Bitget scores 3.9 out of 5 on our six-dimension scorecard as of September 2026, leading on derivatives and on security disclosure with a monthly proof of reserves and a protection fund of $300Bitget scores 3.9 out of 5 on our six-dimension scorecard as of September 2026, leading on derivatives and on security disclosure with a monthly proof of reserves and a protection fund of $300
Bitget Review 2026: 3.9 Out of 5, the Deepest Copy-Trading Shelf, and a Japan Exit With Three Dates You Need
Bitget scores 3.9 out of 5 on our six-dimension scorecard as of September 2026, leading on derivatives and on security disclosure with a monthly proof of reserves and a protection fund of $300 million or more, and trailing on entry-tier spot fees and on the fiat routes we could not measure this cycle; it suits copy traders and futures traders outside the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan, and it is the wrong pick for makers who want 0% from the first trade and for anyone whose Bitget account is on the Japan clock that ends on 31 December 2026.
Key Takeaways
- Bitget scores 3.9 out of 5 overall, with 4.5 on derivatives and on security and custody and 3.5 on fees and costs, asset coverage and deposits and withdrawals.
- Spot fees are 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker, or 0.08% paid in BGB, and standard USDT-margined futures are 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker with no BGB discount on the futures line.
- $50,000 of monthly spot taker volume costs $600 a year on Bitget, or $480 with BGB, against $300 at MEXC's 0.05% standard rate, and $500,000 of monthly futures taker volume costs $3,600 against $1,920 with MEXC's MX deduction.
- Bitget publishes a monthly Merkle-tree proof of reserves, discloses a protection fund of $300 million or more with a monthly valuation report, and has reported no platform-wide breach.
- Bitget stopped accepting new Japan-resident registrations on 3 August 2026, moves Japan-resident accounts to close-only mode on 1 November 2026, and will force-close remaining positions after 31 December 2026, with crypto withdrawals still available after that date.
- Copy trading across spot, futures and bots is the strongest reason to accept Bitget's higher fee schedule, and the fee difference is the price of admission.
Why Is Bitget the Copy-Trading Exchange, and What Does That Cost?
Bitget built its identity on copy trading, running it across spot, futures and bot strategies as three distinct products with a deep lead-trader marketplace, and the trade a Bitget user makes is a published fee schedule that sits above the cheapest offshore venues in exchange for being guided rather than trading manually.
The marketplace is deep, the historical performance data on lead traders is presented clearly, and the flow from browsing a trader to mirroring their positions is short.
One caveat belongs next to that praise, because it is the reason this review scores fees the way it does.
Copy trading multiplies a fee bill, because a follower inherits every entry and exit the lead trader makes rather than only the trades they would have placed themselves, and on Bitget the BGB fee discount does not reach the futures line where most copy trading happens.
The second thing a prospective user needs before the fee table is the calendar, because Bitget is leaving Japan on a published schedule that most coverage gets wrong.
The rest of this review scores the platform dimension by dimension and dates every number.
How We Scored Bitget
This review scores Bitget from 0 to 5 on six equally weighted dimensions: fees and costs, asset coverage, derivatives, security and custody, deposits and withdrawals, and customer support.
Every figure comes from Bitget's own fee schedule, help centre, proof-of-reserves pages, announcements or terms, from a regulator, from CoinGecko or another third-party tracker, or from an established news organisation, and each carries a retrieval date.
Regional availability and regulatory standing are disclosed but never scored, because a platform is either usable where you live or it is not.
MEXC operates a competing exchange, and the full scoring rules, source hierarchy and conflict-of-interest policy are published in our exchange review methodology.
The support score is based on published channels only; our timed-ticket test for this platform is scheduled for the next review cycle.
Bitget Scorecard 2026: Six Scores and One Overall Figure
Bitget earns 3.9 out of 5 overall, with 4.5 on derivatives and on security and custody, 4.0 on customer support, and 3.5 on fees and costs, asset coverage and deposits and withdrawals, a profile built for guided and derivatives-led traders rather than for makers or new-listing hunters.
