Centralized exchange · since 2018 Centralized exchange founded in 2018, known for USDT-margined futures and copy trading.
New users: Welcome pack for new users, advertised up to 6,200 USDT
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Order-book perpetual and spot exchange built as an app-specific ZK rollup on Ethereum, with verifiable matching and liquidations and zero fees on standard accounts.
New users: Weekly points drops and a free Premium trial week via referral
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BitgetLighter
Trading fees (base tier)
Spot maker0.1%0%
Spot taker0.1%0%
Futures maker0.02%0%
Futures taker0.06%0%
Markets (live)
Coins listed3,780213
Coins with perpetuals815213
Coins with spot pairs3,3220
24h volume$11.56B$2.47B
Coins only here188 coins trade on both3,59225
New listings (detected live)
Last 30 days72
Last 90 days72
Safety and access
Proof of reservesYes · monthlyYes · real-time
Licenses1El Salvador: Bitcoin service provider licence from the Central Reserve Bank (December 2024)None listed
Restricted regions12 regionsUnited States (incl. territories), Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan…15 regionsUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, North Korea…
HeadquartersNo single official HQ stated; founded in Singapore, registered in Seychelles; EU hub in Vienna (2026). Platform operator per Terms of Use: BTG Technology Holdings LimitedLighter, Inc. (Delaware corporation, United States)
Exchange tokenBGBLIT
Incidents on record21
Bitget or Lighter?
Bitget and Lighter are compared here on what matters when you choose where to trade: base trading fees, how many coins each lists, how quickly they add new ones, perpetual prices and funding on the coins both list, and safety signals such as proof of reserves and restricted regions. Live numbers update from the exchanges' public market data; fees and policies were checked against each exchange's own pages.
Bitget lists 3,780 coins and Lighter 213. 188 coins trade on both, 3,592 only on Bitget and 25 only on Lighter. In the last 30 days Bitget added 7 new coins and Lighter 2.
Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; Bitget offers 1 discount option and Lighter offers 4 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.