The way people trade crypto is changing fast, and it's not just about humans clicking buttons anymore. A growing number of builders are using 'vibe coding'—AI-assisted development with tools like Cursor, Claude, and Lovable—to create trading bots and yield aggregators in days. Exchanges like Bitget and Hyperliquid are already seeing the shift, with Hyperliquid processing $3 trillion in volume last year largely through third-party frontends built on its APIs.
The vibe coding boom
Over 180 active builders in the Hyperliquid ecosystem have earned about $74 million in revenue so far. Tools like Cursor and Claude convert plain-English product descriptions into working code in minutes. Bitget's Agent Hub takes a similar approach: it lets developers connect AI agents to trading infrastructure via APIs and a command-line tool called bgc. The bgc CLI calls the full Bitget API suite from shell commands with JSON output—built for automation and AI agent workflows.
Hyperliquid's $3 trillion lesson
Much of that $3 trillion in 2025 volume flowed through builder-built frontends powered by Hyperliquid's APIs, making the exchange's native UI a fallback option. The DEX itself has only 11 people. The success shows that when you give builders easy access to APIs, they'll create tools that attract traders. Meanwhile, many exchanges still use a 2015 UX mindset with nested menus and developer-oriented flows, causing user drop-off within the first 90 days.
Bitget's bet on AI agents
Bitget's Agent Hub goes a step further: agents like Claude Code can automatically detect trading intent and execute spot, futures, and copy trades via natural language prompts. MCP tools let LLMs invoke exchange capabilities natively, bridging conversational intent to live market execution. The company is betting that over time, more agents will trade than humans due to data volume, speed, and the 24/7 nature of markets.
What agents mean for exchanges
Exchanges that don't build for an agent-centric world will serve a shrinking minority of manual traders while volume migrates to automated platforms. Surveys show only a small fraction of blockchain users actually trade or earn yield regularly; newcomers onboard quickly but then abandon crypto due to poor UX that feels like 'prod-level debugging'. Vibe coding offers a way to fix that—letting anyone build a frontend that works for real people. Predictions indicate blockchain users could reach 1 billion this year, but only if the experience improves.
Bitget expects its Agent Hub to attract more developers building trading bots, and Hyperliquid's ecosystem continues to grow. The question is whether traditional exchanges will adapt their APIs and UX fast enough—or watch volume flow to platforms built by 11-person teams.
