Institutional investors trading increased 66 percent in 2025 at BitOasis
In UAE regulated BitOasis crypto broker Annual 2025 report, it noted that crypto investor behavior reflected discipline participation with users holding an average of three tokens per portfolio, with the biggest being BTC Bitcoin, with DOGE being the most traded token overall, while XRP witnessed the highest growth and BTC-AED as the most active trading pair. Additional average customer age was 39 years, pointing to experienced investors driving market participation.
More importantly the BitOasis report found Institutional and high-value participation scaled materially, with VIP and institutional clients contributing over 66% of total trading volumes.
The 2025 Annual Report presents a consolidated view of the company’s performance and strategic direction, outlining a pivotal year where the regional crypto market matured significantly, driven by progressive regulation, deep institutional participation, and increasingly sophisticated user behavior.
“2025 marked a defining year for digital assets globally. Total market capitalisation surpassed $4 trillion for the first time, with Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high, supported by meaningful policy progress in the United States and other major markets,” said Ola Doudin, Co-Founder and CEO of BitOasis. “In parallel, the UAE and Bahrain emerged as global standard-bearers for progressive, enabling regulation.”
She added, “Investor participation increased meaningfully on BitOasis across both retail and institutional segments. Platform data shows a clear shift in behaviour, with investors engaging more deliberately and applying the same discipline and portfolio rigour they would to traditional asset classes.”
Retail investor data also pointed out that peak trading activity was on Mondays, around 18:00 GST aligned showcasing deliberate alignment with global market hours.
Institutional Investment clients contributed to over 66 percent of total trade volumes
BitOasis report also found that Institutional and high-value participation scaled materially, with VIP and institutional clients contributing over 66% of total trading volumes, supported by a 66% year-on-year increase in high-value traders and HNWIs and 100% growth in corporate and treasury clients across MENA.
As such BitOasis offered a segmented VIP program that combines OTC block trading, priority banking with faster AED rails, dedicated relationship management, and a 99.9% uptime low-latency API infrastructure designed for professional and algorithmic trading. It also offered volume based fee incentives, curated market intelligence, exclusive leadership access, and advanced education initiatives.
Doudin added, “With GCC wealth projected to reach USD 3.5 trillion by 2027, we are entering a defining decade for capital formation in the region. Our priority is to build resilient, regulation-first infrastructure that can support this transition at scale. We are expanding our product suite, including preparing to introduce regulated derivatives in Bahrain, alongside continued investment in security, liquidity, and governance.”
In 2024 Indian based CoinDCX acquired BitOasis, as BitOasis received its regulated license in Bahrain.
