Crypto Investors Are Increasingly Diversifying into Stocks and Gold, New Bitget Report Reveals

The Bitget exchange says its users are diversifying their portfolios beyond just crypto assets and are increasingly also investing in equities and commodities. Additionally, the exchange has registered a growing trend of investors using AI-powered tools to build their portfolios.

52% of Bitget users hold equities now

Bitget’s User Asset Allocation Report 2026, which is based on a survey of over 6,000 Bitget users across the globe, reveals that 52% of Bitget users hold equities alongside crypto, while 35% also hold gold and other precious metals. High-net worth users were more likely to have a portfolio that’s diversified beyond cryptocurrencies. 

Another very interesting finding from Bitget’s latest report is that traditional assets accounted for between 20% and 40% of the exchange’s trading activity between January and March, with gold being the most actively-traded traditional asset.

Bitget, which initially started as a relatively standard cryptocurrency exchange, has been expanding the types of assets it offers for trading as part of its goal of becoming a “universal exchange”. Users on the platform can now also access perpetual futures on stocks and precious metals, spot trading through tokenized stocks, as well as CFDs on gold, silver, indices, forex pairs and commodities.

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Recently, Bitget has also introduced the IPO Prime product, which gives investors the ability to get exposure to large private companies that are planning to go public through an IPO. Currently, the IPO Prime is featuring preOPAI, a token designed to track the performance of OpenAI after the company’s IPO.

In addition to the trend of portfolio diversification, Bitget’s report also highlights the growing role of AI-powered tools in portfolio management and construction. 

Growing use of AI tools in portfolio construction and investment analysis

According to the survey, 51% of users already use AI tools to support investment decisions. Bitget’s AI products, including GetAgent, GetClaw, and Agent Hub, are increasingly being used to interpret earnings releases, commodity price movements, macroeconomic developments, and onchain signals across asset classes.

The report also touched on user preferences displayed by Bitget users across different geographical regions. 

In East Asia, 60% of users cited avoiding currency conversion as an important reason for settling in USDT, while 48% emphasized bypassing traditional account-opening requirements. In Southeast Asia, 46% of users pointed to access to leverage as a key motivation for trading traditional assets. In Latin America, 78% said their primary reasons for holding both crypto and traditional assets are diversification and protection from inflation or currency depreciation.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen commented on the trends identified by the report, saying that retail traders are becoming increasingly aware of the macroeconomic landscape: