Dubai, UAE, July 27, 2026 - Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has been named to CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 list in the Digital Assets category. The accolade is part of a broader annual ranking produced by CNBC in partnership with market research firm Statista that highlights leading firms across the fintech landscape.
The CNBC-Statista compilation recognizes 500 fintech firms across eight industry segments. The panel evaluated roughly 3,500 companies using an aggregated scoring model that incorporated both overall business performance and category-specific key performance indicators.
The timing of the recognition coincides with a period of notable expansion and maturation within the global fintech industry. Citing research from McKinsey & Co., the fintech sector generated approximately $650 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of about 21% from the prior year. McKinsey identified artificial intelligence, digital assets and increasing regulatory maturity as primary forces shaping the sector’s next phase.
Bybit’s inclusion on the CNBC list is presented as evidence of its evolution from a standalone cryptocurrency exchange into a broader financial platform. The company’s roadmap now includes connections between digital assets and traditional finance, payments capabilities, tokenized investments, AI-powered trading and research tools, and expanded Web3 services. These developments are described as part of a strategy to serve a wider set of market participants, including institutional clients.
The CNBC recognition follows Bybit’s placement in the inaugural Fortune Crypto 100 within the CeFi category, which profiles crypto-first companies such as exchanges, lenders and custodians that handle, hold or trade digital assets. Together, these recognitions underscore Bybit’s positioning as a firm increasingly active at the intersection of established financial markets and digital-asset ecosystems.
Bybit reports it serves more than 80 million users worldwide. The company has broadened its product set to include tokenized assets such as equities via its xStocks offering, a Bybit IPO Express service, and AI-driven trading and research tools. In addition, Bybit describes developing infrastructure intended to meet the needs of institutional market participants.
Regulatory licensing and compliance form another element of the company’s stated expansion. Bybit holds a Virtual Asset Platform Operator license issued by the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority. Separately, Bybit EU operates under a license granted under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, issued by Austria’s Financial Market Authority.
Against a backdrop in which regulatory clarity and institutional participation are described as continuing to develop, Bybit says it remains focused on building secure, compliant and accessible financial services. The firm’s stated long-term vision centers on creating a unified platform that links users to opportunities across crypto and traditional finance.
About Bybit
Bybit brands itself as "The New Financial Platform," with a mission to provide broad access to financial opportunities. The company states it combines AI-powered technology, global liquidity, security measures and transparent operations to integrate investing, trading, payments and wealth-building within a single ecosystem. Bybit indicates it is trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide and aims to connect anyone, anywhere to global finance.
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