Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched Project Ulysses, a targeted institutional re-engagement and acquisition initiative designed to bring dormant clients back to the platform while onboarding a select group of new institutional participants. The program will run through June 30, 2026, and is structured to support institutions in resuming or initiating trading activity within Bitget's unified trading environment.
The launch coincides with the release of a new report from Bitget in collaboration with analytics firm Block Scholes, titled "Tokenised Markets on Bitget UEX: How Traders Are Utilising 24/7 Real-World Assets For Real-Time Macro Hedging." The report examines trading behavior during the volatile first quarter of 2026 and finds that traders are increasingly shifting toward environments that allow them to move across asset classes in real time in response to global macro events.
A key finding highlighted that tokenized gold on Bitget reacted to geopolitical events before traditional global markets opened, demonstrating the growing convergence between crypto and traditional finance. The platform's TradFi offering reached $2 billion in daily trading volume within days of launch, indicating strong demand for integrated asset trading.
Project Ulysses is built on top of a series of institutional upgrades introduced under the UEX framework, which consolidates execution, capital, and risk management into a single operating structure. Over the past year, Bitget has expanded its institutional infrastructure across custody, connectivity, and account systems.
Recent developments include the rollout of the PRO account system with tiered access to fees and services and the introduction of LOLA connectivity for low-latency execution. These upgrades are complemented by cross-asset margin capabilities under UEX, allowing institutions to deploy a unified pool of capital across spot and derivatives markets.
Through Project Ulysses, eligible institutional clients receive temporary access to enhanced PRO-tier privileges, including upgraded account status, expanded API limits, and institutional connectivity features. The program also introduces performance-based access to a 2-month interest-free institutional credit of up to $3 million to support capital deployment as trading activity scales.
"We want to provide institutions with a clearer path back into the market, or a more structured way to enter it," said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. "The focus is on making it easier to activate capital within an environment that brings execution, liquidity, and risk management together."
The program is limited to 50 institutional participants globally, including both new clients and existing users with low recent trading activity. Project Ulysses marks the next phase of Bitget's institutional roadmap, which continues to focus on compliance, security, product development, and asset management under the UEX framework.
