Bybit launches TradFi integration, blowing open the doors between digital assets and the world’s largest legacy markets. The new in-app module, rolled out on 16 June and now live globally, lets Bybit’s 70 million users trade gold, major forex pairs, commodities, indices, and no fewer than 78 blue-chip stock CFDs, including Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA), Amazon (AMZN), and Google (GOOG) without ever leaving their crypto wallet.
Five markets on one wallet
With Bybit’s launch of TradFi integration, a single USDT-settled account now reaches the five most-watched arenas in finance. No external MetaTrader installation, no juggling custodians; traders simply tap “TradFi” in the Bybit app and route orders side-by-side with spot BTC or perpetual ETH. The company says the architecture is powered by FSC-licensed Infra Capital and inherits risk controls from April’s Gold & FX pilot, which hit a record $24 billion in daily volume.
Why crypto natives care
Crypto veterans chasing alpha during weekend lulls can hedge with the S&P-tracking US500 CFD or fade the Fed by shorting EUR-USD all from the exchange they already use for meme-coin scalps. Bybit’s TradFi integration effectively turns Bitcoin into a funding currency for anything from Brent crude to Big Tech, tightening spreads and boosting liquidity on both sides of the aisle. “Legacy barriers are artificial,” CEO Ben Zhou told reporters, framing the release as a step toward “a truly borderless portfolio.”
Regulation and rivalry
Bybit’s Mauritian brokerage stack keeps the service off-limits in the EEA and other restricted zones, yet the move still lands squarely in Binance’s backyard and steals thunder from Coinbase’s stalled stock-token pilot. Meanwhile, a 50% fee holiday on stock CFDs runs until 23 June, a carrot likely to pull volume from traditional retail brokers just as summer earnings season heats up. Bybit’s TradFi integration may also sharpen regulators’ focus on exchanges that blur asset classes without clear jurisdictional lines.
The 2025 roadmap hints at Treasury-bill vaults, restaking rails, and Web3 loyalty points, signaling that Bybit’s TradFi integration is only the beachhead. Expect deeper margin offsets, cross-asset collateral, and perhaps even tokenized real-world assets before year-end.
The swiss army knife
Bybit launches TradFi integration, handing crypto traders a Swiss army knife: one login, one wallet, and instant access to markets that used to live on separate planets. Whether you’re hedging a Bitcoin breakout with a gold short or chasing an AAPL earnings gap, the walls just came down, and the trade is now one tap away.
