Victoria, Seychelles, April 15, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released its March 2026 Protection Fund report, recording an average monthly valuation of $451,641,806, more than 50% above its original $300 million commitment. The fund reached a monthly peak of $486,577,000 on March 16, when Bitcoin climbed to $74,858, and recorded a monthly low of $427,134,500 on March 1 as BTC prices opened the month at $65,713. The fund closed March at $443,508,000, with Bitcoin priced at $68,232 on March 31.
March was a month of two halves for digital asset markets. Bitcoin gained ground through mid-month, reaching its quarterly high before retracing as macro sentiment shifted and broader risk appetite softened heading into the end of the quarter. The Protection Fund tracked this movement directly, rising through the first half of March as BTC appreciated and stabilizing in the final weeks as prices pulled back. Throughout these swings, the fund maintained a valuation above $427 million at its lowest point, reflecting the structural reserve that Bitget keeps independently of daily market conditions.
Bitget’s Protection Fund is maintained separately from user deposits and operates as a dedicated reserve for extreme market conditions, security incidents, or unexpected platform risks. The fund’s valuation is updated daily and publicly accessible, allowing users to monitor its status in real time. Holding 6,500 BTC, the fund’s value moves in line with Bitcoin’s price, ensuring a transparent and verifiable link between reported valuations and on-chain holdings.
“Consistency is what gives a protection fund its meaning,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “Maintaining a fund above $450 million on average throughout a month that tested market sentiment is what being structurally sane platform ready to scale looks like .”
Alongside the Protection Fund, Bitget’s March 2026 Proof of Reserves records a total reserve ratio of 154%, confirming that platform-held assets exceed user balances across all covered assets. Together, the PoR and Protection Fund form the two pillars of Bitget’s user asset security framework. While PoR verifies that every user balance is covered by on-chain holdings, the Protection Fund provides an additional buffer for scenarios that fall outside normal operating conditions. Users can independently verify their inclusion in the Merkle tree through Bitget’s self-verification tool, which uses anonymized identifiers to confirm balance inclusion without exposing account-level data.
March’s fund performance closes Q1 2026 with the Protection Fund sustaining above $427 million across every day of the quarter, through a period that included BTC price swings of more than $9,000 and broader market deleveraging. As Bitget continues to expand its Universal Exchange model, bringing crypto, tokenized traditional assets, and AI-driven trading tools into a single platform, the Protection Fund remains a fixed component of how the platform approaches user security, independent of market direction. Bitget’s 125 million users across 150 regions can track the fund’s daily valuation through the Protection Fund page.
For real-time tracking, please visit the Protection Fund page here.
About Bitget
Bitget is the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 100+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships withLALIGA andMotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands withUNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry’s lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.
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