Crypto exchange Bitget has rolled out Reality, a new platform built to tokenize real-world assets (RWAs), with an initial focus on selected U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds. The move marks a significant step in Bitget’s effort to bridge traditional finance and crypto trading under one integrated ecosystem.
Reality will issue rTokens—blockchain-based representations of publicly traded equities and ETFs—each backed 1:1 by real shares held with a FINRA-registered, SIPC-protected U.S. broker-dealer. Independent auditors will verify reserves in real time, ensuring transparency and asset backing. Users will gain access to major liquidity pools from Nasdaq and the NYSE, reducing friction caused by geographic restrictions, trading hours, and fragmented platforms.
“Reality is built around Bitget’s 10% vision: by 2030, nearly 10% of financial assets could exist in tokenized form,” said CEO Gracy Chen. Tokenized equities can be used as unified account margin, and the platform plans to integrate with grid trading, copy trading, and staking-based lending. Dividends will be converted to USDT and distributed on-chain, while corporate actions such as stock splits will be reflected in real time.
The launch follows Bitget’s recent IPO Prime product and expands its tokenized offerings to more than 100 instruments including stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and gold. While the RWA market currently stands at $34.1 billion, analysts at JPMorgan and Ark Invest suggest tokenization could reshape the entire funds industry and exceed $11 trillion by 2030.
