Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), made its debut at Wiki Finance Expo Hong Kong 2026, where it received two industry honors recognizing its expansion across digital assets, CFD trading and broader multi-asset markets.
The exchange was named Outstanding All-Asset Innovation Platform - Global and Leading Innovative Trading Platform - Asia, reflecting its efforts to develop a trading environment that brings digital assets and traditional financial products together.
The recognition comes as Bitget continues to expand its Universal Exchange model, which brings cryptocurrencies, tokenized equities, commodities, forex, indices and other traditional finance-linked products into a unified trading environment.
Bitget highlights cross-asset trading
Speaking at the event, Lewis Huang, CFD Chief Analyst at Bitget, argued that fragmented trading infrastructure remains a challenge for investors seeking exposure to multiple asset classes.
"Markets have never offered more opportunity," Huang said. "Yet many traders are unable to respond efficiently across these markets, not because they lack ideas, but because their trading infrastructure is fragmented."
Huang represented Bitget in two speaking sessions during the event. He delivered a keynote titled "One Account, Global Investment: The Cross-Asset Trading Revolution in the UEX Era," discussing how unified access to multiple markets could reshape the role of trading platforms.
He also participated in the panel "Institutional Liquidity and the Evolution of Crypto Markets," where he discussed the changing role of liquidity, product design and market infrastructure as digital assets increasingly intersect with traditional finance.
According to Huang, investors may manage portfolios that span several asset classes while still relying on separate applications, accounts, wallets, onboarding procedures and capital pools.
The UEX model seeks to reduce this fragmentation by bringing broader market access into a single account experience, allowing users to deploy capital across different asset classes with greater flexibility.
Bridging crypto and traditional finance
Huang said the future of trading should be "borderless, frictionless, and all-encompassing," arguing that market participants need infrastructure capable of responding to developments across different asset classes from a single capital base.
"Finance is moving toward convergence, not competition," Huang said. "Web3 has proven the power of speed, digital ownership, and 24/7 liquidity, while traditional finance brings depth, scale, and market maturity. The next chapter is naturally about building a stronger financial ecosystem by bringing them together."
The comments reflect Bitget's broader strategy of moving beyond its traditional cryptocurrency exchange model. The company has expanded into areas including tokenized stocks, stock derivatives, CFDs and other financial products as it seeks to connect crypto-native infrastructure with global financial markets.
Rather than treating traditional finance and digital assets as separate product categories, the UEX strategy aims to provide access to multiple markets within one trading environment.
The two awards at Wiki Finance Expo Hong Kong 2026 mark another step in that strategy as Bitget continues to build its presence across both digital assets and traditional financial markets.