Dimension | Score (out of 5) | What we measured | Verified against |
Fees and costs | 3.5 | 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker on spot, 0.08% with a 20% BGB deduction that covers spot and margin only, 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker on standard USDT-margined futures, VIP tiers above the base rate | Fee schedule and BGB deduction documentation |
Asset coverage | 3.5 | A curated futures book with tighter spreads on listed contracts, no published periodic listing count, six to seven days of delisting notice and a 92-day withdrawal window in our listing disclosure index, the longest in the index | Platform announcements and our listing disclosure index |
Derivatives | 4.5 | Perpetuals at 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker, a published ceiling of 125x on major pairs, copy trading across spot, futures and bots, long call and long put options on more than 540 US stocks and ETFs since July 2026, tokenized stocks usable as futures collateral | Fee schedule, product pages and announcements |
Security and custody | 4.5 | Monthly Merkle-tree proof of reserves, a protection fund disclosed at $300 million or more with a monthly valuation report, no platform-wide breach reported, majority of assets in cold storage | Proof-of-reserves and protection fund pages |
Deposits and withdrawals | 3.5 | Identity verification mandatory for unrestricted trading since 1 September 2023, card and third-party routes that vary by region and were not measured on an open page in this review | Help centre and terms |
Customer support | 4 | Help centre and live chat channels; timed ticket test not yet run | Platform support pages |
Overall | 3.9 | Average of the six dimensions | Methodology page |
What Does Bitget Charge in Fees?
Fees and costs: 3.5 out of 5.
Bitget charges 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker on spot at the base rate, paying fees in BGB takes both sides to 0.08% and VIP tiers reduce them further, and standard USDT-margined futures are priced at 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker with the BGB deduction not applying to the futures line.
The discount that only works on one side is the detail most fee comparisons miss.
A perpetuals-led trader on Bitget pays the published futures rate unless they reach a VIP tier, and a copy trader who follows a futures lead pays it on every mirrored entry and exit.
Our methodology prices the same monthly volume on every platform, so the table below runs three volumes as spot taker orders for a full year and adds the futures line where the discount gap shows.
Scenario | Bitget at the base rate | Bitget paying fees in BGB | MEXC at the standard tier |
$1,000 of monthly spot taker volume | $12 a year at 0.10% | $9.60 a year at 0.08% | $6 a year at 0.05%; $4.80 with the MX deduction |
$50,000 of monthly spot taker volume | $600 a year | $480 a year | $300 a year; $240 with the MX deduction |
$500,000 of monthly spot taker volume | $6,000 a year | $4,800 a year | $3,000 a year; $2,400 with the MX deduction |
$500,000 of monthly standard futures taker volume | $3,600 a year at 0.060% | $3,600 a year, no BGB discount on futures | $2,400 a year at 0.040%; $1,920 with the MX deduction; $960 on BTCUSDT at the 0.020% Special Rate |
Annual cost at each platform's published base or standard tier, verified as of 4 August 2026; VIP tiers can lower Bitget's rates; MEXC's Special Rate applies to selected contracts and its API futures schedule overrides its discounts; spreads, funding and network fees are excluded.
The score is 3.5 rather than 3.0 because 0.10% on both sides is the market norm for a full-service offshore venue and the ladder above it is published, and rather than 4.0 because the futures line is the most expensive standard tier among the offshore platforms in this series after HTX and the token discount does not reach it.
How Broad Is Bitget's Asset Coverage?
Asset coverage: 3.5 out of 5.
Bitget screens more before listing than the fastest offshore venues, runs a curated futures book that usually means tighter spreads on the contracts it does list, publishes no periodic listing count, and gives six to seven days of delisting notice with a 92-day withdrawal window in our listing disclosure index, the longest window of the eight platforms measured.
We do not score platforms on self-reported coin totals, and Bitget's own published counts are not comparable to a tracked figure.
The curation is the right answer for a trader who wants depth on majors and a filter on thin tokens, and the wrong answer for a trader whose edge is in early access to the long tail.
The exit rules are where Bitget scores best on this dimension, because a 92-day window after a delisting notice is the most generous in our index and turns a delisting from an emergency into a calendar entry.
