Bitget is now letting crypto users buy real U.S. stocks directly from their exchange accounts with a new feature called Stock+, the company announced Monday. Built as part of its Stocks 2.0 suite, Stock+ lets eligible customers fund stock purchases with digital assets that are first converted into Circle’s USDC stablecoin before the trade is executed through regulated brokers.
Why it matters
- Stock+ is not a synthetic or derivative product: users receive actual ownership of the underlying shares via broker-linked structures. That means holders are eligible for cash dividends and stock-split adjustments, and trades follow U.S. pre-market, regular and after-hours sessions.
- The feature targets crypto-native users who want to buy U.S.-listed companies without wiring fiat between wallets and brokerage accounts—allowing digital assets and equities to be managed from a single Bitget account.
Where it fits in Bitget’s roadmap
Stock+ expands Bitget’s Stocks 2.0 ecosystem, which earlier this month added Reality — a regulated real-world asset protocol — and rTokens, the exchange’s 1:1-backed tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs issued through broker-linked structures. Bitget says it now lists more than 500 U.S. stocks and ETFs (including SpaceX-linked products, Tesla and Nvidia-related exposure) and that assets under management in rToken products have topped $50 million. Stock+ provides a traditional ownership route in parallel with those tokenized, on-chain options.
Product details and fees
- Funding: Crypto assets are converted to USDC before stock purchases.
- Transfers: Stock+ supports inbound transfers from participating brokers via standard transfer processes; Bitget did not confirm outbound transfers at launch.
- Fees: Trading fees start at 0.1%, with a promotional 50% discount available through August 31, 2026—an incentive aimed at cost-sensitive, app-first crypto investors.
Leadership view and market context
“Access is important, but ownership matters too,” Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said, framing Stock+ as part of the company’s universal exchange strategy to bridge crypto and traditional markets. The move follows a broader industry shift: major crypto exchanges — including Binance with bStocks and Gate with expanded Hong Kong stock access via USDT — are integrating equities, ETFs and other non-crypto assets into single trading interfaces.
What to watch
Stock+ underscores stablecoins’ growing role as a bridge between crypto balances and conventional securities settlement. But how widely this model spreads will depend on regulatory clarity, regional access rules and broker arrangements. For users, the core question remains whether they prefer direct share ownership (now possible with Stock+) or tokenized on-chain exposure (rTokens), or both.
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