Honest Bybit review 14 months in, some wins some losses

Mostly trade alts on perps with some spot, been on Bybit since early 2025 after Kucoin's regional restrictions got annoying. 14 months in, figured I'd share what stuck and what didn't.

What's kept me here: I rarely miss new listings anymore. Last memecoin I wanted to grab was tradeable on Bybit within an hour of TGE, same coin took Binance three days to list a working pair.
Mobile app holds up most of the time when I'm closing positions one handed on the subway was a clear upgrade from my old setup which crashed weekly. Tried copy trading with small money just to study how proper entries look, ended up learning more from it than I expected to.

What's annoyed me: they keep bolting stuff on. Launchpool, AI assistants, tokenized stocks, loyalty points, whatever. The home screen looks like a Vegas casino now. Earn APYs are the worst offender clicked on a 12% USDt banner once, turned out to be capped at like $100 for a week. Felt like a bait-and-switch even though the fine print covered it.

Got stopped out during the March chop because of a websocket disconnect, $80 down the drain. Hasn't happened since but I'm still mad about it.

For active alt trading? yeah this works.
For monthly BTC DCA? youre paying for complexity you don't need.

7/10.