Bitget expands U.S. equities offering with Stocks 2.0 platform

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Bitget expands U.S. equities offering

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Bitget launched Stocks 2.0, integrating tokenized U.S. equities and direct stock ownership via Stock+ with over 500 supported stocks and ETFs.
Bitget reported stock token spot trading volume exceeding $1 billion in January 2026, capturing about 89% of global market share for Ondo-issued tokenized stocks.
Bitget secured a 22.61% global market share for stock perpetual contracts in Q1 2026, reflecting rising demand for equity-linked crypto products among traders.

Platform expansion across tokenized stocks and direct trading

As reported by The Block, Bitget is positioning Stocks 2.0 as an upgraded equity ecosystem that connects users to U.S. markets through both tokenized products and direct stock ownership routes.

The offering combines rTokens, issued through Reality, a regulated real-world asset issuance platform within the Bitget ecosystem, with Stock+, a product that allows eligible users to buy real U.S. stocks and ETFs through U.S.-licensed brokers using USDC. Bitget also says it is adding U.S. stock options to Stock+, widening the platform beyond basic equity access into strategies tied to market direction, earnings events and portfolio positioning.

Bitget says Stocks 2.0 supports more than 500 U.S. stocks and ETFs through tokenized products, including companies such as Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft. The company frames the structure as serving two user needs, tokenized exposure inside a crypto-native environment and direct ownership with brokerage-style features such as dividends, corporate actions and broker records.

Trading volumes signal wider demand for stock-linked crypto products

Bitget says spot trading volume for stock tokens surpassed $1 billion in January 2026, representing about 89% of global market share among Ondo-issued tokenized stock tokens. The company also points to derivatives momentum, citing TokenInsight's Q1 2026 Derivatives Market Report, which ranks Bitget second globally in stock perpetual contracts with a 22.61% market share.

Those figures suggest demand for stock-linked crypto products is moving beyond early adopters and toward broader use by traders who want equity exposure through the same interfaces, balances and funding methods they use for digital assets. Bitget links that trend to its broader Universal Exchange strategy, which aims to bring crypto, tokenized assets, commodities and equities into a single account environment.

The launch also aligns with a wider industry push around real-world asset tokenization. Citibank forecasts that tokenized assets could reach $8.2 trillion in a bull-case scenario, led by public market securities including U.S. equities and treasuries, while Bitget argues the market increasingly needs both blockchain-based stock exposure and conventional ownership models rather than a single format.

Our earlier coverage on the UK’s tokenisation roadmap explained how policymakers and a task force of major financial institutions outlined a 12-month plan to accelerate tokenised wholesale finance. The plan focused on issuing a blockchain-based sovereign bond and proving tokenised assets can be used as collateral in repo markets, as part of a broader push to keep the UK competitive in next-generation capital markets.

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