Bitget Stock+ Adds US Stock Options for Eligible Traders

Bitget, the Seychelles-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange that markets itself as the world’s largest Universal Exchange, has gone live with US stock options trading on its Stock+ platform. The launch this week adds single-leg long calls and long puts to a Stock+ line that already carried tokenized US equities and pre-IPO access, putting crypto, tokenized stocks, options, gold, forex and contracts for difference on a single account for the first time at a major crypto venue.

In Bitget’s own framing, the move makes it the only major crypto exchange offering US stock options alongside the rest of those markets in one place. The release lands inside a broader push by crypto-native platforms to fold traditional Wall Street instruments into always-on crypto accounts, a direction the company describes as “convergence.”

What Bitget Just Added to Stock+

The new options product sits on top of Bitget’s existing Stock+ line, which Bitget has built out since introducing tokenized equities. With this launch, a single Bitget account now combines:

• Cryptocurrencies (spot and derivatives)
• Tokenized US stocks and ETFs
• Pre-IPO investment access to private market opportunities
• Commodities, including gold
• Foreign exchange
• Major indices and contracts for difference (CFDs)

Eligible users can now buy single-leg long call and long put options on US-listed names from the same interface they use to trade those other products. Bitget says it serves more than 125 million users, with access to over 2 million crypto tokens, 500-plus tokenized stocks and a footprint across roughly 150 regions, making it, by its own description, a leader in tokenized traditional finance. Crypto firms now take aim at the trading floors Wall Street still controls.

Stock+ is positioned as a brokerage-style venue for US equities built for crypto-native traders. The options release extends that pitch, giving users a single place to express directional or hedged views on US names without leaving the platform they already keep funds in.

Long Calls and Long Puts, Single-Leg Only at Launch

The first release is single-leg options buying, no spreads or combinations. A long call lets a trader take a bullish position on a stock; a long put lets a trader express a bearish view or hedge an existing long position. For buyers, the risk profile is the textbook options profile: the most you can lose is what you pay for the contract, and a contract can expire without value if the expected move does not occur.

Bitget says margin at launch is cash-only, with single-leg long call and long put positions described as 100 percent margin. The exchange supports buy-to-open and sell-to-close orders on long calls, long puts and the closing of non-standard option positions, an entry-point plumbing rather than a full derivatives toolkit.

Bitget says more sophisticated functionality, including multi-leg strategies, will be added in future releases. For now, the line between this launch and a full options prime brokerage is real: the product opens the door without yet opening every room behind it.

A Convergence Move Into a Record US Options Market

The launch lands inside a US options market that has never been busier. Demand for listed options has reached record levels, processing more than 15.2 billion contracts in 2025, an average of roughly 60 million contracts per trading day. The growth reflects wider use of options among both retail and institutional participants for directional trading, hedging and portfolio management, not the boutique speculation corner it used to occupy.

A quick snapshot of the scale Bitget is now exposed to:

• 15.2 billion US options contracts processed in 2025
• About 60 million contracts per trading day on average
• 125 million users on Bitget worldwide
• Stock+ products live across 150 regions

Bitget casts the move in those terms directly. “We have moved first to connect stock opportunities with our users,” CEO Gracy Chen said. “From tokenized stocks to now options, we are executing on convergence. Our products provide advanced trading access to stocks, gold, crypto and worldwide assets.” Wall Street tools keep migrating onto crypto rails as competition between digital and traditional brokers intensifies.

The exchange describes Stock+ as designed to deliver a brokerage-style experience for users seeking US equity exposure while remaining inside its wider Universal Exchange strategy, which combines digital assets and traditional financial markets within a single trading environment.

The $15 NVIDIA Hook for First Trades

To mark the launch, Bitget is dangling a specific incentive at first-time options users. Eligible traders who register and complete a first US stock options trade can receive $15 worth of NVIDIA stock, subject to campaign terms and regional eligibility. The reward is small in dollar terms, and NVIDIA is also one of the most actively traded underlying names in the US options market.

The choice of NVIDIA as the gift is not accidental; it is a high-awareness underlying that pulls a trader straight into the kind of single-leg long call or long put the platform just opened. The promotional bucket is also a pricing hook: it lowers the cost of the trader’s first mistake, the way introductory offers always have, which is the point of any campaign.

Where the Risk Sits on a Universal Exchange

Options are also the highest-leverage corner of the US stock market for a retail trader to walk into unprepared. A contract can expire worthless if the expected price move does not occur, and the broker’s only exposure to that outcome is the loss of the premium, not the underlying move. Risk for buyers is limited to the premium paid, but the probability of finishing out of the money is what it has always been, and a busy retail options market has historically been a place where capital loss is concentrated.

Brokerage suitability rules, options-approval levels, layered risk disclosures and PFOF-style warnings all exist at a traditional broker because regulators have spent years treating retail options access as a place where informed-consent friction is the point. On a Universal Exchange built around “always-on, no geographic limits,” some of those guardrails sit further from the order ticket.

Bitget’s promo lowers the cost of a first mistaken position but not the cost of the second. The convergence of crypto and TradFi products extends the line of new instruments in front of traders whose risk-tolerance guardrails may not have been built for them.

What Bitget Says Lands Next

Bitget’s roadmap for the product is short and is mostly about extending it from entry-level to full-featured. The next items, as described by the company:

1. More advanced multi-leg options strategies, building out from single-leg buying.
2. Additional strategies layered on top of the long call and long put launch, as the Stock+ options product develops.
3. Further alignment with the wider Universal Exchange strategy of combining digital assets and traditional financial markets in one trading environment.

The launch as it stands today is the on-ramp. A complete options toolkit on the same platform, mirroring what a full-service US options broker offers, is what the company is pointing toward next.

Frequently Asked Questions

What can I trade through Bitget Stock+ options at launch?

At launch, eligible Bitget users can buy single-leg long calls and long puts on US-listed names and close those positions, with risk limited to the premium paid.

How does Bitget’s new product differ from a US options broker?

Bitget’s release focuses on buy-to-open and sell-to-close single-leg orders within a multi-asset Universal Exchange account, while a traditional US options broker typically offers margin strategies, multi-leg combinations, options-approval levels and additional order types that Bitget says are still to come.

Who can use Bitget’s US stock options?

Access is limited to eligible users, subject to regional availability and the campaign terms on the launch promotion, with a subset of campaigns restricted to designated affiliate channels.

What is the $15 NVIDIA promotion for first trades?

Eligible users who register and complete a first US stock options trade during the promotion can receive $15 worth of NVIDIA stock, subject to terms and regional eligibility.

Does Bitget charge commissions on the new options?

The exchange describes the launch as commission-free options trading in its announcement materials, though like all Bitget products users should review the published fee schedule before trading.