Bitget's equity shelf reaches beyond crypto in three structures, and they are scored under derivatives and described in the section on who Bitget is for.
How Strong Is Bitget for Derivatives and Copy Trading?
Derivatives: 4.5 out of 5.
Bitget prices standard USDT-margined perpetuals at 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker, publishes a leverage ceiling of 125x on major pairs, runs copy trading across spot, futures and bot strategies as three distinct products, added long call and long put options on more than 540 US stocks and ETFs in July 2026, and lets tokenized stocks serve as futures collateral, which is the widest derivatives menu in this series after OKX.
A leverage number without its position band is marketing rather than a specification, and Bitget's published 125x ceiling on major pairs is the figure to read against the risk-limit tiers on each contract.
At the top of any exchange's leverage ladder a move of well under one percent triggers liquidation, so the ceiling matters less than the cost of the leverage a trader actually uses.
Depth on major pairs favours Bitget's curated book, and reach into small-cap contracts favours the venues that list daily.
The half point Bitget does not earn is on price, because 0.060% taker at the standard tier is above the 0.040% to 0.050% band its offshore peers publish, and the token discount does not reach it.
For how leverage ceilings compare across the sector, our highest-leverage exchange comparison sets out the published ceilings and the position bands behind them.
Is Bitget Safe? Security, Custody and the Protection Fund
Security and custody: 4.5 out of 5.
Bitget publishes a monthly Merkle-tree proof of reserves that lets a user confirm their own balance is included without exposing anyone else's, discloses a protection fund of $300 million or more with a valuation report published every month, holds the majority of user assets in cold storage, and has reported no platform-wide breach, which is the leading band for an offshore venue.
The protection fund is the item that separates Bitget from most peers on this dimension, because a disclosed balance with a monthly valuation is committed capital rather than a plan.
Our rule for this dimension is consistent across the series: a monthly reserve report and no custody incident on record earn the leading band, and the half point above 4.5 would need a named independent auditor's sign-off on each monthly report rather than a self-published attestation.
Two-factor authentication, withdrawal whitelisting and anti-phishing codes are all available and should all be switched on before an account holds a balance.
For how Bitget's reserve method compares with every other major exchange, our proof-of-reserves comparison sets the methods side by side, and our crypto exchange hacks database lists 81 breaches with their reimbursement outcomes.
How Easy Are Deposits and Withdrawals on Bitget?
Deposits and withdrawals: 3.5 out of 5.
Bitget made identity verification mandatory for new sign-ups on 1 September 2023, gave existing accounts a grace period that ended on 15 December 2023, after which unverified accounts were limited to withdrawals, order cancellation and position closing, and funds accounts through card and third-party routes that vary by region in ways we could not measure on an open page in this review.
Our methodology scores what can be read on a published page, and where a platform's fiat menu differs by market or is shown only after sign-in, the score reflects the disclosure rather than the rail.
Withdrawal limits are set per verification level and shown inside the account, and a small test withdrawal before moving size is the rule on every platform in this series.
The next review cycle will measure Bitget's fiat routes directly, and the score will move if they can be read on an open page.
What Is Bitget Customer Support Like?
Customer support: 4.0 out of 5.
Bitget publishes a help centre and a live chat channel, and we have capped the score at 4.0 until our own timed ticket test runs, because a published channel is a promise and a timed reply is a measurement.
Our rule is one non-urgent ticket per platform per review cycle, timed from submission to a reply that answers the question, and Bitget's test is scheduled for the next cycle.
Third-party reviews describe automated loops before a human agent, and our methodology does not count aggregate star ratings, so those reports are noted here rather than scored.
Where Is Bitget Available, and What Are the Three Japan Dates?
Bitget does not serve the United States and restricts the United Kingdom, stopped accepting new Japan-resident registrations on 3 August 2026 with close-only mode from 1 November and forced closure of remaining positions after 31 December, and MEXC does not onboard residents of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the EEA, Singapore or Hong Kong, so readers in those markets should use a locally licensed venue and Japan residents should read the timeline below as a liquidation deadline rather than a withdrawal deadline.
