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Every year, major global crypto industry conferences serve as crucial windows for observing market trends and the direction of the industry.

In May 2026, BitMart founder Sheldon Xia attended Consensus 2026 held in Miami, USA. As one of the most influential industry events in the global crypto and digital asset space, this year's conference brought together key participants from regulatory bodies, traditional finance, Web3 platforms, and technology companies to discuss topics including regulatory trends, technological evolution, market cycles, and industry infrastructure.

BitMart US also set up a large booth at the event, attracting conversations with numerous institutions and industry professionals. Beyond simple brand exposure, this presence served as a concentrated external showcase of BitMart's overall development momentum over the past year and was seen as a significant signal of its ongoing integration into the global mainstream market and strengthening of its long-term development path.

From compliance advancements in the U.S. market to continuous upgrades of its product and ecosystem, and optimization of organizational structure and talent, BitMart is gradually building a more resilient growth path, striving to establish greater certainty amid the industry's adjustment cycle.

U.S. Compliance Achievements Strengthen Global Footprint

For trading platforms, compliance is no longer merely a 'passport' to enter a market; it is the foundational infrastructure affecting business stability, user trust, and long-term operational capability. Among major global markets, the U.S. has long been considered one of the most complex regulatory environments with the highest entry barriers, thus serving as a significant benchmark for measuring a platform's strength. BitMart US's phased achievements in the U.S. market directly reflect its strategic direction and capabilities.

Currently, BitMart US has achieved compliance coverage across all 50 U.S. states, placing it among the few platforms in the industry to establish a nationwide compliance footprint. This progress stems from systematically navigating and adapting to the distinct regulatory requirements of each state, signifying that the platform has entered a more mature phase in terms of its compliance system, risk management capabilities, and localized operations. Completing the nationwide rollout not only effectively mitigates uncertainties arising from regional policy fluctuations but also enhances the platform's credibility among institutional users and in mature markets.

As the industry moves towards standardization, compliance capability itself is evolving into a core competitive advantage. For BitMart, breaking into the U.S. market means not only establishing a firm foothold in a key market and filling a critical gap in its global expansion strategy but also providing more solid support for its subsequent global business development.

Compliance as Foundation, Entering a More Stable Development Phase

After completing its compliance framework in the U.S., BitMart did not stop at merely meeting licensing requirements. Instead, it further integrated compliance demands into platform operations, risk control systems, and product processes, gradually transforming it from an 'external constraint' into the platform's own long-term operational capability.

Over the past year, the platform has consistently pursued systematic upgrades focused on risk control, products, and service processes, continuously enhancing a multi-layered risk management system covering asset security, transaction monitoring, user identification, and abnormal behavior management. Simultaneously, the platform has optimized user service processes by implementing more standardized procedures and experience designs, reducing usage discrepancies between different markets and providing global users with a more stable and consistent product experience.

Throughout this process, BitMart's growth logic has also evolved. Compared to its earlier phase, which favored aggressive expansion, the platform now focuses more on 'how to proceed more steadily.' On the global business front, it continuously makes strategic choices regarding market allocation, gradually concentrating on regions with greater long-term value and certainty. On the product front, it meticulously refines the user experience, making the usage process smoother and more stable.

As industry transparency increases, the criteria users employ to judge platforms are also changing. Compared to chasing isolated hot trends, short-term growth, or temporary gains, a platform's stable operational capability across different market cycles, risk control strength, and long-term credibility are becoming more crucial reference factors. For BitMart, now in its eighth year, shifting from a focus on 'getting bigger' to 'being stable and deep' is a deliberate, phase-based strategic adjustment. It also reflects the broader crypto industry's gradual departure from its early-stage rapid growth towards a new phase emphasizing long-term capabilities and foundational infrastructure.

Beyond Trading: Continuously Refining the Digital Asset Service Ecosystem

If trading is BitMart's core starting point, the change over the past year lies in the platform extending its product capabilities along users' actual usage paths. BitMart's product development is no longer limited to single-feature updates but is progressively building a more comprehensive digital asset service system around on-chain account systems, trading, payments, asset management, RWA, and AI.

The trading business remains one of BitMart's most critical product lines. In the past year, the platform consistently strengthened trading depth, matching efficiency, and system stability, undergoing a systematic upgrade of its underlying mechanisms. After the launch of the Perpetual Futures 2.0, trading paths, interaction, and execution experiences were significantly optimized. Concurrently, innovative mechanisms like the Slippage Protection Plan, Guaranteed Stop-Loss/Take-Profit, Market Order Slippage Limits, and Principal Protection Copy Trading were introduced. These enhancements reduce uncertainty during volatile market conditions from both trade execution and risk management perspectives, with major trading pairs achieving industry-leading liquidity, providing users with a smoother and more controllable trading experience during high volatility.

