Bitget Monthly Transparency Report: August 2025

Introduction

August 2025 marked another milestone month for Bitget, as the exchange continued to scale its global influence through product innovation, ecosystem growth, and community-driven initiatives. The launch of the industry’s first RWA Index Perpetuals underscored Bitget’s role in bridging TradFi and DeFi, while trading volumes surged to record highs, solidifying its leadership in liquidity and derivatives markets. Strategic expansions, such as the rollout of the USD-based Wallet Card in Latin America and enhanced fiat on-and-off-ramp capabilities, further advanced Bitget’s mission to make crypto more accessible worldwide. Alongside these product achievements, major cultural and community activations from the UNTOLD Festival in Romania to Blockchain Rio and Coinfest Asia, reflected Bitget’s unique ability to merge technology with culture.

Monthly Highlights

Industry First RWA Index Perpetuals Debut on Bitget

Bitget launched the industry’s first RWA Index Perpetual Contracts, allowing users to trade a dynamic basket of tokenized real-world assets—including stock indices—from multiple third-party issuers in a single product. The RWA Index Perpetuals feature adjustable index components and real-time weighting updates, ensuring flexible, transparent, and fair pricing for traders.

Bitget Hits $750B Monthly Derivatives Volume, Leads ETH & SOL Liquidity in CoinDesk Report

Bitget was featured in CoinDesk’s Market Data Deep-Dive for its standout performance, recording a cumulative $11.5 trillion in derivatives volume and averaging $750 billion in monthly trading activity. The report ranked Bitget as No.1 for ETH and SOL spot market depth and No.2 for BTC, showing Bitget’s leadership in global liquidity and institutional adoption.

USD-based Crypto Card Now Available in LATAM

Bitget introduced its zero-fee, USD-based Wallet Card in Latin America in partnership with Mastercard, enabling users to spend USDC directly from their Bitget Wallet at over 150 million merchants worldwide. The card is rolling out across Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Guatemala, with additional countries in Asia-Pacific to follow later this year.

GetAgent Launches to Boost Wider Crypto Adoption

Bitget has launched GetAgent, an advanced AI-powered trading assistant delivering real-time, data-driven insights and automated strategies now available to all users. This innovative tool elevates the trading experience, empowering users to make smarter, faster decisions and setting a new standard for intelligent crypto trading.

Bitget’s KCGI 2025 Wraps Up with Record Turnout & $6M USDT Prize Pool

Bitget’s KCGI 2025 shattered records with 120,197 participants from 80+ countries, forming 620 teams to compete for a $6 million USDT prize pool. The flagship Team Battle saw squads from eight global regions battle it out on PnL and ROI leaderboards, setting a new standard for global crypto trading competitions.

Instant Fiat Onboarding: Visa & Mastercard Deposits Now Live

Bitget now enables users worldwide to instantly deposit funds with Visa and Mastercard and seamlessly convert major cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH into fiat, depositing directly to their cards. Supporting over 140 fiat currencies, this feature offers real-time, secure transactions without intermediary delays or P2P risks, ensuring fast and reliable global access.

Growth in Data

Robust Futures Market Leadership

Bitget continued to strengthen its position in derivatives markets throughout August. According to The Block and Coinglass, Bitget ranked among the top 3 global exchanges for both Bitcoin and Ethereum futures open interest. Bitcoin futures open interest on Bitget surpassed $10 billion, while Ethereum futures maintained a strong range of $5–7 billion, showing sustained institutional and retail participation. This growth highlights Bitget’s ability to attract high-volume traders seeking liquidity, efficiency, and competitive trading fees.

Expanding Share in Ethereum Futures

Bitget playing its role as a core player in Ethereum futures markets, consistently ranking among the top 3 exchanges globally. As of late August, Bitget’s ETH open interest trended above $6 billion, a remarkable climb compared to earlier in the year. The growth reflects user confidence in Bitget’s infrastructure and liquidity, further cementing its leadership in ETH-based derivatives trading.

BGB Token Ecosystem Growth

In August, Bitget executed another strategic burn of 60 million BGB tokens, reducing supply while driving token value. Combined with the launch of new BGB utility products, the exchange strengthened the role of its native token in the ecosystem. According to Cryptonews.com, this token strategy contributed to a 3% uplift in BGB’s price performance, showcasing the community’s trust in BGB’s long-term value.

Spot and Derivatives Market Resilience

According to Forklog, August saw trading volumes across both centralized and decentralized exchanges rebound to early-year levels. Bitget mirrored this broader recovery while outperforming peers in derivatives, reflecting its strong brand positioning and growing user base. The platform’s emphasis on transparency, security, and Proof-of-Reserves reporting continues to differentiate it as a trusted player during volatile market phases.

