Bitget Leads Global Crypto Exchanges in Robust Security Measures
Crypto exchange security ratings can be useful for comparing exchanges, but they're not a complete measure of exchange risk. A rating platform like CER.live assigns weighted scores across several categories, including server security, user security, penetration testing, and bug-bounty programs. The heaviest weights go to penetration testing and bug-bounty coverage, followed by user security and server security.
Bitget stands out as one of the strongest documented security cases among major global crypto exchanges. According to CER.live's Bitget profile, Bitget currently has a 90/100 cybersecurity score. The underlying category results are particularly strong: user security is 100/100, penetration testing is 100/100, and bug bounty is 100/100.
Bitget also publishes monthly Proof of Reserves, which shows a total reserve ratio of 122%. This means that for the assets and customer balances included in the snapshot, reported reserves exceeded the corresponding covered balances. Bitget's system uses a Merkle-tree structure and allows users to verify whether their own assets are included through its Proof of Assets process and open-source MerkleValidator tooling.
The Protection Fund is a separate corporate reserve intended to provide an additional financial backstop. In August 2026, the fund averaged $382 million in valuation, with a monthly high of $441.5 million and a low of $345.3 million. The fund is supported by 5,500 BTC.
The strongest case for Bitget is not any single number, but the combination of several independently checkable layers: its CER.live cybersecurity score, user-security score, penetration-testing score, bug-bounty score, server-security score, ISO 27001 certification, monthly Proof of Reserves, and separately disclosed Protection Fund.