As user assets and application scenarios diversify, BitMart is refining its on-chain account system and has built a complete DEX product from scratch. This provides a more unified entry point for users' asset management and service usage across different scenarios, laying the groundwork for future on-chain products and ecosystem connections.

Additionally, BitMart is advancing the integration of digital assets into real-world scenarios. It launched the BitMart Card global payment ecosystem, including virtual, physical, and metal cards, complemented by a prepaid card, covering over 160 countries and regions, bridging on-chain assets with actual consumption. In the RWA and tokenized stock domain, BitMart continuously expands the connection between traditional financial assets and digital assets. As the trend of real-world asset tokenization heats up, such products are gradually entering the asset allocation considerations of more users.

On the asset management side, BitMart continues to enhance product offerings like BitMart Earn, Wealth Management, and Staking Loans. This allows digital assets to move beyond mere trading, gaining greater utility efficiency and yield management potential across different cycles and strategies, empowering more users to achieve steady asset appreciation.

The integration of AI capabilities has become another significant direction in BitMart's product development over the past year. It launched AI-driven tools and smart trading support features, including the market sentiment analysis tool Xinsight, the Beacon Trading Assistant, and the AI Trading Arena. These tools lower the barrier for intelligent trading and enhance user decision-making efficiency.

By simultaneously strengthening core trading capabilities and filling critical gaps in how assets are accessed, utilized, and traded upon, BitMart is gradually forming a more complete digital asset service system.

Counter-Cyclical Expansion, Navigating Market Cycles with Talent Reserve

During market adjustments, the industry typically slows down expansion, and hiring freezes or team downsizing become common choices for many platforms. However, BitMart has maintained a relatively stable talent acquisition pace throughout this cycle, consistently strengthening key positions, particularly in technology, compliance, risk control, and global operations.

From early 2025 to the present, the platform's overall headcount has grown by approximately 50%. This change is particularly rare in the current industry environment and strongly reflects the platform's operational resilience and capacity for long-term investment. What truly sustains business development is not just short-term market heat, but the underlying organizational strength, professional teams, and systematic execution capabilities. Product iteration, compliance building, risk management, and user service all ultimately depend on the long-term accumulation of talent and teams.

During bull markets, growth is often more visible; but what truly determines whether a platform can go the distance is often whether it continues to build core capabilities during downturns. Talent investment is not a short-term cost but a proactive arrangement for the next market cycle. Team capabilities are difficult to assemble overnight when the market suddenly recovers. For BitMart, filling the organizational structure and solidifying key positions when the industry is quiet is, to some extent, a bid for greater initiative in the next growth phase.

Sticking to Long-Termism, Moving Towards the Next Eight Years

Looking back at BitMart's development over the past eight years, its main trajectory has been relatively clear: steadily advancing compliance construction to lay the foundation for long-term operations, while continuously refining product and technological capabilities so the platform supports not just trading but a more comprehensive digital asset service ecosystem.

This is also the most noticeable change in BitMart in recent years. It is no longer just a trading gateway, but is continuously expanding in areas like trading, asset management, payment tools, AI services, and Web3 ecosystem connections. The synergy between multiple business modules is also transforming the platform's product form from isolated functions towards a more systematic service network.

Compliance is the crucial prerequisite for this system to operate sustainably. Especially after BitMart US achieved compliance coverage in all 50 U.S. states, the platform's foundation in key global markets has been further consolidated. As the industry's regulatory framework becomes clearer, compliance is not only a barrier to entry but is also becoming a key variable for user trust, institutional participation, and the platform's long-term development.

Looking ahead, competition in the crypto industry will likely increasingly revert to fundamentals: platforms that consistently invest in compliance, products, security, liquidity, and user experience will have a better chance of taking the lead in the next phase. For BitMart, the eighth anniversary marks both a phased milestone and a new beginning. Amidst a still uncertain market environment, maintaining its own pace and continuing to solidify compliance, products, and organizational capabilities may well be its core path to navigating cycles.

About BitMart

BitMart is a leading global digital asset trading platform with over 13 million users worldwide. Consistently ranking among the top on CoinGecko, BitMart offers over 1,700 trading pairs with competitive fees. Upholding the principles of continuous innovation and financial inclusion, BitMart is dedicated to providing a seamless trading experience for users worldwide. For more information about BitMart, please visit the website, follow X (Twitter), or join Telegram for updates, news, and promotions. Download the BitMart App and trade anytime, anywhere.

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