Bitget's TradFi Perps Print Nearly $70B in Q2, Prove Traditional Finance Can't Stop Tokenizing Itself 📈

Bitget recorded nearly $70 billion in trading volume for traditional finance perpetual contracts in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest TokenInsight Crypto Exchange Report. The figure positioned Bitget as the leading platform for TradFi-related perpetual products in the rankings, with the report attributing the performance to its "Universal Exchange" strategy.

The broader TradFi perpetuals segment was among the fastest-growing categories across exchanges during the quarter. Aggregate monthly trading volume rose 44x between January and June, climbing from $52 billion to $268 billion. Equity perpetuals accounted for the majority of that growth, as platforms including Bitget rolled out tokenized stocks and other real-world assets tied to IPOs.

Bitget expanded its offerings during the period with the launch of IPO Prime and Stocks 2.0, both highlighted by TokenInsight as significant quarterly events. TradFi perpetuals made up 8.61% of the exchange's total derivatives trading volume, the second-highest rate of penetration among major perpetual platforms in the survey. Bitget also ranked among the top three exchanges in both equity and commodity perpetual markets during the quarter.