Bitget
Bitget announced on 3 August 2026 that it would stop serving residents of Japan, halting new registrations from that date.
Accounts classified as Japan-resident enter close-only mode from 1 November 2026 at 11:00 Japan time, users who believe they have been misclassified must complete Level 2 verification before that deadline, and any positions still open after 31 December 2026 will be force-closed.
Crypto withdrawals remain available after that date, so 31 December is a liquidation deadline rather than a withdrawal deadline, and coverage that conflates the two is wrong.
Japan's Financial Services Agency requires crypto service providers serving residents to register under the Payment Services Act, and it had issued warnings to Bitget in 2023 and 2024 over unregistered operation.
Bitget does not serve users in the United States and restricts access for residents of the United Kingdom.
MEXC
MEXC does not serve residents of the United States or the United Kingdom, and readers there should use a platform licensed by their local regulator.
As of 17 September 2026, MEXC is not authorised under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and appears on ESMA's register of non-compliant entities following a September 2025 decision by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets; readers in the EU and EEA should treat a MiCA-authorised platform as the appropriate option.
MEXC appears on the same FSA list of unregistered operators as Bitget, its apps are not distributed through Japanese app stores, and nothing on this page is a recommendation for Japan residents leaving Bitget to open a MEXC account instead.
MEXC's user agreement also prohibits Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China, and the full list is in our restricted countries guide.
Bitget Benefits and Limitations
Benefits
- The deepest copy-trading marketplace in this series, run across spot, futures and bots as three products with clear lead-trader performance data.
- A monthly Merkle-tree proof of reserves and a protection fund of $300 million or more with a monthly valuation report.
- Options on more than 540 US stocks and ETFs, tokenized stocks usable as futures collateral, and real US share ownership through Stock+ funded in USDC.
- A 92-day withdrawal window after a delisting notice, the longest in our listing disclosure index.
Limitations
- A base spot rate of 0.10% on both sides, and a futures taker rate of 0.060% that the BGB discount does not reach.
- A curated listing pipeline that trades early access for tighter spreads, and no published listing count.
- No service in the United States, restricted access in the United Kingdom, and a Japan exit that force-closes open positions after 31 December 2026.
- Fiat routes that vary by region and could not be measured on an open page in this review.
Who Bitget Is For, and Who Should Look Elsewhere
Bitget is the right pick for traders outside the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan who want to mirror experienced traders, who trade futures on majors with tight spreads, or who want stock options and tokenized collateral in a crypto account, and it is the wrong pick for makers who want 0% from the first trade, for new-listing hunters, and for anyone on the Japan clock.
Bitget is the right pick if:
- You want to be guided rather than to trade manually, and copy trading is your main reason for opening an account.
- You trade futures on major pairs and value a curated book with tighter spreads over reach into the long tail.
- You want stock options, pre-IPO exposure or tokenized equities usable as futures collateral.
Look elsewhere if:
- You place resting orders and a 0.10% maker fee is a number you notice.
- You rotate through new listings and need a pipeline that lists daily rather than selectively.
- You live in the United States, the United Kingdom or Japan, where Bitget does not serve you or is leaving on a schedule.
Many active traders run both: Bitget for copy trading and a zero-maker venue for manual execution and listings, which is a legitimate answer rather than a dodge.
For the wider field, our exchange alternatives hub carries a nine-platform availability matrix, and our top ten exchange ranking places Bitget among the platforms that survived a year of shutdowns.
The MEXC View
MEXC operates a competing exchange, and this section is where our own position is stated rather than implied.
Bitget beats MEXC on copy trading, on the size of its disclosed protection fund at $300 million or more against MEXC's $100 million Guardian Fund, on stock options and tokenized collateral, and on the length of its delisting withdrawal window, and a guided or options-led trader has a defensible reason to pay its schedule.
Where MEXC is the answer, for readers outside its restricted markets, is the fee line on both spot and futures.