New Products, Features, and Integrations

RWA Index Perpetuals — Bridging TradFi and DeFi

Bitget unveiled the world’s first Real-World Asset (RWA) Index Perpetual Contracts on August 20, offering leveraged exposure to tokenized equities like TSLA/USDT (RWA), NVDA/USDT (RWA), and CRCL/USDT (RWA). These indices are composed of multiple token issuers and dynamically managed based on liquidity and trading activity, operating on a 24/5 schedule with paused trading during stock market holidays. The contracts use familiar perpetual mechanics with capped leverage at 10× and isolated margin mode, ensuring users navigate this innovative product with confidence.

Crypto-to-Fiat Payout via Visa & Mastercard — Seamless Off-Ramp

On August 7, Bitget introduced a crypto-to-fiat payout feature that lets users instantly convert Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) into fiat and withdraw funds directly to their Visa or Mastercard. Supporting over 140 fiat currencies, this off-ramp bypasses traditional banking delays and third-party risks by offering real-time payouts through the app’s “Sell Crypto” interface—significantly enhancing accessibility and utility for global users.

Top New Listings

Bitlayer Listing

The listing of Bitlayer, the first blockchain to pioneer BitVM, highlights Bitget’s support for Bitcoin-native DeFi infrastructure. With over 2.7M token rewards through Launchpool, users can now engage with innovations like the BitVM Bridge, YBTC, and high-throughput Bitcoin Rollups.

YZY MONEY Listing

The listing of YZY MONEY (YZY), the official payment token of the Yeezy brand launched by Ye (formerly Kanye West), showcases Bitget’s role in connecting culture with crypto. Positioned in the Innovation Zone, YZY offers traders access to a celebrity-driven token with both brand utility and growth potential.

Towns Protocol Listing

The listing of Towns Protocol (TOWNS) with 16M Launchpool rewards underscores Bitget’s support for decentralized communication infrastructure. As the Web3 “communication layer,” Towns empowers users to create programmable Spaces with memberships, ownership, and encrypted real-time messaging.

Bitget Wallet

Bitget Wallet Partners with Base, Integrating Aerodrome DEX to Expand DeFi Access

Bitget Wallet partnered with Base and integrated Aerodrome, the largest decentralized exchange on the chain. The integration will give wallet users direct access to trading, liquidity pools, and Base-native assets like cbETH and cbBTC without bridging funds or switching platforms. Bitget Wallet also added Base support to its GetGas service, covering fees for users without ETH, and launched a dedicated Base ecosystem zone to highlight top DApps, signaling an effort to simplify entry into Layer 2 DeFi markets.

Bitget Wallet Introduces USD Crypto Mastercard in Brazil

During Blockchain Rio, Bitget Wallet launched a USD-based Mastercard crypto payment card, giving Brazilian users direct access to dollar-denominated spending from stablecoins. The card, issued with payments firm Immersve, comes with no transaction fees on USD payments and can be used at Mastercard’s global merchant base. The rollout is part of a regional push into Latin America, where high inflation and currency volatility have driven strong adoption of dollar-linked digital assets.

Meme Token MOEW Recast as Bitget Wallet's Mascot

Bitget Wallet named MOEW, a meme token that originated on the Base blockchain, as its official mascot, extending its role into artificial intelligence and user education. First known as a lighthearted community project, MOEW has since been rebranded as “Professor MOEW,” offering tutorials, token analysis, and an AI chatbot. The move reflects a wider Web3 trend in which meme-driven intellectual property is being turned into functional tools aimed at broadening user engagement.

Bitget Research

Commentaries by Chief Analyst at Bitget Research, Ryan Lee

Cointelegraph: Record $37T US debt and M2 money growth set stage for $132K Bitcoin

CoinDesk: $600M Bullish Bets Liquidated as Bitcoin Drops to $115K, DOGE, SOL, XRP Fall 6%

The Economic Times: XRP Price Prediction: Is XRP’s uptrend and $3 strength the launchpad for a $5 surge?

Barrons NY: Bitcoin Surges to Record High Above $118,000. Where the Crypto Goes Next.

Yahoo Finance: Dogecoin Leads Losses Among Majors as Profit-Taking Grips Crypto Market

CSR initiatives

Bitget Crypto Experience Month

Hosted across multiple cities in the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, Bitget’s Blockchain4Youth initiative launched Crypto Experience Month 2025 in August, transforming crypto from theory into everyday interaction. Timed with International Youth Day, the program invited young people to explore blockchain in action, minting NFTs, trading tokenized stocks in simulations, and testing PayFi’s QR-based payments. By shifting from classrooms to hands-on activations, the campaign showed how crypto can empower real-world use cases, bridging curiosity with confidence and making digital assets tangible for the next generation.

Events across the world

GM Vietnam

At GM Vietnam in Hanoi, Bitget focused on high-impact visibility around the main conference with its various side events. A BitGP booth, marked "Powered by Bitget", kept the brand present on the conference floor. And Bitget COO, Vugar Usi Zade, joined a headline panel to elaborate Bitget's voice on market trends and the CeFi–DeFi landscape.

