Bitget Introduced the Universal Exchange Concept

• Bitget has released the Bitget Universal Exchange (UEX) white paper.
• It outlines the concept of a universal exchange that combines crypto assets and TradFi as a single access point.

Crypto exchange Bitget has published an analytical white paper titled “Bitget Universal Exchange (UEX): a roadmap for financial technology across cryptocurrencies, equities, commodities, and emerging markets.” This was stated in a press release provided to Incrypted.

According to the release, the document lays out a vision for the evolution of exchanges — from platforms focused exclusively on cryptocurrencies to unified, multi-asset financial systems. The authors are Ryan Lee, lead analyst at Bitget Research, and Gracy Chen, the company’s CEO. 

The white paper presents the Universal Exchange concept as a practical response to longstanding trade-offs between user experience, asset access, and security. 

Rather than separating centralized finance, decentralized finance, and traditional markets into distinct ecosystems, the UEX model brings them together under a single account, backed by AI-driven trade execution and a unified risk management and security framework, the report says. 

The company noted that the white paper was published at a time when crypto exchanges are actively adding wallets, AI tools, and new asset classes, but often as fragmented features. Bitget’s research argues that the next stage of competition will be defined not by the number of products, but by the depth of their integration at the architectural level.

UEX positions Bitget at the forefront of these changes, offering already live support for onchain assets, access to tokenized equities, AI-assisted trading via GetAgent, and a security system built on proof of reserves and a $700 million protection fund.

The document also examines Bitget’s approach in a broader industry context, with a comparative analysis of how leading platforms are progressing across seven dimensions of UEX readiness — from a single account to AI execution and onchain risk controls. 

While many platforms have already taken steps toward convergence, the research underscores that true universality requires foundational architectural decisions that are difficult to implement after the fact.

According to Ryan Lee, the goal of the white paper is to shift the discussion from surface-level features to the system level.

Beyond describing Bitget’s implementation, the white paper positions UEX as a universal industry blueprint that exchanges, fintech companies, and even traditional financial institutions can adapt as tokenized assets and AI-driven trading go mainstream. 

Against the backdrop of forecasts that tokenized assets could reach trillions of dollars by the end of the decade, universal exchanges are seen as a natural foundation for that growth, the report says. 

Bitget’s Universal Exchange (UEX) white paper is already available and is aimed at traders, institutional investors, developers, and regulators looking to better understand where the convergence of digital and traditional finance is headed.

You can read the full document on the exchange’s official website.