DUBAI, UAE, July 31, 2026 — Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has added six xStock assets as eligible collateral across three of its core lending and margin products: Unified Trading Account (UTA) Loans, Crypto Loans, and Institutional Loans.

The newly supported xStock assets are NVDAX, HOODX, CRCLX, TSLAX, GOOGLX, and AAPL. xStocks are tokenized representations of widely held publicly traded equities, giving Bybit users on-chain exposure to shares of well-known companies. With this update, holders of these six tokenized stocks can pledge them as collateral rather than keeping them in static positions — a step that brings tokenized equities closer to the capital efficiency long available to major cryptocurrencies on centralized exchanges.

The move is part of Bybit's broader effort to connect traditional financial instruments with crypto-native infrastructure. Tokenized real-world assets have emerged as one of the most actively developed segments in digital asset markets, with exchanges and protocols across the industry building ways to let users trade, lend against, and earn yield on blockchain-based representations of stocks, bonds, and commodities. By allowing tokenized equity holdings to be used within its lending and margin ecosystem, Bybit aims to give retail and institutional users additional utility for their xStock positions while deepening the bridge between conventional equities and DeFi-style borrowing.

Following the upgrade, eligible retail and institutional users on Bybit can use any of the six approved xStock assets as collateral for margin trading, for borrowing funds through Crypto Loans, and for accessing Institutional Loans. Each product serves a distinct borrowing need:

• UTA Loans operate within Bybit's Unified Trading Account, enabling eligible holdings to support margin activity from a single account.
• Crypto Loans provide users with borrowing capacity that can be used for trading or withdrawal.
• Institutional Loans extend collateral-backed borrowing to institutional clients handling larger and more sophisticated positions.

Terms and conditions apply. Details on availability and eligibility are available at 6 xStocks assets added as collateral for Margin Trading, Crypto Loans, and Institutional Loans.

Bybit describes itself as "The New Financial Platform" and reports more than 80 million users worldwide. The exchange combines investing, trading, payments, and wealth-management services within a single platform. More information is available at Bybit.com. For press inquiries, contact [email protected] or visit Bybit Press.