Around the conference, Bitget prioritized community touchpoints through multiple side events, including the Bitget Together meetup, BitGP "Spend & Chill", the Alpha Lounge, HackSeasons Opportunity Mixer, and Cardano Night, engaging builders, KOLs, and partners. The HackSeasons mixer emerged as a standout gathering, and our collaboration with Cardano marked a first for the project co-hosting with a CEX, deepening ties with a passionate local ecosystem and extending Bitget's regional reach.

Blockchain Rio

Held in Rio de Janeiro on August 6–7, Blockchain Rio is one of LATAM's premier Web3 gatherings. Bitget elevated its brand presence through a dual approach of thought leadership and high-impact activations: LATAM/Iberia Head of Strategy delivered a keynote on the year-to-date crypto landscape, while Brazil Lead joined a panel on market trends, reinforcing Bitget's voice in the region. On the ground, a high-traffic booth combined memorable activations, wind cabin game, Bitget-blue ice-cream station, and venue-wide merch distribution, to create a cohesive, flexible brand experience across the venue. Real-time coverage and KOL collaboration extended the conversation online, turning on-site moments into shareable stories and strengthening Bitget's visibility and resonance within the LATAM Web3 community.

Coinfest Asia

At Coinfest Asia, one of APAC's flagship Web3 conferences, Bitget hosted the "Bitget | Bitget Wallet Chill & Bull" side event at Ocean Nest in Denpasar, spotlighting the full Bitget ecosystem across Exchange, Bitget Wallet, and Morph. The hybrid format combined an exclusive sharing and panel with a public activation window, engaging KOLs, VIPs, partners, and the wider community through game zones, quizzes, and social challenges.

Cohesive venue branding experiences with totems, mini-games, and a MotoGP-themed sports-bike photo spot created memorable engagements. Build-up and live coverage on Bitget multiple channels channels, amplified by KOL posts and attendee UGC, extended the conversation beyond the venue and reinforced Bitget's community presence in Indonesia and across APAC.

UNTOLD Romania

Bitget x UNTOLD unites two rising forces that reshape their industries not by following, but by creating. From newcomer to vanguard, Bitget joined one of the world’s most visionary music festivals to bring Web3 interactions into one of Europe's most emotionally charged cultural spaces—empowering fans to explore a new kind of digital expression and positioning crypto as a cultural movement.

On site, Bitget delivered a cohesive, high-impact experience across multiple zones, an immersive experience with interactive game area, signature photo lounge with giant inflatables, and a chill zone. Daily "Mainstage Moment" films, presence alongside top global partners, activation at the exclusive party, and tailored KOL/VIP touchpoints amplified visibility and deepened community ties.

Crypto Experience Month

Launched as a global initiative to celebrate International Youth Day, Bitget delivered ten locally led activations under the theme "Look What Crypto Can Do" across India, Moscow, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Vietnam, Dubai, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Kenya, engaging 1,300+ participants. Each event featured beginner-friendly, hands-on stations—First NFT, PayFi for Coffee, GameFi, and Explore DApps—that introduced practical Web3 use cases for youth and first-time users.

A unified Crypto Experience Month identity ensured clear storytelling and brand consistency while empowering local teams to tailor activities to their communities, strengthening Bitget's commitment to accessible crypto education worldwide.

Top blogs to read

In August, we released 80+ new educational pieces on the Academy and Blog.

Here's the must-read list:

#TradingGuides: Bitget Grid Bots Guide , Bitget Grid Bots' Dos and Donts

#HotTopics: Bitcoin Surges Past $124K , 401(k) Plan , XRP Lawsuit Ends , ETH New highs

#BitgetVerse: RWA Futures , Bitget Monthly Product Updates

Top interviews from our Chiefs

Bitget CEO Gracy's Interviews:

CNBC Crypto: Crypto pullback briefly pushes bitcoin to lowest level since early July: CNBC Crypto World

Talking Tokens: How Bitget Onboarded 100M+ Users in 150 Countries

Bitget COO Vugar's Interviews:

The Economic Times: How can we leverage AI for risk management & Stop Loss strategies in crypto trading

Schwab Network | Trading 360: Bitget CEO: At Beginning of Crypto ‘Long Bull Run’, But Avoiding U.S. Market Entry

Forbes: Web3, intelligenza artificiale e regolazione del mercato crypto: il futuro degli asset digitali secondo il coo di Bitget

Bitget CLO Hon's Interviews:

The Defiant: Coinbase Pushes for ZK-enabled AML Overhaul Just Months After Data Breach

Conclusion

As the broader crypto market navigated volatility and regulatory shifts, August reaffirmed Bitget’s position as one of the industry’s most resilient and forward-looking exchanges. With sustained leadership in derivatives, strong user adoption, and innovations across Bitget Wallet, AI-powered trading tools, and new token listings, the exchange continues to set benchmarks in transparency, trust, and accessibility. Bitget’s CSR programs and youth education initiatives further highlight its long-term vision of making Web3 inclusive and empowering the next generation of users. Entering the final quarter of 2025, Bitget remains committed to expanding its ecosystem, strengthening global partnerships, and driving the future of crypto adoption on a truly global scale.