BREAKING: Bybit Opens US Stock Trading for Its 80 Million Users — 1,000+ Stocks and ETFs Now Live With USDC
Big crypto exchange Bybit has opened trading in more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs inside its normal trading app. Eligible users can now buy well-known names like Apple, Nvidia, Tesla and Micron, plus the popular QQQ fund, without leaving their exchange account.
Traders pay with USDC from their existing Bybit balance, and they can buy fractional shares, so even a small account can own a piece of an expensive stock. Bybit says eligible trades carry zero commissions, and trading runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, covering US pre-market, regular and after-hours sessions.
Behind the scenes, US broker-dealer Alpaca executes the orders and holds the shares in custody, while the service runs through a Mauritius-regulated introducing broker. Buyers receive an economic interest in the real shares rather than a price-only derivative. Cash dividends are converted into USDC and paid into user accounts, voting rights are planned for a later phase, and users must pass identity checks and live in a permitted country.
Bybit serves more than 80 million users worldwide, and its co-founder Ben Zhou has described stocks as a key step in turning the exchange into one platform for both digital and traditional markets. The move follows rival Kraken, which added thousands of US stocks last year, and it shows how fast the line between crypto exchanges and stock brokers is fading.
For traders, the meaning is simple: stablecoins are becoming a bridge between crypto and Wall Street. Money that used to sit idle in USDC between crypto trades can now move into US tech stocks in seconds, and exchanges are fighting to keep that money on their own platforms. Watch whether volumes grow and whether more big exchanges copy this model in the coming weeks.
This post is news only, not financial advice. Always do your own research before buying or selling crypto.
Sources: CoinDesk, Crypto.news, TradingView, Bitcoin.com News
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