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Bybit launches global campaign to broaden financial platform

Bybit launches global campaign to broaden financial platform

Thu, 24th Sep 2026 (Today)
Karen Joy Bacudo
KAREN JOY BACUDO Finance Editor

Bybit has launched a global brand campaign, "Make Your Move", as it repositions itself as a broader financial platform.

The campaign reflects the crypto group's effort to present itself as more than a digital asset exchange as it expands into a wider range of financial products and services. It is building a connected platform spanning crypto, stocks, gold, foreign exchange, indices and derivatives, alongside payments, spending, wealth products, institutional services and AI-based financial tools.

The branding shift follows a period of expansion in the company's product range and international reach. Bybit says it now has more than 80 million registered users across 181 countries and regions.

It also outlined the scale of its trading and market offering, with users able to access more than 442 spot assets and 235 traditional market instruments through its TradFi and real-world asset products. The company is seeking to address a fragmented financial market in which consumers often rely on multiple apps and providers for trading, investing, payments and savings.

Under the updated positioning, Bybit is framing its platform around a single user journey rather than cryptocurrency trading alone. That includes consumer payment and spending products such as Bybit Pay for direct crypto transfers and Bybit Card for using digital assets in everyday purchases.

Its peer-to-peer service is another part of that strategy. Bybit says its P2P network includes 48,000 active merchants, giving users local access to both fiat and crypto transactions in different markets.

Savings and yield products also form part of the broader pitch. Bybit Earn offers flexible staking products that let users generate returns on assets without a fixed lock-up period.

Brand changes

Bybit has revised its visual identity to support the new campaign. The orange "I" in its wordmark has been turned into a standalone brand symbol intended to represent the individual and movement within the financial system.

The symbol also sits at the centre of a new design pattern in which one orange line stands apart from repeated lines. The motif is meant to emphasise personal choice within a larger financial network.

Ben Zhou, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bybit, outlined the rationale for the repositioning in a statement accompanying the launch.

"Bybit has evolved considerably since we began as a cryptocurrency derivatives trading exchange, and our brand needs to reflect the business we are building today," said Ben Zhou, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bybit.

"Our ambition is to bring more financial opportunities together through one platform and make them more accessible to people around the world," Zhou said.

AI layer

Another element of the expansion is the company's AI service. Bybit says its latest AI tool connects to more than 600 platform services and covers 1,278 support scenarios, helping users navigate a growing product set.

The emphasis on AI comes as exchanges and trading platforms seek to improve customer support and simplify access to increasingly complex product suites. For Bybit, the technology is part of a broader effort to tie different services together within one system.

The repositioning also reflects a wider trend among crypto companies looking beyond volatile trading revenues and trying to build businesses with more diverse sources of activity. In Bybit's case, that means combining market access with payments, consumer finance and wealth functions under one brand.

Zhou had previously outlined the company's broader vision as "Built for everyone. Powered by intelligence. Open to the world." The new campaign puts that direction into a more public-facing form, with a focus on individual choice and access to a wider range of financial markets.

Bybit says the new identity is intended to reflect the current scale of its business as it continues to expand across global markets and services. Its goal is to offer users a simpler way to manage different financial activities through a single platform.