How to sign up for Bybit, step by step
Checked on against four Bybit help pages. See the sources. Ahead is a Bybit affiliate: how we make money.
Short answer
Open Bybit’s sign-up page, choose your country of residence, enter your email, check the referral code box, then type the verification code Bybit sends you and set a password. It takes a few minutes.
Look at the code box before you tap Sign Up. Bybit says a code can’t be added, changed or removed once the account exists. The one exception is an affiliate code, within 14 days.
On this page
Before you start
- You need to be 18 or older. Bybit lists being under 18 as a reason a profile breaks its terms.3
- Bybit isn’t available everywhere. When you choose your country, you may be sent to a regional Bybit site or told the service isn’t offered there.1 Our link isn’t for some places either: see the list.
- One account per person. Each email address and phone number can be linked to one account,1 and Bybit lets only one account per person complete identity verification.3
- Keep your phone or inbox nearby for the verification code.
The six steps at a glance
- Open the sign-up page
- Choose your country
- Enter your email
- Check the code box
- Type the verification code
- Set a password
Step 4 is the one people miss. Once the account exists, the box is gone.
Step by step
- Open the sign-up page. On bybit.com it’s the Sign Up button in the top right corner.1 A sign-up link, like ours below, opens the same page with a code already in the box.
- Choose your country of residence. Pick where you actually live. Identity verification later asks for your country of residence too, and Bybit says it affects how you’re verified.12
- Enter your email address, or a phone number. Bybit recommends email, because email and Google Authenticator are both needed for withdrawals.1 For a phone number, enter the country code, then the number without its leading zero.
- Check the referral code box. It’s optional. If you came from a link, the code should already be there. If the box is empty and you want to use a code, type it now.
- Prove you’re a person, then type the code Bybit sends you. Complete the reCAPTCHA and enter the verification code from your email or phone.1
- Set your password. Bybit then opens your account dashboard, where identity verification starts.1
“Once your account is created, you will not be able to add, modify or delete your referral/affiliate code.”
Bybit’s separate page on affiliate codes makes one exception: an account with no code can join an affiliate within 14 days of registering.4 That’s step 2 of this course. A friend’s referral code can’t be added later.
Signing up now? Our link and code
We’re a Bybit affiliate. The button opens Bybit’s sign-up page with our code in the box. If you’d rather type it, this is the code for step 4.
Open Bybit sign-up with our link
Bybit pays us a commission from the trading fees it collects. It adds nothing to yours. Not for residents of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China, Malaysia, Türkiye or other restricted places: full list. Crypto contracts can lose your entire margin. Not financial advice.
Email, phone, Google, Apple or Telegram?
| Sign up with | What Bybit uses | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Your email address | Bybit’s recommendation, because email is needed for withdrawals | |
| Phone | Your phone number | Country code first, no leading zero |
| The email of your Google account | One tap, if you already use that email | |
| Apple (iPhone) | Your Apple ID email | With “Hide My Email”, Bybit gets a relay address ending in @privaterelay.appleid.com |
| Telegram | The phone number of your Telegram account | Same as signing up by phone |
Website or app?
Bybit lists the same steps for both.1
One caution of our own: if you open a sign-up link, then install the app and sign up there instead, the code from the link may not come with you. Finish signing up on the page the link opened, then install the app and log in. Either way, look at the code box before you tap Sign Up.
One safety rule for now
If someone messages you first and says they’re Bybit support, don’t reply, and don’t send them codes, passwords or photos of your ID.
Bybit says it will never ask you to send assets to an unknown deposit address or ask for your wallet recovery phrase. It also has an Authenticity Checker for checking whether an email address, phone number or account really belongs to Bybit.5
What comes next
Identity verification. Bybit takes you there straight after sign-up, and rewards in the Rewards Hub can’t be claimed without it.16 Step 3: verify your identity.
Questions people ask
Can I add a referral code after signing up for Bybit?
Bybit’s registration page says no.1 Its affiliate page allows one exception: an affiliate code within 14 days, if the account has no code yet.4
Can I have two Bybit accounts?
Each email address and phone number can be linked to one account,1 and Bybit lets only one account per person complete identity verification.3
How old do you have to be to use Bybit?
18. Bybit lists being under 18 as a reason a profile breaks its terms.3
Do I have to verify my identity straight away?
Sign-up doesn’t need it, but Bybit says identity verification of at least Standard level is mandatory for all its products and services.3 See step 3.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Bybit’s password rules. Its registration page doesn’t list them; the sign-up form shows them.
- Whether a code from a link carries over if you switch to the app halfway through. We haven’t tested it, so the advice above is cautious.
- How the app screens look. Bybit’s page gives the same steps for the app and the website, and we read only the text.