or manual currency conversions. Transaction costs are positioned as materially lower than some legacy market alternatives, with fees starting at 0.0065% or $0.09 per lot for certain instruments.
The platform also offers high leverage up to 500x for forex and precious metals, and routes orders through multiple liquidity providers to maintain deep order books and transparent fee schedules.
Bitget TradFi product features
From an operational perspective, the USDT-margined architecture aims to simplify capital management and enable rapid hedging across volatile markets. The company also describes a multi-layer security framework that includes Proof of Reserves and a Protection Fund intended to mitigate counterparty and operational risk.
The TradFi feature is being tested under the company’s existing compliance perimeter and is administered under the oversight of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius. Platform representatives frame the initiative as part of a broader effort to evolve toward a “Universal Exchange” model that bridges crypto and traditional finance, signaling a unified approach to multi-asset access.
Access is geographically constrained, and the service is not fully available to all residents of the United States due to licensing and regulatory requirements under U.S. federal and state law. As a result, U.S.-based traders may face restrictions or be unable to access the specific TradFi products during the beta and subsequent rollouts.
Bitget’s TradFi test expands the exchange’s product set by combining forex, precious metals and equity derivatives with crypto trading in a USDT-margined format.
