Bitget UEX Report: Retail Investors Move Beyond Crypto as 52% Add Equities And 51% Use AI

VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 15 (Bernama) -- Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released the Bitget User Asset Allocation Report 2026 with data showing that retail investors are expanding beyond crypto into commodities, equities, and AI-assisted investing as portfolio construction becomes more diversified across global asset classes. The findings combine trading activity on Bitget with responses from more than 6,000 users globally.

Crypto remained the main source of trading activity in Q1 2026, with 86% of surveyed users holding crypto assets. Crypto accounted for nearly all trading volume in early January before stabilizing in a 60% to 80% range by March as participation broadened into other markets. Over the same period, trading in traditional assets led by gold rose from near zero to between 20% and 40% of total activity, marking the strongest quarterly increase recorded for non-crypto assets on Bitget.