Bitget just added US stock options to its Stock+ platform, giving crypto-native traders another reason to never open a traditional brokerage account. The exchange launched commission-free options trading on July 2, offering more than 540 contracts covering major indices like the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, plus popular ETFs.
Here’s the thing: this isn’t a tokenized wrapper or a synthetic derivative. Bitget is routing actual equity options through licensed US brokers, including RQD Clearing and Atomic Vaults Securities, with orders hitting Nasdaq and NYSE. Users can fund their accounts with digital assets like USDC, then trade real options on real stocks.
From crypto exchange to universal exchange
The options launch builds on Bitget’s Stock+ platform, which debuted around June 22-23 and already provides direct ownership of more than 10,000 US stocks and ETFs. That means dividends, voting rights, the whole package. Not a synthetic approximation of ownership, but actual shares held through regulated intermediaries.
Bitget has been calling this its “Universal Exchange” strategy. In early June, the exchange rolled out its Stocks 2.0 initiative featuring tokenized equities, called rTokens, built on the Reality RWA protocol. That program has already accumulated more than $50 million in total assets under management across over 500 assets.
