Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched free Level 2 market data for U.S. stocks, becoming one of the first trading platforms to provide professional-grade market depth information to eligible users at no additional cost.
The move expands access to tools that have historically been available primarily to institutional traders and professional trading desks due to the cost of exchange data subscriptions and licensing agreements.
By removing those costs for qualifying users, Bitget aims to reduce one of the long-standing barriers separating retail traders from professional market intelligence.
What Level 2 market data provides
Level 2 market data offers significantly more information than standard market quotes.
While traditional Level 1 data typically displays the best available bid and ask prices, Level 2 data reveals multiple layers of buying and selling interest across the order book, allowing traders to better assess liquidity, market depth and potential price movements.
Bitget's offering includes access to Nasdaq TotalView and Blue Ocean market data feeds, providing up to 40 levels of bid and ask depth, real-time trade information and visual depth charts.
The service covers U.S. pre-market trading, regular market hours, after-hours sessions and overnight trading activity, giving users a more comprehensive view of market conditions throughout the trading day.
According to Bitget, eligible users can access the service free of charge.
The feature is available to users who qualify for VIP 1 status through trading volume or VIP 3 status through asset holdings.
The company estimates that providing the service at no additional cost could save users up to $276 annually compared with traditional market-data subscription packages that offer similar information.
Expansion beyond crypto
The launch follows Bitget's recent rollout of Stocks 2.0, an initiative that broadened access to equities, ETFs, stock perpetual contracts, tokenized assets and other multi-asset trading products.
As crypto exchanges continue expanding into traditional financial markets, traders increasingly expect access to the same analytical tools and market infrastructure regardless of whether they are trading cryptocurrencies, stocks or other asset classes.
"Crypto makes financial opportunities more open and accessible,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. "In traditional markets, data and insights come at a premium. We’re eradicating that by making professional grade stock market data available to our users, who can now access tools that were once limited to a small segment of the market."
The addition of free Level 2 market data aligns with Bitget's broader Universal Exchange strategy, which seeks to combine cryptocurrencies, tokenized financial products and traditional market instruments within a single trading environment.
By integrating professional-grade stock market infrastructure alongside crypto trading tools, Bitget is continuing its push toward a platform where users can access multiple asset classes, market data feeds and trading products through a unified interface.
As the boundaries between traditional finance and digital assets continue to narrow, access to institutional-quality market intelligence is increasingly becoming a key differentiator for multi-asset trading platforms.
U.Today Editorial Team
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