Bybit has launched AI Sub-Accounts, a new account architecture designed to support AI-driven trading while improving security and asset protection. The feature is aimed at helping users safely connect AI trading agents to their accounts through isolated environments with customized permission controls.
The company said the new account type addresses growing concerns around unrestricted API access and the risks associated with AI-powered automated trading.
AI Sub-Accounts Built to Reduce Risks from Automated Trading
As AI agents become more widely used in crypto trading, risks including compromised algorithms, code vulnerabilities, unauthorized fund transfers, and excessive liquidation exposure have increased.
Bybit’s AI Sub-Accounts are designed to separate human-controlled accounts from AI-operated environments, limiting potential exposure by confining AI activities to dedicated, ringfenced spaces.
Multiple Security Layers Introduced for User Protection
The new framework incorporates several control mechanisms intended to strengthen account security and improve oversight.
AI agents operate within isolated account environments separated from primary funds and other sub-accounts. The architecture ensures transactions and trading activities remain confined within designated AI accounts without cross-account movement capabilities.
Users can define custom restrictions such as maximum asset limits, leverage caps, disabled withdrawal functions, and transaction boundaries based on specific AI trading strategies.
The system also provides read-only oversight, enabling users to monitor AI agent activity in real time without requiring continuous intervention.
API-Only Access Designed to Prevent Unauthorized Usage
According to Bybit, AI Sub-Accounts support API-only execution, eliminating direct login access and in-app switching capabilities. The approach is intended to reduce risks associated with account hijacking or unauthorized manual access.
The feature also allows users to test new AI agents or experimental trading strategies within isolated environments before deploying them more broadly.
Available to All Bybit Users by Default
AI Sub-Accounts are now available to all Bybit users. The company stated that any AI agent connected to Bybit will automatically operate through an AI Sub-Account by default, providing baseline asset protection regardless of a trader’s experience level.
The launch reflects increasing efforts across the cryptocurrency industry to introduce safeguards as AI adoption expands within automated trading ecosystems.
Leadership Quote
“We recognize that as agentic trading enters the mainstream, the security baseline has to evolve. No agent should have unchecked power over a trader’s full portfolio. The new and refined setup prevents AI agents from controlling a trader’s entire account or moving assets unpredictably,” said Victor Wu, Bybit’s Head of AI Agent Architecture. “Bybit’s AI Sub-Account creates a security perimeter that protects assets while allowing traders to benefit from AI innovation.”
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