News about Bybit

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said the exchange plans to enter the U.S. through a partnership with an established local firm, such as Interactive Brokers, rather than pursue state-by-state licenses that could take two to three years. He noted Bybit, which has over 80 million registered users in more than 180 countries and regions, has a clean U.S. record and would wait for the Clarity Act or a clearer federal regulator before moving rather than rushing in. Zhou described the U.S. as competitive and saturated, and pointed to the U.K. as a relatively untapped market with a new crypto regime and no dominant global exchange, though entry costs are very high. Bybit also plans to launch an everything app offering derivatives and tokenized stocks in Europe as early as the first quarter of next year.

Bybit now lets users buy more than 1,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs with USDC, announced Oct. 12, 2026. Orders are executed by Alpaca Securities LLC, a FINRA and SIPC member broker that holds the underlying shares, while Infra Capital Limited, regulated by Mauritius’s Financial Services Commission, acts as introducing broker. Buyers gain an economic interest, receiving gains, losses and dividends, but they are not registered shareholders and have no voting rights for now. Bybit charges no commissions on eligible trades, though other fees are not detailed. Tokenized stocks such as Backed’s xStocks are a separate product, where ownership depends on the token issuer’s rules.