Retail traders are pushing beyond crypto, with Bitget's 2026 user survey showing 52% now hold equities and 51% lean on AI tools for investment decisions.

Bitget Survey Findings

Bitget, which markets itself as a Universal Exchange, published its User Asset Allocation Report 2026 on Wednesday. The report draws on platform trading data and responses from more than 6,000 users worldwide.

Bitcoin (BTC) and other tokens still anchor activity, with 86% of respondents holding crypto.

Crypto accounted for almost all trading volume in early January before settling into a 60% to 80% range by March as users branched out.

Gold and other traditional assets climbed from near zero to between 20% and 40% of activity over the quarter, the largest jump Bitget has recorded for non-crypto products. Equities sit alongside crypto in 52% of portfolios, while 35% of users hold precious metals.

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Macro Trading Shift

Gracy Chen, Bitget's chief executive, said retail behavior is shifting toward macro signals rather than single-asset bets. "Users are moving capital across asset classes based on liquidity, volatility, and market access, and they increasingly expect one platform to support that efficiently," she said.

Regional patterns diverge. In East Asia, 60% of users cited avoiding currency conversion as a reason to settle in USDT, while 78% of Latin American respondents pointed to inflation hedging.

Southeast Asian traders, by contrast, ranked leverage access highest at 46%.

High-net-worth users averaged 13% returns in 2025, and 74% said they plan to broaden exposure across crypto, equities, and commodities this year. Bitget has rolled out AI products including GetAgent, GetClaw, and Agent Hub, pitching them as tools to parse earnings, commodity moves, and on-chain data.

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