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Reliability Score · methodology v1.0 · updated 2026-08-16
Bitget: 74/100
Six components, each with its reason and sources below — the timeline keeps the full incident record visible.
Score over time
73 – 74 across 198 daily readings since 2026-06-23. The burgundy point is today.
Score breakdown
Withdrawal reliability weight 25%
100
No recorded withdrawal halts or freezes within the 24-month decay window.
Proof of reserves weight 20%
80
Monthly self-published Merkle-tree PoR since 2023 with an open-source verification tool; Oct 2025 ratios BTC 307% / USDT 105%. No independent attestation documented.
Regulatory standing weight 20%
45
No MiCAR licence yet: FMA (Austria) application pending, EU HQ in Vienna with an EU CEO appointed Jan 2026; states it will not serve EEA customers until authorised. ASIC investor alert (unlicensed futures) and Japan FSA unregistered-exchange warnings are active.
Security history weight 15%
84
1 recorded security incident within the 24-month window, weighted by severity, recency and reimbursement.
Support quality weight 10%
40
Trustpilot 2.0/5 (~2,200 reviews, 2026-06-10) as a complaint-pattern proxy.
Operational maturity weight 10%
70
Founded 2018; top-10 spot / top-tier derivatives venue with a $500M protection fund. The April 2025 VOXEL market-making-bot malfunction was contained with rollbacks within 24h (see incident timeline).
Incident timeline · facts with dates
2025-04-20
Security · sev 3
On 2025-04-20 a malfunction in Bitget’s own market-making bot on the VOXEL/USDT perpetual was exploited (~$100M extracted); irregular trades were rolled back within 24h with a compensation plan, and legal action was taken against eight accounts.
source
How this score is computed — weights, rubrics, decay, neutrality: /exchanges/methodology. All venues: /exchanges.
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