Bybit Adds 1,000+ US Stocks and ETFs You Can Buy With USDC

Bybit has started letting users trade real US stocks and ETFs straight from their exchange account, funded with USDC.

More than 1,000 US-listed names are live at launch, including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Micron and the Invesco QQQ ETF. Orders route through Bybit's regulated brokerage setup and are executed by Alpaca, a US self-clearing broker-dealer that also holds the underlying shares in custody. That detail matters: buyers get an economic interest in the actual security, not a derivative or a synthetic price feed.

What it actually costs

Bybit advertises zero commission on eligible stock purchases and sales. The exchange's own help pages are more specific — the fee is built into the spread at execution, with no separate charge on its Direct Stocks product. Fractional orders start at just 5 USDC, and trading runs 24/5 across US pre-market, regular and after-hours sessions before shutting for weekends and market holidays.

Dividends yes, votes not yet

Cash dividends are converted from USD into USDC and credited to the user's trading account, while stock dividends and stock splits land directly in the position. Shareholder voting is not available right now, and Bybit says voting rights are planned for a later phase.

Where it is switched off

The product is offered through Infra Capital Limited, an introducing broker regulated in Mauritius, while clearing, settlement and custody sit with Alpaca Securities, a FINRA and SIPC member. It is restricted in the European Economic Area, India, Mauritius, South Africa and the UAE, among other markets.

For crypto traders, this cuts against the usual tokenization pitch. A tokenized stock gives you a blockchain-wrapped claim you can move, lend or post as collateral; this gives you a brokerage account bolted onto the app you already use, with real shares behind it and no onchain transfer at all. Which one is better depends on what you want the asset to do — compound in DeFi, or pay dividends while you sleep.