Bybit Pay integrates with Mesh to let 80 million users spend crypto without withdrawals

Bybit users can now spend their exchange balances across hundreds of platforms without ever moving their assets off the exchange. The world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume has partnered with Mesh, the payments orchestration layer that quietly wired itself into the plumbing of crypto commerce. The integration, announced on September 3, means Bybit’s roughly 80 million users can fund accounts or make direct payments on any Mesh-powered platform. No withdrawals, no conversions, no sending tokens to a separate wallet and hoping you copied the right address. Just spend. What Mesh actually does Think of Mesh as the Plaid of crypto payments. Where Plaid connects your bank account to fintech apps, Mesh connects your exchange and wallet balances to merchants and platforms that want to accept digital assets. The company, founded in 2020, has built a payments orchestration layer that sits between users’ existing crypto holdings and the businesses that want access to them. Mesh’s network spans over 300 wallets and exchanges, supports more than 120 tokens, and operates across 24-plus blockchain networks. Instead of each merchant building individual integrations with Coinbase,...