A spot taker moving $50,000 a month pays $600 a year at Bitget's 0.10%, or $480 with BGB, and $300 at MEXC's 0.05% standard taker rate, or $240 with the MX deduction, and a spot maker at the same volume pays $600 at Bitget and $0 at MEXC's published maker rate.
On futures the gap is wider than the base rates suggest, because MEXC's MX deduction reaches the futures line and Bitget's BGB deduction does not: $500,000 of monthly standard futures taker volume costs $3,600 a year on Bitget and $1,920 on MEXC with the deduction, or $960 on BTCUSDT at the 0.020% Special Rate.
Take a trader running $300,000 of monthly spot taker volume and $300,000 of monthly futures taker volume across standard pairs, and the annual difference on identical behaviour is $2,448, roughly the position size many traders use to open a new listing.
Two boundaries keep the fee claim honest.
The zero applies to spot maker orders and to web and app futures orders, not to API-routed futures, which MEXC prices at 0.060% maker and 0.080% taker, and the 0% and 0.020% futures figures are a Special Rate on selected contracts rather than MEXC's standard schedule of 0.010% and 0.040%.
And the saving is available only to readers outside the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the EEA, Singapore and Hong Kong, and it is not an invitation to Japan residents leaving Bitget, because MEXC appears on the same FSA list.
Both platforms sell US equity access, and MEXC RealStocks gives real share ownership across more than 7,000 US stocks and ETFs funded in USDT, while Bitget offers more instrument types across rToken, Stock+ and options.
Our review desk's verdict is that Bitget is the exchange we would send a follower to and MEXC is the exchange we would send a manual trader to, and the honest boundary is that someone placing four trades a month is choosing between $3 and $6 in fees and should pick on interface instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bitget safe to use in 2026?
Bitget publishes a monthly Merkle-tree proof of reserves, discloses a protection fund of $300 million or more, and has reported no platform-wide breach.
It scores 4.5 out of 5 on security and custody in our review.
Was Bitget hacked?
No platform-wide breach of the Bitget exchange has been reported.
Judge any platform on published reserves and its own incident history rather than on summary claims.
Is Bitget legit and regulated?
Bitget holds jurisdiction-specific registrations, does not serve the United States, restricts the United Kingdom, and is leaving Japan after warnings from the Financial Services Agency in 2023 and 2024.
Regulatory standing is disclosed in this review and not scored.
What are Bitget's fees?
Spot is 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker, or 0.08% paid in BGB, and standard USDT-margined futures are 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker.
The BGB discount covers spot and margin but not futures.
Can I use Bitget in the US or Japan?
No in the United States, and Japan-resident accounts stopped opening on 3 August 2026, enter close-only mode on 1 November 2026 and are force-closed after 31 December 2026.
Crypto withdrawals remain available after the December deadline.
Does Bitget require KYC?
Yes, identity verification has been mandatory for new sign-ups since 1 September 2023, and unverified legacy accounts have been limited to withdrawals, cancellations and position closing since 15 December 2023.
Withdrawal limits are set per verification level and shown inside the account.
How does Bitget compare with MEXC?
Bitget leads on copy trading, the disclosed protection fund and stock options, while MEXC publishes 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot and a 20% MX deduction that also reaches futures.
Readers outside the US, UK, Canada, EEA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan can compare the full fee stack across platforms in our exchange fee comparison.
Risk and Compliance Notice
Trading cryptocurrencies involves substantial risk, and derivatives, options and leveraged products can produce losses greater than the amount deposited.
Copy trading multiplies a fee bill and mirrors another trader's losses as well as their gains.
Nothing on this page is financial, investment, legal or tax advice.
MEXC operates a competing exchange; no platform can buy a score or a ranking position on MEXC Learn.
MEXC is not available in every jurisdiction and is not authorised under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation; readers in the European Union, the European Economic Area, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong should use a platform authorised by their local regulator, and readers in Japan should use a platform registered with the Financial Services Agency.
Always confirm current terms on a platform's own official pages before opening an account or placing a trade.
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This article is provided by Sarah Chen for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency markets involve significant risk. Please conduct independent research or consult a qualified professional before making any investment decisions. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of MEXC or its affiliates.
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