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Bybit launches US stock trading with access to over 1,000 stocks and ETFs

Bybit has launched trading in more than 1,000 U.S. stocks and exchange traded funds for eligible global users, allowing them to purchase securities using USDC directly from their exchange accounts.

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What happened

Bybit has launched trading in more than 1,000 U.S. stocks and exchange traded funds for eligible global users, allowing them to purchase securities using USDC directly from their exchange accounts. According to an October 12 announcement shared with crypto.news, the…

Reported details

  • Alpaca executes trades and holds the underlying shares, giving eligible users a brokerage alternative to Bybit’s tokenized xStocks products.

Why this matters

Bybit is a factual update rather than a structural change to tokenized assets. Its value to a desk is the sourced detail and the timing, so read it next to the linked reporting and treat any figure the sources do not state as unknown.

Evidence boundary

The scope is limited to what the linked reports state, and where two of them diverge both positions are recorded without either being picked in advance.

What to verify

Corroborate Bybit with one independent dated source, and treat any figure the linked reports do not state as unknown rather than inferred.

Sources and editorial check time

This information is educational and is not financial, legal, or tax advice.

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