Bitget is broadening its traditional financial market access with eight new Contracts for Difference (CFD) instruments spanning industrial metals, energy, and regional equity indices. The additions include Aluminium (XALUSD), Zinc (XZNUSD), Lead (XPBUSD), and Low Sulphur Gasoil (GASOIL), along with four equity benchmarks: Hang Seng TECH Index (HSTECH), Taiwan RIC Index (TWRICC), Netherlands 25 Index (NETH25), and Switzerland 20 Index (SWI20).
The new commodity contracts carry leverage of up to 20x, while the equity index CFDs support leverage of up to 50x, enabling long or short positions. They are available across Bitget CFD’s four account modes — ECN, 0% Fee, Pro, and Standard+ — and were subject to liquidity assessments and price stability checks before listing.
Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, framed the move as part of the exchange’s Universal Exchange strategy. “Crypto is only one part of what people want to trade today. We’re seeing growing interest in commodities, stocks and indices, and our platform needs to reflect that,” she said. Chen added that the eight additions give traders more ways to respond to global markets and that the direction is to bring more assets and trading opportunities together on Bitget.
In a separate commentary, Chen addressed institutional crypto infrastructure, arguing that institutional investors are not a single category and exchanges should stop designing infrastructure as though they are. She cited AIMA and PwC data showing 55% of traditional hedge funds now have some exposure to digital assets, up from 47% a year earlier. She emphasized off-exchange settlement, third-party custody, and segregated accounts as ways to separate trading access from asset custody, while cautioning that these models require robust risk controls, reconciliation, and clear responsibility during volatility and settlement failures.
The combined developments highlight Bitget’s push beyond crypto-native products toward tokenized stocks, gold, commodities, indices, and broader market infrastructure, aiming to attract different types of institutional and professional capital.
