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Bybit, Franklin Templeton Launch Tokenized Collateral Program

Dubai – September 28, 2026 -- Bybit and Franklin Templeton, a $1.7 trillion asset manager, have launched a collateral program letting institutional clients pledge tokenized money market fund shares to access trading credit on Bybit's exchange.

Institutional clients can now pledge Benji-issued fund shares for USDT or USDC credit lines

Eligible investors use ByCustody, Bybit's institutional custody platform, to pledge shares issued through Franklin Templeton's Benji Technology Platform, a blockchain-integrated recordkeeping and transfer agency infrastructure. The pledged value is mirrored inside Bybit's trading environment while the underlying assets stay off-exchange in custody, allowing clients to continue earning yield on holdings while using them to support trading activity.

Bybit Triples Bitcoin Options Share as Crypto Derivatives Shift to Options

Dubai – September 19, 2026 -- Crypto derivatives trading is undergoing a structural shift toward options, with notional open interest in options rising from roughly 25% to nearly 50% of the crypto-native Bitcoin derivatives market, according to a new report from digital assets data provider Glassnode, produced in partnership with Bybit.

Options gain share across four of five market regimes since 2019

The State of Crypto Derivatives report found options growth was fastest during the prolonged bear market, indicating the trend is not simply a function of rising prices or speculative activity. Dated futures volume has fallen roughly 97% below 2021 levels, while options volume now runs more than three times higher than it did in 2021, as leverage moved into perpetual contracts and risk pricing moved into options.

Bybit Launches AI Copilot to Unify Trading and Support in One Chat

Dubai – September 15, 2026 -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has officially launched Bybit AI, a conversational assistant that consolidates trading, account management and customer support into a single chat interface within its app.

Bybit AI lets users execute trades and manage accounts through natural-language commands

The assistant interprets user requests and carries out the corresponding action directly, covering Spot, Futures and Options trading, Bybit Earn, Copy Trading, Trading Bot, Loan, P2P, Bybit Card, Spot X, the Rewards Hub, and notification and subscription management.

Bybit Launches Crypto-Collateralized FX Perpetual Contracts

Dubai – September 11, 2026 -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched Forex Perpetual Contracts, adding a new derivatives category with three USDT-settled pairs: EURUSDUSDT, GBPUSDUSDT, and USDJPYUSDT.

New contracts track spot FX rates without expiry using crypto collateral

The three pairs mirror their respective spot exchange rates and carry no expiry date, letting traders hold continuous FX exposure while posting crypto assets as collateral. The products integrate Bybit's crypto-native derivatives mechanics -- funding rates, dynamic leverage, and the platform's Unified Trading Account -- into foreign exchange trading.

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