Centralized exchanges like Bitget are merging TradFi with crypto, offering tokenized assets and seeing rapid growth in trading volumes.
Centralized crypto exchanges are blending TradFi with crypto, and the data shows it’s catching on fast.
TradFi tokenization, where digital tokens represent traditional assets on a blockchain, allows investors to trade stocks, bonds, commodities and other off‑chain instruments on a crypto exchange.
Users also often benefit from 24/7 markets and lower barriers to entry.
Bitget, a centralized cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2018 that offers a range of crypto‑native products, launched Bitget TradFi in January, opening tokenized access to global forex, commodities, indexes, metals and stock contracts for differences under its Universal Exchange framework.
According to Bitget’s January 2026 Transparency Report, Bitget users traded U$4 billion per day in tokenized TradFi products. Additionally, daily TradFi trading volume doubled from US$2 billion in just two weeks, marking a clear shift in how centralized exchanges (CEXs) are expanding beyond crypto-only markets.
Crypto remained the main business for Bitget, accounting for 88.25 percent of total platform volume, while roughly 11 to 12 percent of all Bitget trading volume came from tokenized TradFi products.
The findings indicate that exchanges are becoming hybrid platforms for tokenized versions of traditional financial instruments alongside Bitcoin, Ether and other altcoins.
Securities Disclosure: I, Meagen Seatter, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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