Bybit adds Tesla, QQQ and four more tickers to TradFi Perp Options and launches 70,000 USDT trading challenge

What happened

Bybit added six underlyings to its Perp Options: Tesla, Micron, Invesco QQQ, Direxion Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF, SK Hynix, and SanDisk. This brings the total to eight, after SpaceX and Nvidia launched on September 17, 2026, alongside a 70,000 USDT trading challenge.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

This gives crypto-funded traders around-the-clock exposure to major technology stocks and a semiconductor fund without a separate brokerage or options approval. More underlyings may draw trading volume and fees to Bybit, while letting investors express views on chip and AI-linked companies using USDT as collateral.

Analyst inference

The added tickers cluster around semiconductors and Big Tech, sectors sensitive to AI spending and chip demand. Offering these as perpetual-style options blurs the line between crypto exchanges and traditional brokers, and could pressure regulators to clarify how such equity-linked products are supervised.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Bybit's Perp Options total eight underlyings, and the trading challenge offers up to 70,000 USDT in prizes, so watch participation and volume in the newly added tickers. Confirmed
2. If Bybit keeps expanding its TradFi Perpetuals menu, more single stocks and exchange-traded funds could become available to USDT-funded accounts, widening what crypto traders can trade. Proposed
3. Watch regulators for clearer rules on equity-linked options on crypto venues; tighter oversight could slow new listings, limit borrowed-money trading, or raise costs for Bybit and its users. Analyst inference

Affected assets

• TSLA — Tesla • Robinhood Token
• NVDA — NVIDIA • Robinhood Token
• QQQ — Invesco QQQ • Robinhood Token
• SPCX — SpaceX • Robinhood Token
• USDT — Tether
• MU — Micron Technology (Backpack Securities)

Evidence

• finbold.com