Bitget UEX Report: Retail Investors Move Beyond Crypto as 52% Add Equities And 51% Use AI
Bitget's 2026 User Asset Allocation Report finds that over half of retail investors are expanding their portfolios beyond cryptocurrency to include traditional equities and AI-driven investment tools
Bitget, a global Universal Exchange based in Victoria, Seychelles, has released its User Asset Allocation Report 2026. The findings, which combine actual trading activity on the platform with survey responses from more than 6,000 users worldwide, indicate that retail investors are moving beyond a singular focus on cryptocurrency. Instead, they are increasingly incorporating commodities, equities, and AI-assisted investing into their portfolio construction to achieve greater diversification across global asset classes. Bitget, which identifies as the world's largest Universal Exchange, released these findings to track how retail behavior is evolving.[1][2]
The report highlights that 52% of retail investors have added equities to their holdings, and 51% are now utilizing AI tools for their investment processes. While cryptocurrency remains a cornerstone of retail activity—with 86% of surveyed users holding digital assets—the market saw a significant shift in trading volume during the first quarter of 2026. Crypto accounted for nearly all trading volume in early January but stabilized between 60% and 80% by March as investors broadened their participation into traditional markets. This shift toward diversification across global asset classes indicates that retail investors are increasingly incorporating a wider variety of financial instruments into their strategies.[1][2]
